Will of George Wentworth, dated December 16, 1741

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In the Name of God Amen To all whom it may Concern. Know Ye That I George Wentworth of Portsmouth In New Hampshire Mariner, being very sick & weak but of Sound mind & Judgement, & if it please God to take me out of this World, I hope to find redemption in the other through the merits of our Lord & Saviour Jesus Christ

As to my worldly Estate I give & bequeath in manner following, Viz. George Wentworth son of Daniel Wentworth of Portsmouth In New Hampshire I leave Sole Executor to this my last Will & Testament. He the S^d George Wentworth paying such Legacies as hereafter mentioned. To Sam^l Wentworth of Boston Merc^t y^e sum of One hundred pounds New Eng^d money To M^rs Mary Nelson Widdow of Boston In the Massachusetts y^e Sum of Two hundred pounds New England money I likewise ordain & appoint my Brother Daniel Wentworth afores^d Guardian to y^e Said George Wentworth Aforesaid As to my Whearing Apparel, Chest, &c I bequeath to my Brother Daniel Wentworth of Portsmouth Aforesaid, In Wittness hereof I have hereunto sett my hand & Seal y^e Sixteenth day of Decem^r 1741 & in the fifteenth Year of y^e Reign of our Sovereing L^d George the Second, King of Great Brittan &c

Sign'd Seal'd & Delivd In		George Wentworth
presence of us--

Jn^o Phillips
Tho Clement
Thomas Debuke
John Cathcart
[Proved April 23 and Dec. 30, 1742.]
[Suffolk Co., Mass., Probate Registry.]

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SOURCE: Probate Records of the Province of New Hampshire, Vol. 3, 1741-1749, State Papers Series, Vol. 33

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