Meddunkcooke July ye 26th 1767
To all people to whome these presents shall come Greeting : Know ye that I Samuel Jameson of Meeddunkcooke in the county of Lincoln in the province of the Massachusetts-bay in New-england husband-man being sick and weak of body and Judging the time of my death is nigh yet bing by the mercy of God in ye use of my reason & perfect in my
understanding, do make my last will & testament as follows,
Imprimis I do Constitute and appoint my loving Wife Sarah and ray Son Martin Jameson to be my Joint executors to this my last will & testament. Item I do give unto my eldest daughter Jane Jameson of falmouth one half of my land which I bought of Yardly Lewis which
lyeth on Georges river to her her heirs and assigns forever, and the other half of s'd lot of land I give to my eldest Son Martin Jameson to him his heirs and assigns forever he to have ye back part
Item my homestead on which I now dwell I give to my five Sons namely Martin Jameson Joseph Jameson Samuel Jameson brice Jameson and George Jameson to be equaly divided among them when the youngest comes to lawful age they paying to each of my two daughters
namely Mary Jameson & Rachel Jameson the sum of two pounds thirteen shillings and four pence when the land is divided that is to be in law fun money: and to my wife Sarah Jameson I give the improvement of my land & moveables for the payment of my Just debts & bringing
up of my children till they come of age & then one third part of the moveables to belong to her as long as she lives & then to be equally divided among the children & the other two thirds to be equally divided among the children : & if any of the children die before they come of age then their part to be divided equally among the Sons and upon mature consideration I declare this to be my last will & testament here by disowning all other things of this nature in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal the day & date first mentioned
Samuel Jameson (Seal)
Signed & sealed in presence of
Paul Jameson
Ebenezer Davis
Abiah Wadsworth
Probated 10 Aug., 1768. [I, 137-8.]
Inventory by Samuel Gilchrist, Patrick Porterfield and Paul Jameson, of Meduncook, 9 Aug., 1768. [I, 199.]
(Source:Abstracts from the Records of the Probate Court at Wiscasset, Lincoln County, Maine, 1760-1800, by William D. Patterson, 1895, Pages 83-84)
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