Registry of Deeds, 2, 166.
I Francis Littlefejld Junjor of Wells, In the Massatusetts Colony in New England this fifth day of ffebruary, one thousand six hundred seaventy foure, though weake in body yet Prfect in memory blessed bee god, doth willingly & with a free heart Committ my soule into ye mercifull hands of Almighty god my saujor, & my body vnto the earth from whence It Came, & my estate I dispose of as followeth/
Inprs Ater my funeralls bee discharged, & all other debts, I doe giue & bequeath vnto my Loueing wife Meribah, my househould stuff to dispose of to my children, vnto wch of them shee thinkes good, & I give vnto my sayd wife one thrid of all my stocke & Moueables with out to bee hers & her assignes for ever/
Item I give vnto my Elldest sunn Joseph, my home lott with all my houseing, Saw Mill, & Corne Mill, with all the appurtenances yrvnto belonging, and the other two 3d parts of my stocke, Namely oxen houseing Cows, with other Cattle, when hee hath Attayned the age of Twenty two yeares, hee paijing the Legacys follg
Namely to my sunn Nathan fiue pounds/
To my sonn Jonathan fiue pounds/
To my sunn Job fiue pounds/ to my sonn Daniell [sic] fiue pounds, When they Attayne the age of Twenty one yeares/
And my will is that hee shall pay vnto my daughter Mary, Tenn pounds/
To my daughter Johanna Tenn pounds/
To my daughter Tabbatha Tenn pounds/
To my daughter Hannah tenn pounds to bee payd to them wn they haue Attayned the age of eighteen years/
Item I giue vnto my sonn Nathan, & Jonathan all my lands & Meddows at Mary Land, equally to bee devided, between them wn they come to bee the age of Twenty one years/
Ite : I giue vnto my sonn Job, & David all my Land at Ogunquett, with the seaven Acers of Marsh that I bought of John Barrett, equally to bee devided between them wn they have Attayned the age of Twenty one yeares/
And my will is wn my sunn Joseph doth enter upon ye house & Land hee shall pay vnto my wife tenn pounds.
Ann : for three years towards the Mantayneing of the small children/
And my will is that my whoole estate as It now is shall remajne in my wifes hand, to mannage & Improue for the namtayneing of her & my children, vntill my sonn Joseph bee at age namely Twenty two years ould/
And I doe hereby nominate & appoynt my deare & Loueing wife Meribah & my sonn Joseph & Nathan to bee my executors, of this my last Will & testament, & hereby doe desire & appoynt my Loueing frejnds Mr. Willia Symonds & Samell Wheelewright ouerseers of this my last will & testament, Revoakeing all other wills gyfts bequessts & testaments, whatsoeuer In testimony whereof I haue here vnto set my hand & seale the day & yeare aboue written/Samuell Wheelewright/Francis Littlefejld (his seale)
Fran : Littlefejld Senjor/Junjor his marke (mark)Sworn to by attesting witnesses 5 April 1675; recorded 14 April 1675; Inventory returned at £801: 18: 0 by William Hammond and Abra: Tylton, appraisers, who state that "Francis Littlefeeld Jr. deceased 6 Feby 1674."
