Will of Jeremiah Page 1807

In the name of God, Amen. I, Jeremiah Page of Epsom in the County of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire, Husbandman, being weak of Body but of sound mind memory and understanding so make this my last Will and Testament in name following; that is to say after recommending my Body to the dust and my Spirit to the tender Mercies of Him who gave it:
First of all I will that all my just debts be paid by my Executor.
Item. I give devise and bequeath unto my Daughter Abigail Bickford one Dollar.
Item. I give devise and bequeath unto my Daughter Sarah Berry one Dollar.
Item. I give devise and bequeath unto my Son Reuben Page three Dollars.
Item. I give devise and bequeath unto my Son John Page all the Land I own where my buildings now stand joining easterly upon the Road, southerly upon Daniel Philbrick, Westerly upon Moses Gove, Northerly upon James and David Drake together with the Buildings thereon excepting one half the House which I reserve for my Wife as long as she remains my widow. The House is to be my son John's if my wife should marry or at her decease - he my son John Page is to keep the house in good repair.
Item. I will that my son John Page summer and winter for my wife and his Mother one horse, two boros, and six sheep, the stock to be well kept, and likewise to furnish or provide for her yearly one hundred weight of good Pork, one hundred weight of good Beef, twelve Bushels Wheat, five Barrels Cyder, twenty weight of Flac well dressed, five Bushels Potatoes, two Bushels Turnips, one Bushel Beans and as much green sauce as is necessary for her use.
Item. I give devise and bequeath unto my Wife one Horse, two cows and six sheep and all the Household furniture all to be at her disposal.
Item. I give devise and bequeath likewise to mu Son John Page all my Personal Estate that is not before bequeathed together with the farming utensils.
Item. I give and bequeath unto my son Jeremiah Page a fifty Acre lot of Land in Hebron or Plymouth, Number one in the second division in the third Range in said Plymouth as laid out and bounded. Also an undivided half of the lot No. two in the same Range be the same more or less, said land lying and being in the County of Grafton & State of New Hampshire.
Item. I give devise and bequeath unto my son Daniel Page all the land I own in Epsom aforesaid, but what I have before bequeathed being thirty Acres more or less in Lot No. 44 in the first Range of Lots in Epsom.
I will that the money my son Jeremiah Page shall earn this season ne at his own disposal - and that the legacies be paid to the respective legatees in six months after my decease by my Executor.
I will that my son John Page furnish or provide my wife with wood yearly enough for one fire.
And lastly I constitute and appoint my son John Page sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament - And I do hereby revoke all by me heretofore made and ratify and confirm this and this only to be my last Will and Testament - In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this fourth Day of July in the Year of our Lord one thousand Eight Hundred and seven.

Signed, sealed and declared by Jeremiah ( X his mark) Page
The above named Jeremiah Page as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who have hereunto set or names as witnesses thereto in the presence of the said Testator and in the presence of each other.
Samuel Morrill
Moses Gove
David Drake
The words "the stock to be well kept" and "or Plymouth" interlined before signed.

Will of Jeremiah Page, late of Epsom, deceased, proved by oath of Saml Morrill and David Drake Sept. 23, 1807. Recorded.

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			EPSOM PROBATE RECORDS WILL OF Jeremiah Page. - 1807 In the name of God, Amen. I, Jeremiah Page of Epsom in the County of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire, Husbandman, being weak of Body but of sound mind memory and understanding so make this my last Will and Testament in name following; that is to say after recommending my Body to the dust and my Spirit to the tender Mercies of Him who gave it: First of all I will that all my just debts be paid by my Executor. Item. I give devise and bequeath unto my Daughter Abigail Bickford one Dollar. Item. I give devise and bequeath unto my Daughter Sarah Berry one Dollar. Item. I give devise and bequeath unto my Son Reuben Page three Dollars. Item. I give devise and bequeath unto my Son John Page all the Land I own where my buildings now stand joining easterly upon the Road, southerly upon Daniel Philbrick, Westerly upon Moses Gove, Northerly upon James and David Drake together with the Buildings thereon excepting one half the House which I reserve for my Wife as long as she remains my widow. The House is to be my son John's if my wife should marry or at her decease - he my son John Page is to keep the house in good repair. Item. I will that my son John Page summer and winter for my wife and his Mother one horse, two boros, and six sheep, the stock to be well kept, and likewise to furnish or provide for her yearly one hundred weight of good Pork, one hundred weight of good Beef, twelve Bushels Wheat, five Barrels Cyder, twenty weight of Flac well dressed, five Bushels Potatoes, two Bushels Turnips, one Bushel Beans and as much green sauce as is necessary for her use. Item. I give devise and bequeath unto my Wife one Horse, two cows and six sheep and all the Household furniture all to be at her disposal. Item. I give devise and bequeath likewise to mu Son John Page all my Personal Estate that is not before bequeathed together with the farming utensils. Item. I give and bequeath unto my son Jeremiah Page a fifty Acre lot of Land in Hebron or Plymouth, Number one in the second division in the third Range in said Plymouth as laid out and bounded. Also an undivided half of the lot No. two in the same Range be the same more or less, said land lying and being in the County of Grafton & State of New Hampshire. Item. I give devise and bequeath unto my son Daniel Page all the land I own in Epsom aforesaid, but what I have before bequeathed being thirty Acres more or less in Lot No. 44 in the first Range of Lots in Epsom. I will that the money my son Jeremiah Page shall earn this season ne at his own disposal - and that the legacies be paid to the respective legatees in six months after my decease by my Executor. I will that my son John Page furnish or provide my wife with wood yearly enough for one fire. And lastly I constitute and appoint my son John Page sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament - And I do hereby revoke all by me heretofore made and ratify and confirm this and this only to be my last Will and Testament - In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this fourth Day of July in the Year of our Lord one thousand Eight Hundred and seven. Signed, sealed and declared by Jeremiah ( X his mark) Page The above named Jeremiah Page as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who have hereunto set or names as witnesses thereto in the presence of the said Testator and in the presence of each other. Samuel Morrill Moses Gove David Drake The words "the stock to be well kept" and "or Plymouth" interlined before signed. Will of Jeremiah Page, late of Epsom, deceased, proved by oath of Saml Morrill and David Drake Sept. 23, 1807. Recorded.