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Displacement 280 tons
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Armament 26 iron guns | Zouch Phenix (I43561)
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In the Name of God Amen I Samuel Bragdon Senr of Yorke in Province of Main, being Aged and Crazy of body but of Sound understanding, do make this my last will and Testament as followeth, First and above all, I commit my Soul into the hands of god, and my body to the Earth to be decently buried in hopes of a glorious Resurection. And as for my outward Estate, which a good god has freely bestowed on me, I dispose of it in manner following
Imprs After my Just debts and funeral Charges are paid, I give and bequeath unto my Son Samuell (besides what he hath already) Ten pounds in or as money, as money shall generally pass, from man to man in this Country, when this sum comes to be dve, to be paid by my son Joseph, within two years after he shall come to enter upon the possession of the Living hereafter bequeathed wt him. Item I give and bequeath unto each of my four daughters, vizt Magdalin Patience, Sarah & Ruth, five and twenty shillings (five pounds in the whole) to be paid by my son Joseph the next year after the ten pounds above said is to be paid to Samuel
Item I give and bequeath unto my Wife, the vse and Improvment of all my lands, housing, Stock, houshold goods and moneys even the whole of what I shall leave, for her own maintainance, and the bringing up of my youngest son till he comes to be of age.
Item I give unto my son Joseph the whole living that now I possess and Improve, whither land, dwelling houses Barns, and orchards, with all the priviledges and rights that do or may any ways appertain or belong thereunto. I also give unto my son Joseph the One halfe of my stock and the one halfe of my household stuft, and goods of all sorts belonging to house keeping.
Item My Will is that when my son Joseph shall come to be of age according to law to enter upon the living aforesaid, his mother if shee desires it shall have the Choice of all the Room in the dwelling house, the vse of halfe the lands, halfe the stock, and halfe the houshold stuft or goods, during her Widowhood.
Item My Will is that after my wifes decease, all that is left of my Estate in Cattle, Houshold goods, moneys or whatever Elce not disposed of in the above Said Articles Shall be Equally divided betwene my Son Samuel and my four Daughters above said. Finally I do appoint my dear Cousin, Decon Bragdon the sole Executor of this my last will & Testament, desiring him, and Intreating him to see the Will of the dead punctually fulfill'd, I do also appoint Mr Moody our Pastor, and Richard Milbery to be overseers of this my last Will and Testament.
In Witness to all and singular the Premisses, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this tenth day of May One Thousand seven Hundred and nine
( Samuel Moody Samuel Bragdon (seal)
Witt Ë‚ Hannah Moody
nesses ( Christian Passons
| Bragdon, Samuel Sr. (I1784)
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In ye name of God, Amen, I John Stevens, Senr. of ye town of Sali∫bury, Ma∫Sachu∫ets Collony in Newengland, Husbandman, being aged & weake in body but of sound & pfect memory [prayse to be given to god for ye same] And knowing ye vncertainty of this life on earth, & being de∫irous to ∫ettle things in order; do make this my la∫t will & Testament in manner & forme following: That is to Say first & principally, I comend my soule to Allmighty God, my creator, a∫suredly believing that I shall receive full pardon & free remi∫sion of all my Sinnes & be saved by ye piteous death & merrits of my ble∫sed Savior & redeemer, Chri∫t Jesus: And my body to ye earth from whence it was taken to be buried in Some decent & christian manner as to my Executors hearafter named shall be thought meet and convenient: And as touching such worldly e∫tate as ye lord in mercy hath lent me; My will & meanening is The Same Shalbe Imployed & bestowed as hereafter by my will is expre∫sed: # And fir∫t I do revoke, renounce, fru∫trate, & make voyd all wills by me formerly made & declare & appoint this my last will & Testament.
Imp I give & bequeath vnto my sone John Stevens all yt land where he now dwels lying between ye lands of Mr Tho: Bradbury in yt place, As alSo ye remaynder of Gunner's neck, & yt playn at ye end of Brown's lot next ye river Merimack, as alSo my Coverlet which I bought of Mr Gines.
Itt I give & bequeath vnto my Sone Benjamin Stevens, all my living in ye town where he now liveth, wth my Six acre planting lott & my pasture, wch is over against Tho: Roland-sons: late decea∫ed, as al∫o all yt my land liing nextvnto ye land where Nathaniel Brown now dwells from ye high way through ye swamp to Mr Bradburies land: As al∫o my great bra∫s kettle, my long table & ye little table which I bought of my brother Severans, And my Cobyrons.
Itt I give & bequeath vnto my Sone Nathaniell Stevens all my Sweepage lott of salt mar∫h lying at a place comonly called ye beach, Al∫o, my will is yt my Executors: Shall pay vnto ye children of my Sayd Sone Nathaniel fiue pounds in good current pay equally to be divided amongSt them.
Itt: I give & bequeath vnto my daughter Mary O∫good fiue shillings to be payd by my Executors: & her portion of my pewter, excepting two platters: otherwi∫e di∫poSed of as in my will doth appear.
Itt I give & bequeath vnto Benony Tucker, my grandchild, two platters, a flock bed & bolster & a feather pillow &, ye fiverlet wc was of goodman Bu∫well's weaving & my mu∫kett & sword wth all ye stock of cattle who hath all ready & sheep & mare & all my vpland lying in Halls farme So called & two acres of that cow comon meadow formerly belonging vnto ye wife of John Evans Senr wc I bought of Sd Evans.
It I give & bequeath vnto my two sones John Stevens & Benjamin Stevens all ye rest of my vpland & meadow which I have in Sali∫bury wth all my Comonages, comon rights wth all ye privilidges, & appurtenances there : vnto belonging in any wayes appertaining to be equally divided between them they paying vnto my daughter Mary O∫goods children ten pound in good pay to be equally divided among∫t them.
It I do appoint my sone John Stevens & my son Benjamin Stevens my Executors vnto this my la∫t will & Testament: And in confirmation of all ye above∫d xrmi∫ses in this my will contained; I doe here vnto sett my hand & seale this twelfe day of Aprill: Anno Dominy one thou∫and ∫ix hundred eighty-Six.
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Signed Sealed & Delivered of Jno † Stevens
before vs (apptaining) outerlined † sen
William Buswell
Wimond: Bradbury
| Stevens, Lt. Benjamin (I35574)
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In ye name of God, Amen, I John Stevens, Senr. of ye town of Sali∫bury, Ma∫Sachu∫ets Collony in Newengland, Husbandman, being aged & weake in body but of sound & pfect memory [prayse to be given to god for ye same] And knowing ye vncertainty of this life on earth, & being de∫irous to ∫ettle things in order; do make this my la∫t will & Testament in manner & forme following: That is to Say first & principally, I comend my soule to Allmighty God, my creator, a∫suredly believing that I shall receive full pardon & free remi∫sion of all my Sinnes & be saved by ye piteous death & merrits of my ble∫sed Savior & redeemer, Chri∫t Jesus: And my body to ye earth from whence it was taken to be buried in Some decent & christian manner as to my Executors hearafter named shall be thought meet and convenient: And as touching such worldly e∫tate as ye lord in mercy hath lent me; My will & meanening is The Same Shalbe Imployed & bestowed as hereafter by my will is expre∫sed: # And fir∫t I do revoke, renounce, fru∫trate, & make voyd all wills by me formerly made & declare & appoint this my last will & Testament.
Imp I give & bequeath vnto my sone John Stevens all yt land where he now dwels lying between ye lands of Mr Tho: Bradbury in yt place, As alSo ye remaynder of Gunner's neck, & yt playn at ye end of Brown's lot next ye river Merimack, as alSo my Coverlet which I bought of Mr Gines.
Itt I give & bequeath vnto my Sone Benjamin Stevens, all my living in ye town where he now liveth, wth my Six acre planting lott & my pasture, wch is over against Tho: Roland-sons: late decea∫ed, as al∫o all yt my land liing nextvnto ye land where Nathaniel Brown now dwells from ye high way through ye swamp to Mr Bradburies land: As al∫o my great bra∫s kettle, my long table & ye little table which I bought of my brother Severans, And my Cobyrons.
Itt I give & bequeath vnto my Sone Nathaniell Stevens all my Sweepage lott of salt mar∫h lying at a place comonly called ye beach, Al∫o, my will is yt my Executors: Shall pay vnto ye children of my Sayd Sone Nathaniel fiue pounds in good current pay equally to be divided amongSt them.
Itt: I give & bequeath vnto my daughter Mary O∫good fiue shillings to be payd by my Executors: & her portion of my pewter, excepting two platters: otherwi∫e di∫poSed of as in my will doth appear.
Itt I give & bequeath vnto Benony Tucker, my grandchild, two platters, a flock bed & bolster & a feather pillow &, ye fiverlet wc was of goodman Bu∫well's weaving & my mu∫kett & sword wth all ye stock of cattle who hath all ready & sheep & mare & all my vpland lying in Halls farme So called & two acres of that cow comon meadow formerly belonging vnto ye wife of John Evans Senr wc I bought of Sd Evans.
It I give & bequeath vnto my two sones John Stevens & Benjamin Stevens all ye rest of my vpland & meadow which I have in Sali∫bury wth all my Comonages, comon rights wth all ye privilidges, & appurtenances there : vnto belonging in any wayes appertaining to be equally divided between them they paying vnto my daughter Mary O∫goods children ten pound in good pay to be equally divided among∫t them.
It I do appoint my sone John Stevens & my son Benjamin Stevens my Executors vnto this my la∫t will & Testament: And in confirmation of all ye above∫d xrmi∫ses in this my will contained; I doe here vnto sett my hand & seale this twelfe day of Aprill: Anno Dominy one thou∫and ∫ix hundred eighty-Six.
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Signed Sealed & Delivered of Jno † Stevens
before vs (apptaining) outerlined † sen
William Buswell
Wimond: Bradbury
| Stevens, Lt. John Jr. (I35577)
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The following is a copy of his will as recorded in the Barnstable County probate registry.
The Last will of John Dillingham, Senr In the settlement of his Estate and bequest of his goods and chattels Real and Personal &c; is as followeth :
Imprimis: In the name of God Amen.
Att death I comitt my Soul to God that gave it to be excepted through Jesus Christ my Saviour and Redeemer. And my body to the earth by a comely and decent burial by the order of my Executors.
First, Then I do order that all my just debts be paid out of my Psonall goods before any other distribution.
Item. Att death I give and bequeath unto my son John Dillingham his heirs and assigns forever, all my Lands and meadows that I shall dye siezed of and also all my Housing out Housing orchards & fences in and upon the same with the privileges and appurces therto belonging excepting only what is herein reserved and ordered to his Mother by this my will. And I do order and give unto my sd son one convenient fether bed with suitable furniture to be sett forth to him by Elizabeth my loving wife to be his full part of what he is to receive of my estate.
It. I do appoint and order that Elizabeth my loving wife shall have her thirds of the proffits and Incomes of my sd Lands and meadows during her natural Life. and one halfe of the orchards I dye siezed off during her widowhood. Also I order that my sd wife Elizabeth Have the use of all my Dwelling housing I now possess and make use and so much of ye out housing as she may have occasion for but not to exceed one third thereof & that so long as she continues and dwells my widow, and if she marry again then no longer to enjoy sd Housing but to acquit ye same that no other family may be brought in to Incommode or Incumber my sd son John Dillingham but in case of marriage as aforesd then to return to him. Further considering my sd wife Elizabeth being a weakly woman and that she may have plentifully to support her selfe in old age & weakness I do order that she have the use and keep in custody all my Household stuff or goods viz all iron puter and brass and all my cash in hand be it more or less & all beds and beding both linen and woolen and table linen, and to have and receive of my son John Dillingham money seventeen penny-weight due from him by four bills under his hand to the value of seventy or eighty pounds be it more or less & ye choice of one of my Horses or Mares with furniture for her own use and two Cows with the other money due upon bill.
It. I do order that the estate left my sd wives Hand what is left thereof at her decease be it more or less one third to be att her own dispose and bequest and the other two thirds to be divided in three equall parts one third thereof to my daughter Hannah Thorp and one third to my daughter Rebecka Gray and the other third to my daughter Sarah Joneses Children all equil alike and if my sd wife Elizabeth should marry again then an accompt Taken of ye sd Estate in her hands and one third thereof to her use and dispose and the other two thirds to my two daughters and my third daughters children as aforesd.
It. And all the rest of my goods and chattels that I dye seized of and not have above disposed of I do give in like manner to my two daughters ----(?) Jones\'s children in manner a-foresd. and further I give and bequeath unto my daughter Hannah forty pounds more and to my daughter Rebecka forty pounds and to my daughter Jones\'s children thirty pounds more to be paid out of those bills due from my sd son John Dillingham containing or mentioning merchantable pay my daughter Hanna and Rebecka to Receive ten pounds apeice by the first that becomes due, and then they all to receive alike in proportion as it becomes due by bill until the whole is paid.
Further I do hereby nominate and appoint my loving wife Elizabeth and my son John Dillingham Executors and Mr Thoms Clarke Executor to this and on the other side my will to be fully and Compleatly according to the plain true Intent and meaning thereof and further upon deliberate consideration I do order that what of ye lagisies by this my will given to my two daughters viz. Hannah Thorp & Rebecka Gray shall be unpaid att either of their decease that such part of sd Legasys shall be paid to each of their children Respectively in eaquill proportion to each alike & do nominate and Requist John Wing of Sandwich and Samuel Sturgis of Yarmouth to see and bee helpful that this my Last will and testament be fully executed.
In witness thereunto as being my last will I the sd John Dillingham Senr have hereunto sett my hand and seal this 15th day of November In the year of our Lord 1707.
John Dillingham (seal)
Subscribed & sealed In
presence of
John Goreham
Stephen Goreham
Mary Goreham
Administration was granted to the above executors 14 July, 1715. | Dillingham, Lt. John (I9311)
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The Last will & testament of Roger Conant, dated the 1st of the 1 mo. 1677 I roger Conant aged about eightie fiue yeares, being of perfect vnderstandin though weak & feeble in body, doe heerby declare my will and minde wherein in the first place I doe bequeath my soule vnto God that gaue it & my body to the graue, in hope of a blessed Resurection: & for my outward estate & goods I giue vnto my Sonne Exercise one hundred and fortie acres of Land lyeing neere adjoyning vnto the new towne of Dunstable as part of two hundred acres granted me by the Generall court: also I giue & bequeath vnto him ten acres of Land next adjoining vnto his pr'sont home lott and land Lying by the side of william Dodgeses his land & butts on the land of thomas Herrick: also I give him two acres of marsh at the south End of the grat pond by whenham, or if my daughter Elizabeth Conant will Exchang to haue soe much at the great marsh neere wenham: also I giue him my swamp at the head of the railes which is yet undevided betwixt me and Benjamin Balch adjoyning vnto william Dodgeses swamp: also I giue him my portion of land Lying by Henry Haggats on wenham side: now out of this forementioned Land he is to paye seaven pound toward the discharge of such Legassis as I haue giuen & bequeathed: according as is heere after sett down
More I giue vnto my grandchild John Conant sonne of Roger Conant ten acres of Land adjoying to his twenty acres by the great ponds side he paying twenty pounds for the same towards the payment of legassis as after mentioned.
more I giue vnto my grand child Joshua Conant seaventeen acres of Land Lying by the south side of the great marsh neer wenham and bounding unto the land of peeter woodbery: and the rest to returne to my Executor.
also I giue vnto my Daughter Sarah two acres of Land lying between the gead of the railes & Isaac Hull his ground as part of six acres twixt me and Benjamine Balch: this to her and her children.
also sixtie acres of Land out of my farm granted me by the Generall Court neere the new town of Dunstable I giue and bequeath unto the hands of Captain Roger Clap of the castle neer Dorchester for the use of a daughter of one mris pits deceased whose daughter now Liueth in culleton a towne in Devon in old England & is in lue for certaine goods sold for the said mris pits in London and was there to be paid many years since but it is alleaged was neuer paid and the aforesaid captaine clap to giue a discharge as theire atturney according as he is impowered and intrusted in theire behalfe:
further more as lagacies I doe giue vnto my sonne lott his ten children twenty pounds to be equally devided: to my daughter Sarahs Children to John five pounds to the foure daughters fiue pounds betwixt ym: to my daughter Mary Dodge to herself fiue pounds and fiue pounds to her fiue children equally devided: to Exercise his children foure pound betwixt them: to Adoniron Veren three pound to his sister Hannah twenty shillings and her two children each ten shillings: to my cozen Mary Veren wife to Hillier veren three pound as also three pounds unto the daughters of My Cozen Jane Mason deceased to be divided amongst them including Loue steevens her children a share:
my wearing apparell I giue and household implements not otherwise disposed of and my Gray horse and cattle to my sonn Exercise and sheepe I giue to Rebacka Connant my grand child and one sheep to Mary Leach:
and whereas there remains in my hands a certain portion of cattle belonging vnto one Mr Dudeney in England and by him assigned vnto his nephew Richard Conant valued at twenty five pounds and now left in the hands of my sonne exercise Conant that there be a rendering vp of such cattle or theire valuation mentioned unto the said Richard Conant upon seasonable demaund he giuing a full discharge for the same.
and further my will is that my sonn Exercise be my executor to this my will and Testament and for further help in seeing these things performed I desire my sonne william Dodge and my grandchild John Conant Senior to be overseears of the same.
In witness whereof I haue haere vnto sett my hand the day and yeare aboure written. The blotting our of part of a line and a whole line under the part was before signing hereof.
The mark X of Roger CONANT his seale
John Bennet
Benjamin Balch
Sealed in the presence of the aforesaid witnesses and delivered
John Bennet
Benjamin Balch
25-9-mo 1679 Benjamin Balch and John Bennett gave oath in Court at Salem that they signed as witnesses to the within written that then the said Roger Conant declared the same to be his last will and testament and there is no later will of his that they know of
Attest Hilliard Veren Cler:
| Conant, Gov. Roger (I21289)
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In the Name of God Amen The Twentyeth day of Febry 172½ I Joseph Storer of Wells in the County of York in the province of Massachusetts Bay in New England Yeoman Being Aged and Infirm in Body But of perfect mind and memory thanks be to God For it Calling to mind my own Mortallity & Knowing that it is appointed to man once to Dye Do make and Ordain this my last Will & Testament That is to Say Principally and first of all I recommend my Soul into the hands of God who gave it & my body to the Earth to be buried in Decent Christian Buriel at the Discresion of my Executor hereafter Named Nothing Doubting but at the General Resurrectiou I Shall receive the Same again by the mighty power of God And as Touching Such worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased the Lord to bless me in this life I Giue bequeath and Dispose of the Same in the Form, and manner Following Vizt Imprimis My Will & Desire is that all my Iust and Lawfull Debts be duely and Honnestly paid by my Executor hereafter Named & that they be paid out of my Moveable Estate.
Item I Give & bequeath to my Dearly Beloved Wife Hannah Storer the one halfe of my personal Estate to be at her own Disposall as also the one halfe of my Real Estate Vizt Housing Lands Meadow Mills barns Dureing her Natural life.
Item I Give to my beloved Son Ebenezar Storer one hundred pounds in Good Contrey pay to be paid to him by my Executor within Two Years Next after my Decease Over and above what I have already Given him.
Item I Give and bequeath to my beloved Son Seth Storer one hundred pounds in Good Countrey pay pay [sic] to be paid by my Executor within Two Years Next after my Decease Over and above what I have already given him.
Item I Give & bequeath to my Beloved Daughter Hannah Hammond Tenn pounds in Good Countrey pay to be paid by my Executor within Two Years Next after my Decease Over and above what I have already given her.
Item I Give & bequeath unto my beloved Daughter Sarah Colbourn Tenn pounds in good Countrey pay to be paid by my Executr within Two Years next after my Decease Over and above what I have already given her.
Item I Give & Bequeath to my beloved Daughter Mary St Germain Fifty pounds in good Contrey pay upon Condition that She return from under the French Government & Settle in New England Otherwise if She doth not returne Then I Give & bequeath to her the Sum of Tenn Shillings in Countrey pay to be paid by my Executor within Two Years Next after my Decease over and above what I have already given her.
Item I Give and Bequeath to my beloved Daughter Abigail Littlefield tenn pounds in good Countrey pay to be paid by my Executor within Two Years Next after my Decease Over & above what I have alread Given her.
Item I Give & Bequeath to my beloved Daughter Kezia Plummer tenn pounds in Good Countrey pay to be paid by my Executor within Two Years Next after my Decease Over and above What I have already given her
Item I Give & Bequeath to my beloved Son John Storer the One halfe of all my Real Estate Vizt Housing Lands Meadow Mills barn Imediately att and after my Decease And the other halfe at and after the Decease of Hannah Storer my Dearly beloved wife to him and his Heirs of his Body forever And if he Should Dye without Isue I Give and Bequeath it to my Son Ebenezr Storer and the Heirs of his Body & through Default of Isue in my Son Ebenezar Storer I Then Give and bequeath it to my Son Seth Storer and his Heirs forever And in Case my Son Seth Storer Should Dye without Issue Then my will is that it Shall return to my Daughters or their Lawfull Representatives to them and their Heirs forever
Likewise I Give & bequeath to my Son John Storer the one Moiety or halfe of my Personal Estate whether goods or Chattels bills Bonds or any Lawfull Debts to me due.
And I Do hereby Nominate Constitute and Appoint my Said Son John Storer to be the Sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament and Do hereby revoke and Dissannul all other former Wills & Testaments by me made & Do hereby Ratify and Confirm this and no other to be my last and Testament In Wittness whereof I have hereto Set my hand and Seal the day & Year above written
Signed Sealed Published pronounced Joseph Storer (Seal)
and Declared by the abovesaid Joseph
Storer to be his last Will & Testament
In ye presence of us the Subscribers.
Samuel Hatch
Samuel Hatch junr
Samll Emery
| Storer, Lt. Joseph (I14516)
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In the Name of God Amen William Goodin of ye Town of Kittery in ye County of Yorke in her Majesties Province of ye Masachusets Bay in New England being Sick of Body but of Sound and disposing Sence & Memory; Blessed be for it Do make this my Last will & Testament in manner as Followeth
First and principally I Resigne my Soul to god that gave it hoping through ye Merits of my Blesed Lord and Saviour Iesus Christ to obtain pardon & Remission of all my Sins and my Body I Commit to ye Earth; from whence it was taken to be decently buried at ye discretion of ye Executors to this my Last Will & for ye worldly Goods ye Lord hath Lent me after my Funarral Charge & Lawfull Debts is paid I give and bestow as followeth Viz:
1ly I give and bequeath unto my Son Moses Goodin that part of my homested Lot of Land Called ye Little Marsh as it was formerly fenced by my Father Tayler and to Extend as far to a pine tree Standing near Square wth Southwest Corner of Iames Warren Orchard reserueing priviledge for a lane & for Transportation to the Lower part of ye as Ocation Shall Call, also I give him fifty acres of out Land at my Marsh and five acres of Sd Marsh to him and to his heirs forever.
2ly I give and bequeath unto my Son William Goodin thirty Acres of out Lands & five acres of fresh Marsh to him and to his Heirs forever.
3ly I give and Bequeath unto my Son Iohn Goodin the upper end of my homested Lot : that part Lying above his Brother Moses; And Preserveing the Same Priviledges as I have in that given his Brother Moses to him and to his Heirs forever.
4ly I give and bequeath unto my Loving wife Deliverance all my houshold Goods : and to be at her disposing forever and all the Rest of my homested Lot of Land not herein Menchened with ye house and Barn Standing thereon : and all the rest of my Goods Chattels vtensils Rights and Credits whatsoever Abroad or at home without dores or within I give unto her for her Comfortable Maintainance & for ye bringing up of our Small Children During ye whole term of her Life : If She Lives a widow or during the time of her widowhood.
5ly I give unto my Son Moses & my Son Iames that part of my homested Lot of Land fore Menchened to their Mother after her Death or day of Marriage my trve meaning her day of Marriage if our Small Children be brought up.
6ly My will is that my Son Moses Goodin & Iames Goodin Shall pay an Equall part by apprisment to their Brothers : Adam & Tayler when they Enter upon ye Same.
7ly I give & bequeath unto Each of my daughters Margret Elizabeth Hannah & Mary fourty Shilling apeise to be paid out of my Stock.
8ly I doe ordain & appoint my Loving wife & my Son Moses to be the Executors to this my Last will and Testament Renounsing and Reuoaking all or any will or wills whatsoever heretofore by me made or Cause to be made : In witness hereof I Set to my hand and Seal this 26th day of Aprill 1713/
Owned Signed and
in the preSence of
Benjamin Nason}
Thomas Goodin} Witnesses
Iohn Hopper} | Goodwin, William (I23919)
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In the Name of God Amen. I John Staple of Kittery in the County of York in the Province of Maine in New-England Yeoman being of Sound Mind and Memory, But knowing the Uncertainty of this transitory Life do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament in Manner and form following, that is to Say, First I commend my Soul into the Hands of Almighty God and my Body I commit to the Earth to be decently burried by my Executors herein hereafter named; and as touching the Disposition of all my temporal Estate I give & dispose thereof as followeth vizt.
Imprimis, I will that my Debts and funeral Charge be paid out of my Estate by my Executors.
Item, I give my Sons Hezekiah & Solomon, whom I have advanced already, each of them Five Shillings.
Item, I give my Son Samuel Four pounds.
Item, I give my Son Thomas's three Children Four pounds to be paid thus Forty Shillings to the Eldest, and Twenty Shillings to each of the other Two.
Item, I give my Daughter Hannah Whitehouse, and my Daughters Annah Brooks and Elizabeth Tomson each of them Four pounds.
Item, I give my Daughter Mary Hanscomb Four pounds to be paid her if living when the time of paymt hereafter mention'd comes.
Item, I giue and bequeath to my well beloved Wife all my personal Estate Goods and Chattels within Doors and without and also the one Third of the Income of my Real Estate, and the Easterly End of my dwelling House from Ridge pole to the Bottom of the Cellar, and a Convenient part of the Barn and out Houses if She desires it.
Item, I give and bequeath to my Son Mark Staple all my Real Estate, that I now have or ought to have in Kittery or elsewhere to him his Heirs and Assigns for ever : he paying the Legacies I have herein before given to his Brothers and Sisters and his Brother Thomas's Children and to pay them within two or three years after my Decease, and to Such first as he Shall think hath most need, and so on One after the other. And to pay his Mother the one Third of the Income of my Place Yearly during her Life. And I do hereby nominate and appoint my well beloved Wife and my Said Son Mark Staples Executrs to this my last Will and Testament. And I do hereby revoake disannul and make Void all former Wills and Testaments by me heretofore made by word or Writing.
In Witness whereof I the Said John Staple hath hereunto Set my Hand and Seal the twenty first Day of November in the year of our Lord Christ One Thousand Seven Hundred and Forty four.
Iohn Staples & a Seal.
Signed Sealed published & declared by the Testator to be
his last Will and Testamt in the presence of us whose
Names are Subscribed as Witnesses and Signed by us in
the the [sic] presence of the Testator.
Ioseph Fernald
Iames Fernald Junr
Timothy Brown
| Staples, John (I2924)
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In the Name of God Amen. I Roland Young of York in ye County of York in ye Province of Main in New England, being Infirm, thrô age. and daily Expecting my Great Change but at present of Sound Understanding and Memory do make this my last Will and Testament this 14th of September. 1719.
First and above all I Recomend my Precious and Immortal Soul into ye Mercifull and Almighty Saving arms of my faithfull Creator and Gracious Redeemer and my body to ye Earth Decently to be buried in assured hope of a Glorious Resurrection. Then as to my worldly Estate I Dispose thereof as followeth.
Imprs I give and bequeath unto Joseph my first born son all my Home place that I now live upon which is within one fence or Inclosure entire as also ye one half of ye Little Pasture next adjoyning. Together with all my housing & Orchard. I do also give unto my said son Joseph my point of Salt marsh that lyeth next to Kittery bounds one acre more or less.
Itm I give unto my youngest Son Benajah ye other half of my Little pasture & all that my twenty and Six acres of Land which lyeth next adjoyning on York River on which my Said Son Benajah now Dwelleth. I do likewise give unto my Youngest Son ye one half of my two acres of Salt marsh which lyeth at ye head of York Marshes in the Western Cove.
Itm I give unto my Son Matthews Young one acre and Quarter of Salt Marsh near ye head of York Marshes adjoyning to ye Widow Johnsons Marsh.
Itm I give unto my son Jonathan Young ye other half of ye two acres abouesd in ye western Cove. Equally to be Divided between Jonathan & Benajah abovesd. Furthermore it is my Will and Pleasure that my Eldest and my Youngest Sons Joseph and Benajah Shall pay unto my five Daughters Mary Susanna Elizabeth Sarah and Mercy Six pounds Each, thirty pounds ye whole the one half to be paid by my Eldest and ye other by my Youngest Son, which Eldest and Youngest Sons Shall also pay all my Just Debts and Funerall Charges by Equall proportion.
Itm I give and bequeath unto my Well beloved Wife Susannah During her Natural life ye Vse of ye third of all my lands and marsh and as for all my movable Estate within doors & without I give it wholly & forever unto my Said Wife to be Disposed of according to her own will and Discretion.
Finally I do Constitute and appoint my Eldest son Joseph abovesd to be the Sole Executor of this my Last Will and Testament; But I must Subjoyn that it Shall not be in ye power of my Eldest or my Youngest Son to Alienate any part of ye Lands or marsh in this Testamt bequeathed to them they may Dispose of it to one another & to any of ye family but not to any other besides my posterity.
Published pronounced and his
Declared by Roland Young Roland R Young (Seal)
abovesd to be his Last Will mark
& Testamt In presence of
Samuel Moodey
Hannah Moodey
Mary Moodey
| Young, Deacon Rowland Jr. (I7755)
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In the Name of God Amen. I Roland Young of York in ye County of York in ye Province of Main in New England, being Infirm, thrô age. and daily Expecting my Great Change but at present of Sound Understanding and Memory do make this my last Will and Testament this 14th of September. 1719.
First and above all I Recomend my Precious and Immortal Soul into ye Mercifull and Almighty Saving arms of my faithfull Creator and Gracious Redeemer and my body to ye Earth Decently to be buried in assured hope of a Glorious Resurrection. Then as to my worldly Estate I Dispose thereof as followeth.
Imprs I give and bequeath unto Joseph my first born son all my Home place that I now live upon which is within one fence or Inclosure entire as also ye one half of ye Little Pasture next adjoyning. Together with all my housing & Orchard. I do also give unto my said son Joseph my point of Salt marsh that lyeth next to Kittery bounds one acre more or less.
Itm I give unto my youngest Son Benajah ye other half of my Little pasture & all that my twenty and Six acres of Land which lyeth next adjoyning on York River on which my Said Son Benajah now Dwelleth. I do likewise give unto my Youngest Son ye one half of my two acres of Salt marsh which lyeth at ye head of York Marshes in the Western Cove.
Itm I give unto my Son Matthews Young one acre and Quarter of Salt Marsh near ye head of York Marshes adjoyning to ye Widow Johnsons Marsh.
Itm I give unto my son Jonathan Young ye other half of ye two acres abouesd in ye western Cove. Equally to be Divided between Jonathan & Benajah abovesd. Furthermore it is my Will and Pleasure that my Eldest and my Youngest Sons Joseph and Benajah Shall pay unto my five Daughters Mary Susanna Elizabeth Sarah and Mercy Six pounds Each, thirty pounds ye whole the one half to be paid by my Eldest and ye other by my Youngest Son, which Eldest and Youngest Sons Shall also pay all my Just Debts and Funerall Charges by Equall proportion.
Itm I give and bequeath unto my Well beloved Wife Susannah During her Natural life ye Vse of ye third of all my lands and marsh and as for all my movable Estate within doors & without I give it wholly & forever unto my Said Wife to be Disposed of according to her own will and Discretion.
Finally I do Constitute and appoint my Eldest son Joseph abovesd to be the Sole Executor of this my Last Will and Testament; But I must Subjoyn that it Shall not be in ye power of my Eldest or my Youngest Son to Alienate any part of ye Lands or marsh in this Testamt bequeathed to them they may Dispose of it to one another & to any of ye family but not to any other besides my posterity.
Published pronounced and his
Declared by Roland Young Roland R Young (Seal)
abovesd to be his Last Will mark
& Testamt In presence of
Samuel Moodey
Hannah Moodey
Mary Moodey
| Young, Lt. Joseph (I7769)
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... two acres of salt marsh ... in the great marsh, being a part of twenty acres formerly purchased of Mr. Richard Dumer". | Woodman, Lt. Edward (I5442)
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... two acres of salt marsh ... in the great marsh, being a part of twenty acres formerly purchased of Mr. Richard Dumer". | Salway, Joanna (I5443)
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"The Giant" | Moulton, Lt. John (I741)
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[200863.ged]
1 REFN M13705 | Family: Lt. Jonathan Hills / Dorothy Hale (F7346)
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6th generation descendant of Rabbi Yom tov Lippman Heller (1579-1654). | Miodeck, David (I2835)
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burned | Cranmer, Archbishop Thomas (I6738)
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COFFIN
This is a landed family of great antiquity and the name originated from the French adjective, chauve (bald). From the early nickname came the name Chaufin which eventually became anglicized as Coffin. From English records we find that Edward Coffin, the Jesuit, was born in Exeter in 1571 and Henry Coffyn lived in county Somerset in 1327.
The Coffin family of Devonshire, England, originated near Falaise in Normandy, the birthplace of William the Conqueror. There, the old Chateau of Courtiton was once the home of the Norman Coffins. According to tradition, Sir Richard Coffyn, knight, accompanied Duke William to England in 1066 and founded the family seat at Portledge in the Parish of Alwington, Devon. The family has had many noted men; one of these, Sir William Coffin, Master of the Horse at the coronation of Anne Boleyn, was a prominent participator in the Field of the Cloth of Gold. It is said that he brought about a reform of mortuary fees by threatening to bury a priest who had declined to read the service over the body of a poor man in Bideford churchyard until he had received the dead man's cow in payment. As Sir William nearly carried out his threat, the ensuing disturbance resulted in the desired reform.
| Coffin, Nicholas (I7230)
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Daniel, Sarah and three sons (Jeremiah, Daniel, Jr. and Joseph) came to the Majorbagaduce. At one time the family owned one-quarter of the township of Penobscot. Daniel taught school, moved to "Bagaduce" about 1774, settling in Penobscot.
Capt. of First Co., 2nd Reg., 2nd Brigade (Rev. War), Sea Captain. | Wardwell, Daniel (I2904)
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died at sea. | Wardwell, Benjamin (I6659)
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died from consumption | Wardwell, Mary J. (I5668)
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died from consumption | Wardwell, Ariel M. (I5559)
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died from Dropsy | Hitchcock, Parisade (I1033)
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died from injuries received when a cannon discharged. | Webber, John (I1876)
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died from Typhoid fever | Wardwell, Amanda (I5290)
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Douglas Edmond Wardwell
Douglas was a member of the U.S. Navy, DCI, serving in World War II, Korea and Vietnam. | Wardwell, Douglas Edmund (I3007)
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drowned near Cape Neddick Road. | Webber, Gershom (I1891)
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Edith Austin Moore,
manuscript; JOSEPH AUSTIN OF DOVER, NH AND MATTHEW AUSTIN OF ME; p 123, 124.
"Annis (Austin) Littlefield age 38 and 6 children sailed on the Bevis of
So. Hampton for New England in May 1638 at the same time Richard Austin of
Bishopstoke, Hants and his family sailed. With her came John Knight, carpenter
and Heugh Deudal, servants.
Edmund Littlefield came from Titchfield, ENG in 1637, settled at Exeter, NH
and later moved to Wells, ME. He was one of the original settlers at Wells and
probably built the first house there. In 1641 he built a saw and grist mill on
the Webhannet River. He was agent of Thomas Gorges to give possession of house
lots to settlers, and was one of the committee for settling the boundary
between Wells and Cape Porpois, and a commissioner to try small causes from
1654 to 1661. On Dec. 11, 1661, he made his will at Wells, ME. He named his
wife, Annis and sons Thomas and Francis extrs. HE HAD TWO SONS NAMED FRANCIS,
BOTH LIVING. Francis & Anthony came with their father in 1637."
E.A. MOORE lists these as references:
NEHGR Vol. 67, p 346 (Titchfield Parish Reg.)
MAINE PROVINCE & COURT RECORDS Vol. II, p 40, 125.
LISTS OF EMMIGRANTS TO AMERICA - Hotten, 1600-1700.
WELLS FAMILY, p 232, 233 by D. W. Norris (1942)
GEN. RES. IN ENG, NEHO Mag, for Oct. 1913, p 343-348.
!SPOUSE-CHILDREN: Compiled by William M. Sargent, A.M., MAINE WILLS
1640-1760, 1972, p 4. 3 executors, namely Annas my wife, & thomas & Francis
Littlefejld.
!SPOUSE-CHILDREN-DEATH: Compiled by William M. Sargent, A.M., MAINE WILLS | Austin, Annis (I777)
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from Eng. with Capt. Thomas Wiggin's co., 1633, one of the founders of th settlement at Dover Neck, first settler at Oyster River and large landholder there | Stevenson, William (I3341)
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From George A. Wheeler's History of Castine, Penobscot and Brooksville,
Maine. Privately printed in Cornwall, NY, 1923.Pages 167-8:BANKS, AARON.
The subject of this sketch was born in York, Maine, June 1, 1738. He married Mary Perkins, of York, who was a sister of John and Daniel Perkins, of Bagaduce. His death occurred on the ninth of August, 1823, at Penobscot.
At the age of twenty-one years, Mr. Banks enlisted in the provincial army, for the defense of the colonies against the French and Indians. He was first stationed at Fort Pownal, and assisted in building that fort, early in the summer of 1759. In July of that year, he was transferred to General Amherst's command, and was with that command at the capture of Ticonderoga. He was also with General Amherst, at the capture of Montreal, September 7, 1760. A treaty of peace was made at Paris, between England and France, February 10, 1763. In consequence of this, Mr. Banks was honorably discharged, early in the winter of 1764. He and twelve others, were obliged to walk through the wilderness from Montreal to York, in the depth of winter, with no covering for their couch at night but the "starry decked heavens," and depending for their food upon the game shot upon the way. In the spring of 1765, Mr. Banks brought his wife and infant daughter to Bagaduce. He is said to have bought the farm first settled by Reuben Gray, on the Neck - being that now principally owned by Charles J. Abbott, Esq. - and to have built his house near the deep gully, not far from Mr. Webb's house. At the time of the skirmish at the half-moon battery, during the siege of 1779, Mr. Bank's house was burned by the Americans. He and his family were detained, for upwards of three weeks, as prisoners on board the British sloop North. After peace was declared, he moved to that part of Bagaduce which is now Penobscot, where he remained until his death. No descendants bearing his name exist at this day. His daughter Elizabeth, however, who was married to Colonel Jeremiah Wardwell, became the mother of a family of seven sons and four daughters. She died in Penobscot, November 26, 1853, aged 89 years, 5 months, and 21 days. | Banks, Aaron (I1714)
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In 1684 Thomas Cousins had a grant of land from the town of Wells, comprising one hundred acres west of the river which forms the present boundary between Wells and Kennebunk and southeast of the post-road. All of the settlers on this side of Wells
were driven out by the Indians in 1690, the Storer garrison, over three miles to the south, being the most northerly place that was held against them. It is entirely probable that Thomas Cousins and his wife, whose name is unknown, lost their lives
during these troublous times. Their children were in possession of the farm in 1717. | Cousins, Thomas (I6083)
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John Insley Coddington discussed this family at length in 1966 [ TAG 42:193-205]. He found two potentially relevant entries in the Ufford, Suffolk, parish register: the marriage on 21 May 1601 of "Marie Durante of Ufford single woman" to Wylliam Ringe of Petistrey, singleman [ TAG 42:193], and the baptism on 23 February 1602/3 of Elizabeth, their daughter [ TAG 42:194]. Coddington stressed the unproven nature of the connection between the Ufford family and the Rings of Leiden. While the marriage date for Marie Durante and Wylliam Ringe is comfortable, daughter Elizabeth seems to have been as much as ten years older than usual at marriage and would have been nearly a decade older than her second husband. If the Ufford family is the one that came to New England, it is possible that the 1602/3 baptism is for a daughter Elizabeth who died young and the wife of Deane and Cooke is a subsequent daughter of the same name.
The Great Migration - Mary Ring | Durrante, Mary (I9358)
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Joseph Webber owned land in Falmouth in 1683. He sold his interest in premises defined by him as "on neck of land called Parker's Neck within ye province of Maine" in 1700. In 1693, he was at Yarmouth, one of three men who took inventory of the estate
of Samuel Hall. | Webber, Joseph (I411)
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Joshua Woodman was the first European baby born in Newbury, Essex MA
(source:
http://www2.southwind.net/~walz/HTML/d0006/g0000597.html#I3845 and
Savage 4:640)
JOSHUA, Newbury, elder br. of Jonathan, m. 22 Jan. 1666, Eliz.
Stevens, perhaps d. of John of Andover, where the m. was, had
Mehitable, b. 20 Sept. 1677; and Jonathan; but as Coffin gives not
date of the last, nor any more ch. we may suppose that he rem. to
Andover, where Farmer says he liv. yet Newbury can show his gr.-st.
with inscript. that he d. 30 May 1703. (Savage 4:641) | Woodman, Joshua (I5512)
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killed in Indian attack. | Sawyer, Joseph (I5683)
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killed in the Massacre | Moulton, Abigail (I276)
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LAST NAME ALSO SPELLED WOODIN.
*JOHN, Newbury, s. of Edward the first, had been perhaps at Ipswich
1648, but at N. m. 15 July 1656, Mary Field, and next yr. was establ.
at Dover, freem. 1666, had John, Mary, and Sarah, wh. all outliv. him,
and perhaps others; was capt. rep. 1684, and d. a. 1707. (Savage
4:641) | Woodman, Capt. John (I5511)
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Lt. Arthur, Daniel, and Thomas Bragdon, with James Freethy and William Wormwood, were all killed by Indians and thier inventory taken on the same day, 14 OCT 1690, apparently the five out of nine were suprised while loading a
vessel at Cape Neddick, mentioned by Niles.
Notes for Arthur Bragdon:
Arthur, ensign 1668-1678
Grand Jury 1673, 1683, 1688
Provost Marshall 1689
Lt. Arthur, Daniel and Thomas Bragdon, with James Freethy and William Wormwood, were all dead and their inventory taken on the same day, 14 October 1690, apprently the "five out of nine" surprised while loading a vessel at Cape Neddick,
mentioned by Niles.
He married Lydia Twisden.
Child: Arthur, born 1670
***
Sources contradict each other as to the validity of a marriage between Arthur and Hannah Mains and, thereby, cast doubts on the legitimancy of their son Benjamin (Benoni) Bragdon. | Bragdon, Arthur Jr. (I5927)
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master of the schooner "Vermont" in 1826, "Margaret Ann" in 1829. | McCaslin, Andrew (I1502)
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Notes for Arthur Bragdon , Jr.:
Arthur moved to Scarborough, Maine in 1725. "Arthur Bragdon, farmer, son of Arthur Bragdon, lately deceased, sold land near the sawmill to Nathaniel Ramsdell 21 June 1711.
***
Arthur was a Deacon of the church. He owned a sawmill at York, Maine, in partnership with Abraham Preble and Peter Nowell, built soon after 14 November 1700, when the partnership was formed.
***
Since 1700 Samuel Webber and his sons owned mills on Cape Neddick River, Samuel Bragdon at Bass Cove . . . Deacon Thomas Bragdon at Cape Neddick Pond. At newly-created Scituate Pond, Bragdon and Prebles carried on as partners.
***
Around 1750, Cape Neddick had attracted many new settlers. Descendants of Arthur Bragdon and of Abraham Preble moved to Cape Neddick and became fishermen. Deacon Arthur Bragdon had probably been the first to build a dam at Cape Neddick Pond in about
1720; his mill privileges and fulling mill was sold in 1769 to Col. Josiah Chase of Kittery.
***
[There are several sources that cite the story of Arthur and Sarah]
He married Sarah Masterson, who, by contemporary history, was killed with their five children 13 October 1703 (Penhallow's Indian Wars). By family tradition in Scarborough he left her baking and found her and their four children scalped on his return.
But a daughter, Abial, was carried away and was still living in 1711. Sarah had been a captive before. Sarah and Abial were Indian captives from 24 January 1691/1692 to some time after 1699.
***
"In 1742, Arthur Bragdon, gentleman, in jail, sued his creditor for beating him so that his life was despaired of living 5 November 1746."
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Arthur Bragdon was one of the very few early townsmen to whose name was appended law papers the title "gentleman." He removed to this town (Scarborough) from York 1725, and spent here the remainder of a long and useful life. Captain Solomon and Gideon
Bragdon became inhabitants soon afterward.
Captain Arthur Bragdon's house was used to hold services and town meetings in.
Selectmen in Scarborough:
Captain Arthur Bragdon 1725
Captain Solomon Bragdon 1748
Solomon Bragdon 1759-1839-1841-1848-1849
Arthur joined First Church 26 June 1728
Mehetable joined 25 February 1733
Solomon joined 8 November 1741
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By the new plan (1721), an allotment was specified for each town. York was allowed to loan small sums up to a total of 360 pounds . . . A board of trustees was created - Jos. Sayward, Arthur Bragdon, Sr., John Harmon, Thomas Haines, Jos. Moulton,
Samuel Sewall, Jonathan Bane, and Joseph Bragdon - who were required to give bond for twice the amount of the town's allotment. Strong men among the new leaders as Moulton, Harmon, Lewis Bane, Capt. Arthur Bragdon . . .
***
Deed of Sale Received (Peter Nowel) from Arthur Bragdon, Jr.: 160 pounds for 20 acres of land North East Side of York River.
***
On 25 January 1692, the Indians made their long-intended descent on York; a party of about 150 of them carried out successfully the raid known as the Massacre. The Indian version of the events that followed is told in an account written by Champigny,
the Intendant of Quebec, as it had been reported to him by the Indians.
". . . At about a quarter of a league distant (from Iarc) they saw a young Englishman who was setting traps. They caught him and later two others whom they saw a little further on. These Englishmen had only their knives. They halted to question
the three captives. They smashed the heads of two of them and from a desire to get information they bound the third one."
The "young Englishman" who was captured while he was setting traps was Arthur Bragdon III, then about twenty-seven-years of age, married to Sarah Masterson, daughter of Nathaniel, and living near his wife's parents in the Cider Hill district.
The tradition is that young Bragdon saw a great many snowshoes piled against the boulder which has been known ever since as "Snowshoe Rock." The Indian camp "at the foot of the mountain" (surely it must have been Mt. Agamenticus) was stated to have
been "about a quarter of a league distant" from Snowshoe Rock, and that is in accord with family legends.
There was quite general destruction in the area between York Corner and the river . . . and others who lived there were killed or captured, but Samuel Bragdon, near the present-day Sewell's Bridge, escaped.
***
Between the Scotland Bridge Road and nearby Bass Cove Creek, the Bragdon family has the longest record of continuous settlement. Of the three sons of the pioneer Arthur (1597-1678) two, Arthur (1645-1690) and Thomas (1640-1690), a weaver, settled in
Scotland (a nearby town). Deacon Arthur (1666-1743), son of Thomas, built the first dam and the first woolen mil at Chase's Pond. Elihu (1767-1854) in the sixth generation, ship-builder and merchant at Scotland Bridge, prominent in town affairs and a
delegate to the convention which drafted the Maine constitutions, was the most famous. His grandson, Joseph P. Bragdon, held the office of selectman continuously for 33 years; Arthur Elihu, brother of Joseph P. Bragdon, still lives [1961] on original
Bragdon acres, in the interesting old house which has grown in size over the years.
Part of the present Bragdon property was once a large farm owned by William Pepperell, Jr., and occupied by tenants of his daughter Elizabeth Sparhawk. Across the road from the home of Arthur Elihu is the graveyard of the Second Parish.
Neighbors of the early Bragdons were James Freethy, and later his son Joseph, part of whose property still in possession of the heirs with the same name until 1892, when the widow of Henry sold it to Joseph P. Bragdon. From the Joseph P.
property the road dips sharply into a valley through which flows Bass Cove Creek.
Garrison Hill is now a gravel pit; on that hill lived Arthur Bragdon III (1670-1751), the young father of the Snowshoe Rock story of the Massacre.
| Bragdon, Capt. Arthur (I2004)
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Notes for Arthur Bragdon:
The last Will and Testament of Arthur Bragdon of York in the County of York in New England Gen(t) made this fifteenth Day of March Anno Domini one thousand seven hundred and thirty-six being far advanced in Years and not knowing the Day of my Death I
would settle my worldly Estate and I dispose of the same in the manner following Viz.
Imprimis I give to my Loving and faithful Wife Sarah Bragdon all the House hold stuff I shall leave at my Decease besides her Dower and Third in all y(e) rest of my Estate for ever and y(e) Real for Life.
Item. I give to my Daughers Sarah Johnson and Martha Lord each ten shillings to be paid by my Executor besides what I have already given.
Item. To my Daughers Tabitha Linscot, Bethia Leavitt and Love Sayer I give each thirty pounds to be paid as afore(sd) within four years after y(e) Decease of me and my wife.
Item. I give to my Daughter Mercy sixty pounds the one half on Demand the other half within four years after my Decease if She shall survive me.
Item. I give to my Granddaughter Olive Farnam thirty pounds to be paid at y(e) Age of Eighteen Years or time of Marriage and if She should Die before s(d) time then to be equally divided between her Brothers Daniel, Zebadiah and Joshua.
Item. I do give and bequeath to my only Son Thomas Bragdon all the Residue of my Estate both Real and Personal (he paying the above Legacies) to him and his heirs forever only it is my Desire to my said Son that if his Son Daniel Bragdon shall behave
himself well he may have settled upon him my part of the dwelling house and one half of the Home place besides what else my s(d) Son shall see cause to give him.
Lastly, I Do hereby Constitute and appoint my said Son the Sole Executor of this my Last Will and Testament.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal the Day and Year above written.
(signed) Arthur Bragdon
probated 5 May 1743 | Bragdon, Deacon Arthur (I2001)
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Notes for Samuel Hutchins:
Samuel Hutchins was captured by Indians on May 9, 1698 and taken to Canada. He returned in January, 1699. In 1720 he was a Field officer in Kittery. Samuel sold his dwelling in Kittery and was living in Arundel before June 30, 1729. | Hutchings, Samuel (I262)
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Notes for Sarah Masterson:
Sarah was the daughter of Nathaniel Masterson and Elizabeth Coggswell. She was captured in 1692 and, as "Sarah Braginton of Yorcke", was, "yett in the Indians Hands in January 1698/1699". Ann Jenkins testified in 1695 that Sarah Bragginton had been
bought by the Indian minister Prince Waxaway and was thus freed from "hard usage." That princely Indian could not have kept her long for she was at home and was killed in 1703 when her daughter Abial was captured. From Pike's Journal we learn that on
13 October 1703, "about sunset the Indians stole in upon Arthur Bragdon's house at York, (hard by the garrison), killed his wife and two children and carried his daughter away.
Penhallow says: "Another Company of Indians, commanded by Sampson fell on York, where they slew Arthur Bragdon's wife and five children, carried Captive with them the widow Parsons and her Daughter."
Abial in on the 1710/1711 list. Her fate is unknown.
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Mrs. Sarah (Masterson) Bragdon, wife of Arthur Bragdon . . . was another woman who had more than one experience with marauding Indians. She was probably living in the home of her parents, Nathaniel and Elizabeth Masterson, on Cider Hill about where the
gravel pit is now, when they were killed and their house burned. She, with her young daughter Abial, was captured and marched to Canada and not redeemed and returned to York until nearly ten years later. Only three years after their return, it was
Arthur Bragdon's fate again to come home to find that Indians had attacked. This time he found his wife Sarah and two of his children killed by tomahawk; and his eldest daughter Abial was again carried off to captivity.
Arthur Bragdon III became a noted Indian fighter, and as a captain led a company in the first raid of Narridgewock in the Fourth Indian War. Later he moved to Scarboro with a new wife and family. His descendants have been notable and prominent
eastward of York ever since.
A new generation of Prebles, Banks, Bragdons, Weares, Donnells, Saywards, and Plaisteds took up where their forefathers had left off. | Masterson, Sarah (I6339)
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Notes on Edward Hilton:
Edward,first permanent settler of N. H., son of William, of Northwich, co. Chester. | Hilton, Edward (I6483)
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Notes on John Roper:
BIR-DEA: "The Ropers of Sterling and Rutland" by Ella E. Roper, 1904, p83 (approximate dates given) "sailed with his family to New England in the summer of 1637; settled in Dedham, Mass., in August of that year; died in Dedham soon after 1664. His wife
was living at the time of the Lancaster massacre, 1676; date of her death not known. Probably two sons came with them." | Roper, John (I2980)
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One of the first selectman in Penobscot, Maine, along with Joseph Perkins, in 1787. | Wardwell, Col. Jeremiah (I1747)
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or Ireland. | Fassett, Patrick (I11128)
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says between 9 Mar 1702/3 and 16 Jun 1703. | Dunham, Joseph (I37429)
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slain | Lowle, Richard (I5485)
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The 1763 Treaty of Paris
(February 10, 1763)
Treaty of Paris 1763
The definitive Treaty of Peace and Friendship between his Britannick Majesty, the Most Christian King, and the King of Spain. Concluded at Paris the 10th day of February, 1763. To which the King of Portugal acceded on the same day. (Printed from the Copy.)
In the Name of the Most Holy and Undivided Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. So be it.
Be it known to all those whom it shall, or may, in any manner, belong,
It has pleased the Most High to diffuse the spirit of union and concord among the Princes, whose divisions had spread troubles in the four parts of the world, and to inspire them with the inclination to cause the comforts of peace to succeed to the misfortunes of a long and bloody war, which having arisen between England and France during the reign of the Most Serene and Most Potent Prince, George the Second, by the grace of God, King of Great Britain, of glorious memory, continued under the reign of the Most Serene and Most Potent Prince, George the Third, his successor, and, in its progress, communicated itself to Spain and Portugal: Consequently, the Most Serene and Most Potent Prince, George the Third, by the grace of God, King of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick and Lunenbourg, Arch Treasurer and Elector of the Holy Roman Empire; the Most Serene and Most Potent Prince, Lewis the Fifteenth, by the grace of God, Most Christian King; and the Most Serene and Most Potent Prince, Charles the Third, by the grace of God, King of Spain and of the Indies, after having laid the foundations of peace in the preliminaries signed at Fontainebleau the third of November last; and the Most Serene and Most Potent Prince, Don Joseph the First, by the grace of God, King of Portugal and of the Algarves, after having acceded thereto, determined to compleat, without delay, this great and important work. For this purpose, the high contracting parties have named and appointed their respective Ambassadors Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipotentiary, viz. his Sacred Majesty the King of Great Britain, the Most Illustrious and Most Excellent Lord, John Duke and Earl of Bedford, Marquis of Tavistock, c. his Minister of State, Lieutenant General of his Armies, Keeper of his Privy Seal, Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, and his Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to his Most Christian Majesty; his Sacred Majesty the Most Christian King, the Most Illustrious and Most Excellent Lord, Csar Gabriel de Choiseul, Duke of Praslin, Peer of France, Knight of his Orders, Lieutenant General of his Armies and of the province of Britanny, Counsellor of all his Counsils, and Minister and Secretary of State, and of his Commands and Finances: his Sacred Majesty the Catholick King, the
Most Illustrious and Most Excellent Lord, Don Jerome Grimaldi, Marquis de Grimaldi, Knight of the Most Christian King's Orders, Gentleman of his Catholick Majesty's Bedchamber in Employment, and his Ambassador Extraordinary to his Most Christian Majesty; his Sacred Majesty the Most Faithful King, the Most Illustrious and Most Excellent Lord, Martin de Mello and Castro, Knight professed of the Order of Christ, of his Most Faithful Majesty's Council, and his Ambassador and Minister Plenipotentiary to his Most Christian Majesty.
Who, after having duly communicated to each other their full powers, in good form, copies whereof are transcribed at the end of the present treaty of peace, have agreed upon the articles, the tenor of which is as follows:
Article I. There shall be a Christian, universal, and perpetual peace, as well by sea as by land, and a sincere and constant friendship shall be re established between their Britannick, Most Christian, Catholick, and Most Faithful Majesties, and between their heirs and successors, kingdoms, dominions, provinces, countries, subjects, and vassals, of what quality or condition soever they be, without exception of places or of persons: So that the high contracting parties shall give the greatest attention to maintain between themselves and their said dominions and subjects this reciprocal friendship and correspondence, without permitting, on either side, any kind of hostilities, by sea or by land, to be committed from henceforth, for any cause, or under any pretence whatsoever, and every thing shall be carefully avoided which might hereafter prejudice the union happily reestablished, applying themselves, on the contrary, on every occasion, to procure for each other whatever may contribute to their mutual glory, interests, and advantages, without giving any assistance or protection, directly or indirectly, to those who would cause any prejudice to either of the high contracting parties: there shall be a general oblivion of every thing that may have been done or committed before or since the commencement of the war which is just ended.
II. The treaties of Westphalia of 1648; those of Madrid between the Crowns of Great Britain and Spain of 1661, and 1670; the treaties of peace of Nimeguen of 1678, and 1679; of Ryswick of 1697; those of peace and of commerce of Utrecht of 1713; that of Baden of 1714; the treaty of the triple alliance of the Hague of 1717; that of the quadruple alliance of London of 1118; the treaty of peace of Vienna of 1738; the definitive treaty of Aix la Chapelle of 1748; and that of Madrid, between the Crowns of Great Britain and Spain of 1750: as well as the treaties between the Crowns of Spain and Portugal of the 13th of February, 1668; of the 6th of February, 1715; and of the 12th of February, 1761; and that of the 11th of April, 1713, between France and Portugal with the guaranties of Great Britain, serve as a basis and foundation to the peace, and to the present treaty: and for this purpose they are all renewed and confirmed in the best form, as well as all the general, which subsisted between the high contracting parties before the war, as if they were inserted here word for word, so that they are to be exactly observed, for the future, in their whole tenor, and religiously executed on all sides, in all their points, which shall not be derogated from by the present treaty, notwithstanding all that may have been stipulated to the contrary by any of the high contracting parties: and all the said parties declare, that they will not suffer any privilege, favour, or indulgence to subsist, contrary to the treaties above confirmed, except what shall have been agreed and stipulated by the present treaty.
III. All the prisoners made, on all sides, as well by land as by sea, and the hostages carried away or given during the war, and to this day, shall be restored, without ransom, six weeks, at least, to be computed from the day of the exchange of the ratification of the present treaty, each crown respectively paying the advances which shall have been made for the subsistance and maintenance of their prisoners by the Sovereign of the country where they shall have been detained, according to the attested receipts and estimates and other authentic vouchers which shall be furnished on one side and the other. And securities shall be reciprocally given for the payment of the debts which the prisoners shall have contracted in the countries where they have been detained until their entire liberty. And all the ships of war and merchant vessels Which shall have been taken since the expiration of the terms agreed upon for the cessation of hostilities by sea shall likewise be restored, bon fide, with all their crews and cargoes: and the execution of this article shall be proceeded upon immediately after the exchange of the ratifications of this treaty.
IV. His Most Christian Majesty renounces all pretensions which he has heretofore formed or might have formed to Nova Scotia or Acadia in all its parts, and guaranties the whole of it, and with all its dependencies, to the King of Great Britain: Moreover, his Most Christian Majesty cedes and guaranties to his said Britannick Majesty, in full right, Canada, with all its dependencies, as well as the island of Cape Breton, and all the other islands and coasts in the gulph and river of St. Lawrence, and in general, every thing that depends on the said countries, lands, islands, and coasts, with the sovereignty, property, possession, and all rights acquired by treaty, or otherwise, which the Most Christian King and the Crown of France have had till now over the said countries, lands, islands, places, coasts, and their inhabitants, so that the Most Christian King cedes and makes over the whole to the said King, and to the Crown of Great Britain, and that in the most ample manner and form, without restriction, and without any liberty to depart from the said cession and guaranty under any pretence, or to disturb Great Britain in the possessions above mentioned. His Britannick Majesty, on his side, agrees to grant the liberty of the Catholick religion to the inhabitants of Canada: he will, in consequence, give the most precise and most effectual orders, that his new Roman Catholic subjects may profess the worship of their religion according to the rites of the Romish church, as far as the laws of Great Britain permit. His Britannick Majesty farther agrees, that the French inhabitants, or others who had been subjects of the Most Christian King in Canada, may retire with all safety and freedom wherever they shall think proper, and may sell their estates, provided it be to the subjects of his Britannick Majesty, and bring away their effects as well as their persons, without being restrained in their emigration, under any pretence whatsoever, except that of debts or of criminal prosecutions: The term limited for this emigration shall be fixed to the space of eighteen months, to be computed from the day of the exchange of the ratification of the present treaty.
V. The subjects of France shall have the liberty of fishing and drying on a part of the coasts of the island of Newfoundland, such as it is specified in the XIIIth article of the treaty of Utrecht; which article is renewed and confirmed by the present treaty, (except what relates to the island of Cape Breton, as well as to the other islands and coasts in the mouth and in the gulph of St. Lawrence:) And his Britannick Majesty consents to leave to the subjects of the Most Christian King the liberty of fishing in the gulph of St. Lawrence, on condition that the subjects of France do not exercise the said fishery but at the distance of three leagues from all the coasts belonging to Great Britain, as well those of the continent as those of the islands situated in the said gulph of St. Lawrence. And as to what relates to the fishery on the coasts of the island of Cape Breton, out of the said gulph, the subjects of the Most Christian King shall not be permitted to exercise the said fishery but at the distance of fifteen leagues from the coasts of the island of Cape Breton; and the fishery on the coasts of Nova Scotia or Acadia, and every where else out of the said gulph, shall remain on the foot of former treaties.
VI. The King of Great Britain cedes the islands of St. Pierre and Macquelon, in full right, to his Most Christian Majesty, to serve as a shelter to the French fishermen; and his said Most Christian Majesty engages not to fortify the said islands; to erect no buildings upon them but merely for the conveniency of the fishery; and to keep upon them a guard of fifty men only for the police.
VII. In order to reestablish peace on solid and durable foundations, and to remove for ever all subject of dispute with regard to the limits of the British and French territories on the continent of America; it is agreed, that, for the future, the confines between the dominions of his Britannick Majesty and those of his Most Christian Majesty, in that part of the world, shall be fixed irrevocably by a line drawn along the middle of the River Mississippi, from its source to the river Iberville, and from thence, by a line drawn along the middle of this river, and the lakes Maurepas and Pontchartrain to the sea; and for this purpose, the Most Christian King cedes in full right, and guaranties to his Britannick Majesty the river and port of the Mobile, and every thing which he possesses, or ought to possess, on the left side of the river Mississippi, except the town of New Orleans and the island in which it is situated, which shall remain to France, provided that the navigation of the river Mississippi shall be equally free, as well to the subjects of Great Britain as to those of France, in its whole breadth and length, from its source to the sea, and expressly that part which is between the said island of New Orleans and the right bank of that river, as well as the passage both in and out of its mouth: It is farther stipulated, that the vessels belonging to the subjects of either nation shall not be stopped, visited, or subjected to the payment of any duty whatsoever. The stipulations inserted in the IVth article, in favour of the inhabitants of Canada shall also take place with regard to the inhabitants of the countries ceded by this article.
VIII. The King of Great Britain shall restore to France the islands of Guadeloupe, of Mariegalante, of Desirade, of Martinico, and of Belleisle; and the fortresses of these islands shall be restored in the same condition they were in when they were conquered by the British arms, provided that his Britannick Majesty's subjects, who shall have settled in the said islands, or those who shall have any commercial affairs to settle there or in other places restored to France by the present treaty, shall have liberty to sell their lands and their estates, to settle their affairs, to recover their debts, and to bring away their effects as well as their persons, on board vessels, which they shall be permitted to send to the said islands and other places restored as above, and which shall serve for this use only, without being restrained on account of their religion, or under any other pretence whatsoever, except that of debts or of criminal prosecutions: and for this purpose, the term of eighteen months is allowed to his Britannick Majesty's subjects, to be computed from the day of the exchange of the ratifications of the present treaty; but, as the liberty granted to his Britannick Majesty's subjects, to bring away their persons and their effects, in vessels of their nation, may be liable to abuses if precautions were not taken to prevent them; it has been expressly agreed between his Britannick Majesty and his Most Christian Majesty, that the number of English vessels which have leave to go to the said islands and places restored to France, shall be limited, as well as the number of tons of each one; that they shall go in ballast; shall set sail at a fixed time; and shall make one voyage only; all the effects belonging to the English being to be embarked at the same time. It has been farther agreed, that his Most Christian Majesty shall cause the necessary passports to be given to the said vessels; that, for the greater security, it shall be allowed to place two French clerks or guards in each of the said vessels, which shall be visited in the landing places and ports of the said islands and places restored to France, and that the merchandize which shall be found t herein shall be confiscated.
IX. The Most Christian King cedes and guaranties to his Britannick Majesty, in full right, the islands of Grenada, and the Grenadines, with the same stipulations in favour of the inhabitants of this colony, inserted in the IVth article for those of Canada: And the partition of the islands called neutral, is agreed and fixed, so that those of St. Vincent, Dominico, and Tobago, shall remain in full right to Great Britain, and that of St. Lucia shall be delivered to France, to enjoy the same likewise in full right, and the high contracting parties guaranty the partition so stipulated.
X. His Britannick Majesty shall restore to France the island of Goree in the condition it was in when conquered: and his Most Christian Majesty cedes, in full right, and g
uaranties to the King of Great Britain the river Senegal, with the forts and factories of St. Lewis, Podor, and Galam, and with all the rights and dependencies of the said river Senegal.
XI. In the East Indies Great Britain shall restore to France, in the condition they are now in, the different factories which that Crown possessed, as well as on the coast of Coromandel and Orixa as on that of Malabar, as also in Bengal, at the beginning of the year 1749. And his Most Christian Majesty renounces all pretension to the acquisitions which he has made on the coast of Coromandel and Orixa since the said beginning of the year 1749. His Most Christian Majesty shall restore, on his side, all that he may have conquered from Great Britain in the East Indies during the present war; and will expressly cause Nattal and Tapanoully, in the island of Sumatra, to be restored; he engages farther, not to erect fortifications, or to keep troops in any part of the dominions of the Subah of Bengal. And in order to preserve future peace on the coast of Coromandel and Orixa, the English and French shall acknowledge Mahomet Ally Khan for lawful Nabob of the Carnatick, and Salabat Jing for lawful Subah of the Decan; and both parties shall renounce all demands and pretensions of satisfaction with which they might charge each other, or their Indian allies, for the depredations or pillage committed on the one side or on the other during the war.
XII. The island of Minorca shall be restored to his Britannick Majesty, as well as Fort St. Philip, in the same condition they were in when conquered by the arms of the Most Christian King; and with the artillery which was there when the said island and the said fort were taken.
XIII. The town and port of Dunkirk shall be put into the state fixed by the last treaty of Aix la Chapelle, and by former treaties. The Cunette shall be destroyed immediately after the exchange of the ratifications of the present treaty, as well as the forts and batteries which defend the entrance on the side of the sea; and provision shall be made at the same time for the wholesomeness of the air, and for the health of the inhabitants, by some other means, to the satisfaction of the King of Great Britain.
XIV. France shall restore all the countries belonging to the Electorate of Hanover, to the Landgrave of Hesse, to the Duke of Brunswick, and to the Count of La Lippe Buckebourg, which are or shall be occupied by his Most Christian Majesty's arms: the fortresses of these different countries shall be restored in the same condition they were in when conquered by the French arms; and the pieces of artillery, which shall have been carried elsewhere, shall be replaced by the same number, of the same bore, weight and metal.
XV. In case the stipulations contained in the XIIIth article of the preliminaries should not be compleated at the time of the signature of the present treaty, as well with regard to the evacuations to be made by the armies of France of the fortresses of Cleves, Wezel, Guelders, and of all the countries belonging to the King of Prussia, as with regard to the evacuations to be made by the British and French armies of the countries which they occupy in Westphalia, Lower Saxony, on the Lower Rhine, the Upper Rhine, and in all the empire; and to the retreat of the troops into the dominions of their respective Sovereigns: their Britannick and Most Christian Majesties promise to proceed, bon fide, with all the dispatch the case will permit of to the said evacuations, the entire completion whereof they stipulate before the 15th of March next, or sooner if it can be done; and their Britannick and Most Christian Majesties farther engage and promise to each other, not to furnish any succours of any kind to their respective allies who shall continue engaged in the war in Germany.
XVI. The decision of the prizes made in time of peace by the subjects of Great Britain, on the Spaniards, shall be referred to the Courts of Justice of the Admiralty of Great Britain, conformably to the rules established among all nations, so that the validity of the said prizes, between the British and Spanish nations, shall be decided and judged, according to the law of nations, and according to treaties, in the Courts of Justice of the nation who shall have made the capture.
XVII. His Britannick Majesty shall cause to be demolished all the fortifications which his subjects shall have erected in the bay of Honduras, and other places of the territory of Spain in that part of the world, four months after the ratification of the present treaty; and his Catholick Majesty shall not permit his Britannick Majesty's subjects, or their workmen, to be disturbed or molested under any pretence whatsoever in the said places, in their occupation of cutting, loading, and carrying away logwood; and for this purpose, they may build, without hindrance, and occupy, without interruption, the houses and magazines necessary for them, for their families, and for their effects; and his Catholick Majesty assures to them, by this article, the full enjoyment of those advantages and powers on the Spanish coasts and territories, as above stipulated, immediately after the ratification of the present treaty.
XVIII. His Catholick Majesty desists, as well for himself as for his successors, from all pretension which he may have formed in favour of the Guipuscoans, and other his subjects, to the right of fishing in the neighbourhood of the island of Newfoundland.
XIX. The King of Great Britain shall restore to Spain all the territory which he has conquered in the island of Cuba, with the fortress of the Havannah; and this fortress, as well as all the other fortresses of the said island, shall be restored in the same condition they were in when conquered by his Britannick Majesty's arms, provided that his Britannick Majesty's subjects who shall have settled in the said island, restored to Spain by the present treaty, or those who shall have any commercial affairs to settle there, shall have liberty to sell their lands and their estates, to settle their affairs, recover their debts, and to bring away their effects, as well as their persons, on board vessels which they shall be permitted to send to the said island restored as above, and which shall serve for that use only, without being restrained on account of their religion, or under any other pretence whatsoever, except that of debts or of criminal prosecutions: And for this purpose, the term of eighteen months is allowed to his Britannick Majesty's subjects, to be computed from the day of the exchange of the ratifications of the present treaty: but as the liberty granted to his Britannick Majesty's subjects, to bring away their persons and their effects, in vessels of their nation, may be liable to abuses if precautions were not taken to prevent them; it has been expressly agreed between his Britannick Majesty and his Catholick Majesty, that the number of English vessels which shall have leave to go to the said island restored to Spain shall be limited, as well as the number of tons of each one; that they shall go in ballast; shall set sail at a fixed time; and shall make one voyage only; all the effects belonging to the English being to be embarked at the same time: it has been farther agreed, that his Catholick Majesty shall cause the necessary passports to be given to the said vessels; that for the greater security, it shall be allowed to place two Spanish clerks or guards in each of the said vessels, which shall be visited in the landing places and ports of the said island restored to Spain, and that the merchandize which shall be found therein shall be confiscated.
XX. In consequence of the restitution stipulated in the preceding article, his Catholick Majesty cedes and guaranties, in full right, to his Britannick Majesty, Florida, with Fort St. Augustin, and the Bay of Pensacola, as well as all that Spain possesses on the continent of North America, to the East or to the South East of the river Mississippi. And, in general, every thing that depends on the said countries and lands, with the sovereignty, property, possession, and all rights, acquired by treaties or otherwise, which the Catholick King and the Crown of Spain have had till now over the said countries, lands, places, and their inhabitants; so that the Catholick King cedes and makes over the whole to the said King and to the Crown of Great Britain, and that in the most ample manner and form. His Britannick Majesty agrees, on his side, to grant to the inhabitants of the countries above ceded, the liberty of the Catholick religion; he will, consequently, give the most express and the most effectual orders that his new Roman Catholic subjects may profess the worship of their religion according to the rites of the Romish church, as far as the laws of Great Britain permit. His Britannick Majesty farther agrees, that the Spanish inhabitants, or others who had been subjects of the Catholick King in the said countries, may retire, with all safety and freedom, wherever they think proper; and may sell their estates, provided it be to his Britannick Majesty's subjects, and bring away their effects, as well as their persons without being restrained in their emigration, under any pretence whatsoever, except that of debts, or of criminal prosecutions: the term limited for this emigration being fixed to the space of eighteen months, to be computed from the day of the exchange of the ratifications of the present treaty. It is moreover stipulated, that his Catholick Majesty shall have power to cause all the effects that may belong to him, to be brought away, whether it be artillery or other things.
XXI. The French and Spanish troops shall evacuate all the territories, lands, towns, places, and castles, of his Most faithful Majesty in Europe, without any reserve, which shall have been conquered by the armies of France and Spain, and shall restore them in the same condition they were in when conquered, with the same artillery and ammunition, which were found there: And with regard to the Portuguese Colonies in America, Africa, or in the East Indies, if any change shall have happened there, all things shall be restored on the same footing they were in, and conformably to the preceding treaties which subsisted between the Courts of France, Spain, and Portugal, before the present war.
XXII. All the papers, letters, documents, and archives, which were found in the countries, territories, towns and places that are restored, and those belonging to the countries ceded, shall be, respectively and bon fide, delivered, or furnished at the same time, if possible, that possession is taken, or, at latest, four months after the exchange of the ratifications of the present treaty, in whatever places the said papers or documents may be found.
XXIII. All the countries and territories, which may have been conquered, in whatsoever part of the world, by the arms of their Britannick and Most Faithful Majesties, as well as by those of their Most Christian and Catholick Majesties, which are not included in the present treaty, either under the title of cessions, or under the title of restitutions, shall be restored without difficulty, and without requiring any compensations.
XXIV. As it is necessary to assign a fixed epoch for the restitutions and the evacuations, to be made by each of the high contracting parties, it is agreed, that the British and French troops shall compleat, before the 15th of March next, all that shall remain to be executed of the XIIth and XIIIth articles of the preliminaries, signed the 3d day of November last, with regard to the evacuation to be made in the Empire, or elsewhere. The island of Belleisle shall be evacuated six weeks after the exchange of the ratifications of the present treaty, or sooner if it can be done. Guadeloupe, Desirade, Mariegalante Martinico, and St. Lucia, three months after the exchange of the ratifications of the present treaty, or sooner if it can be done. Great Britain shall likewise, at the end of three months after the exchange of the ratifications of the present treaty, or sooner if it can be done, enter into possession of the river and port of the Mobile, and of all that is to form the limits of the territory of Great Britain, on the side of the river Mississippi, as they are specified in the VIIth article. The island of Goree shall be evacuated by Great Britain, three months after the exchange of the ratifications of the present treaty; and the island of Minorca by France, at the same epoch, or sooner if it can be done: And according to the conditions of the VIth article, France shall likewise enter into possession of the islands of St Peter, and of Miquelon, at the end of three months after the exchange of the ratifications of the present treaty. The Factories in the East Indies shall be restored six months after the exchange of the ratifications of the present treaty, or sooner if it can be done. The fortress of the Havannah, with all that has been conquered in the island of Cuba, shall be restored three months after the exchange of the ratifications of the present treaty, or sooner if it can be done: And, at the same time, Great Britain shall enter into possession of the country ceded by Spain according to the XXth article. All the places and countries of his most Faithful Majesty, in Europe, shall be restored immediately after the exchange of the ratification of the present treaty: And the Portuguese colonies, which may have been conquered, shall be restored in the space of three months in the West Indies, and of six months in the East Indies, after the exchange of the ratifications of the present treaty, or sooner if it can be done. All the fortresses, the restitution whereof is stipulated above, shall be restored with the artillery and ammunition, which were found there at the time of the conquest. In consequence whereof, the necessary orders shall be sent by each of the high contracting parties, with reciprocal passports for the ships that shall carry them, immediately after the exchange of the ratifications of the present treaty.
XXV. His Britannick Majesty, as Elector of Brunswick Lunenbourg, as well for himself as for his heirs and successors, and all the dominions and possessions of his said Majesty in Germany, are included and guarantied by the present treaty of peace.
XXVI. Their sacred Britannick, Most Christian, Catholick, and Most Faithful Majesties, promise to observe sincerely and bon fide, all the articles contained and settled in the present treaty; and they will not suffer the same to be infringed, directly or indirectly, by their respective subjects; and the said high contracting parties, generally and reciprocally, guaranty to each other all the stipulations of the present treaty.
XXVII. The solemn ratifications of the present treaty, expedited in good and due form, shall be exchanged in this city of Paris, between the high contracting parties, in the space of a month, or sooner if possible, to be computed from the day of the signature of the present treaty.
In witness whereof, we the underwritten their Ambassadors Extraordinary, and Ministers Plenipotentiary, have signed with our hand, in their name, and in virtue of our full powers, have signed the present definitive treaty, and have caused the seal of our arms to be put thereto. Done at Paris the tenth day of February, 1763.
Bedford, C.P.S. Choiseul, Duc de Praslin. El Marq. de Grimaldi.
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SEPARATE ARTICLES
I. Some of the titles made use of by the contracting powers, either in the full powers, and other acts, during the course of the negociation, or in the preamble of the present treaty, not being generally acknowledged; it has been agreed, that no prejudice shall ever result therefrom to any of the said contracting parties, and that the titles, taken or omitted on either side, on occasion of the said negociation, and of the present treaty, shall not be cited or quoted as a precedent.
II. It has been agreed and determined, that the French language made use of in all the copies of the present treaty, shall not become an example which may be alledged, or made a precedent of, or prejudice, in any manner, any of the contracting powers; and that they shall conform themselves, for the future, to what has been observed, and ought to be observed, with regard to, and on the part of powers, who are used, and have a right, to give and to receive copies of like treaties in another language than French; the present treaty having still the same force and effect, as if the aforesaid custom had been therein observed.
III. Though the King of Portugal has not signed the present definitive treaty, their Britannick, Most Christian, and Catholick Majesties, acknowledge, nevertheless, that his Most Faithful Majesty is formally included therein as a contracting party, and as if he had expressly signed the said treaty: Consequently, their Britannick, Most Christian, and Catholick Majesties, respectively and conjointly, promise to his Most Faithful Majesty, in the most express and most binding manner, the execution of all and every the clauses, contained in the said treaty, on his act of accession.
The present Separate Articles shall have the same force as if they were inserted in the treaty.
In witness whereof, We the underwritten Ambassadors Extraordinary, and Ministers Plenipotentiary of their Britannick, Most Christian and Catholick Majesties, have signed the present separate Articles, and have caused the seal of our arms to be put thereto.
Done at Paris, the 10th of February, 1763.
Bedford, C.P.S. Choiseul, Duc El Marq. de
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His Britannick Majesty's full Power.
GEORGE R.
GEORGE the Third, by the grace of God, King of Great Britain, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, Duke of Brunswick and Lunenbourg, ArchTreasurer, and Prince Elector of the Holy Roman Empire, c. To all and singular to whom these presents shall come, greeting. Whereas, in order to perfect the peace between Us and our good Brother the Most Faithful King, on the one part, and our good Brothers the Most Christian and Catholick Kings, on the other, which has been happily begun by the Preliminary Articles already signed at Fontainebleau the third of this month; and to bring the same to the desired end, We have thought proper to invest some fit person with full authority, on our part; Know ye, that We, having most entire confidence in the fidelity, judgment, skill, and ability in managing affairs of the greatest consequence, of our right trusty, and right entirely beloved Cousin and Counsellor, John Duke and Earl of Bedford, Marquis of Tavistock, Baron Russel of Cheneys, Baron Russel of Thornhaugh, and Baron Howland of Streatham, Lieutenantgeneral of our forces, Keeper of our Privy Seal, Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of the counties of Bedford and Devon, Knight of our most noble order of the Garter, and our Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to our good Brother the Most Christian King, have nominated, made, constituted and appointed, as by these presents, we do nominate, make, constitute, and appoint him, our true, certain, and undoubted Minister, Commissary, Deputy, Procurator and Plenipotentiary, giving to him all and all manner of power, faculty and authority, as well as our general and special command (yet so as that the general do not derogate from the special, or on the contrary) for Us and in our name, to meet and confer, as well singly and separately, as jointly, and in a body, with the Ambassadors, Commissaries, Deputies, and Plenipotentiaries of the Princes, whom it may concern, vested with sufficient power and authority for that purpose, and with them to agree upon, treat, consult and conclude, concerning the reestablishing, as soon as may be, a firm and lasting peace, and sincere friendship and concord; and whatever shall be so agreed and concluded, for Us and in our name, to sign, and to make a treaty or treaties, on what shall have been so agreed and concluded, and to transact every thing else that may belong to the happy completion of the aforesaid work, in as ample a manner and form, and with the same force and effect, as We ourselves, if we were present, could do and perform; engaging and promising, on our royal word, that We will approve, ratify and accept, in the best manner, whatever shall happen to be transacted and concluded by our said Plenipotentiary, and that We will never suffer any person to infringe or act contrary to the same, either in the whole or in part. In witness and confirmation whereof We have caused our great Seal of Great Britain to be affixed to these presents, signed with our royal hand. Given at our Palace at St. James's, the 12th day of November, 1762, in the third year of our reign.
His Most Christian Majesty's Full Power.
LEWIS, by the grace of God, King of France and Navarre, To all who shall see these presents, Greeting. Whereas the Preliminaries, signed at Fontainebleau the third of November of the last year, laid the foundation of the peace reestablished between us and our most dear and most beloved good Brother and Cousin the King of Spain, on the one part, and our most dear and most beloved good Brother the King of Great Britain, and our most dear and most beloved good Brother and Cousin the King of Portugal on the other, We have had nothing more at heart since that happy epoch, than to consolidate and strengthen in the most lasting manner, so salutary and so important a work, by a solemn and definitive treaty between Us and the said powers. For these causes, and other good considerations, Us thereunto moving, We, trusting entirely in the capacity and experience, zeal and fidelity for our service, of our most dear and wellbeloved Cousin, Csar Gabriel de Choiseul, Duke of Praslin, Peer of France, Knight of our Orders, Lieutenant General of our Forces and of the province of Britany, Counsellor in all our Councils, Minister and Secretary of State, and of our Commands and Finances, We have named, appointed, and deputed him, and by these presents, signed with our hand, do name, appoint, and depute him our Minister Plenipotentiary, giving him full and absolute power to act in that quality, and to confer, negociate, treat and agree jointly with the Minister Plenipotentiary of our most dear and most beloved good Brother the King of Great Britain, the Minister Plenipotentiary of our most dear and most beloved good Brother and Cousin the King of Spain and the Minister Plenipotentiary of our most dear and most beloved good Brother and Cousin the King of Portugal, vested with full powers, in good form, to agree, conclude and sign such articles, conditions, conventions, declarations, definitive treaty, accessions, and other acts whatsoever, that he shall judge proper for securing and strengthening the great work of peace, the whole with the same latitude and authority that We ourselves might do, if We were there in person, even though there should be something which might require a more special order than what is contained in these presents, promising on the faith and word of a King, to approve, keep firm and stable for ever, to fulfil and execute punctually, all that our said Cousin, the Duke of Praslin, shall have stipulated, promised and signed, in virtue of the present full power, without ever acting contrary thereto, or permitting any thing contrary thereto, for any cause, or under any pretence whatsoever, as also to cause our letters of ratification to be expedited in good form, and to cause them to be delivered, in order to be exchanged within the time that shall be agreed upon. For such is our pleasure. In witness whereof, we have caused our Seal to be put to these presents. Given at Versailles the 7th day of the month of February, in the year of Grace 1763, and of our reign the fortyeighth. Signed Lewis, and on the fold, by the King, the Duke of Choiseul. Sealed with the great Seal of yellow Wax.
His Catholick Majesty's full Power.
DON CARLOS, by the grace of God, King of Castille, of Leon, of Arragon, of the two Sicilies, of Jerusalem, of Navarre, of Granada, of Toledo, of Valencia, of Galicia, of Majorca, of Seville, of Sardinia, of Cordova, of Corsica, of Murcia, of Jaen, of the Algarves. of Algecira. of Gibraltar. of the Canary Islands, of the East and West Indies, Islands and Continent, of the Ocean, Arch Duke of Austria, Duke of Burgundy, of Brabant and Milan, Count of Hapsburg, of Flanders, of Tirol and Barcelona, Lord of Biscay and of Molino, c. Whereas preliminaries of a solid and lasting peace between this Crown, and that of France on the one part, and that of England and Portugal on the other, were concluded and signed in the Royal Residence of Fontainbleau, the 3rd of November of the present year, and the respective ratifications thereof exchanged on the 22d of the same month, by Ministers authorised for that purpose, wherein it is promised, that a definitive treaty should be forthwith entered upon, having established and regulated the chief points upon which it is to turn: and whereas in the same manner as I granted to you, Don Jerome Grimaldi, Marquis de Grimaldi, Knight of the Order of the Holy Ghost, Gentleman of my Bedchamber with employment, and my Ambassador Extraordinary to the Most Christian King, my full power to treat, adjust, and sign the beforementioned preliminaries, it is necessary to grant the same to you, or to some other, to treat, adjust, and sign the promised definitive treaty of peace as aforesaid: therefore, as you the said Don Jerome Grimaldi, Marquis de Grimaldi, are at the convenient place, and as I have every day fresh motives, from your approved fidelity and zeal, capacity and prudence, to entrust to you this, and otherlike concerns of my Crown, I have appointed you my Minister Plenipotentiary, and granted to you my full power, to the end, that, in my name, and representing my person, you may treat, regulate, settle, and sign the said definitive treaty of peace between my Crown and that of France on the one part, that of England and that of Portugal on the other, with the Ministers who shall be equally and specially authorised by their respective Sovereigns for the same purpose; acknowledging, as I do from this time acknowledge, as accepted and ratified, whatever you shall so treat, conclude, and sign; promising, on my Royal Word, that I will observe and fulfil the same, will cause it to be observed and fulfilled, as if it had been treated, concluded, and signed by myself. In witness whereof, I have caused these presents to be dispatched, signed by my hand, sealed with my privy seal, and countersigned by my underwritten Counsellor of State, and first Secretary for the department of State and of War. Buen Retiro, the 10th day of December, 1762.
(Signed) I THE KING.
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