Maine Wills

 From York County Probate Records, Volume Eight (1705-53)

   In the Name of God Amen. This Instrument witnesseth That I Samuel Elder of perfect Memory and in my Right Mind do commit my Body to the Earth, and my Soul to God that gave it, and as to my Estate which God hath given me both personal & real I give to my well beloved Wife Mary Elder So long as She remains my Widow She paying to William my eldest Son Ten Shillings lawful Money, and ten, Shillings a piece to each of the rest of my Children which She hath born unto me, and the rest of my Estate to her for the bringing up the rest of my Children. As Witness my Hand this Eleventh Day of May Seventeen Hundred & fifty three 1753.

Witness my Hand & Seal    Witnesses Samuel Stapel    Richard Merrill    Iames Springer		Samuel Elder (Seal)
Probated 1 October 1753. Source: Maine Wills, 1640-1760 (Portland, Me., 1887), p. 714, citing Probate Office, 8, 254.