Maine Wills

 From York Registry of Deeds (1640-91)

In the name of god Amen/

   I Edw : Hayes of Kittery in the County of yorke In New England being at Present uery sicke, & weake of body, but of Perfect mind & memory, & with out fraude or deceipt not knowing how It may please y^e Lord to dispose of mee as to things of this life, to whose gratious dispensations I humbly submitt, w^rfore I do Committ my soule unto god that gaue It & my body to the earth, to bee Inter'd in a decent & orderly manner, ordering & appoynting this to bee my last will & testament, in manner & forme following/

   1 : Inp^s : I giue & bequeath unto my Elldest sonn Joseph the some of seauen shillings & 6d in Currant pay of New England to bee payd by my executrix immediately so soone as my sonn shall Attayne unto, & accomplish the age of Twenty one yeares If demanded/

   2 : Item I giue & bequeath unto my yonger sonn William the some of seauen shillings 6d of Current pay aforesd, to bee payd by my executrix imediatly & as soone as my sd sonn shall Attajne unto & accomplish y^e age of 21 years if demanded/ I giue unto my 3 daughters, Elizabeth, Saraih & Ann, the summe of seauen 6d a peece, of Current pay aforementioned, to bee payd unto them by my sd executrix, as soone & Immediately as they Attayne to y^e age of 18 yeares is demanded as aforesd/

   3 : I giue & bequeath unto my most deare & affectionate & intirely beloued wife Phylodelphia Hayes, my iust & due debts being first payd, & satisfyd all the rest of my goods, wares M^rchandise Cattle househould stuffe Implem^ts debts goods whither in my owne Costody, or possession or others, of w^t nature kind quality or Condition w^tsoeuer (nothing excepted or reserued) whither moueables or unmoueables whom I do hereby & my will is, do make my whoole & soole executrix, to execute & see Prformed this my last will & testame^t according to the purport, true & Intent & meaneing thereof/ In witness w^rof I haue here unto sett my hand & seale in Kittery aforesd, this secund day of July one thousand six hundred seauenty fiue Anno Domini : 1675 :

Signed sealed & deliuered,    in the Presence of us,    Jabes Jenken his          signe X    Joseph Hammonds/    Richd Allexandr/		The signe of Edw : E Hayes (his Seale)
Sworn to by attesting witnesses 9 Mch 1675-6; recorded 20 April 1676; Inventory returned at £43: 13: 0, by John Shapleigh and Jos: Hammond appraisers 28 Mch 1676. Source: Maine Wills, 1640-1760 (Portland, Me., 1887), p. 64, citing Registry of Deeds, 5, 10.