Maine Wills

 From York County Probate Records, Volume Nine (1743-58)

   In the Name of God Amen. I Daniel Fogg of Kittery in the County of York Yeoman, being aged & infirm, and not knowing the time of my Death do make & ordain this my last Will & Testament; principally & first of all, I recommend my Soul to God my Creator hoping for Pardon & Acceptance thrô Christ, and my Body to the Earth to be decently buried (after my Decease) by my Executor hereafter named as he Shall think convenient; And as touching such Worldly Estate as God hath been pleased to bless me with in this Life, I give devise & dispose of the Same in the following Manner Viz^t

   Imp^r I give & bequeath unto my Son James Fogg all my Estate real & Personal be the Same Lands Houses Cattle Chattels Goods, Household Goods, Moneys Debts Dues Interests Inheritance Property Rights & Claims in all & every Place & Places whatsoever & wheresoever nothing excepted or reserved of any kind or quality. To Have & To Hold unto him my Said Son Iames Fogg & his Heirs forever he my Said Son James Fogg paying to his Brothers & others hereafter named Such Legacys as is hereafter express't.

   Item. I give & bequeath unto my well beloved Son Daniel Fogg two Shillings & Six pence new Ten^r Bills of publick Credit.

   Item. I give & bequeath unto my well beloved Sons John Fogg, Joseph Fogg & Seth Fogg to each of them two Shillings and Six pence in New Tenor Bills of publick Credit.

   Item. My said four Sons, Daniel John Joseph & Seth have had Gifts & Lands of me already which with y^e aforementioned two Shillings & Six pence to each of them Shall be the whole of their portions of my Estate.

   Item. I give & bequeath unto my well beloved Daughter Hannah Rogers Fifty Shillings new Tenr Bills of publick Credit.

   Item. I give & bequeath unto my well beloved Daughter Rebecca Pilsbury Fifteen Shillings in like Bills.

   Item. I give & bequeath unto my well beloved Daughter Sarah Hanscom Fifty Shillings new Ten^r Bills of publick Credit.

   Item. I give & bequeath unto my well beloved Grand Children the Children of my Daughter Mary Brooks Dec^d Fifty Shillings in new Tenor Bills of publick Credit to be equally divided between them all that Shall Survive me, And if any of them die leaving issue Such Issue Shall have that portion which belonged to the Deceased in Case they had lived.

   Item. I make & appoint my well beloved Son James Fogg the Sole Executor of this my Will ordering & appointing him to pay the Several Legacys & Bequests before mentioned in convenient time after my Decease. And I do hereby revoke adnull & make void all & every Will & Wills Testaments Legacys & Bequests by me heretofore made either by word or Writing, ratifying & allowing this & no other to be my last Will & Testament.

   In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my Hand & Seal the fourteenth Day of Iuly in y^e 25^th Year of y^e Reign of King George the Second Annoque Domini one Thousand Seven Hundred & Forty seven.

Daniel + Fogg (Seal) his mark

   Signed Sealed published pronounced & declared by the Said Daniel Fogg to be his last Will & Testament in presence of Solomon Libby Ioshua Staple Ephraim Libby