Maine Wills

 From York Registry of Deeds (1640-91)

   In the name of god Amen I Abraham Conley of the town of Kittery in the County of yorke in New England being weake and sickly of body but perfect of memory thanks be to god Doe make and ordayne this my last will & testament in manner & forme as here followeth/ And first I Doe giue & bequeath vnto Nathan Lord and Abraham Lord the two sones of Nathan Lord the Elder my sone in law all that lot or tract of land with the appurtenances called or Commonly known by the name of Coole harbour which I lately purchased of James Emery of Kitry and all that parte of my land that lieth at Sturgeon Creeke which is now lett & Disposed of to one Francis Small with this proviso that If the sd Small Doe hold his bargaine made with me for the said land then the sd Nathan Lord & Abraham to receiue & haue all such pay either Money or other Engadgments as he oweth to and hath bound himselfe to pay for it but If hee the said Small Doe relinquish or otherwise make void his bargaine that he made with me for the said land then my will is that they shall haue the land as aforesaid to the only vse benefit and behoofe of them the said Nathan and Abraham Even all that land that was barganed granted or Intended to be granted vnto the said ffrancis Small/ And my Will is that this shall be the devission betwixt them the said Nathan and Abraham the one to haue the aforesd land at Sturgeon Creeke or the rents and profits therof and the other the land Called Coole harbour lately purchased of James Emery as aforesd with this proviso & provisoes that Nathan Lord the Eldest brother to take his Choice which of they two he will haue And to haue it as they shall Come to the age of twenty one yeares each of them, the Eldest first as he Comes to the age aforesd and the other sucsessiuely and in the mean time to be in their fathers Disposall after my Decease Also I Doe giue & bequeath vnto Nathan Lord thelder my sone in law all that land that Nicholas Frost now holdeth of me and all the other land either marsh meadow or vpland that I now haue or ought to haue at Sturgeon Creeke, (besides that I haue lett or granted vnto the aforesd Francis Small) by vertue of any town grant or grants or other wise to his own proper vse benefit & behoofe for ever/ Also I doe giue and bequeath vnto Adrian Fry with whom I doe now liue nine pounds or there abouts which is due vnto me on two bills and Doe acquitt him thereof for ever also I doe giue vnto John White my Neighbour all such debts as he oweth me and Doe thereof acquitt him Also I doe giue vnto Robert Allen all such Debts as he oweth me either by bill or otherwise and thereof Doe acquitt him: All which Debts aforesd If I doe happen to Dye before they are Due to me or before they are paid my meaneing and will is that I Doe acquitt them against my Executor for ever/ All the rest of my Goods & Chattells or lands Moueable or Vnmoueable bills bonds or other Debts what soever not heretofore in or by this my last Will and testament not giuen or bequeathed I doe giue and bequeath vnto Nathan Lord thelder my sone in law whom I doe make my whole and sole Executor to see my Debts paid and my legacies performed in Witness hereof I haue Caused this my Will to be made and haue here vnto sett my hand and seale Even the first Day of March in the twenty seventh yeare of the raigne of our Soveraign Lord Charles the Second by the grace of god of England Scotland France & Ireland King Defender of the faith: And in y^e yeare of o^r Lord 1674/

Sealed & Acknowledged in the     prsence of vs here vnderwritten    Andrew Searle    The marke of X Adrian Fry		The marke of Abraham Conley (a Seal)
Sworn to by attesting witnesses 5 Mch 1690-91; recorded 8 June 1692. Source: Maine Wills, 1640-1760 (Portland, Me., 1887), p. 96, citing Registry of Deeds, 5, 74.