Maine Wills

 From York Registry of Deeds (1640-91)

   In the name of god Amen/ the 18^th of September 1678: deceased I Joseph Boolls of Wells in the County of yorke shyre Gentleman being in Perfect memory & remembrance praysed bee God, do make & ordajne this my last Will & testament In manner & forme as followeth/

   1: I do bequeath my soule into the hands of almighty god & maker, hopeing that the meretorious death, & passion of Jesus Christ my onely Saujo^r & redeemer, to receiue free pardon & forgiueness of all my sins, & as for my body to bee buried in Christian buriall, at the discretion of my executrix hereafter mentioned/

   1: I giue & bequeath unto my Elldest sonn Thomas Bolls Tenn pounds/

   I bequeath unto my sonn Samuell Tenn pounds/

   I do bequeath unto my daughter ffrost tenn pounds/

   I bequeath unto my daughter Becke Thirty pounds/

   I bequeath vnto my daughter Locke Tenn pounds/

   I bequeath unto my daughter Mercy Thirty pounds, & as much searge as will make her a Gowne, & Tickeine for a bedd & a bowlster, which is in the house & my will is that Twenty pounds bee payd to my sd daughter by my executrix, wⁿ shee shall Antajne the age of Twenty yeares, or marry, which shall first happen, & the other tenn pounds to bee paid by my sonn Joseph/

   I bequeath unto my sonn Joseph all my houseing, vpland Meddows & Marsh belonging to my home place, to him & his heyres for euer, after the death of my wife, not doubting of his Dutifullness & care to his Mother, hee paijng fiuety pounds to my Children hereafter mentioned to my sonn Tho^s tenn pounds, to my sonn Samuell Tenn pounds, to my daughter Frost tenn pounds, to my daughter Chadborne tenn pounds, & to my daughter mercy tenn pounds/

   Further my will is, that my wife shall haue my whoole Estate both with in doors & with out, in this Town or else w^r to dispose of to w^t children shee sees good, excepting the houseing & Lands that I haue given unto my sonn Joseph after her decease, shee to haue the use of it dureing her life, & my wife to pay all debts & legacys, but onely w^t Joseph is to pay; And I do hereby nominate & appoynt my deare & loueing wife Mary my soole executrix of this my last will & testament, & do hereby nominate & appoynt my loueing frejnds, Mr William Symonds & William Symonds to bee the ouerseers of this my last Will & testament, all other Wills & testaments being made uoyd/ In witness where unto I haue sett my hand & seale, the day & yeare aboue written/

Witness Samuell    Wheelewright/    William Symonds/		Joseph Boolls (locus Sigilli)
Inventory returned at £842: 01: 06, by William Symonds and Joseph Storer, appraisers, 29 Nov. 1678. Source: Maine Wills, 1640-1760 (Portland, Me., 1887), p. 82, citing Registry of Deeds, 5, 34.