 Death of a maternal grandfather | Rev. John EVELETH
August 1, 1734
Note: The Will of John Eveleth The Will of John Eveleth
Source Page: Probate Office, 4, 197.
Name: John Eveleth
Will Text: In the Name of God Amen. the twenty sixth Day of July Anno Domini one thousand seven Hundred thirty & four I John Eveleth of Kittery In the County of York in ye Province of ye Massachusets Bay in New England Clerk being sick & weak in Body but of sound Disposeing mind & memory Thanks be given to God there fore Calling to mind ye Mortality of my Body Do make & ordain this my Last Will & Testament That is to say principally & first of All I give & Recommend my soul into the hands of God that gave it, And my Body I Recommend to ye Earth to be buried in A Christian like & Decent Manner at the Discretion of my Executors. And as touching such worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this Life I Give Demise & Dispose of the same in the following manner & form.Imprimis I give & bequeath to my welbeloved Daughter Sarah Cordis sixty Pounds in Money.Item I give & bequeath to my welbeloved Children Iohn Eveleth Frances Eveleth Martha Thornton, & Hannah Ayers to Each of them five shillings in money.Item I give & bequeath to my well beloved Wife Mary Eveleth all ye Remainder of my Estate both Real & Personal wheresoever and whatsoever which I have not heretofore nor by these psents by me Disposed of to be at her Disposal as she shall think fit to And amongst my Children.Lastly I Constitute make & ordain my trusty Friends Richard Gowell & Thomas Dennet my only & sole Executors of this my Last Will & Testament & I Do hereby Utterly revok Disallow all & every other former Testament Wills Legacies bequests & Executors by me in any wayes before Named willed or bequeathed Ratifying & Confirming this & no other to be my Last Will & Testament. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal ye Day & year first above writtenSigned sealed Published pronounced & Declared by ye said John Eveleth as his last Will & Testament in ye presence of us the subscribers.Jos: HammondJohn DennetJos: Hammond Iurthe sign of John Eveleth John (Seal)Probated 30 Sept. 1734. Inventory returned 11 Oct. 1734, at œ198: 10: 0, by Joseph Hammond, John Dennet and Joseph Hammond jur, appraisers. Debts due the Estate from Thomas Bond, John Burbank, Jabez Dorman, Joshua Lassell, Moses Morgan, Samuel Fernald, William Gowell, Edmund Goff, Paul Wentworth, Timothy Davis, John Fernald, Mr. Dennet.
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