John Goodale enslaved at least two indiviudals, and left them in his estate to his wife Elizabeth and then to their son Jedediah.

It is presumed here that one of the individuals included in his estate was Phillis, and the name of the second, who is represented by this record, is unknown.

"John Goodale owned one [enslaved person] named Phillis." - Bourne, p. 408

Frost's probate abstract states that Goodale leaves "to my wife Elizabeth the income of all of my home place with the service of my Negro servants ... till my son Jedidiah be of age, if she continue a widow, using same to bring up my children under age, but after son Jedediah is of age, she shall have 1/2 the income of the home place, 1/2 the house & barn & the service of my 2 Negroes for widowhood only, the other moiety of the house, barn & home place going to son Jedediah Goodale when he is of age, with both Negro servants."

Bibliography:

The History of Wells and Kennebunk from the Earliest Settlement to the Year 1820 - by Edward Bourne (1875)

York County Registry of Probate

Maine Probate Abstracts Vol I 1687-1775 - John Eldridge Frost (1991)