Person:Solomon Steward (1)

Will

In the name of God, amen. I Solomon Steward of Canaan in the County of Kennebec, although labouring at present under some indispositions of body, yet being of sound & perfect mind, make, ordain and publish this my last Will & Testament, in manner & form following: First & principally I resign, with the utmost humility, my soul into the hands of Almighty God, my Creator, humbly hoping for a blessed immortality through the merits & mediation of my blessed Saviour & Redeemer Jesus Christ; and my body I desire may be decently buried at the discretion of my Executor at Canaan aforesd as near as conveniently may be to my late dear Wife: And as for such temporal estate as the Lord in his great goodness & mercy hath entrusted me to be steward of, I give, devise & dispose thereof as follows. I give and bequeath unto my two oldest Daughters, Mary Sawyer and Betsey Russell, the sum of five shillings apiece, they having already received their due proportion out of my estate: I do also give & bequeath unto my youngest Daughter, Rebecca Biglow, the sum of ten Dollars, she not having, as yet, received the whole of her due proportion out of my estate; which said several legacies, I will & order shall be paid to the respective Legatees aforesaid, within six Months after my decease: and lastly as to all the rest & residue of my estates both real & personal, whatsoever & wheresoever, I do give, bequeath & devise the same to my only Son, Solomon Steward, for him to have & to hold the same, from & after the period of my decease, to himself & Heirs, to his & their own use & behoof, forever. And I do hereby appoint my Son, the said Solomon Steward, sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament, hereby revoking all former Wills and Testaments by me made. I as Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal the twenty fifth day of June in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and three.

Solomon Steward

Signed sealed, published & declared by the above named Solomon Steward, to be his last Will & Testament, in the presence of us, who at his request & in his presence, have hereunto subscribed our names as Witnesses to the same.

Seth Currier

Judah McClellan

Kindel Pollard^[2]

1. ↑ Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Rowley, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Salem, Massachusetts: Essex Institute, 1928-1931)
   1:207 [1].

   STEWART, Solomon, s. Solomon and Martha, Jan. 14, 1729-30.

2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 File S 16, in Kennebec, Maine, United States. Maine, Kennebec County Probate Estates Files, 1779-1915. (Augusta, Kennebec, Maine: FamilySearch Historical Records, 1779-1915)
   [2].
3. ↑ ^3.0 3.1 File S 16, in Kennebec, Maine, United States. Maine, Kennebec County Probate Estates Files, 1779-1915. (Augusta, Kennebec, Maine: FamilySearch Historical Records, 1779-1915)
   [3].
4. ↑ Hanson, J. W. (John Wesley). History of the old towns, Norridgewock and Canaan: comprising Norridgewock, Canaan, Starks, Skowhegan and Bloomfield, from their early settlement to the year 1849 : including a sketch of the Abnakis Indians. (Boston, 1849)
   129 [4].

   Daniel Steward settled in 1775, on one of the "back farms" in Bloomfield.
   Solomon, Phineas, and Dea. William, uncles of Daniel, came soon after, say in 1776.