Hancock County, Maine, probate file of Richard Ellingwood of Frankfort, 1802-1803

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Hancock County, Maine, probate file of Richard Ellingwood of Frankfort, 1802-1803
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probate
date
11 Aug 1802; proved 2 May 1803
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FamilySearch, Hancock County, Maine, probate estate files
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docket 2056; film 004142074, images 1284-1290
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The will, 11 Aug 1802. "... That my Beloved Wife Hopey, have the use and improvement of all my Estate both real & personal, during the term, or time she shall remain my Widdow ... the remaining two thirds ... to be equally divided between my Six Children hereafter named, to wit, Richard Ellingwood, John Ellingwood, Sarah Ellingwood, Ralph Ellingwood, Susannah Ellingwood, & Lucy Ellingwood." Hopey sole executrix. Witnesses: Francis LeB. Goodwin, Timothy Lombard, Ralph Ellingwood.

Probate. "R. E. Frankfort Mercht. proved 2 May 1803." Warrant to appraise the estate of "Richard Ellinwood late of Frankfort Merchant deceased", 5 May 1803. Inventory, 24 May 1803, of "Richard Ellingwood late of Frankfort ... Trader": store goods (earthenware, hats, drawshaves, scale beam, salt), "1 Store at the Shore", a dwelling house ($900) and barn, "72 Acres of Homestead Land" ($600), cattle, sheep, "Old Salmon Nets & old casks", two lots in Goshen, and "3/4ths of Schooner Hope" ($1,500); total $3,588.44. A list of some thirty notes of hand, among them Holdershaws and Downses, $2,063.77. "Hope Ellenwood Executrix" swore to it at Castine, November 1803.

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  2. title: "Hancock County, Maine, probate file of Richard Ellingwood of Frankfort, 1802-1803"
  3. type: probate
  4. date: "11 Aug 1802; proved 2 May 1803"
  5. repository: "FamilySearch, Hancock County, Maine, probate estate files"
  6. reference: "docket 2056; film 004142074, images 1284-1290"
  7. seen: image
  8. access: public
  9. ---
  10. Read in the research file (`Ellingwood_Master_Research.md`, October 2026), image by image.
  12. **The will, 11 Aug 1802.** "... That my Beloved Wife Hopey, have the use and improvement of all
  13. my Estate both real & personal, during the term, or time she shall remain my Widdow ... the
  14. remaining two thirds ... to be equally divided between my Six Children hereafter named, to wit,
  15. Richard Ellingwood, John Ellingwood, Sarah Ellingwood, Ralph Ellingwood, Susannah Ellingwood, &
  16. Lucy Ellingwood." Hopey sole executrix. Witnesses: Francis LeB. Goodwin, Timothy Lombard, Ralph
  17. Ellingwood.
  19. **Probate.** "R. E. Frankfort Mercht. proved 2 May 1803." Warrant to appraise the estate of
  20. "Richard Ellinwood late of Frankfort Merchant deceased", 5 May 1803. Inventory, 24 May 1803, of
  21. "Richard Ellingwood late of Frankfort ... Trader": store goods (earthenware, hats, drawshaves,
  22. scale beam, salt), "1 Store at the Shore", a dwelling house ($900) and barn, "72 Acres of
  23. Homestead Land" ($600), cattle, sheep, "Old Salmon Nets & old casks", two lots in Goshen, and
  24. "3/4ths of Schooner Hope" ($1,500); total $3,588.44. A list of some thirty notes of hand, among
  25. them Holdershaws and Downses, $2,063.77. "Hope Ellenwood Executrix" swore to it at Castine,
  26. November 1803.

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