Maine Wills, vol. 2, p. 613: the opening of the will of Francis Allen of Kittery, York County, Massachusetts Bay, yeoman, aged and weak in body but of perfect mind and memory. He leaves his wife Hannah Allen his cattle and household goods, with her dower paid by his son Elijah Allen; one acre to his son Francis Allen; five shillings to his son Robert Allen; and his homestead, lands and tools to his son Elijah, who is to pay legacies to the five daughters. The daughters are named on the next page.

Image · dated 8 Mar 1744/5 · source: Maine Wills, 1640-1760, vol. 2 (1887); Internet Archive (public-domain scan)

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Keep in mind: What the page says: Confirmed: the text is as in the caption; this is a printed transcription of the will, not the original manuscript. The faint lines showing through from the facing page include a reference 'Probate Office 8, 10', which belongs to a different will; the printed citation for this will, on the next page, is 'Probate Office 8, 13'. Whether these are our people: Confirmed that the testator is the tree's Francis Allen of Kittery (died 1749): the will was proved on 17 October 1749 and names a wife Hannah and the sons and daughters of the tree's family. The daughter Lydia named on the next page is the tree's Lydia Allen (born 1717), by her parentage.

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