Lewis Bean Sr. probate, 1677-1721
Lewis Bean Jr. Emigrated to York from England, or perhaps Scotland. He
first
appears in the records in 1668. On April 7, 1677, Bean and six other
men were killed in an Indian attack while preparing fields on the
outskirts of town for the planting of crops.This was one of the last
raids of King
Philip's
War. The probate records of his estate span over forty years.
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Lewis Bean
Sr.'s Probate Inventory
York County, Maine, Registry of Deeds, Volume V, folio 21 |
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| An Inventory of the Estate of Lewis Bean Deceased, taken
and apprised by us |
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names are here underwritten/ |
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| Impres. 45 Acres of Land 20₤ foure Cows 12₤ |
32 |
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| It 3
Heffers of three year ould 50s a peece |
7 |
10 |
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too yeareling Heffers 30s, one yeareling steare 15s |
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0 |
| It
Too Calfes 10s, one horse 40s one ould sow 20s |
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10 |
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| It 5
shoats 25s 2 yarne potts 12s 2 pewter dishes 3s |
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one Trammel 2s, 50 lb of Cotton wool at 30s |
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12 |
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| It 7
Gallons of Rumme 15s, one barrell of Molosses 20s |
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| It 2
axes & a pitch forke 6s, a Prcell of ould yarne 12s |
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one broad Cloath Coate 30s |
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| It 7
yds of searge too peyre of stockings, 1 peyr of shooes |
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one hat 6s, one Ladle & Skimmer 6s, a smoothing Iron 12d |
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Table lining 26s, 2 peyre of sheetes & 2 peyre pillow bears 20s |
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Necke Cloathes foure shillings a gould Ring 8s |
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one Chest & too hows at 7s |
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recoverable |
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Letter of
Administration on Lewis Bean Sr.'s Estate granted to Lewis Bean Jr.
York County, Maine, Probate Records Volume I, folio 16 |
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| County of
York - At a
Session of - |
| Samuel Wheelwright Esqr. Judge of ye Probate of Wills and |
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letters of Administration held at York May 10 1695 |
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Administration is granted unto Lewis Bean on ye Estate of
his Decd. Father Lewis Bean late of
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York
in ye County above sd. and that said Bean as Principle and Matthew
Austin & Arthur
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| Bragdon Junr. Sureties are holden & stand firmly
bound and obliged unto Samuel Wheelwright |
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& his Sucessors in ye office of Judge of Probate of Wills &
granting administration |
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ye sd County of York in ye full Sum of one hundred pounds curt. Money
of New England |
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sd Lewis Bean shallAdminister on ye sd Estate according to law. |
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Second Probate Inventory of
Lewis Bean Sr.'s Estate
| York County, Maine, Probate Records Volume I,
folio 19 |
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| An Inventory of ye Estate of Lewis Bane late of York in ye |
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of York Deceased lying in houses and lands & taken and |
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by us whose names are underwritten. |
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one dwelling house |
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45 acres of upland lying together |
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one gold Ring |
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Joseph Wear Benjamin
Preble |
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| Lewis Bane made oath that this is a true Inventory of the
Estate |
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| of his father Bane Decd. This 4th of July 1695 before me |
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Re-Appraisal of the Lands of
Lewis Bean Sr.
York County, Maine, Probate Records
Volume III, folio 68
Whereas we ye Subscribers being appointed by
the Honble John
Wheelwright Esqr. Judge for ye Probate of Wills etc. for ye County of
York To
make a Just and Equall apprismt and Valuation of ye Lands formerly Mr
Mewis
Bane of York Deceased and now under ye Administration of Lewis Bane
Esqr.
Eldest son of ye Deceased We having knowledge of Said Lands in ye time
of ye
apprismt. made by Joseph Ware and Benjamin Preble and proved ye 4 :
July 1695 are
of Opinion that now at this day ye Premises by ye Labour and Care of ye
Administrator is justly and truly worth Eighty Six pounds according to
ye best
of our Judgments To ye truth of what is above written we have hereunto
Set our
hands the 10 day of May 1721
Joseph
Banks
Thomas
Card
Joseph
Moulton
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Final
Settlement of the Estate of Lewis Bean, Sr.
York
County, Maine,
Probate Records Volume III, folio 69
Whereas Lewis Bane Esqr. Adminstrator of ye
Estate of his
Father Mr. Lewis Bane late of York
deceased having made Application unto me John Wheelwright Esqr. Judge
for ye
Probate of Wills etc. within ye County of York Desiring ye Said Estate
may be
Settled according to Law Whereas Messrs Joseph Banks Thomas Card and
Joseph
Moulton were Appointed and Sword to make a Just Apprisemnt of ye Land
belonging
to ye Deceased who made Report that they Valued ye Premises by ye
Labour and
Care of ye Administrator to be Justly and Truly
worth Eighty Six Pounds
£ 86:00:00
And is as much as ye Lands of ye Said Dece’d
was formerly
apprised at…… £ 22:00:00
It is therefore Considered that ye Administrator be allowed
for his Labour on
ye Premises ye sum of
£ 32:00:00 And ye
Administrators Acct being
£ 22:03:10
So that ye Remaining part now in ye Administrators hands amounts
to
£ 31:16:10
And Whereas it being Represented yt the Lands Cannot be
Divided without without Prejudice to or Spoiling ye whole
It is therefore Ordered that ye Said Lewis Bean Esqr. (he
being ye Eldest Son of Said Deceased Shall have and Injoy ye whole of
said Land
Provided he pay or Cause to be piad unto Joseph Bane ye other Son of
Said Dece’d
ye full and Just Sum of Ten pounds twelve shillings and four pence in
currant
money of New England with ye Lawful Intrest that Shall arise thereon at
or
before the tenth day of May which will be in ye year of our Lord one
Thousand
Seven Hundred and twenty two, Dated at York aforesd ye tenth of May
Anno Domini
1721
John
Wheelwright
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Lewis
Bean
Jr.
probate, 1721
Born on April 28, 1671, Lewis Jr.
was the oldest son of the family. He survived the 1692 Candlemas
Raid,
that saw other family members killed and taken captive. A captain
of the militia,
justice
of the peace, and coroner for York County, Lewis rose to become one of
the
leading citizens of York, before his death at age 50 in 1721.
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Last
Will and Testament of Lewis Bean Jr.
Note- the document is undated, but it was filed in York County Court on
July 21, 1721
York County, Maine, Probate Records
Volume III, folio 75
See a published version in William Sargent, Maine Wills, 1640-1760 (Portland:
Brown, Thurston and Co., 1887), 226-28.
In the Name of God Amen. I Lewis Bane of York
in ye County of York,
in ye Province of Main, in New: England, being Sick of
Body, but of
Sound understanding and memory; Do make this my Last Will &
Testament.
First and above
all. I would Commit
my Spirit into ye hands of God that gave it, as a faithfull Creator and
Mercifull
Father, as also into ye hands of Christ, as an alsufficient and most
Gracious
Redeemer. Desiring to trust in his Righteousness, even in his only for
Justification. In y' next place I Commit my budy to ye Earth, Decently,
to be
buried, in hopes of a Glorious Resurrection. And as to that Worldly
Estate
which God has Graciously given me, I Dispose of it as followeth.
Imprs I give and bequeath unto my faithfull
Loving and Tender
Wife my Dwelling house and barn and ye one half of all my Movebles
which
Movables what my Said Wife does not spend in her lifetime to be given,
among
her Children at her Discretion
at her
Decease. and my Said Wife Shall have her thirds of ye rest of my Estate
and
half the Lower Pasture during her Natural life.
Itm I give and
bequeath unto my Eldest Son Jonathan all the
Land which I bought of Mr Gooch (Excepting the Land on which my barne
Standeth
& four roods the N E. and as many Roods to ye SE. of Sd barn and So
that
full bredth. SW. down to ye high way) I
do also give unto my Said Son Jonathan the one half of my Lower
pasture, and ye
whole of Said pasture at his Mothers Decease. And I do further give
unto my
Said Son a Third part of all my fresh meadows, that lie up in ye Woods.
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Itm I give and bequeath to my Son Lewis all my Lands at the
place in this Town Called Scituate which I bought of Arthur Bragdon
&
Dodavah and Job Curtis, Together with ye whole of ye fresh meadow that
I bought
with ye Said Lands at Scituate. I do also give unto my Said Second Son
Lewis
one third part of my fresh meadows abovesd Lying in
the Woods.
Itm I give unto my third Son John That forty acres of Land
which was my fathers on which my now Dwelling house Standeth taking in
ye Reserve
or Exception mentioned in my Gift to Jonathan as above Expressed. as
also my
Dwelling House and barn at his mothers Decease as also one
third part of ye meadows Lying up in ye woods above mentioned. He
ye Said John paying to his youngest brother Ebenezar Twenty and five
pounds
money.
Item My Youngest Son Ebenezar Shall be well brought up out
of ye Estate till he Shall come to be of ye age of twenty & one
years, and
then besides ye twenty and five pounds to be paid him by his Brother
John he
Shall be paid by my Executors out of my Estate Eighty pounds money as
also one
Cow and ten Sheep.
Itm I give unto my Eldest Daughter Mary Sayword twenty
pounds to be paid by my Executors out of my Estate within one Year
after my
Decease.
Itm I give and bequeath unto my Second Daughter Elinor
forty pounds to be paid out of my Estate by my Executors within
two years
after my Decease.
Itm I give and bequeath unto my youngest Daughter Mehetabel
Forty pounds. as also one Cow and ten Sheep to be paid to her Mother.
& put
into her Mothers hands within one year after my Decease.
Itm As to ye rest of my Land and other Estate that I have
not Disposed of, I leave it in ye hands of my Executors to pay my Just
Debts
& Funeral Charges & if anything Shall remain it Shall be
Equally
Divided among all my Children: But if Said Land & Estate Shall
not be
Sufficient what is wanting Shall be paid by my Children in an Equall
proportion
to what they do by this my Will and Testament receive.
Finally. I do make Constitute & appoint my beloved Wife
and Eldest Son to be ye Sole Executors of this my Last
Will & Testamt
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Lewis
Bane (seal)
Signed Sealed Published Pronounced & Declared by Lewis Bane first
within mentioned to be his Last Will & Testamt In presence of
us
John Sedgley
Job Banks
Joseph
Moodey
Note ye word (her) between ye 16th & 17th lines in ye
first page, as also ye words (as also) between ye 37th & 38th lines
in ye
Same page and ye word (be) between ye 3d & 4th line in ye 2d page
ware all
written before ye Signing sealing or Pronouncing of ye above written
Testamt.
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Probate Inventory of Lewis Bean,
Jr.
| York County, Maine, Probate Records Volume
III, folio 75 |
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| York
October 2, 1721 |
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| An inventory of ye Estate of Lewis Bean Esqr. Late of Said
York Deceased. |
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| Both Real & personal Taken and Apprised by us ye
Subscribers by order |
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Judge of Probate & of the County of York |
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His Wareing Cloths |
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| His
Dwelling House & Barn |
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| His
orchard & about two Hundred Acres of Land |
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to ye homestead upon ye North East Side of ye |
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ten acres upon ye Lower Side of said way |
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with ye meadow etc. |
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ten acres of Meadow upon ye Northwest side |
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Agamenticus Hills |
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acres of Meadow upon ye SE side of Sd Hills |
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or Eleven acres of Meadow at ye head of a |
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of meadow formerly given by ye Town of York |
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Jonathan Sayward Deceased |
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Dedivah Hull |
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| One
feather bed bedding & furniture |
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| Three
Do. with furniture |
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| One
Dozen old chairs |
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| Pewter
36s/ three old polls 30s/ two trammels 10s/ |
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| One
Oval Table 25s/ a Trunck 10s |
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15 |
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| One
Chest of Glassware 10s/ frying pan 11s/ |
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| Three
small guns |
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| Oxens
Tacklin 45s/ old iron 10s/ |
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15 |
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| Three
Oxen |
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| 2
calves ₤7:00:00/ to 8 cows at 65s ₤26 |
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young heifers ₤5/ to 4 at 2 years ₤6 |
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sheep ₤14:04/ To 5 Swine young and old ₤2 |
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of ye mill at Scituate |
20 |
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| Some
old ironwork of a mill |
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| By
money John Saywards hands |
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Donnells hands |
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John
Bean probate, 1740
Born
July 18, 1700, John
Bean
was the fourth child of Lewis Jr. and Mary Bean. When his
father's
estate was divided in 1721, his part of the estate included the family
homestead.
John would die May 17, 1740.
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Probate Inventory of John Bean
| York County, Maine Probate Records Volume V
folio 215 |
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| Persuant to a warrant to us Directed from ye Honorable
John Wheelwright Esq. |
| Judge of ye Probate We the Subscribers have made a perfect
Inventory & |
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| Apprisement of all & Singular that was shown us ye
Goods Chattles Rights |
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County of York Deceased |
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the Homestead of both sides of the sd Way containing about |
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acres of Land, with ye Dwelling House & Barn |
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Shares of the Common Lands in York |
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| To one Horse ₤10 - Three Cows ₤30 - 2 Heiffers ₤11 |
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| To 1
Calf 50s fourteen Sheep
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18 |
10 |
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| To
wearing apparrell & Books |
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the best Bed bedstead Furniture & c |
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two other Beds bedstead Furniture & c |
22 |
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Iron Chains & Clevis |
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pr of old Hand Irons 35s a fire Shovel & tongs 17s |
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Iron Trammel 13s 1 pr. Pott Hooks 3s |
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Small Iron Kittle 10s 1 Iron Pot 20s 1 Old Do. 5s |
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Warming Pan 22s 1 Frying Pan 12s 1 old
Fork 1s |
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15 |
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Narrow old Ax 8s 1 old Hoe 1/6 1 Box Iron
& 2 Heaters 30s |
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six black Chains 30s I case of 11 bottles
40s |
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10 |
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old Table 6s a pr. Shares 4s
1 wooden salt morter 4/6 |
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old Candlestick 1/6 a Small Punch Bole 2/6 |
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4 |
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Drinking Glass 2s 2 small Craices &
other small Glasses 6s |
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8 |
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old knives & 3 forks 4s 4 Earthen Pans
6s |
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10 |
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Earthen Pots 3s 1 wooden Piggen 2/6 |
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5 |
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wooden Plates 2/3 2 wooden Dishes 3/ |
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5 |
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wooden Platter & a wooden Spoon 1/9 |
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9 |
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old Pewter Spoons 5/6 a small Basket 1/6 |
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7 |
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Glass Bottles 4s a Pewter Dial 1s |
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Old Spinning Wheel & Iron Spindle &c. 10s 1
old Churn 3s |
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13 |
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Linin Wheel 20s 1 old sive 1/6 |
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6 |
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old Hogsheads 10s 2 Powder Horns 2s |
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small Box 1/6 1
Dozn. Pewter Plates 40s |
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old Plates 10s 1 Pewter Bason 10s 7 Pewter Platters ₤4:12 |
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Jeremiah
Bean
probate, 1757
Jeremiah Bean was
born about
1737,
the only surviving son born to John and Mary Bean. His mother died
about
1745, leaving Jeremiah and his sisters as orphans.After
Jeremiah's
death, his property was purchased at auction by his uncle Jonathan
Bean
(the brother of his father, John).
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Probate Inventory of Jeremiah Bean
| York County, Maine, Probate Records Volume IX
folio 208-9 |
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Goods Chattels Rights & |
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| Credits of Jeremiah Bane late of York Deceased taken &
apprized |
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| by us the Subscribers by Virtue of a Warrant from ye Judge
of Probate |
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| in the County of York as was Shown unto us by Mr. James
Hubbard one of |
| the administrators on sd Estate on ye 17th Day of March
Anno Domini 1757 |
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follows vizt. |
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ye whole @ |
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Town |
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is one quarter part of his Fathers Share in No. 7 in ye |
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division and one quarter part of sd. Share in No. 5 in ye |
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Division in ye Stated Comons so calld and also one |
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of ye |
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Commons all |
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old Barn Standing on ye homestead valued at |
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pr. Us Joseph Kingsbury, John Frost |
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lately of |
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Decd taken by order of ye Court of Probate as was Shown |
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by Mr. James Hubbard one of Administrators of Sd Estate |
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Joyners Tools in ye Hands of Simon Emery vald. At
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his Wearing Apparel left at sd Emerys |
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promisory Note of ₤7:10 lawful money |
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10 |
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per us Joseph Kingsbury, John Frost, May 26, 1757 |
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Account of Abel Moulton, guardian for Jeremiah Bean
| York County, Maine, Probate Records Volume IX
folio 253-4 |
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Account of Abel Moulton as Guardian for Jera. Bane |
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| (a Minor & Son of John Bane late of York Decd.) of
Charges and |
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for him Vizt. |
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Expenses |
22 |
12 |
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due to Abel Moulton |
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10 |
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the Income of his Share in his Decd. Fathers Place for 7 Years |
9 |
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old House |
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4 |
0 |
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the Income of his Share in ye Place above for 8 years |
3 |
6 |
8 |
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Mr. Bradbury |
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8 |
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625 Bricks 10s By a Further
allowance of 20/4 |
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10 |
4 |
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further Allowance on Acct. of a Receipt on Record |
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At a Court of Probate at York Oct. 18. 1757 Abel Moulton above named
made Oath to the
truth of the above Acct. Ordered that he be allowed three pounds, ten
shillings out of the Said Estate in full Discharge there
of.
Jere. Moulton Judge
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the administrators of the estate of Jeremiah Bean
| York County, Maine, Probate Records Volume IX
folio 259 |
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Febry 13, 1758. James Hubbard one of ye Adminstr to the |
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Jeremiah Bane late of York in Said County Deceased |
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hereby renders an Acct of what they have recd of Said |
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on Acct of his Wages |
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