Genealogy of Patty Rose
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| Notes for Moses GOODWIN | ||||||||||
| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - MOSES, named in will, d. 1759. Unm. [ref 33:455] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - MOSES JR, bpt 28 Feb 1724/5; unm. He speaks in his will of his sister Martha. [ref 74:44] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - WILL of MOSES GOODWIN, 31 Mar 1759 - 19 Jun 1759: In the Name of God Amen. The thirty first Day of March 1759. I Moses Goodwin jr of Berwick in ye County of York Yeoman, being Sick and weak of Body, but of perfect Mind & Memory Thanks be given unto God, therefore calling unto Mind ye Mortality of my Body, and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die do make & ordain this my last Will and 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 decent christian Burial at the Discretion of my Executor, nothing doubting but at the general Resurrection Day I shall receive the Same again by the Mighty Power of God; and as touching Such Worldly Estate, wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this Life, I give demise & dispose of ye Same in the following Manner & Form. Impr. I give my beloved Sister Martha Page twenty six Shillings & Eight pence lawful Money to be paid by my Executr. Item. I give my Sister Patience her Children twenty six Shillings & eight pence lawful Money to be paid by my Executr. Item. I give my Sister Mary Warren twenty six Shillings & eight pence lawful Money to be paid by my Executor. I give to my Sister Abigail Bennet twenty six Shillings and eight pence lawful Money to be paid by my Executor. I give to my Sister Phebe Emery twenty six shillings & eight pence lawful Money to be paid by my Executor I give to my Sister Elizabeth Gray twenty six Shillings & eight pence lawful Money to be paid by my Executor. Item. I give to my Sister Margaret Grant two pounds thirteen Shillings & four pence lawful Money to be paid by my Executor. Item. I give to my well beloved Brother Aaron Goodwin whom I likewise constitute make & ordain my Sole Executor of this my last Will & Testament all & Singular my Lands & Tenements Goods & Chattels real & personal Estate, and all my Right & Title to any Lands that Shall come unto me as well as what I am in Possession to be by him freely possessed & enjoyed. And I do hereby utterly disallow revoke & disannul all & every other former Testaments Wills Legacys & Bequests & Executors by me in any Way before named willed & bequeathed ratifying and confirming this & no other to be my last Will and Testament. In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my Hand & Seal the Day & Year afore written. Moses Goodwin (Seal) Signed Sealed published pronounced & declared by ye sd Moses Goodwin as his last Will & Testament in ye presence of us ye Subscribers. Iohn Cooper Benjamin (his mark) Hodsdon Foxwell C. Cutt. Probated 19 June 1759. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | ||||||||||
| Last Modified 22 Dec 2003 | Created 4 Jan 2005 |