Maine Wills

 From York Registry of Deeds (1640-91)

   I Francis Littlefejld Junjo^r of Wells, In the Massatusetts Colony in New England this fifth day of ffebruary, one thousand six hundred seaventy foure, though weake in body yet Prfect in memory blessed bee god, doth willingly & with a free hært Committ my soule into y^e mercifull hands of Almighty god my saujo^r, & my body vnto the earth from whence It Came, & my estate I dispose of as followeth/

   Inp^rs Ater my funeralls bee discharged, & all other debts, I doe giue & bequeath vnto my Loueing wife Meribah, my househould stuff to dispose of to my children, vnto w^ch of them shee thinkes good, & I give vnto my sayd wife one third of all my stocke & Moueables with out to bee hers & her assignes for ever/

   Item I giue vnto my Elldest sunn Joseph, my home lott with all my houseing, Saw Mill, & Corne Mill, with all the appurtenances y^rvnto belonging, and the other two 3d parts of my stocke, Namely oxen houseing Cows, with other Cattle, when hee hath Attayned the age of Twenty two yeares, hee paijng the Legacys following

   Namely to my sunn Nathan fiue pounds/

   To my sonn Jonathan fiue pounds/

   To my sunn Job fiue pounds/ to my sonn Daniell fiue pounds, When they Attayne the age of Twenty one yeares/

   And my will is that hee shall pay vnto my daughter Mary, Tenn pounds/

   To my daughter Johanna Tenn pounds/

   To my daughter Tabbatha Tenn pounds/

   To my daughter Hannah tenn pounds to bee payd to them wⁿ they haue Attayned the age of eighteen yeares/

   Item I giue vnto my sonn Nathan, & Jonathan all my lands & Meddows at Mary Land, æqually to bee deuided, between them wⁿ they come to bee the age of Twenty one years/

   Item : I giue vnto my sonn Job, & Dauid all my Land at Ogunquett, with the seaven Acers of Marsh that I bought of John Barrett, æqually to bee deuided between them wⁿ they haue Attayned the age of Twenty one yeares/

   And my will is wⁿ my sunn Joseph doth enter vpon y^e house & Land hee shall pay vnto my wife tenn pounds per Annum : for three years towards the Mantayneing of the small children/

   And my will is that my whoole estate as It now is shall remajne in my wifes hand, to mannage & Improue for the mantayneing of her & my children, vntill my sonn Joseph bee at age namely Twenty two years ould/

   And I doe hereby nominate & appoynt my deare & Loueing wife Meribah & my sonn Joseph & Nathan to bee my executors, of this my last Will & testament, & hereby doe desire & appoynt my Loueing frejnds Mr William Symonds & Samuell Wheelewright ouerseers of this my last will & testament, Revoakeing all other wills gyfts bequessts & testaments, whatsoeuer In testimony whereof I haue here vnto set my hand & seale the day & yeare aboue written/

Name    Sammuell Wheelewright/    Fran : Littlefejld Senjor/		Francis Littlefejld (his seale)    Jujnor his marke
Sworn to by attesting witnesses 6 April 1675; recorded 14 April 1675; Inventory returned at £801: 18: 0 by William Hammond and Abra: Tylton, appraisers, who state that "Francis Littlefeeld Jr. deceased 6 Feby 1674." Source: Maine Wills, 1640-1760 (Portland, Me., 1887), p. 54, citing Registry of Deeds, 2, 166.