Introduction

From York Registry of Deeds (1640-91)

The Will of Annis Littlefeild

12^th December : 1677 :

In the name of God Amen/

   The last Will & testament of Annis Littlefejld/

   1 : first I bequeath my soule into the hands of Almighty god, my maker, my body to bee buried in Christean buriall, at y^e discretion of my executor hereafter mentioned/

   1 : I do giue unto my daughter Hannah Cloyce my bed & bowlster, & Katterine Wakefejld to deliuer It to her/

   2 : I giue unto my three daughters, Elizabeth Wakefejld Mary Barrett, & Hannah Cloyce, all my lining & Wollen New & ould to bee æqually diuided amongst them/

   I giue unto my sonn John Littlefejld my Cow Gentle & fiue busll^s of Corne/

   I giue to my daughter Merribah foure 4 written above busll^s of Wheate due from y^e Mills

   I giue to my Grandchild Katterine Wakefejld my Rugg & eight busll^s of Corne/

   I giue to my sonn Peter Cloyce too Acres of Marsh bee it more or less, y^t lyeth on the South West side of Mr Whelewrights Necke of Land/

   I giue vnto my sonn Thomas Littlefejld, who hath taken a great deale of care of mee, all the rest of my househould goods Corne & Chattles, & I do make my sd sonn Thomas Littlefejld, my whoole & soole executor, & to receiue all debts comeing to mee, & to pay all If any thing there bee that I do ow, & to take all the remajnd^r to him selfe, & to see my will fullfilled/

Signed, & Deliuered,    In ye Presence of us,    Joseph Bolls/    William Symonds/		Annis Littlefejld   her marke X
Sworn to by attesting witnesses & recorded 2 April 1678; Inventory returned at £36: 15: 0, by Samuel Austine and Joseph Bolls, appraisers, 7 Mch 1677-8. [Source: Maine Wills, 1640-1760 (Portland, Me., 1887), p. 76, citing Registry of Deeds, 5, 25.]