Maine GenealogyThe Will of Axell Roberts
From York County Probate Records, Volume Eight (1705-53)
In the Name of God Amen. The 26th Day of February in the Year of our Lord 1749. I Axell Roberts of Scarborough in the County of York, and province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England Yeoman, being weak in Body, but of usual Perfection of Mind & Memory Thanks be given to Almighty God for ye Same, Calling to Mind the Mortality of the Body, and knowing that it is appointed for all men to die; Do make & ordain this my last Will & Testament, That is to Say, principally & first of all, I give & recommend my Soul into the Hands of God that gave it, and my Body I recommend to the Earth to be buried in a christian like & decent Manner at the Discretion of my Executr hereafter named, and as touching Such Worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased Almighty God to bless me in this Life.
At my Decease after payment of my funeral Charges & all other just & lawfull Debts, from me owing to any person or persons whatsoever; I do by these presents, dispose of the Remainder in the following Manner.
Impr. I give & bequeath unto Margaret my beloved Wife all my whole Estate Right Title & interest in Houses Lands Goods Chattels Moneys Bonds Bills Notes Accots and all Things whatsoever & wheresoever the Same Shall or may be found either in this Town Province or in the Province of New-Hampshire or wherever the Same may be found belonging to me as aforesd to her the Sd Margaret her Heirs & Assigns forever, nothing reserved or excepted, except Will my Negro Man who I have heretofore promised to make free from his Service at my Decease; And it is in this my Will also, that he Shall accordingly be Set free at my Decease as aforesaid. And for the executing & Managemt of all Things for the Ease and comfort of my beloved Wife as aforesd I do hereby constitute make & ordain my trusty Friend Richard King of Sd Scarboro Gentt my only & Sole Executor of this my last Will & Testament. And I do hereby utterly disallow revoke and disannul all & every other former Testaments Wills Legacy's Bequests & Executors by me in any way before this time named willed & bequeathed, hereby ratifying & confirming this and no other to be my last Will & Testament.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my Hand & Seal the Day & Year first above written. And in the 23d Year of His Majesty's Reign.
| Abraham Tyler Richd Carter |  | Axell R Roberts (Seal) his mark |
| Signed Sealed published pronounced & declared by the Said Axell Roberts as his last Will & Testaments in presence of us the Subscribers. | ||
| Abraham Tyler Richard Carter Richard King | ||
| Probated 4 July 1750. Inventory returned 24 July 1750, at £25: 9: 6, by Martyn Jose, John Fabyan and Joseph Foss, appraisers. Source: Maine Wills, 1640-1760 (Portland, Me., 1887), p. 629, citing Probate Office, 8, 53. | ||
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