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The Sixteenth Day of March in the Year of our Lord one Thousand Seven Hundred & fifty Six. I Andrew Neal of Kittery in the County of York in the Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England, Husbandman, being Sick or weak of Body, but of Perfect Mind & Memory, Thanks be given to God ~ for the Same, Therefore calling to mind the mortality of my Body, and that it is appointed for all men once to die, do make & ordain this my last Will & Testament. That i[s] to Say, first of all I recommend my Soul to God that gave it, and my Body I recommend to ye Earth to be buried in decent manner according to ye Discretion of my Executor hereafter named: And as touching Such worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this Life. I give & dispose of the Same in ye following Manner & Form.

Item. I give and bequeath to my Son Johnson Neal Fifty acres of Land it being part of a hundred acre Lot in Berwick which was divided between me & my brother John on part of which Lot he now lives to him & to his Heirs & assigns forever. He the said Johnson Neal paying to his three sisters namely Phebe Brown Catharine Neal & Dorcas Neal twenty Pounds lawful money or in other Things to their acceptance in two years after my Decease to each of them equally.

Item. I give & bequeath to my son Andrew Neal, and to his heirs & assigns forever all my other Lands that I own lying and being in the Township of Berwick aforesaid.

Item. I give and bequeath to my son James Neal whom I constitute make & ordain my Sole Executor of this my last Will & Testament to him & to his Heirs & assigns forever all my Lands that I possess or own lying & being in the Township of Kittery with all the Priviledges & appurtenances to ye Same belonging he the Said James Neal paying to his four Sisters namely Hannah Hubbard, Phebe Brown, Catharine Neal & Dorcas Neal to each of them four Pounds (lawful)