On 30 Oct 1699 when Mary was 22, she married William Bracy in Hampton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. Born ca 1675. William died in Biddeford, York County, Maine between 28 Nov 1755 and 4 Jan 1757. Occupation: Weaver.
William Bracy, also spelled Brazier.
Will: Will of William Bracy:
In the Name of God Amen. This 28th Day of Augst Anno Domini 1751. I William Bracy of
Biddeford in the County of York in the Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England Yeoman,
being in health of Body and of perfect Mind & Memory, yet calling to Mind ye Mortality of my
Body & knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die; Do make & ordain this my last Will &
Testament, that is to Say, principally & first of all I give & recomend my Soul into ye Hands of
God who gave it, and my Body I recomend to the Earth to be buried in decent Christian Burial at
ye Discretion of my Executr nothing doubting but at ye General Resurrection I shall receive ye
Same again by ye mighty Power of God: And as touching such worldly Estate wherewith it hath
pleased God to bless me in this Life I give demise & dispose of ye Same in ye following Manner &
Form.
Impr. I give & bequeath to my beloved Son Ioseph Bracy over & above what I have already given
him ye Sum of ten Shillings lawful Money to be paid to him by my Executor hereafter named
within one year after my Decease.
Item. I give & bequeath unto my beloved Daughter Mary Treworgy her Heirs & Assigns forever my
dwelling House which I now live in.
Item. I give & bequeath unto my beloved Daughters Abigail Curtis Mary Treworgy Phebe Emery
Dorothy Conner Sarah Boothby Patience Downer, and to my beloved Grand Child ye Child of my
beloved Daughter Prudence Abbot Decd whether it be a Son or a Daughter all my Estate both real
& personal of what kind soever (excepting what is above particularly mentiond) to them their
Heirs & Assigns forever to be equally divided betwixt them; and my Will & Pleasure is that that
part of my Land which Shall fall to my Daughter Mary Treworgy shall be Set off to her next
adjoining to my dwelling House in a convenient Manner So that She may conveniently pass &
repass to and from Said House.
Item. I do hereby constitute make & ordain my beloved Son in Law Iacob Curtis (Husband of my
beloved Daughter Abigail Curtis) my Sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament, and I do
hereby utterly disallow revoke and disannul all & every other former Testamts Wills Legacys
Bequests and Executors by me in any wise before named willed & bequeathed ratifying &
confirming this & no other to be my last Will and Testamt. In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set
my Hand & Seal the Day & Year above written.
William Brasey (Seal)
Signed Sealed published pronounced & declared by the Said William Brasey as his last Will &
Testamt in ye presence of us the Subscribers
Moses Morrell Wyat Moore Iedidiah Gooch.
Be it known to all men by these presents that I William Brasey of Biddeford Yeoman have made
and declared my last Will & Testament in writing bearing Date ye 28th Day of August 1751, I the
Said William Brasey by this present
Codicil do ratify & confirm my Said last Will & Testament & Do give & bequeath unto my well
beloved Daughter Abigail Curtis all my moveable Effects together with two Cows. Also to my
Grandson Bracy Curtis a certain parcel of Land cut out of my Estate containing half an Acre within
these Bounds containing more or less, beginning at Biddeford High Way and running
Northeasterly by Land of Iedidiah Googe to Salt Water Creek & Southeasterly by Said Creek five
Rods & half, and then running Southwesterly holding five Rods & half in Breadth to ye Town
Road, Notherly by Said Road to ye first mentioned Bounds, with my dwelling House & Barn within
Said Bounds. furthermore I give to my well beloved Daughtr Phebe Emery one of my Cows. Also to
my Grandson Jonathan Emery junr a certain Strip of Land lying betwixt ye Town Road & Iedidiah
Googe & joining to his Father's Land, and at ye Southern End to Brasey Curtis Land containing ye
Sixteenth part of an Acre be it more or less within Said Bounds, and my Will and Meaning is that
this Codicil or Schedule be adjudged to be a part & parcel of my last Will & Testamt and that all
things therein mentioned & contained be faithfully & truly performed and as fully amply in
every Respect as if the Same were so declared & set down in my Said last Will & Testament.
Witness my Hand this twenty eighth Day of Novemr 1755
William Brasey (Seal)
Signed Sealed published pronounced
& declared by ye Sd Wm Brasey as
his last Will & Testamt, in ye
presence of us ye Subscribers,
Ioseph Tayler Benja Downing
Iohn Hickey
Probated 4 Jan. 1757. Inventory returned 11 Oct. 1756, at œ62: 13: 4, by Tristram Jordan, Elizha
Allen and Tho. Gilpatrick, appraisers.