The Will of Samuel Moody
In the Name of God Amen.
The Sixth Day of May One thousand Seven Hundred & Fifty six. I Samuel Moody of Fort George in Brunswick in the County of York Esqr being weak in Body but of perfect Mind & Memory, Thanks be given to God, Therefore calling unto Mind the Mortality of my Body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die Do make & ordain this my last Will & Testament, that is to Say, principally & first of all, I give & recommend my Soul into the Hands of God that gave it, and my Body I recommend to the Earth to be buried in decent Christian Burial at ye Discretion of my Executor, Nothing doubting but at the General Resurrection I Shall receive the Same again by the mighty Power of God; And as touching Such Worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this Life, I give demise & dispose of the Same in the following Manner & Form.
Impr. I give & bequeath to my beloved Son Nathaniel Green Moody, one third part of my real Estate to be Set of to him in Quantity & Quality at ye Discretion of my Executor.
Item I give & Bequeath to my beloved Son Samuel Moody one third part of my Real Estate to be Set off to him in quantity & quality at ye Discretion of my Executor
Item. I give & bequeath to my beloved Son Joshua Moody one third part of my real Estate to be Set off to him in Quantity & Quality at the Discretion of my Executor.
Item. I give & bequeath to my well beloved Wife Mary Moody, whom I likewise Constitute make & ordain my Sole Executrix of this my last Will & Testament all my personal Estate of what name or Nature Soever by her freely to be possessed and enjoyed.
And I do hereby utterly disallow revoke & disannul all & every other former Testaments Wills Legacys and Bequests & Executors, by me in any ways before named willed & bequeathed, and confirming this & no other to be my last Will & Testament. In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my Hand & Seal ye Day & Year above written.
Signed Sealed published pronounced
& declared by ye Sd Saml Moody as
his last Will & Testament in ye
presence of us the Subscribers,
David Dunning William Vincent,
Iohn Cotton Samuel Moody (Seal)
Probated 2 Oct. 1758.
[Source: Maine Wills, 1640-1760 (Portland, Me., 1887), p. 828, citing Probate Office, 10, 29.]
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His mother was Esther GREEN (1674-1729). His wife was Mary WHEELWRIGHT.
Contributor: Marianne Mangels (47886250) • [email protected]
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Samuel was born October 29, 1699, graduated at H. C. 1718, was first surgeon in the army and afterward a regular officer; he died in command at Fort George at Brunswick, Maine September 22, 1758. His children were Nathaniel Green, born February 3, 1726; William, May 16, 1728; Samuel, August 1, 1730; Joshua, July 5, 1733 -- all in Falsmouth; and Mary, June 17, 1735.
-From the book Journals of the Rev. Thomas Smith, and the Rev. Samuel Deane: pastors of the . . .
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His mother was Esther GREEN (1674-1729). His wife was Mary WHEELWRIGHT.
Contributor: Marianne Mangels (47886250) • [email protected]
In the Name of God Amen.
The Sixth Day of May One thousand Seven Hundred & Fifty six. I Samuel Moody of Fort George in Brunswick in the County of York Esqr being weak in Body but of perfect Mind & Memory, Thanks be given to God, Therefore calling unto Mind the Mortality of my Body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die Do make & ordain this my last Will & Testament, that is to Say, principally & first of all, I give & recommend my Soul into the Hands of God that gave it, and my Body I recommend to the Earth to be buried in decent Christian Burial at ye Discretion of my Executor, Nothing doubting but at the General Resurrection I Shall receive the Same again by the mighty Power of God; And as touching Such Worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this Life, I give demise & dispose of the Same in the following Manner & Form.
Impr. I give & bequeath to my beloved Son Nathaniel Green Moody, one third part of my real Estate to be Set of to him in Quantity & Quality at ye Discretion of my Executor.
Item I give & Bequeath to my beloved Son Samuel Moody one third part of my Real Estate to be Set off to him in quantity & quality at ye Discretion of my Executor
Item. I give & bequeath to my beloved Son Joshua Moody one third part of my real Estate to be Set off to him in Quantity & Quality at the Discretion of my Executor.
Item. I give & bequeath to my well beloved Wife Mary Moody, whom I likewise Constitute make & ordain my Sole Executrix of this my last Will & Testament all my personal Estate of what name or Nature Soever by her freely to be possessed and enjoyed.
And I do hereby utterly disallow revoke & disannul all & every other former Testaments Wills Legacys and Bequests & Executors, by me in any ways before named willed & bequeathed, and confirming this & no other to be my last Will & Testament. In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my Hand & Seal ye Day & Year above written.
Signed Sealed published pronounced
& declared by ye Sd Saml Moody as
his last Will & Testament in ye
presence of us the Subscribers,
David Dunning William Vincent,
Iohn Cotton Samuel Moody (Seal)
Probated 2 Oct. 1758.
[Source: Maine Wills, 1640-1760 (Portland, Me., 1887), p. 828, citing Probate Office, 10, 29.]
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His mother was Esther GREEN (1674-1729). His wife was Mary WHEELWRIGHT.
Contributor: Marianne Mangels (47886250) • [email protected]
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Samuel was born October 29, 1699, graduated at H. C. 1718, was first surgeon in the army and afterward a regular officer; he died in command at Fort George at Brunswick, Maine September 22, 1758. His children were Nathaniel Green, born February 3, 1726; William, May 16, 1728; Samuel, August 1, 1730; Joshua, July 5, 1733 -- all in Falsmouth; and Mary, June 17, 1735.
-From the book Journals of the Rev. Thomas Smith, and the Rev. Samuel Deane: pastors of the . . .
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His mother was Esther GREEN (1674-1729). His wife was Mary WHEELWRIGHT.
Contributor: Marianne Mangels (47886250) • [email protected]
The Will of Samuel Moody
In the Name of God Amen.
The Sixth Day of May One thousand Seven Hundred & Fifty six. I Samuel Moody of Fort George in Brunswick in the County of York Esqr being weak in Body but of perfect Mind & Memory, Thanks be given to God, Therefore calling unto Mind the Mortality of my Body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die Do make & ordain this my last Will & Testament, that is to Say, principally & first of all, I give & recommend my Soul into the Hands of God that gave it, and my Body I recommend to the Earth to be buried in decent Christian Burial at ye Discretion of my Executor, Nothing doubting but at the General Resurrection I Shall receive the Same again by the mighty Power of God; And as touching Such Worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this Life, I give demise & dispose of the Same in the following Manner & Form.
Impr. I give & bequeath to my beloved Son Nathaniel Green Moody, one third part of my real Estate to be Set of to him in Quantity & Quality at ye Discretion of my Executor.
Item I give & Bequeath to my beloved Son Samuel Moody one third part of my Real Estate to be Set off to him in quantity & quality at ye Discretion of my Executor
Item. I give & bequeath to my beloved Son Joshua Moody one third part of my real Estate to be Set off to him in Quantity & Quality at the Discretion of my Executor.
Item. I give & bequeath to my well beloved Wife Mary Moody, whom I likewise Constitute make & ordain my Sole Executrix of this my last Will & Testament all my personal Estate of what name or Nature Soever by her freely to be possessed and enjoyed.
And I do hereby utterly disallow revoke & disannul all & every other former Testaments Wills Legacys and Bequests & Executors, by me in any ways before named willed & bequeathed, and confirming this & no other to be my last Will & Testament. In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my Hand & Seal ye Day & Year above written.
Signed Sealed published pronounced
& declared by ye Sd Saml Moody as
his last Will & Testament in ye
presence of us the Subscribers,
David Dunning William Vincent,
Iohn Cotton Samuel Moody (Seal)
Probated 2 Oct. 1758.
[Source: Maine Wills, 1640-1760 (Portland, Me., 1887), p. 828, citing Probate Office, 10, 29.]
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His mother was Esther GREEN (1674-1729). His wife was Mary WHEELWRIGHT.
Contributor: Marianne Mangels (47886250) • [email protected]
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Samuel was born October 29, 1699, graduated at H. C. 1718, was first surgeon in the army and afterward a regular officer; he died in command at Fort George at Brunswick, Maine September 22, 1758. His children were Nathaniel Green, born February 3, 1726; William, May 16, 1728; Samuel, August 1, 1730; Joshua, July 5, 1733 -- all in Falsmouth; and Mary, June 17, 1735.
-From the book Journals of the Rev. Thomas Smith, and the Rev. Samuel Deane: pastors of the . . .
*****
His mother was Esther GREEN (1674-1729). His wife was Mary WHEELWRIGHT.
Contributor: Marianne Mangels (47886250) • [email protected]
In the Name of God Amen.
The Sixth Day of May One thousand Seven Hundred & Fifty six. I Samuel Moody of Fort George in Brunswick in the County of York Esqr being weak in Body but of perfect Mind & Memory, Thanks be given to God, Therefore calling unto Mind the Mortality of my Body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die Do make & ordain this my last Will & Testament, that is to Say, principally & first of all, I give & recommend my Soul into the Hands of God that gave it, and my Body I recommend to the Earth to be buried in decent Christian Burial at ye Discretion of my Executor, Nothing doubting but at the General Resurrection I Shall receive the Same again by the mighty Power of God; And as touching Such Worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this Life, I give demise & dispose of the Same in the following Manner & Form.
Impr. I give & bequeath to my beloved Son Nathaniel Green Moody, one third part of my real Estate to be Set of to him in Quantity & Quality at ye Discretion of my Executor.
Item I give & Bequeath to my beloved Son Samuel Moody one third part of my Real Estate to be Set off to him in quantity & quality at ye Discretion of my Executor
Item. I give & bequeath to my beloved Son Joshua Moody one third part of my real Estate to be Set off to him in Quantity & Quality at the Discretion of my Executor.
Item. I give & bequeath to my well beloved Wife Mary Moody, whom I likewise Constitute make & ordain my Sole Executrix of this my last Will & Testament all my personal Estate of what name or Nature Soever by her freely to be possessed and enjoyed.
And I do hereby utterly disallow revoke & disannul all & every other former Testaments Wills Legacys and Bequests & Executors, by me in any ways before named willed & bequeathed, and confirming this & no other to be my last Will & Testament. In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my Hand & Seal ye Day & Year above written.
Signed Sealed published pronounced
& declared by ye Sd Saml Moody as
his last Will & Testament in ye
presence of us the Subscribers,
David Dunning William Vincent,
Iohn Cotton Samuel Moody (Seal)
Probated 2 Oct. 1758.
[Source: Maine Wills, 1640-1760 (Portland, Me., 1887), p. 828, citing Probate Office, 10, 29.]
________________
His mother was Esther GREEN (1674-1729). His wife was Mary WHEELWRIGHT.
Contributor: Marianne Mangels (47886250) • [email protected]
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Samuel was born October 29, 1699, graduated at H. C. 1718, was first surgeon in the army and afterward a regular officer; he died in command at Fort George at Brunswick, Maine September 22, 1758. His children were Nathaniel Green, born February 3, 1726; William, May 16, 1728; Samuel, August 1, 1730; Joshua, July 5, 1733 -- all in Falsmouth; and Mary, June 17, 1735.
-From the book Journals of the Rev. Thomas Smith, and the Rev. Samuel Deane: pastors of the . . .
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His mother was Esther GREEN (1674-1729). His wife was Mary WHEELWRIGHT.
Contributor: Marianne Mangels (47886250) • [email protected]
Inscription
HERE LYES BURIED THE BODY OF
SAMUEL MOODY, ESQ.
one of his Majesty's Justs of ye
Peace for the County of York
& Commander of his Majestys Fort
George at Brunswick who D'ceas'd
Sept. 22-1758.
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Here Lyes buried the body of Samuel Moody, Esq., one of his Majesty's Justices of ye Peace for the County of York, and Commander of his Majesty's Fort George at Brunswick who d'ceas'd Sept. 22—1758, in the 58th year of his age
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