Josiah
Cobb
Last
Will & Testament
York
County, Maine
05
May 1739
In
the Name of God Amen, I Josiah Cobb of Falmouth in the County of York in
New-England Considering the Certianty of my Death and the uncertainty of ye
present Life being by the mercy of God in perfect mind & memory Do make
this my last Will & Testament & Do hereby when this present Life shall
be ended I Do Commit my Soul unto God that gave it & redeemed it by his
free mercy in Jesus Christ my only Redeemer & my Body unto the Earth to be
decently buried at the Discretion of my Executor hereafter Named and my worldly
Goods & Estate after my Just Debts & Funerall Charges shall be paid by
my Executor. I Do Give & bequeath the remainder as followeth. Item I Do
give unto my Sister Betty five pounds to be paid unto her and Equall share of
the Remainder of my Estate both Real & personall to be Equally Divided
betwixt all my Brothers & Sisters. I Do Constitute & appoint my Honored
Father Mr Jonathan Cobb to be the Executor of this and this to be my last Will
& Testament In Confirmation hereof I Do hereunto set my Hand and seal this
fifth Day of May In the Year of our Lord Christ 1739.In the presence of Joshua
Woodberry Joseph Cobb Archable Dowglass.
Josiah
Cobb (seal)
Probated
15 Jan. 1739.
Inventory
returned 11 Jan. 1740, at œ87: 15: 0, by Bobert Thorndike and Joseph Weston,
appraisers.
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