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- Early Families of Old Kittery includes the following reference to Margaret Hunking Adams:
"After the fire of 1729 the ruined church bell was sent to London to berecast into a bell of about six hundred pounds weight. It was sent againto London to be recast in 1742. In 1728 it was voted to allow Henry Milessix pounds a year "for ringing ye bell, sweeping the meeting house andkeeping it clean & sanded and keeping ye dogs out." "The male memberswho subscribed to the covenant in 1714 were as follows, whose names arehere arranged in alphabetical order: John Adams, .....JohnDennet.....Deacon John Fernald, James Fernald....William Pepperrell....The women who signed the covenant were Margaret Adams...Sarah Fernald,Elizabeth Fernald, Temperance Fernald....Margery Pepperrell...."
York County US Court Index shows the following entries (Vol 6, page 291and 175, records held at the Maine State Archives):
Plaintiff John Adams, Gate Petition, April 1703.
Plaintiff Margaret Adams, Gate Petition, April 1703.
Plaintiff John Adams, Slander, April 1711.
Plaintiff Margaret Adams, Trespass, January 1722 and July 1718 (inKittery), Vol 7, p 50, Vol 6, p 224).
Defendant John Adams et al, Conspiracy, July 1726 (vol 7, p 118).
Defendant John Adams et al, Assault, Oct 1738.
There are many such cases involving John Adams of Kittery (s/o Christopher and Margaret) as the plaintiff in the years 1726-1729,involving "ejectment", which may involve turning out a tenant.
It would appear that Margaret and John were protective of their lands,and John at least was a rather contentious man.
There are several court cases involving a Hannah Adams, whom I have notfound in our family line, but they are for "fornication", and for"profanity," with numerous charges over ten years, in York County.
Margaret Hunking's neice (daughter of her brother, Mark Hunking Esq.)Sarah Hunking, married John Wentworth, Governor of Maine.
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MARGARET HUNKING ADAMS -- LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT
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From Maine Wills 1640-1760: 1640-1760. OFFICIAL CERTIFICATES. SourcePage: Probate Office, 3, 95.
Name: Margaret Adams
Will Text: In the Name of God Amen The thirtieth day of June Anno Dominione thousd Seven hundred and twenty I Margaret Adams of Kittery in theCounty of York in the Province of the Massats Bay in New England Widowbeing aged and weak in body, But of Sound Dispossing mind and memorythanks be given to God; Therefore Calling unto mind the mortality of mybody do make and ordain this my Last Will and Testament that is to SayPrincipally and first of all I give and Recommend my Soul into the handsof God that gave it And my body I Recommend to the earth to be buried ina Christian like and Decent manner at the Discretion of my Executor Andas Touching Such worldly Estate Wherewith it hath Pleased God to Bless mein this Life I give Demise and dispose of the Same in the Followingmanner and Form.Imprs I give to my well beloved Daughter Anne WeeksDureing her Natural Life all the fruit that Shall grow upon the peices ofRows of Apple trees that are in my Orchard next to the Stone wall that isby the high way with the Liberty of Ingress Egress and regress to gatherand Carry away the Said fruit during the above Said term I also give tomy Said Daughter two Cows & ten Sheep and the one halfe part of mywareing Apparrell both linnen and Woolen.Item I give to my well belovedDaughter Mary Dennet two Cows and ten Sheep and the one half part of myWareing Apparrell both linnen and woolen.Item I give unto William HillSon in Law to my Daughter Anne Weeks and to my Grandaughter Anne Hilltheir Heirs and Assignes forever a Certain peice or percel of my LandCalled by the Name of the little Lime kiln which Said Land takes itsbeginning at the bridge that is at the gate which goes into my pasture &then running by the road as the fence now is to the Bridge that is in mypasture and then running as the brooks run Untill the Said Brooks meet inthe Creek or Cove which Land Contained within these boundrays the SaidWillm and Anne Hill Shall be possest thereof when they come to Lawfullage and have it equally Divided betwene then but if either the SaidWilliam or Anne Should Depart this life before they come of Lawfull ageto Inherit what I give to them the Surviver Shall Inherit the whole andif they Shall See cause to Dispose of the Said Land my Grandson ThomasAdams or his Heirs and assignes Shall have the offer of it Provided hewill pay for it to each of them ten pounds in money & they Shall notdemand more of them then twenty pounds for the whole tract that is to Sayten pounds apeace but if the Said Thomas his Heirs or Assignes Shall notSe cause to give the above Said Sum for the Said Land they have then bythese presents liberty to alienate and Dispose of it to whomsoever theyShall Se meetItem I give to my well beloved grand children Margaret KingMary Adams Sarah Adams Mary Dennet Sarah Dennet John Dennet Thomas Dennet& Eleonor Dennet to each of them five pounds in moneyItem I Give to mywell beloved Grandson Thomas Adams his heirs and assignes forever all theLand that belongs to my homsteed or house lot bounded on the west by theLand which I formerly gave to my Daughter Anne on the North & South bytwo Creeks or Coves of Salt water and on the East with the high waytogather with my Dwelling house barns out houses & orchards that arethereon Excepting what fruit trees I have in these presents given to myDaughter Weeks during her natural life and after her Decease to be theSaid Thomas his Heirs and assignes for ever I also give to my SaidGrandson his Heirs and assignes forever all that my pasture land Calledthe lime kiln butted and bounded on the western Side by the land which Ihave in these presents given to Willm and Anne Hill on the Northern Sideby the brook of water that leads to Nathll Furnald his Land and then bythe Said Nathll Furnald his Land and Into ye woods So far as my land isfenced Including that percel of Land called Marks Swamp on the other Sideit is bounded by the Land that was formerly Robert Mendams Deced orhowever the Said Land is otherways butted and bounded all which Land isScituate and being in Kittery aforeSd. The Said Thomas Adams Shall beposest thereof when he Shall come to the age of Twenty one years. I alsogive to the Said Thomas free Liberty to Cut & Carry of from my Land thatJoyns to the above Said pasture what fire wood he Shall need for his ownburning during his Natural life if ye wood lasts So long.Item I give tomy well beloved Son John Adams and the Male Heirs Lawfully begotten byhis body & their Heirs & assignes for ever all the remainder of my landsWheresoever and whatsoever not heretofore nor In these Presents by meDisposed of with the free liberty of a way through the above Said pasturecalled the lime kiln unto the Land which I have in these presents givenhim that lyes on the further Side of the Said Pasture I also give to mySaid Son John Adams all my Stock of Cattle and other Creatures & all yeResidue of my Personal Estate of every SortLastly I Constitute make andordain my beloved Son John Adams abovesd my only & Sole Executor of thismy Last Will and Testament And I Do hereby utterly revoke dissallow &Disanul all and every other former Testamts Wills Legacies bequests andExecutors by me in any ways before named Willed and bequeathed Ratifyingand Confirming this and no other to be my last will and Testament. InWittness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand & Seal ye day & year abovewrittenSigned Sealed Published Pronounced & Declared by the Said MargaretAdams as her last Will & Testament In the Presence of us theSubscribersJohn NewmarchPaul WentworthJohn Newmarch TertsMargaretAdamsProbated 23 Jan. 172 3 Inventory returned 30 June 1723, at ú818,by Richard Rice, Nathl Fernald and Paul Wentworth, appraisers.
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