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- Registry of Deeds, 3, 44.
In the uame of god Amen/ I Robert Jordan Senjor Gentlem: formerly ofSpurwinke, & now resident on the Great Ysland in the TownshipeofPortsmouth, In New England, being weake of body, but of sound &PrfectMemory praysed bee God/ Do make ordayne & declare this Prsentwriteing,to bee & remajne my last vndoubted will, & Testament inmanner & formeffollowing/
Inprs: I Bequeath my soule to god, hopeing by the merritts of ChristmySaujor to Inioy Eternall life, & my body to ye earth to beedecentlyburied, & what temporall things I am blessed with, all by yeprouidenceof almighty God, I giue & bequeath as followeth/
Item I do hereby ratify allow, & Confirme two deeds or writeingswhichformerly I made & gaue vnder my hand & Seale, one to my Elldestsonn JohnJordan, & another to my secund sonn Robert Jordan, accordingto theContents yr in exprest/
Item I giue & grant to my wife Saraih Jordan now Liueing, theouldPlantation at Spurwinke, Contayneing one thousand Acres bee Itmore orless, beginning wr the Grant belonging to my sonn John Jordandoth end, &Ending where the Lott bequeathed by this my Will to my 3dsonn DominicusJordan doth begine, & soe along the high way vntill youcome to thegreate pond, for & dureing the Tearme of her naturall life/The reversion& Inhertance yr of, to bee & reamine vnto my youngestsonn JeremiahJordan, his heyres & successors for euer, as his part &portion/
Item I giue & bequeath vnto my sayd wife Saraih Jordan, one otherfarmeCalled Nonsuch, Contayneing two thousand Acres bee It more orless, for &dureing her naturall life/ & for ye more strict obleighingmy childrensduty to her, my will is that shee wholly & absolutelydispose thesuccession & Inheritance thereof, to either or any of mysonns they, orthejr or any of thejr heyres or Issew Lawfully by themor any of thembegotten forever/
Item I giue & bequeath vnto my sonn Dominicus Jordan one thousandAcresof Land, at Spurwinke to begine where the abouesd ould PlantationEndeth,as hee shall make Choyce of, to bee layd out by the ouerseershereafterNominated/
Item I Giue & bequeath vnto my sonn Jedediah Jordan, one thousandAcresof my Land at Spurwinke aforesayd, to bee chosen by him out of myLandnot disposed before, to bee to the vse of him & his heyres forever/
Item I giue & bequeath vnto my sonn Samuell Jordan by Reason ofhisposterity, Choyse of Eleaven hundred Acres of Land of my sayd LandatSpurwinke, to bee to the vse of him, & his heyres for ever/ &whatsoeuerpart or Prcell of Land remajnes not bequeathed nor giuen ofmy saydLands, at Spurwinke by any or all of the aboue rescited &expressedarticles, I do hereby giue, & bequeath the same, beingvpland, vnto mysonns aboue named, to bee deuided & ‘qually allottedamongst them/
Item My will is that my Meddow bordering along by the River Spurwinkebee‘qually deuided to each portion of the aboue giuen Land nearest &mostConvenjently Adioyneing to each Prcell or portion as is abouedisposed/
Item I giue & bequeath vnto my foure youngest sonns NamelyDominicusJedediah Samuell & Jeremiah Jordan to each of them onefeather bedd, &bowlsters Item I make & ordayne my sayd wife Saraih, &my two sonns John& Robert Jordan, to bee my Joynt executors/
Item I make & hereby ordayne Major Nicho: Shapleigh of Kittery MrNathlffryer, & Mr William Bickham Mrchants, to bee ouerseers & to endalldifferences in any matters ariseing, by means of my not fullyexpressingmy selfe in this my last will & testament between MyLegatees, & theexecutors hereof, & to settle all things according tothejre bestJudgments, & nearest Intent of this my will, that noefurther or futuredifferences may arise/
Lastly, My will & Intent is, that each & euer of my aforementionedsonns, there heyrs & successors, shall haue & Inioy, all &singular theaforesayd specifyd Grants, Gyfts, & Legacys, & If any oreither of themwant Naturall Issew, that then that Legacy shall redown& bee ‘quallydeuided amongst the rest/
Great Ysland 28th of Janvary 1678: Mr Robert Jordan Senjoracknowledgedthis with in written, to be his last will & testament &was at the sametyme of a sound mind, & Prfect Memory but haueing lostthe vse of hishands, Could not signe & seale the same, & owned alsoeMr Nathll Fryer tobee one of his ouerseers who is Interlynd aboue/
This owned before mee, Elyas Stylema: Commissior
Allowed in Court, and recorded 7 July 1679.
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1612 - 1679 (67 years)
