LADY MARGERY PEPPERRELL

Will

Maine Probate Office, 6, 34.

Page 461

In the Name of God Amen, the first Day of January Anno Domini one thousand seven hundred & thirty Nine, I Margery Pepperrell of Kittery in the County of York in the Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England Widow being weak and infirm in Body but of perfect Mind & memory thanks be given unto God; therefore calling unto mind the mortality of my Body do make & ordain this my last Will & Testament, that is to say Principally & first of all I give and Recommend my Soul into the Hands of God that Gaue it: And my Body I Recommend to the Earth to be buried in decent Christian Burial at the Discretion & at
the Sole Cost & Charges of my beloved son William Pepperrell: 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 and form.
Imprimis, I give to my beloved Sister Mary Dearing my mourning Suit of Apparell.
2dly I give to well beloved Son William Pepperrell his Heirs & assigns for ever (besides what I have heretofore given him) the Horse Oxen & Cows which my Husband William Pepperrell, late of Kittery Deccesd gave to me in his last Will & Testament
3dly I give to my beloved Daughter in Law Jane Frost ten pounds in
Currant money or passable Bills of Credit on the aforesaid Province
4ly I give to my much Respected Friend the Rev. Mr. John Newmarch five pounds in Currant money or in passable Bills of Credit on the aforesaid Province.
5ly I give to my well beloved Daughters Mary Frost, Margery Gunnison, Miriam Tyler, Dorothy Newmarch, & Jane Clarck (besides what I have heretofore given them) all my wearing apparel of every sort & kind (Except what I have in these presents give to my Sister Mary Dearing) to be divided amongst them inb equall Shares or Portions. I also give to my above named Daughters Mary Frost Margery Gunnison Miriam Tyler Dorothy Newmarch Jane Clark & my Grrandaughters Sarah Frost & Margery Wentworth the Children of my son Andrew Pepperrell & my Grandchildren Margery Gerriish, Mary Moody Elizabeth Hale Joanna Frost & Dorothy Pitman, the Children of my Daughter Joanna Jackson Decesd all the Residue or Remainder of my Estate of every sort & kind whatsoever & in whatsoever place; to be Divided in seven Shares or Parts Each of my above named Daughters to have on Share of part & my two Grandaughters
the Children of my Son Andrew Pepperrell Decesd one Share or part to be
Equally Divided between them & my Grandaughters the Children of my Daughter Daughter Joanna Jacskon Decesd one Share or Part to be Equally divided amongst them. And if it should so happen that any of my above-named Daughters or Grandaughters should depart this Life before what is in these Presents given be Receiued then the Decesd Share, Part or Portion shall be delivered to such as shall legally represent her. Finally I Do by these presents Constitute make & Ordain my beloved son William Pepperrell & the Rev Mr John Newmarch my Sole Executors of this my last Will & testament. And I Do hereby utterly disallow revoke & disannull all & every other former Testaments Wills Legacies & bequests & Executors by me in any ways before named willed & bequeathed Ratifying & Confirming this & no other to be my last Will & Testament / In Witnes whereof I have hereunto set my Hand & Seal the Day & year above written.

Memorandum that the word Deceased was interlined before signing.
Signed Sealed Published Pro- Margery Pepperrell
(seal)
announced & Declared by ye
said Margery Pepperrell as
her last Will & Testament in
the presence of us the
Subscribers
Wm Dearing
John Dearing
Jno Watkins
 

Probate

John Eldridge Rost; Maine Probate Abstracts,
Vol 1, 1687-1775; Picton Press,
Camden, ME, 1991

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York County Probates in Print

Pepperrell, Margery, of Kittery, wid, will MW 461-463 (1 Jan 1739)/ D/14799


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Mrs. Margery Pepperrell, of Kittery. LT (6.33). Will (6.33). F14799. LT gr Wells, 26 May 1741, to the Hon William Pepperrell and the Rev. John Newmarch, sole exors of the will of Mrs. Margery Pepperrell, late of Kittery, wid, decd, with t&p inv exh at or bef 26 Aug next. Will MW 461-462.


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Mrs. Margery Pepperrell, of Kittery. Inv (6.65). F14799. Inv of the est of Mrs. Margery Pepperrell, late of Kittery, wid, decd, appr 24 Feb 1741, by Samuel Lunt, William Dearing & John Dearing, at L333/12/2; ext att by exors. Inv include Province & Colony bills, ag L19/6/6, New England shillings & pieces of eight, at L3/16/8, & ment purple & white silk robe, at L20, riding hood, etc., gold necklace & rings, Bible & 2 other books, 2 boxes of mamalet (marmalade), at 10/.


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Margery Pepperrell, of Kittery. Accts (9.128). F14799. John Newmarch & William Pepperrell?s acct of costs & disbs as exors of the will of Margery Pepperrell, late of Kittery, decd, totalling L1854, & further debts totaling 1854/12/9. Acct incl sundries delivered the decd?s daus & her sr Mary Dearing?s, totaling L255/10/0. Att & all, York, 25 Apr 1757., L247/5/8, L.M.

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