The Last Will and Testament of Francis Jr. Littlefield
(Source: Sargent, William M.; Maine Wills 1640-1760; pp. 54-56) Published on the WWW by the Littlefield Family Reasearch Page
[Registry of Deeds, 2, 166.]
I Francis Littlefejld Junjor of Wells, In the Massatusetts Colony in New
England this fifth day of ffebruary, one thousand six hundred seaventy
foure, though weake in body yet Prfect in memory blessed bee god, doth
willingly & with a free heart Committ my soule into ye mercifull hands of
Almighty god my saujor (savior), & my body vnto (unto) the earth from
whence It Came, & my estate I dispose of as followeth/
Inprs Ater my funeralls bee discharded, & all other debts, I doe giue
(give) & bequeath unto my Loueing (loving) wife Meribah, my househould
stuff to dispose of to my children, unto weh of them shee thinkes good, &
I give unto my sayd wife one thrid of all my stocke & Moueables with out
to bee hers & her assignes for ever/
Item I give unto my Elldest sunn Joseph, my home lott with all my
houseing, Saw Mill, & Corne Mill, with all the appurtenances yrvnto
belonging, and the other two 3d parts of my stocke, Namely oxen houseing
Cows, with other Cattle, when hee hath Attayned the age of Twenty two
yeares, hee paijing the Legacys follg
Namely to my sunn Nathan five pounds/
To my sonn Jonathan five pounds/
To my sunn Job five pounds/
To my sonn Daniell five pounds, When they Attayne the age of Twenty one
yeares/
And my will is that hee shall pay unto my daughter Mary, Tenn pounds/
To my daughter Johanna Tenn pounds/
To my daughter Tabbatha Tenn pounds/
To my daughter Hannah tenn pounds to bee payd to them when they have
Attayned the age of eighteen years/
Item I give unto my sonn Nathan, & Jonathan all my lands & Meddows at
Mary Land, equally to bee devided, between them when they come to bee the
age of Twenty on years/
Ite : I give unto my sonn Job, & David all my Land at Ogunquett, with
the seaven Acers of Marsh that I bought of John Barrett, equally to bee
devided between them when they have Attayned the age of Twenty one yeares/
And my will is when my sunn Joseph doth enter upon ye house & Land hee
shall pay unto my wife tenn pounds.
Ann : for three years towards the Mantayneing of the small children/
And my will is that my whoole estate as It now is shall remajne in my
wifes hand, to mannage & Improue for the namtayneing of her & my children,
vntill my sonn Joseph bee at age namely Twenty two years ould/
And I doe hereby nominate & appoynt my deare & Loueing wife Meribah & my
sonn Joseph & Nathan to bee my executors, of this my last Will &
testament, & hereby doe desire & appoynt my Loueing frejnds Mr. Willia
Symonds & Samell Wheelewright ouerseers of this my last will & testament,
Revoakeing all other wills gyfts bequessts & testaments, whatsoeuer In
testimony whereof I haue here vnto set my hand & seale the day & yeare
aboue written/
Samuell Wheelewright/ Francis Littlefejld (his seale)
Fran : Littlefejld Senjor/ Junjor his marke (mark)