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Irvin Johnson 1 died .
He had the following children:
F i Olive M. Johnson
Captain Lewis Bane [Parents] 1, 2 died 3 in Jun 1721 in York, Me. He was buried 4 on 26 Jun 1721 in York, Me. He married Unknown.
Other marriages:Austin, Mary
buried with military honor on June 26, 1721, many people being present
his estate apportioned to his widow, four sons, and three daughters (Overtaken by Death, p. 4)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, 75. Name: Lewis Bane Will Text: In the Name of God Amen. I Lewis Bane of York in ye County of York, in ye Province of Main, in New: England, being Sick of Body, but of Sound understanding and memory; Do make this my Last Will & Testament.First and above all. I would Commit my Spirit into ye hands of God that gave it, as a faithfull Creator and Mercifull Father, as also into ye hands of Christ, as an alsufficient and most Gracious Redeemer. Desiring to trust in his Righteousness, even in his only for Justification. In ye next place I Commit my body to ye Earth, Decently, to be buried, in hopes of a Glorious Resurrection. And as to that Worldly Estate which God has Graciously given me, I Dispose of it as followeth.Imprs I give and bequeath unto my faithfull Loving and Tender Wife my Dwelling house and barn and ye one half of all my Movebles which Movables what my Said Wife does not spend in her lifetime to be given, among her Children at her Discretion at her Decease. and my Said Wife Shall have her thirds of ye rest of my Estate and half the Lower Pasture during her Natural life.Itm I give and bequeath unto my Eldest Son Jonathan all the Land which I bought of Mr Gooch (Excepting the Land on which my barne Standeth & four roods the N E. and as many Roods to ye SE. of Sd barn and So that full bredth. SW. down to ye high way) I do also give unto my Said Son Jonathan the one half of my Lower pasture, and ye whole of Said pasture at his Mothers Decease. And I do further give unto my Said Son a Third part of all my fresh meadows, that lie up in ye Woods.Itm I give and bequeath to my Son Lewis all my Lands at the place in this Town Called Scituate which I bought of Arthur Bragdon & Dodavah and Job Curtis, Together with ye whole of ye fresh meadow that I bought with ye Said Lands at Scituate. I do also give unto my Said Second Son Lewis one third part of my fresh meadows abovesd Lying in the Woods.Itm I give unto my third Son John That forty acres of Land which was my fathers on which my now Dwelling house Standeth taking in ye Reserve or Exception mentioned in my Gift to Jonathan as above Expressed. as also my Dwelling House and barn at his mothers Decease as also one third part of ye meadows Lying up in ye Woods above mentioned. He ye Said John paying to his youngest brother Ebenezar Twenty and five pounds money.Item My Youngest Son Ebenezar Shall be well brought up out of ye Estate till he Shall come to be of ye age of twenty & one years, and then besides ye twenty and five pounds to be paid him by his Brother John he Shall be paid by my Executors out of my Estate Eighty pounds money as also one Cow and ten SheepItm I give unto my Eldest Davghter Mary Sayword twenty pounds to be paid by my Executors out of my Estate within one Year after my Decease.Itm I give and bequeath unto my Second Daughter Elinor forty pounds to be paid out of my Estate by my Executors within two years after my DeceaseItm I give and bequeath unto my youngest Daughter Mehetabel Forty pounds. as also one Cow and ten Sheep to be paid to her Mother. & put into her Mothers hands within one year after my Decease.Itm As to ye rest of my Land and other Estate that I have not Disposed of, I leave it in ye hands of my Executors to pay my Just Debts & Funeral Charges & if anything Shall remain it Shall be Equally Divided among all my Children: But if Said Land & Estate Shall not be Sufficient what is wanting Shall be paid by my Children in an Equall proportion to what they do by this my Will and Testament receive.Finally. I do make Constitute & appoint my beloved Wife and Eldest Son to be ye Sole Executors of this my Last Will & TestamtSigned Sealed Publisbed Pronounced & Declared by Lewis Bane first within mentioned to be his Last Will & Testamt In presence of usJohn SedgleyJob BanksJoseph MoodeyLewis Bane (Seal)Note ye word (her) between ye 16th & 17th lines in ye first page, as also ye words (as also) between ye 37th & 38th lines in ye Same page and ye word (be) between ye 3d & 4th line in ye 2d page ware all written before ye Signing sealing or Pronouncing of ye above written TestamtProbated 21 July 1721. Inventory returned 2 Oct. 1721, at 1175: 15: 0, by Abram Preble, Samuel Came, and Jeremiah Moulton Junr, appraisers. Debts due the estate from John Sayward, and Nathll Donnill.
Unknown died 1 in 1723 in York, Me. She was buried 2 in York, Me. She married Captain Lewis Bane.
They had the following children:
M i Jonathan Bane died in York, Maine. He was buried in York, Maine. M ii Lewis Bane died in York, Maine. He was buried in York, Maine. M iii John Bane died in York, Maine. He was buried in York, Maine. M iv Ebenezer Bane died 1 on 24 Jan 1691/1692 in York, York, Maine. He was buried in York, Maine.
Banks, Charles Edward. History of York Maine, Vol I. Regional Publishing Company: Baltimore, MD. 1931
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Probably died in the York Candlemas Massacre (Jan 24, 1691-2) in which about 150 Abenakis attacked the town of York, burning all but four houses on the north side of the river, capturing about 80 people, and killing about 50.F v Elinor Bane died in York, Maine. She was buried in York, Maine. F vi Mehitable Bane died in York, Maine. She was buried in York, Maine. F vii Mary Bane
Peter Nowell [Parents] 1, 2 was born 3 on 3 Oct 1669/1670. He was christened 4 on 9 Nov 1673 in Falmouth, County Cornwall, England. He died 5 on 10 May 1740 in York, York Co, Maine. He married 6 Sarah Weare in 1701 in York, York Co, Maine.
Other marriages:, Mary
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, 5, 183. Name: Peter Nowel Will Text: The last Will & Testament of Peter Nowel of York in ye County of York in New-England Esqr made this twenty Eighth Day of August Anno Domini 1738.As to that worldly Estate which God in his Providence has seen meet to bestow upon me (after my just Debts & Funeral Charges are paid) I Dispose thereof in manner followingImps I Give & bequeath to my welbeloved Wife Mary Nowel the Use of one of my Female Servants Flora Phillis or Pegg which She shall choose during her Natural Life, if She shall continue a Widow; also a Yoak of handy Oxen for her own proper Goods; & Yearly to be paid in equal Proportion by my two Sons John & Ebenezer Two Barrels of Cyder, Ten Bushels of Apples & one Load of Salt hay as long as She shall continue a Widow (besides one hundred pounds in money Three Cows such as She shall choose & the Houshold goods She brought with her which She was to have had by virtue of an agreement made betwixt us before Marriage which agreement I Do hereby ratifie & Confirm).Item. I give to my Eldest Son John Nowel all that Tract of Land which I bought of James Smith whereon my sd Son now Dwells & the Land & Marsh on the opposite Side of the way begining at Daniel Mac Intier's Land & running by the high way till it comes one Rod to the South Eastword of Curtis's Cove & so runs down one Rod distant from ye Marsh till it comes to a little Cove of Marsh runing into the Farm & across sd Cove down to a small Pine Stump which is ye bounds between Ebenezer Cobourns Marsh & mine Paying as herein is provided.Item. I Give to my second Son Peter Nowel that Land whereon he now lives beginning at the Lane from the Mill & runs across the Way there as the Lots were first laid out to the Head of my Land there and runing Down so as to take in all my Land & fresh Marsh below sd Lane as far as the Corner of Ramsdals Fence about Eight or ten Rods below the Bridge there as it is now staked out & to the turn of the River. & so over to John Mack Intires Land to a certain Spring in the River. also one half of all my Land & fresh Meadow lying near Agamenticus Hill & a certain Piece of salt Marsh I bought of Capt Caleb Preble Decesd below York Bridge & one half part of ye Saw Mill near his House & of ye Privilidge whereon it stands.Item. I give & bequeath to my Third Son Ebenezer Nowel all my Home place where I now live on Each side of ye way below my Son John's both Land & Marsh with the Buildings thereon (Except as hereafter is Excepted) But if Said Ebenezer shold die without an Heir of his Body lawfully begotten then the sd Home place both Land & Marsh to be to John the Eldest Son of my Son John Nowel sd John Nowel Jur paying one Hundred & fifty pounds to Peter eldest Son of my Son Peter Nowel & one Hundred & fifty pounds more to Paul Eldest Son of my Son Paul Nowel sd Ebenezer paying as herein is provided.Item. I give & bequeath to my fourth Son Abraham Nowel all my Right & Interest in the House Land Wharf &c where he now lives which I bought of Capt Edward Preble also all that two Hundred acres of Land more or Less which I have at Bald Head adjoyning to Wells Bounds.Item I give & bequeath to my Fifth Son Paul Nowel that Lot of Land where he now lives lying between the Land of Deacon Bragdon & Joseph Freethey with ye House thereon also Twenty Acres of Land lying on ye South East side of ye Bell Marsh Brook also Thirty Eight Acres of Land lying on ye North West side of sd Brook being all the Land there which I bought of Deacon Bragdon also a Piece of Salt Marsh containing about four Acres below Mr Moody's Cove which I bought of Adams & Black & also all my Interest iu the fresh Meadow called the Bell Marsh.Item. I give & bequeath to my Youngest Son Silas Nowel all that Tract of Land lying on the North West side of the Bell Marsh Brook between the Land herein given to my Son Peter & the Land given to my Son Paul & also one half of my Mill & Privilidge aforementioned & one half of my Land & fresh meadow lying near Agamenticus Hill aforementioned also a small Piece Land & Marsh lying on each side ye River above York Bridge & adjoyning to my Son Peter's Land & Marsh there & also my two Pieces of Salt Marsh lying aboue Mr Moody's Cove aforesd.Item. I give & bequeath to my Eldest Daughter Sarah Bane one Hundred & fifty Pounds besides what She has already had to be paid out of my Estate by my Execurs Fifty pounds within Six Months after my Decease & fifty pounds more with Interest within Six Months after & the remaining fifty pounds within six Months more with Interest.Item. I give & Bequeath to my Daughter Mary Lane fifty pounds to be paid by my Son John within Six Months after my Decease & also I give to John Lane Son of my said Daughter fifty pounds to be paid by my sd Son John wn sd John Lane shall come to be one and twenty Years of age if he shall live thereto.Item. I give to my youngest Daughter Ester Nowel two Hundred pounds to be paid by my Son Ebenezer within twelve Months after my Decease & also my little Negro Girl called Phillis.Item. It is my Will That my Wife Mary Nowel aforesd shall have the use of the large lower Room at ye East end of my Dwelling House & one third Part of ye Cellar if She see cause to Dwell here while She remains a Widow & that my Daughter Ester should have the use of ye two little Chambers at ye Westerly End of sd House while She remains single unless my Daughter Mary should be left a Widow & then She to have an equal Interest in sd privildge while She remains a Widow.Item. I give to my three Sons Abraham, Paul & Silas all my Rights in ye Comon & undivided Land in York to be equally Divided between them.Item. It is my Will that any other Lands or Rights which I shall leave not particularly disposed of shall be sold if need be for the payment of my Debts & Legacies; but if there shall be any over plus it shall be equally Divided among all my Children, and if what I have hereby ordered of real and personal Estate shall be insufficient to pay my Debts & Legacies then the same to be paid by my Six Sons in proportion to what they Receive of my Estate.Item. I give unto my Eldest Son John Nowel my Silver Hilted sword & my walking Staff & I Do hereby make & appoint my sd Son John & my Son Ebenezer the Executors of this my last Will & Testament hereby revokeing all other Wills and Testaments.Lastly. It is my Will that this Instrument be read in the Presence of as many of my Children as conveniently may be got together before Witnesses & then Delivered to my Executors abovenamed Witness my Hand & Seal ye Day & Year afore writtenSigned Sealed Published pronounced & Declared by ye within named Peter Nowel Esqr to be his last Will & Testament in Presence of Us.Zebulon WhitumHannah HarrisonMary + Bradon her markPeter Nowel (seal)Probated 30 May 1740. Inventory returned 14 July, 1740 at 2035: 14: 3, by Samll Sewall, Samll Milberry and John Bradbury, appraisers.Banks, Charles Edward. History of York Maine, Vol II. Regional Publishing Company: Baltimore, MD. 1931
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"Peter Nowell
The ancestor of the Nowell family of York came here from Salem where he had settled a few years earlier and followed the trade of a blacksmith. He was the second son of Roger and Mary (Rosenbach) Nowell, baptized November 9, 1673 at Falmouth, County Cornwall. He probably came to York in 1695 as attached to the garrison here, as 'Sergeant Nowell' is mentioned in 1696 in the military records of that date. He at once began a long life of real estate transactions on February 18, 1694/5, when he bought ten acres of land in Scotland [York], and in the next forty-five years he was a party in over seventy transfers of property. He held the usual number of minor town offices: was Selectman 1713, 1714, 1715, 1717, 1720, 1722, 1724, 1725, 1728, 1730; deputy to the General Court, 1724; and Moderator 1727 and 1739. He married in 1701 Sarah, daughter of Peter and Mary (Puddington) Weare by whom he had ten children. He married (2) Mrs. Mary Preble, February 19, 1730, but there was no issue. The tombstone of his first wife, formerly standing, on the Bragdon farm in Scotland thus recounted her virtues:
'Here lies the precious dust of Mrs. Sarah Nowell late virtuous consort of Capt. Peter Nowell: a pattern of modesty & sobriety Prudence and diligence Truth & faithfulness Emminent for serious and undissembled Devotion in the Solemn Worship of God, Adorning her Profession by a blameless Faithfull conversation. Who departed this life in the well-grounded hope of a better, Sept. 29, 1729 in the 53rd year of her age.'
The genealogy of this family appears in Volume III of this history.
Sarah Weare [Parents] 1, 2 was born 3 about 1670. She died 4 on 29 Sep 1729 in York, York Co, Maine. She married 5 Peter Nowell in 1701 in York, York Co, Maine.
They had the following children:
M i Paul Nowell M ii John Nowell died . M iii Ebenezer Nowell died . M iv Peter Nowell died . M v Abraham Nowell died . M vi Silas Nowell died . F vii Sarah Nowell died . F viii Mary Nowell died . F ix Ester Nowell died .
Peter Weare [Parents] 1, 2, 3 was born 4, 5 on 14 Dec 1618 in Charfield, Gloucestershire, England. He died 6, 7 on 25 Jan 1692 in York, York, Maine. The cause of death was killed by Indians. He married 8, 9 Mary Puddington in 1664 in York, York Co, Maine.
Other marriages:Gooch, Ruth
Ancestry.com. Maine Pioneers, 1623-1660 [database online]. Orem, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 1999. Original data: Pope, Charles Henry. The Pioneers of Maine and New Hampshire, 1623-1660. n.p., 1908.
York, had lawsuit in Piscataqua court in 1640. Proprietor; witness to an Indian deed to Humphrey Chadbourne in 1643; bought land at Cape Nuddocke beach 18 Oct. 1644. Had land grant from the town in 1646. [York De. I.] Took oath of allegiance to Mass. govt. 22 Nov. 1652. He deposed 7 Dec. 1658, ae. about 40 years, relative to land grants made 14 or 15 years before. Was a faithful friend of the Mass. govt. and was imprisoned in 1668 by the royalist authorities for that cause; petitions describe his sufferings; had been lame many years. [Bax. MSS.]
He died before April 18, 1692, when the inventory of his estate was taken; the widow Mary presented it in court Nov. 1, following. [York De. V.] She made her will 21 Jan. prob. 7 April 1719; beq. to children Hopewell and Daniel Wear, Mary Roberts and Sarah Nowell, and to son in law Nowell.Mentioned several times in entries from Robert Charles Anderson. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633 [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2000. Original data: Robert Charles Anderson. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, vols. 1-3. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995.
Edward Godfrey:
On 5 January 1680 "Ann Godfrey, sometimes of York, now of Kittery," deposed that she "did about twenty odd years agone, give & grant unto William Moore of York" two acres of marsh and thatch at Braveboat Harbor "being about the middle of my farm, which since I disposed of to Major Nicho[las] Shapleigh," but whereas Peter Weare failed to record it, she now requested that it be recorded [YLR 3:86].
Edward Johnson:
On 11 June 1657 "Mr. Edw: Johnson of Yorke" deposed that "little before Thomas Gorges Esqr. went out of New England which was about thirteen or fourteen years ago ... he was present in the marshes of York" and gave Peter Weare possession of a parcel of marsh [YLR 2:179].Banks, Charles Edward. History of York Maine, Vol II. Regional Publishing Company: Baltimore, MD. 1931
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"Peter Weare
For nearly three centuries descendents of this rugged pioneer have lived in York and have been identified with Cape Neddick. The precise date of his emigration is not known, but he first appears as a settler at Great Works, Kittery, about 1638, when he and Thomas Brookes, alias Basil Parker, bought land of John Wilcox on the Asbenbedick River. Peter Weare was then about twenty years of age and came from Charfield, Gloucestershire, probably son of Peter Weare of that parish, and perhaps descended from a Thomas Weare who was living there before 1500. (***footnote: It is quite probable, but not yet proved that Nataniel Weare, who came to Newbury, 1635, and later to Hampton, N.H. was a cousin or near kinsman of our settler. Both named sons Peter and Nathaniel, and it is known that the Hampton family came from the same part of England. Nathaniel was an apprentice in Bristol in 1618.) How Peter Weare became associated with Basil Parker, a London haberdasher, in the property at Great Works is not known, but it is established that they were living at that place in June 1640 (Maine Court Records i, 42) and shortly after had a confirmation of their land from Thomas Gorges (***footnote: Parker came over first as agent of the Shrewsbury Merchants who had land in New Hampshire, and as this city was in close connection with Bristol, this may explain the origin of their association.)
Of his early activities he stated in a deposition in 1665 that twenty-seven years previously he had "oftentimes travailed the country, some of the natives always with him, with hath from time to time affirmed that the lake called Winnepasaket issues into the river of Merremake, & having some Indians with me upon the north side of the sd lake, upon a great mountaine, did see the said lake" (Mass. Col. Rac. iv, pt. 2, p243). This presupposes his employment in the traffic of furs, then a lucrative business. They both left Kittery and came to York to reside. Weare was called "of Gorgeana" in June 1643 (Deeds ii, 179), and thenceforth he resided here until his death. He lived first near the present meeting house, but by 1650 he had acquired a lot on the north side of Cape Neddick River which became the Weare homsetead for generations. From this time forth Peter Weare became a leading citizen of the town and often a storm centre of politics.
From the first he identified himself with the Massachusetts pretentions to the ownership of Maine, and was used by them to bolster their claims. He signed the Submission of 1652 and the petiton to Cromwell in 1656. In 1659 he represented York in the local legislature held by Wiggin and Danforth by virtue of a commission from Masachusetts; again at Boston, 1660, and in 1665 at the important session of the general Court during the controversy with the Royal Commissioners. In 1668 he signed a petition to Massachusetts to resume control of the Province. So obnoxious did he make himself to the lawful authroties of Gorges in this year that they imprisioned him in the town jail, "but at night the doors of the jail were staved in pieces by his confederates and he was set free" (Colonial Papers xxxiii, 58), when the Justices of Massachusetts supported by an armed force appeared in York to seize the Courts. The Justices of Maine wrote to Colnel Nicolls that he had been a principle leader in all these disturbances, "repayring to the General Court in the midst of all for his security." (ibid). This second military invasion of Maine in force was successful and Weare began to profit by his partisanship. He was commissioed as Recorder by the General Court "if Mister Edward Rishworth the recorder of said County of York, neglect or refuse his duty therein" (Mass. Col. Rec. iv, pt 2, 152), which proved to be the case and Weare assumed the duties. "His records show," said the editor of York Deeds "that he was poorly qualified to the office to which he was appointed. In an age when spelling was largely a matter of personal choice, his orthography was lamentable; and his handwriting was worse than his spelling. The labor of writing was so irksome to him that he frequently employed Rishworth to make the records, to which he affixed his clumsy signature." (ii, 8). In 1669 Rishworth was again elected Recorder, but the Court set aside the election and reappointed Weare, who held the office another year to be succeeded by Rishworth. He held the office of County Treasurer in 1670 and Clerk of the Writs in 1665.
In local affairs he seemd to have the confidence of his neighbors. For eighteen years, beginning in 1663, of which there remains a record he was elected a Selectman, the last time in 1683 and for seven years, 1654 to 1673 he served as Town Clerk, despite his lack of qualifications for this kind of work. Although out of sympathy with his Provincial politics the town recognized his abilities and his long service justified their confidence. He can be classed as one of York's most useful citizens in her early years of development.
In the bitter personalities engendered during the excitement of the Usurpation he was called by Capt. John Davis, his wife's stepfather a "Base nave & cripell cur" which indicates that he had suffered some disabling injury in his life but that he was vigorous enough in 1685 to cross the ocean is evidenced by the fact that he proved at London "as executor" the will of his younger brother, Thomas, when he was about seventy years of age (P. C. C. 128, Cann). He was married twice; his first wife was Ruth, daughter of John and Ruth Gooch, but she had died probably before the date of her father's will (1667). For his second venture he took Mary, daughter of George and Mary (Pooke) Puddington, who had been an inmate of his household as a housekeeper (1649-1663) and married her the next year. This marriage did not turn out satisfactorily and she was indicted in 1675 for "liveing from her husband." Upon examination she explained that it was "b cause her husband was not willing to have her Company, neither did he provide helpe or necessary Accomidation for her Convenient reception which iff he would shee was willing to go to live with him." he was ordered to provide properly for her, and she to return to her husband, both upon a prescribed penalty. She outlived him and died January 28, 1718-19 aged about eighty-five years. Her will was proved April seven following. He was killed in the massacre of 1692. His estate was valued in 1727 by a family settlement at 570pounds-2-10 (York Probate iii, 250). He had the following children by both marriages:
(By first wife)
1. Elizabeth, m. Thomas Donnell. She was living in 1702.
2. Mary, m. John Drury (Deeds ix, 36).
3. Hannah, m. (1) Nathaniel Jewell (Suffolk Deeds xiv, 421). (2) Michael Shaller in 1697 (Deeds ix, 36).
4. Peter, b. 1649, eldest son (Deeds vii, 105).
5. Phebe, m. Isaac Marion about 1681.
6. Nathanial, prob. died young without issue.
7. Ruth, m. Timothy Cunningham
(By second wife)
1. Daniel, b. about 1666
2. Joseph, b. about 1668.
3. Sarah, b. about 1670; m. Peter Nowell.
4. Elias, b. about 1672.
5. Mary, b. about 1674; m. Charles Roberts (Deeds x, 188).
6. Hopewell, b. about 1676.
The geneology of this family will appear in Volume III.
Banks, Charles Edward. History of York Maine, Vol I. Regional Publishing Company: Baltimore, MD. 1931
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Probably died in the York Candlemas Massacre (Jan 24, 1691-2) in which about 150 Abenakis attacked the town of York, burning all but four houses on the north side of the river, capturing about 80 people, and killing about 50.
Mary Puddington [Parents] 1 was born 2, 3 on 2 Feb 1632 in York, York Co, Maine. She was christened 4 on 2 Feb 1632. She died 5, 6 on 28 Jan 1718/1719 in York, York Co, Maine. She married 7, 8 Peter Weare in 1664 in York, York Co, Maine.
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, 12. Name: Mary Wear Will Text: In The Name of God Amen the 21th of Ianry 1718/1719 I Mary Wear of Yorke in the Province of Main in New England Widow being very weak of Body, but as yet Sound in Iudgment and of Perfect Memory (through the wonderfull Goodness of God, Glory be to his Name) Do make this as my last Will and Testament Revoking and Disannulling all former Wills whatsoever.First and aboue all I the above Named Mary Wear do Commend my Sperit into the Hands of the Lord Iesus Christ who hath Redeemed it, and my Body I Commit to the Earth Decently to be Enterred by my Executor hereaf-Named in Assured hope of a Glorious Resurrection.And as for my Small Estate I do give my house and all my Land unto my Beloved Son Hopewell during his Natural life and at his Decease Equally to be divided betwene my other Three Children Daniel Wear Mary Roberts and Sarah Nowel Hopewell also to have my Household Stuff and Bedind.Whatsoever else I have in moneys Goods Stock or any thing else Whatsoever as well not mentioned as mentioned wheither in possession or Reversion, that is now or might ever be Iustly due to me, I leave with my beloved Son in Law Nowel for the Payment of my Iust Debts and funeral Charges Whome I do Constitute make and ordain my Sole Executor of this my Last Will and Testament Only my desire and will further is and was although I did not Express it so plainly to be brought in, in its proper Place I Say my will is that my Beloved Son Hopewell Shall have all my household Stuff and Beding only my wearing clothes and trunk I give to my Daughter Nowel In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and Seal the day and year above written and in the Sixth Year of the Reign of George of Great Brittian &ct King &ctSigned Sealed Published Pronounced & declared by the above namedMary Wear as her last will & Testament in the Presents of usThe Subscribers,Abiell GoodwinSamuel MoodeyHannah MoodeyMary Wear (Seal)Probated 7 April 1719. Inventory returned 7 April 1719, at 105: 13:10, by Joseph Banks, Nicolas Sewal, and Benjamin Stone, appraisers.
They had the following children:
M i Daniel Weare 1 was born 2 about 1666. He died after 1718. M ii Joseph Weare 1 was born 2 about 1668. F iii Sarah Weare M iv Elias Weare F v Mary Weare M vi Hopewell Weare 1 was born 2 about 1676. He died after 1718.
Peter Weare 1 was born 2 about 1592 in Brockenborough, Wiltshire, England. He died 3 on 12 Oct 1653. He married 4 Unknown before 1618 in York, York Co, Maine.
Unknown was born 1 about 1591 in England. She died . She married 2 Peter Weare before 1618 in York, York Co, Maine.
They had the following children:
M i Peter Weare
George Puddington [Parents] 1, 2 was born 3, 4 about 1599. He died 5, 6 3 Jul 1647 - 5 Jun 1649 in York, York Co, Maine. He married 7 Mary Pooke on 5 Feb 1630 in St. Peter Parish, Tiverton, Devonshire, England.
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, 121. Name: George Puddington Will Text: In the Name of God Amen/ the XXVth of June in ye year of our Lord one thousand Six hundred fforty Seuen, I George Puddington the unprofitable Seruant of God, weake in body, but Strong in mind, doe willingly and with a free heart render and giue again into ye hands of my Lord God and Creatr my Spirit which he of his ffatherly goodness gaue unto me when he first fashioned me in my Mothers Wombe, making me a liuing and a reasonable Creature, Nothing Doubting but that for his infinite Mercye, Set forth in ye precious blood of his Dearly beloued Son Jesus Christ our onely Sauir & Redeemr he will receiue my Soul into his Blessed Saints.And as concerneing my body Euen with a good will & free heart I giue ouer, recomending it to ye earth whereof it came nothing doubting but according to ye Article of my faith at ye great day of generall Resurrection when we shall appear before the Judgement Seat of Christ, I shall receiue ye Same again by ye mighty power of God whereas he is able to Subdue all things to himselfe, Not a corruptable, Mortall weak and vile body as it is now but an incorruptable, immortall, Strong and perfect body in all points.ffirst as concerning my wife with whome I Coupled my Selfe in ye fear of God refuseing all other women I linked my Selfe unto her, liuing with her in ye Blessed State of Honourable Wedlock, by whom alsoe by the Blessing of God I haue now two Sons and three daughters, John & Elias Mary ffrances and Rebecca. And albeit I doubt not but that God after my departure according to his promise will be unto her a husband yea a father and a Patron and Defender, and will not Suffer her to lack if She trust fear and Serue him dilligently calling upon his holy name, yet forasmuch as God hath Blessed me with Worldly Substance and She is my own flesh, and whoso prouideth not for his, denieth the ffaith and is worse than an Infidell/ I therefore giue & bequeath unto John my Eldest Son, and Elias my youngest Son all my land and houses and out houses which are now in my Possession where I now dwell in Gorgeana in New-England and alsoe all my Marsh ground, or land, in Gorgeana aforesaid with all ye appurtenances thereunto belonging to them and to their heires for euer Equally to be Deuided, but if any of my Sons doe die without heires of his body lawfully begotten that then the land and Marishes aforesaid remain to ye longest liuer and to his heires ffor Euer. But if it shall please God that both my Sons doe die wthout heires of their bodyes lawfully begotten that then I giue and bequeath the aforesaid land and Marish grond unto my three daughters Mary Rebecca & ffrances, and and to their heires for Euer/ And if any of them Shall die without Issue of their bodies lawfully begotten then to the longest liuer and their heires for euer/ but if all my Children doe die without heires that then I giue and bequeath my aforesaid land and Marish ground unto my brother Robert Puddington and his heires for Euer Prouided always that Mary my wife haue ye Said land and Marsh ground during this her Mortall life for ye bringing up and Maintainance of my said Children -- moreouer I giue and bequeath unto Mary my Eldest daughter one cow called or known by ye name of Ladd and fiue pounds Starling when She Shall come unto the age of Sixteen yeares/ I doe giue and bequeath unto my Second Daughter ffrances one Cow called or known by the name of young finch, and fiue pounds of money, and the which to be payd unto her at ye age of Sixteen yeares ffurther I doe giue and bequeath unto my youngest daughter Rebecca one heifer called or known by the name of young Ladd and fiue pounds of money and the said 5lb to be payd unto her at ye age of Sixteen yeares And all ye aforesaid Cattle to remain in Mary my wiues Custody untill they or Either of them Shall come unto ye age of Sixteen years without any fraud or Couin And my meaning is that my three daughtrs Shall haue the thirds of ye Increase of the aforesd Cattle in the mean to their use/ My Will is further that I doe giue unto John my Eldest Son, my best feather bed with all things Else thereunto belonging, and one long Table, and a Brewing ffurnis, but Mary my wife to haue ye use of them untill he come unto ye age of one and twenty years but if he Shall die in the mean time that then my Will is that ye ffether bed with that thereunto belonging, and the Table and the Brewing ffurnis I giue unto Elias my youngest Son and to his heires for Euer/ My Will is further that I doe giue unto Mary my Eldest daughter, one fflock bed and Bolster with all things Else belonging, also my Will is that Mary my Wife I doe make and ordaine to be full and wholly Executrix of this my last Will and Testament/ Alsoe my desire is that my Brother Robert Puddington and Mr Edward Johnson Mr Abraham Preble & Mr John Alcock to be Supervisers of this my Will/ And in token of my loue unto them, I bequeath unto these my Supervisers ten Shillings.Witnesse hereof I haue hereunto Set my hand and Seal in the presents of/John AlcockThe mark of + Bartholmew BarnetThe mark of X Arthur BragdonGeorge Puddington (Seal)Recorded 18 Jany 1695-6.Banks, Charles Edward. History of York Maine, Vol I. Regional Publishing Company: Baltimore, MD. 1931.
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"George Puddington
He was the son of Robert Puddington, a clothier of Tiverton, Devon, and Jane his wife, probably born 1600 or thereabouts. The father was an owner of mills which were burned, bringing him into financial difficulties shortly before his death. Law suits were part of the inheritance of his sons, and this may have been the reason for the emigration of the brothers George to Agamenticus and Robert to Portsmouth sometime before 1640, the year when both are first found on the records. Robert, the father, made his will Feb 10, 1630-1 (nuncupative), and administration of the estate was granted to the widow, Anne, his second wife, May 16, 1631. The house on Brampton Street, Tiverton was left to George, who was probably the eldest son. It is probable that George Puddington came to Maine some years before 1640, but the first time his name appears is in the list of aldermen of Agamenticus, and as deputy from the borough to the Provincial Court. Evidently impressed with the importance of this honor, he was charged by Parson Burdett with saying that 'the power of the combination at Agamenticus was greater than the power of the King,' but the jury ignored the complaint. As he was fined for being tipsy at the same Court, the source of his boasting may be inferred. He brought with him to Maine a wife and young family of children. She was Mary Pooke, whom he had married at S. Peter's Church in Tiverton Feb 5, 1630, whose parentage has not been ascertained. Like Puddington, it was a common name in Devon and there is a small parish called Puddington in that county. The home lot where Puddington settled was purchased of Henry Simpson in 1640, and his house stood at the mouth of Meeting House Creek. It is probable that he carried on the business of an innkeeper there, as after his death his widow continued that business. In 1646, he was fined for exaction in selling victuals which seems to bear out this surmise (G. R. vii, 228). He died between July 3, 1647 and June 5, 1649, aged about 50 years. His will, dated June 25, 1647 but not recorded for nearly half a century, on June 18, 1696. [contents of will match above] .. The reason for withholding this will from probate may be found in the unfortunate Court record of his wife in 1640, which associates her name with the parson Burdett and the birth of a child, Sarah (1641), who is not named in the will of her husband as one of his children. The widow may have felt that an injustice had been done the daughter and concealed the will during her lifetime, as it was not produced until the necessity came to settle heirships among the grandchildren after the death of the mother. She married, secondly, about 1659, Major John Davis, with whom she lived till his death in 1691, keeping the old home as an inn with him. She died some years after, and the will was then brought to light. The merits of the case must rest on an interpretation of the record. The following named children were the issue:
1. George, bap. 12 Feb 1631. Prob. d.y.
2. Mary, bap. 2 Feb 1632/3; m. Peter Weare about 1666.
3. Joan, bap 22 Feb 1634; Prob. d. y.
4. John, b. (1635); of Cape Porpus and Salisbury, fisherman.
5. Frances, b. (1637).
6. Rebecca, b. (1638)
7. Elias, b. (1640). Little is known of him; witness 1666 (Deeds iv, 47) and in 1667 signed a court return (s. j. c. mss, 860)
8. Sarah, b. (1641); she was a witness in 1658 as Sarah Puddington, aged 17 years; m. John Penwell of York.History of Wells and Kennebunk Maine by Edward E. Bourne. Portland, ME: B. Thurston and Co. 1875.
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"'Mary, the wife of George Puddington, was indicted' by the whole bench 'for often frequenting the house and company of Mr. George Buditt, minister of Agamenticus, privately in his bed chamber and elsewhere in a very suspicious manner, notwithstanding the said Mary was often forewarned thereof by her said husband, and the constable of the said plantation, with divers others, to the great disturbance and scandal of said plantation,' and she was required to make this public confession: 'I, Mary Puddington, do hereby acknowledge that I have dishonored God, the place where I live, and wronged my husband by my disobedient and light carriage, for which I am heartily sorry, and desire forgiveness of this court and of my said husband, and do promise amendment of life and manners henceforth;' and having made this confession to ask her husband's pardon on her knees."
Mary Pooke 1, 2, 3 was born 4 about 1625. She died . She married 5 George Puddington on 5 Feb 1630 in St. Peter Parish, Tiverton, Devonshire, England.
Birth date probably wrong.
History of Wells and Kennebunk Maine by Edward E. Bourne. Portland, ME: B. Thurston and Co. 1875.
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"'Mary, the wife of George Puddington, was indicted' by the whole bench 'for often frequenting the house and company of Mr. George Buditt, minister of Agamenticus, privately in his bed chamber and elsewhere in a very suspicious manner, notwithstanding the said Mary was often forewarned thereof by her said husband, and the constable of the said plantation, with divers others, to the great disturbance and scandal of said plantation,' and she was required to make this public confession: 'I, Mary Puddington, do hereby acknowledge that I have dishonored God, the place where I live, and wronged my husband by my disobedient and light carriage, for which I am heartily sorry, and desire forgiveness of this court and of my said husband, and do promise amendment of life and manners henceforth;' and having made this confession to ask her husband's pardon on her knees."
They had the following children:
M i George Puddington was christened 1 on 12 Feb 1631. He died 2 as a child. F ii Mary Puddington F iii Joan Puddington was christened 1 on 22 Feb 1634. She died 2 as a child. M iv John Puddington was born 1 about 1635. He died after 1647. F v Frances Puddington was born 1 about 1637. She died after 1647. F vi Rebecca Puddington was born 1 about 1638. She died after 1647. M vii Elias Puddington was born 1 about 1640. He died after 1647. F viii Sarah Puddington
John Mayne [Parents] 1 was born 2, 3 about 1614 in Hatherleigh, Devonshire, England. He died 4 on 27 May 1699 in Boston, Suffolk Co, Massachusetts. He married 5 Elizabeth Laurie in 1649 in Casco Bay, Cumberland Co, Maine.
from English Origins of New England Families, Volume II
page 167: witness to will of William Symons in County Devon, EnglandAncestry.com. Maine Pioneers, 1623-1660 [database online]. Orem, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 1999. Original data: Pope, Charles Henry. The Pioneers of Maine and New Hampshire, 1623-1660. n.p., 1908.
of Mayne's Point, Casco before 1648; removed to York. He, ae. 70 years, and his wife Elizabeth, ae. 60, testified 3 Jan. 1664, as to the planting of a tract of land adjoining his land at Casco, near Mayne's Point, 35 or 36 years.
He bought, about 1657, a house and 60 acres of land "neare the middle of Casco Bay"; was driven away by the Indians; two sons were slain; house burnt; wife and rest of family hardly escaped with their lives. [Petition to Andros, 1687. Bax. MSS.]Ancestry.com. Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire [database online]. Orem, UT: Ancestry.com, Inc., 1998. Original data: Libby, Charles Thornton. Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, Portland, Maine: The Southward Press, 1928.
John (Mayne),No. Yarmouth, b. ±1614-5. See Atwell(3). His home there was on 60 a. on Mayne's Point, w. side of Wescustogo River, bot from Richard Carter near ±30 yrs. agone (depo. 1682). In Jan. 1684-5, ±70, he told that he had kn. the Point at least 36 yrs.; his w. Elizabeth said 35 yrs. J. of life and death, 1666. York 1676 (see Jackson 7); O. A. Mar. 1679-80; York gr. 1685, laid out in 1700 to s.-in-law Carlisle. Pres. Danforth confirmed the No. Yarm. land to J. M. of York in 1684, and from Casco Bay he ptn. Andros in 1687, stating that new-comers were laying out lots there. His w. Elizabeth was liv. Jan. 1684-5, ±61; he appar. at York 14 Apr. 1693. Lists 211, 214, 33, 93. Kn. ch: Thomas. Sarah, m. John Batten(4). Daughter, m. John Atwell(3); her s. John sold 1/10 of his gr.fa.'s land (Y. D. 13: 92). Lydia, b. ±1657, m. Moses Felt(5). Hannah, accus. Arthur Bragdon(2) in 1678, her sureties John Smyth, sr. and jr.; see Bragdon(4). She was of York 1679, unm. Rachel, ±57 in 1727, ±84 in 1748, m. 1st Stephen Preble(8), m. 2d Joseph Carlisle(1). Priscilla, m. 1st Nathaniel Preble(7), m. 2d in Salem July 1695 Joseph Carroll who m. Rebecca Chapman there 9 June 1720; 3 Carroll ch. b. Salem 1696-1702 (Y. D. 14: 251). Another mar. dau., or an unkn. 1st husb. of one of the kn. daus., is called for by the fa.'s story of two sons-in-law killed in the First War, reckoning John Batten one of them. See also Lewis(4), or Larrabee(4).
Elizabeth Laurie [Parents] 1, 2 was born 3 in 1619 in Exeter, Devonshire, England. She died 4 in 1685 in Casco Bay, Cumberland Co, Maine. She married 5 John Mayne in 1649 in Casco Bay, Cumberland Co, Maine.
They had the following children:
M i Thomas Mayne 1 died . F ii Sarah Mayne F iii Daughter Mayne F iv Lydia Mayne F v Hannah Mayne 1 died . F vi Rachel Mayne F vii Priscilla Mayne
Robert Purington 1, 2 was born 3 about 1579. He died 4 about Feb 1630 in Tiverton, Devonshire, England. He married Joan.
Joan 1, 2 was born 3 about 1584. She died . She married Robert Purington.
of Tiverton, Devonshire, England
They had the following children:
M i George Puddington M ii Robert Purington died after 1647.
Captain John Wincol 1, 2 was born in 1690 in Wells, Maine. He died . He married Hannah Wheelwright.
Hannah Wheelwright [Parents] 1, 2, 3, 4 was born 5, 6, 7 on 1 May 1694 in Wells, Maine. She died 8, 9 about 1750 in Wells, Maine. She married Captain John Wincol.
Other marriages:Plaisted, Elisha
Atkinson, Theo
Richard Hulse [Parents] 1, 2 was born 3 in 1669. He died 4 in 1724 in Long Island, New York. He married Unknown.
Other marriages:, Unknown
Unknown was born 1 before 1674. She died . She married Richard Hulse.
They had the following children:
F i Mary Hulse M ii Paul Hulse 1 died .
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