In the name of God, Amen.
I, Robert Melvin, of Chester, being very sick and weak of body, but of perfect mind and memory, thanks
be given unto God, calling into mind, the mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all men
to die, do make and ordain this my last will and testament, that is to say, principally and first of all, I give
and recommend this my last will and testament, that is to say, principally and first of all, I give and
recommend
my soul into the hands of Almighty God that gave it, and my body I recommend to the earth to be
buried in decent, Christian burial at the discretion of my executors, nothing doubting but at the general
resurrection
I shall receive the same again by the mighty power of God, and as touching such worldly estate
wherewith it has pleased God to bless me in this life I give, demise and dispose of the same in the
following
manner and form:
First, I give and bequeath to Phebe Melvin, my dearly beloved wife, the one-third part of my Real and
Personal estate in the Province of the Massachusetts Bay and Province of New Hampshire in New England,
to be raised and levied out of my estate in money and Lands, for the necessary support of my Executrix
during
her life, and the remaining two-thirds, both in New England and Nova Scotia, to be equally divided
among my lawful heirs, of this my last will and testament, etc.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this twenty-seventh day of December, in
the
year of our Lord, (1773)
Robert Melvin (seal)
Witness:
John Vaughan
Abraham Bradshaw
Thomas Floyd
This will was filed by his executrix, July 24, 1787
