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Rowland Young 1 died 2 before 20 Jun 1698. He married 3 Jean Knight about 1648.
Ancestry.com. Maine Will Abstracts, 1640-1760 [database online]. Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2000. Original data: Sargent, William M. Maine Wills, 1640-1760. Portland, ME: Maine Historical Society, 1887.
Source Page: Registry of Deeds, 5, 38.Name: RowlandWill Text: In the name of god Amen/Rowland young Senjor of yorke in the Prouince of Mayne, declareth this to bee his last will & testament; I Rowland young aforesayd, being at this Present of a sound mind, & of a memory substantiall, though very sicke in body, & willing to dispose prudently of what god in his pleasure hath possest mee with all, declare as followeth/first I bequeath my soule to god, that gaue it in & through ye meritts of my deare Ld & saujor, Jesus Christ, in hopes of a Joyfull resurrection, at the great Tribunall: & my body to the earth yr to bee Inter'd, in order & Decent buriall/2ly I will that all my funerall Charges shall bee fully & duely payd, with all my other iust & due debls, which may appeare/3: I will that my dearly, & beloued wife, Johanna young shall inioy all my Estate yt I haue in this world, the same to possess & improue, & to take the full produce of from tyme to tyme, & at all tyms dureing the tyme of her naturall life, & If in case the produce of ye same shall not bee a Competent measure for her Comfortable subsistance I do hereby Impoure my well beloued to sell, aliene or dispose of all or any of my Estate, not yet disposed off, for yt end, & shall desire any Court or seale or Judicature, in such case of extremity, to ayd & Assist my beloued wife yrin, & also so to order that shee may haue a comfortable liuelyhood according to her Ranke, & quality out of ye same/ And further I order my well beloued wife to will bequeath & dispose off what part of my Estate, shee shall leaue at her decease, to whom shee pleaseth; I also will the possession Present of all my Estate, houses Lands Marshes, or any or any thing yr unto belonging to my dearely beloued wife, to whom I Committ soole execution, & Administration, desireing this my wellbeloued wife to act as soole executrix, in all respects to see my last will & testament Performed/Signed & deliuered in the Presence of,Jeremiah Mowlton/his X marke/Timothy Yealls/Rowland young his markeSworn to by attesting witnesses 6 Nov 1685; recorded 24 Nov. 1685; Inventory returned at 224: 06: 0, by Abraham Preble and Arthur Bragdon appraisers, 25 Sept. 1685.
Jean Knight [Parents] 1, 2 was born 3 about 1625. She died . She married 4 Rowland Young about 1648.
Ancestry.com. Maine Will Abstracts, 1640-1760 [database online]. Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2000. Original data: Sargent, William M. Maine Wills, 1640-1760. Portland, ME: Maine Historical Society, 1887.
Source Page: Probate Office, I, 57.Name: Ioan YoungWill Text: In the name of God Amen I Ioan Young of York in the County of York in Province of the Massachusets Bay in New England Widow & Relict of Rowland Young of York Deceased being at present under Indisposition of body & much weakness and not knowing how it may please God to deale with me but being at prsent of a well disposing mind and Sound Memory doe make this my last Will and Testament as followeth.Imprs I doe by ffaith and prayer recomend my precious and immortall Soul into the hands of my precious & Dear redeemer ye Lord Jesus Christ And my body to be comitted unto ye dust from whence it came by a Decent & Christian buriall in hopes of a Joyfull and a happie resurrection And as for ye Small Estate I am at present possessed of my will and pleasure is that it be disposed of as ffolloweth vizt I doe Will and bequeath unto my Son Rowland Yount four Acres of that Marsh of mine up in York Riuer and three and twenty Acres of Land lying on the South Side of York Riuer ouer against his now dwelling house in York to be peaceably Enjoyed by him and his heires for ever.Item I doe Will and bequeath unto my Son Job Young all ye housing and land where my old dwelling house now Stands Adjoyning to George Norton to be for his use and improvement while he liues but not to be Sold nor Alienated by him ye sd Job Young but to Descend unto his Son or Male heires of his body And in Case of failure unto the ffemales/ as Also three Acres of Marsh up ye Riuer & two sheepItem I doe giue unto my daughter Mary Molton Six shillings.Item I doe giue and bequeath unto my daughter Lydia Haines three Acres of Marsh Lying up in York Riuer And all my Neat Cattle and two Sheep And all my cloathing and bedding And as for my ffunerall and other Charges And Lawfull Debts my Will and pleasure is that they be answered and discharged in the first place out of the whole And that all and all manner of Debts that are due to me be Added unto ye whole for ye defraying of these Charges And further I doe hereby make Constitute and Appoint my trustie and Welbeloued Son Rowland Young to be Sole Executr of this my last Will and Testament And my trusty and welbeloued ffriends Abraham Preble Esqr & Mr James Plaisted both of York to be overseers to See to ye due Execution and pformance hereof And that this is my last Will & Testament And that I doe hereby revoke all former and other Wills Testaments conveyances and Alienations whatsoever about any of these Premises: I have hereunto put my hand and Seal by way of Testimony this twelfth day of May in ye year of our Lord one Six hundred Ninety and Eight In ye tenth year of his Majesties Reign.Signed sealed and Deliuered in the presents ofIsaac NegusDaniel SmithThomas X Baker his X markJoan Young (her Seal) her markSworn to 20 June 1698. Recorded 14 February 1698-9.
They had the following children:
M i Rowland Young was born 1 in 1649. He died . F ii Mary Young M iii Robert Young was born 1 about 1658. He died . M iv Samuel Young was born 1 about 1662. He died . M v Job Young F vi Lydia Young
Thomas Baines 1, 2 died . He married Lydia Young.
Ancestry.com. Maine Will Abstracts, 1640-1760 [database online]. Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2000. Original data: Sargent, William M. Maine Wills, 1640-1760. Portland, ME: Maine Historical Society, 1887.
Source Page: Probate Office, 3, 110.Name: Thomas HaynsWill Text: In the Name of God Amen I Thomas Hayns of York in ye County of York, Knowing it is appointed for all men to die and finding my Self full of bodyly Infermities not Expecting but a little lime in this life make this my last Will and Testament being of a Sound Memory and in the first and Cheefe Place When near Approaching Change is Come by Death I humbly Resign my Soul into the hands of my Gloryfied Redeemer that gave it, and my body to ye Dust as it was in hopes of a Glorious Resurrection at ye Last day through the Merrits and Righteousness of the Lord Jesus Christ.And as for the worldly welth that God hath given me my Will is that after my Decease My dear and Well beloved Wife Shall decently bury my body, and that she my Said wife Namely Lydia Hains Shall be ye Sole Executrix unto my Last Will and Testament and that She Pay all my Just Debts out of my Estate.And I Will and bequeath unto my said Loving Wife Lydia Hayns after my Decease my funeral Charges and Debts being paid as abovesaid the over Plushage and remainder if any be I Do by these presents Give Grant and fully freely and absolutely make over and Confirm unto my said Wife all my whole Estate both Real and Personal both Land and Meadow Meadow Ground Dwelling house Barn out house in York or else where with all my Personal Estate of Chattels Cattle Sheep Swine or any and all my Moveables within dores and without with all the Rights and Priviledges and advantages and Appurtinances belonging to the Same or any Part or percel thereof or that Ever may Redownd unto ye Same or any part or parcel thereof or that Ever may Redound unto ye Same or any part or parcel thereof, Unto her the Said Lydia Hayns and her Heirs and Assignes for ever. To Have and to Hold and Quiatly and Peacably to Ocupie & Injoy the Same as a Good and Sure Estate in fee Simple to her and their only Vse bennifit and behoofe forever without any Intaile Legacy or any Incumberment Whatsoever. In Wittness hereof I have hereunto Set my hand and seal of my own Voluntary free Will and Consent this Twentyeth day of June in ye Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and twenty one In the Seventh Year of his Majtys Reign &ctSigned Sealed & Delivered in the presence of us as his Last Will and TestamentJohn RossAbram PrebleJoseph X Hannay his markThomas Hayns (Seal)Probated 1 Oct. 1723. Inventory returned 28 Sept. 1723, at 279: 5: 0, by Abram Preble, Joseph Sayward and Jonathan Bane, appraisers.
Lydia Young [Parents] 1 was born 2, 3, 4 in 1672. She died 5, 6 on 3 Apr 1757. She was buried 7 in Old Graveyard First Parish, York, York, Maine. She married Thomas Baines.
Other marriages:Bragdon, Samuel
Richard King 1, 2 died . He married Humility Hannah Preble.
Humility Hannah Preble [Parents] 1, 2, 3 was born 4, 5, 6 on 13 May 1697 in York, York Co, Maine. She died . She married Richard King.
Samuel Came 1 was born 2 in 1675 in York, York, Maine. He died 3 in 1768 in York, York, Maine. He married 4 Patience Bragdon on 22 Nov 1699.
Patience Bragdon [Parents] 1 was born 2 on 17 Apr 1678 in York, York, Maine. She died 3 in 1753 in York, York, Maine. She married 4 Samuel Came on 22 Nov 1699.
They had the following children:
F i Abigail Came 1 was born 2 on 18 Nov 1700. She died . F ii Putions Came 1 was born 2 on 30 Aug 1702. She died . F iii Mary Came F iv Tabatha Came F v Hezibeth Came 1 was born 2 on 24 Dec 1709. She died . M vi Joseph Came 1 was born 2 on 25 Apr 1715. He died . F vii Sarah Came 1 was born 2 on 30 Nov 1716. She died . F viii Hannah Came 1 was born 2 on 10 Mar 1719/1720. She died . F ix Dorcas Came 1 was born 2 on 7 Nov 1723. She died .
John Nowell 1 died . He married Tabatha Came.
Tabatha Came [Parents] 1 was born 2 on 14 Apr 1707. She died 3 after 1787. She married John Nowell.
Daniel Paul 1 died . He married Sarah Bragdon.
Sarah Bragdon [Parents] 1 was born 2 on 20 Mar 1680/1681 in York, York, Maine. She died . She married Daniel Paul.
Eliakim Wardwell [Parents] 1 was born 2 on 17 Aug 1687 in Andover, Massachusetts. He died 3 in 1749 in York, York Co, Maine. He married 4 Ruth Bragdon in Oct 1710.
Ruth Bragdon [Parents] 1 was born 2 on 9 Apr 1691 in York, York Co, Maine. She died 3 after 1754. She married 4 Eliakim Wardwell in Oct 1710.
They had the following children:
F i Mary Wardwell 1 was born 2 on 9 Mar 1711/1712 in York, York Co, Maine. She died . F ii Abigail Wardwell 1 was born 2 in 1715 in Andover, Massachusetts. She died . F iii Hannah Wardwell 1 was born 2 on 11 Sep 1716 in York, York Co, Maine. She died . M iv Joseph Wardwell 1 was born 2 on 18 Dec 1718. He died . F v Mariba Wardwell 1 was born 2 on 25 Dec 1720 in York, York Co, Maine. She died . M vi Samuel Wardwell 1 was born 2 on 2 Mar 1722/1723 in York, York Co, Maine. He died . M vii Eliakim Wardwell 1 was born 2 on 5 Jul 1725 in York, York Co, Maine. He died . F viii Lydia Wardwell 1 was born 2 on 8 Aug 1727 in York, York Co, Maine. She died . F ix Hephzibah Wardwell 1 was born 2 on 2 Oct 1729 in York, York Co, Maine. She died . M x Jeremiah Wardwell 1 was born 2 on 19 Feb 1731/1732 in York, York Co, Maine. He died . M xi Daniel Wardwell 1 was born 2 on 17 Apr 1734 in York, York Co, Maine. He died .
Samuel Wardwell 1 died 2 on 22 Sep 1692 in Andover, Massachusetts. The cause of death was Hanged for witchcraft. He married Sarah Hawkes.
Sarah Hawkes died . She married Samuel Wardwell.
Of Andover, Massachusetts. Condemned for witchcraft, but not executed (her husband was executed in 1692). Her sentence was revoked in 1703. (Downesast Ancestry)
They had the following children:
M i Eliakim Wardwell
Joseph Bragdon [Parents] 1 was born 2 on 19 Sep 1694 in York, York Co, Maine. He died 3 in Apr 1766. He married 4 Sarah Stickney on 26 Nov 1719 in Newbury.
Sarah Stickney 1 died . She married 2 Joseph Bragdon on 26 Nov 1719 in Newbury.
They had the following children:
F i Bragdon 1 died 2 on 4 Oct 1720. M ii John Bragdon 1 was born 2 on 5 Sep 1721 in York, York Co, Maine. He died 3 on 19 Jun 1744. He was buried 4 in Old Graveyard, 1st Parish, York, Maine. F iii Sarah Bragdon M iv Joseph Bragdon 1 was born 2 on 7 Dec 1725 in York, York Co, Maine. He died 3 on 14 Nov 1728 in York, York Co, Maine. F v Prudence Bragdon 1 was born 2 on 24 Jan 1727/1728 in York, York Co, Maine. She died 3 on 18 Nov 1728 in York, York Co, Maine. F vi Prudence Bragdon M vii Joseph Bragdon 1 was born 2 on 3 Feb 1731/1732 in York, York Co, Maine. He died . M viii Samuel Bragdon 1 was born 2 on 9 Apr 1734 in York, York Co, Maine. He died . M ix Jeremiah Bragdon
Benjamin Johnston 1 died . He married 2 Sarah Bragdon on 6 Sep 1720 in Portsmouth.
Sarah Bragdon [Parents] 1 was born 2 on 10 Dec 1692 in York, York Co, Maine. She died . She married 3 Benjamin Johnston on 6 Sep 1720 in Portsmouth.
They had the following children:
F i Mercy Johnston 1 was born 2 on 8 Nov 1720 in York, York Co, Maine. She died . F ii Anna Johnston 1 was born 2 on 26 Apr 1725 in York, York Co, Maine. She died . F iii Rhoda Johnston 1 was born 2 on 1 Feb 1727/1728 in York, York Co, Maine. She died . M iv Daniel Johnston 1 was born 2 on 6 Feb 1730/1731 in York, York Co, Maine. He died . M v James Johnston 1 was born 2 on 4 Oct 1734. He died .
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