BENJAMIN2 LORD (Nathan1) was probably born before 1685.460 He died in Berwick before 18 February 1745/6 when his will was probated.461 He married in Kittery, on 10 January 1709/10, PATIENCE NASON.462 Patience was born on 10 November 1693,463 daughter of Benjamin and Martha (Canney) Nason,464 and died in Berwick after 18 February 1744/5 when Benjamin’s will was probated. On 6 May 1707 Benjamin’s mother, Martha Lord, gave “her son, his heirs, executors, and assignees for ever” eighty acres of land in Kittery on the north side of Sturgeon Creek, being part of a tract of land originally granted to Abraham Conley.465 By the end of the year Benjamin had sold it in two parcels, to John Morrell and Andrew Neal.466 On 19 April 1709, just prior to Benjamin’s marriage, his mother, Martha Lord, turned over her homestead, known by the name of Mount Misery, to Benjamin for her maintenance. This time she noted that “said Benjamin Lord Shall at all times behave himself very dutifully and peaceably toward his Mother the said Martha Lord,” and if not then she would have “full power and liberty to Reenter upon and possess the premises and every part thereof in the same tenure as before the signing.”467 On 24 April 1725 Benjamin Lord appeared in court in a case involving a counterfeit fifteenshilling bill. After John Neale appeared and made oath that he received the bill from Benjamin Lord, Benjamin testified that he received the bill from John Hooper.468 In 1735 Benjamin began purchasing the estate of his deceased brother Abraham, which for a short time was owned by Abraham’s son William. These deeds, outlined above, are important in establishing Benjamin’s siblings and their heirs.
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460 He witnessed a deed, 11 July 1706 (York Deeds, 7:106).
461 Sargent, Maine Wills, 508–10, citing York Co. Probate Records, 6:174.
462 Anderson and Thurston, Kittery VRs, 36.
463 Anderson and Thurston, Kittery VRs, 22.
464 Gen. Dict. Maine & N.H., 504.
465 York Deeds, 7:162.
466 York Deeds, 7:186–87, 236.
467 York Deeds, 7:264.
