Maine Wills

 From York Registry of Deeds (1640-91)

In the name of god Amen/

   Rowland young Senjo^r of yorke in the Prouince of Mayne, declareth this to bee his last will & testament; I Rowland young aforesayd, being at this Present of a sound mind, & of a memory substantiall, though very sicke in body, & willing to dispose prudently of what god in his pleasure hath possest mee with all, declare as followeth/

   first I bequeath my soule to god, that gaue it in & through y^e meritts of my deare Ld & saujo^r, Jesus Christ, in hopes of a Joyfull resurrection, at the great Tribunall: & my body to the earth y^r to bee Inter'd, in order & Decent buriall/

   2ly I will that all my funerall Charges shall bee fully & duely payd, with all my other iust & due debts, which may appeare/

   3: I will that my dearly, & beloued wife, Johanna young shall inioy all my Estate y^t I haue in this world, the same to possess & improue, & to take the full produce of from tyme to tyme, & at all tyms dureing the tyme of her naturall life, & If in case the produce of y^e same shall not bee a Competent measure for her Comfortable subsistance I do hereby Impoure my well beloued to sell, aliene or dispose of all or any of my Estate, not yet disposed off, for y^t end, & shall desire any Court or seale or Judicature, in such case of extremity, to ayd & Assist my beloued wife y^rin, & also so to order that shee may haue a comfortable liuelyhood according to her Ranke, & quality out of y^e same/ And further I order my well beloued wife to will bequeath & dispose off what part of my Estate, shee shall leaue at her decease, to whom shee pleaseth; I also will the possession Present of all my Estate, houses Lands Marshes, or any or any thing y^r unto belonging to my dearely beloued wife, to whom I Committ soole execution, & Administration, desireing this my wellbeloued wife to act as soole executrix, in all respects to see my last will & testament Performed/

Signed & deliuered in the    Presence of,    Jeremiah Mowlton/       his X marke/    Timothy Yealls/		Rowland young   his marke
Sworn to by attesting witnesses 6 Nov 1685; recorded 24 Nov. 1685; Inventory returned at £224: 06: 0, by Abraham Preble and Arthur Bragdon appraisers, 25 Sept. 1685. Source: Maine Wills, 1640-1760 (Portland, Me., 1887), p. 85, citing Registry of Deeds, 5, 38.