Elder NATHAN2 LORD (Nathan1) was born in Kittery about 1656,28 and died in Berwick before 24 September 1733 when his will was probated.29 He married at Kittery, 22 November 1678, MARTHA TOZER,30 daughter of Richard and Judith (Smith) Tozer.31 Martha died in Berwick after 24 September 1733 when she was mentioned in her husband’s will. Nathan, along with his brother Abraham, was mentioned in the 1674 will of his step-grandfather, Abraham Conley, who left the brothers two tracts of land, one commonly called “Coole harbour,” and the other his property at Sturgeon Creek, the part which was being leased to Francis Small. Nathan, as the elder brother, was to have first choice when he arrived at the age of 21 years.32 Apparently Nathan chose the property at Cool [or Cold] Harbor, as on 11 May 1695, Abraham settled a “contest in law” over the land at Sturgeon Creek which had been bequeathed to him by Abraham Conley. 33 On 4 June 1702 Nathan was one of the “Founding Brethren” of the Berwick Church, and was elected Deacon in 1720.34 Nathan’s family is perhaps the best documented of the early Lord families, as the births of his eleven children appear together in the Kittery records and he left an extensive three generation will. On 6 July 1733 he described himself as weak of body but of “perfect mind & memory Thanks be unto God.” Nathan left his wife, Martha, half of his real estate, considerable portions to each of his six sons Nathan, William, Richard, Samuel, John, and Abraham, and £20 each to his daughters Martha Chick, Judith Hambleton, Mary Emery, Sarah Roberts, and Anne Furbush. He also mentioned his granddaughter Elizabeth, the wife of Noah Emery.35 Elder Nathan Lord left money to the Berwick Church to buy plate for the communion table and a gold ring for the minister.36 In June of 1736 “two silver cups for the communion table were delivered to the Deacons for the foresd use by the Execr of the last will of Elder Nathan Lord who gave twenty pounds to the Chh.”37
28 Nathan was about 25 in Feb. 1681 (York Deeds, 4:240).
29 Sargent, Maine Wills, 339–42, citing York Co. Probate Records, 4:159.
30 Joseph C. Anderson II and Lois Ware Thurston, eds., Vital Records of Kittery, Maine, to the Year 1892 (Camden, Maine, 1991), 29 (hereafter cited as Anderson and Thurston, Kittery VRs).
31 Anderson and Thurston, Kittery VRs, 29. Richard Tozer and Judith Smith m. Boston, 3 July 1656 (Gen. Dict. Maine & N.H., 689).
32 Sargent, Maine Wills, 96–97, citing York Co. Deeds, 5:74.
33 York Deeds, 5:242, 6:77.
34 Joseph C. Anderson II, Records of the First and Second Churches of Berwick, Maine (Rockport, Maine, 1999), 4, 16 (hereafter cited as Anderson, Berwick Church Records).
35 Elizabeth was the daughter of Richard and Martha (Lord) Chick. Richard mentioned his daughter Elizabeth Emery in his will of 19 Dec. 1735 (Sargent, Maine Wills, 390–93, citing York Co. Probate 5:88).
36 Sargent, Maine Wills, 339–42, citing York Co. Probate Records, 4:159.
37 Anderson, Berwick Church Records, 43
