The Last Will and Testament of Edmund Littlefield (Source: Sargent, William M.; Maine Wills 1640-1760; pp. 3-4) Published on the WWW by the Littlefield Family Reasearch Page
[Court Records, B, 53.]
The last will & Testament of Edmund Littlefejld Decembr 11 : 61 :
First I bequeath my soule to god Almighty, & I bequeath my body to
the earth from whence I came/
I bequeath vnto Francis Littlefejld my Elldest sun, & Anthony
Littlefejld, & Elizabeth Wakefejld my daughter, all the whoole Tract of
Land lijng of the North East side of Kenebunke with the Falls togeather
with a Cetern quantity of Marsh lijng up In the woods, betweene Cape
Porpus River, & Kenebunke, which is specifyd In two deeds, granted by
Mr Geo : Cleeue Agent of Mr Rygby, which is now come into the Goverment
of Mr Gorges, Proprietor of the Prouince of Mayne/ Which Land & Marsh
shall bee equally devided amongst thos three aboue specifyd/
I giue vnto Francis Littlefejld Senjor 10s to bee pd out of my goods/
I giue vnto Anthony Littlefejld all my weareing Cloaths/
I giue vnto Elizabeth Wakefejld 5s to bee pd out of my goods/
I giue vnto my 3 executors Namely Annas Littlefejld, My wife, &
Thomas Littlefejld, & Fran : Littlefejld my youngest sun all my upland
& Marsh att home which is not disposd, & that which I bought of my sun
Anthony, & alsoe yet which I bought of Mr. Fletcher, togeather with ye
Corne Mill & saw Mill, with all my houseing & goods, within doores &
with out, togeather with all the stocke & Cattle both small and greate,
which shall bee equally deuided amongst those 3 executors, onely the
Yland that lyeth on the South side of Webbhannett River, If the sd Thos
& Francis Littlefejld Junjor do both of them pay to Annas my wife foure
bushs pf Corne yearely for 7 yeares, then my wife shall haue nothing to
do with Itt, otherwise if they do not pforme that yearely, then my wife
shall haue pouer to lett it to others, & to expell them quitte out of
it all/
And likewise my sun Thoms & Fran : Littlefejld shall pay vnto my wife
eight bushs of wheate yearely, for ye Corne Mill, if they will not yn
my wife shall haue pouer to lett it to any other, & expell them out of
it/ And my wife shall haue her third part of the Marsh, that lyeth on
the South East side of Webbhannett River; And if soe bee yt Fran :
Littlefejld & Thomas Littlefejld, & Fran : Littlefejld my youngest sun
bee not loueing & helpfull to her shee shall haue pouer to dispose of
itt, wr shee thinkes good herselfe/
I giue vnto my daughter Mary Barrett, and to my daughter Hannah
Littlefejld fiueteene pounds a peece to bee pd with in 3 years, fiue
pounds a peece yearly, till it bee payd/ I do giue vnto all my
grandchildren fiue shillings a peece Wn they come at age/
I give unto my sun John Littlefejld Tenn pounds, to bee payd out of
ye fourty pounds which hee is to pay for his purchase att Ogunquett/
Alsoe the 3 executors, Namely Annas my wife, & Thos : & Fran :
Littlefejld shall haue pouer to recover & receaue all debts/ And those
3 executors shall pay all debts dues & demands, & all portions Legacys
& gyfts, which is here specifyd; My suns Tho : & Fran : Littlefejld
Junjor, is to Improue & till the ground, & thejre mother my wife shall
haue the third part of the Corne/
I giue vnto my wife 6 or 7 Acers of Marsh that lyeth at Ogunquet.
I desire Mr Ezekell Knightt & Mr. Jos : Bowles to bee my Feffees In
trust If neede require, to see my will fullfilled/
Testes/ Edmund Littlefejlds
Ezekell Knights/
Jos : Bowles/ own hand (mark)
(inventory returned at £588: 13: 4, by Ezekell Knights, Jos : Bowles
and William Hamonds as appraisers, who were sworn 24th: 10th" 1661.
Will recorded 16 July '62)