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John Christy
1790
John Christy, dec'd In the name of God amen I John Christy
of the Borough of Lancaster in the County of Lancaster Yeoman being in
good bodily health and of sound mind memory and understanding thanks be
humbly offered to the Lord for the same and all other his mercies do therefore
think proper to make this my last Will and Testament in Manner following
that is to say First I bequeath my Body to the Earth and my soul
to my Beloved Lord Jesus Christ who hath spilt his precious Blood for me
and all poor sinners. Secondly I bequeath to my beloved wife all
the Cash which shall be in my dwelling house at the time of my decease
she paying thereout all my Funeral Expenses. Also I give to my said
wife during her life the one third part of the Interest of all my bank
bills after her decease the same shall return to my Heirs also she shall
have all my Household goods so long as she lives and after her decease
the one third part thereof shall go to her Heirs and the two other third
parts shall go to my heirs excepting the clock and the corner cupboard
which shall go to my heirs also my working Bench with the Vice and Horn
with all the tools that belong thereto and them that are in the little
closet also my said wife shall have the House and lot so long she lives
after her decease the same shall fall to my heirs. Thirdly I give
and bequeath to my two sons Henry and John my eighty acres of land on Conestogoe
Creek joining Martin Groff in equal shares the may divide the same between
them or purchase of them the other as they please they given my said wife
yearly during life six bushels of wheat which they must deliver.
Fourthly I give to my three daughters Elizabeth Barbara and Elizabeth and
to each of them the sum of one hundred and fifty pounds of the money which
I have set on Interest the rest that I have in Bonds and Notes I give to
my said five children in equal shares and I wish from my Heart they may
divide they same in peace also my wife is that my clock shall remain in
the house so long as my wife lives I give unto my grandson Abraham Christy
my gun with powder and Powder horns that belong there to So have I and
my beloved
former Wills by me made and declare this and no other to be my last
Will and Testament In Witness whereof I and my said wife have set
our Hands and Seals hereunto this Seventh Day of December in the year of
our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty-six. John Christy
(sealed) Mary Christy (sealed) Signed sealed published and
declared by the said John Christy in the presence of us Peter Miller, Anthony
Seyfert. Lancaster County on the tenth day of May Anno Domini 1790
Before me the Subscriber personally appeared Peter Miller one of the subscribing
Witnesses to the above and foregoing writing and upon his corporal oath
according to Law did depose and say that he was present and saw and heard
John Christy the testator therein named sign seal publish pronounce and
declare the said above and foregoing writing as and for his last Will and
Testament and that all the doing thereof he was of sound and well deposing
mind memory and understanding to the Best of his Knowledge observation
and belief and also that he saw Anthony Seyfert the other witness who since
died sigh his name thereto at same time. James Jacks, Reg'r
Be it remembered that on the tenth day of May Anno Domini 1790 the last
will and Testament of John Christy late of the Borough of Lancaster yeoman
deceased was proven in due form of Law and Letters Testamentary therein
were granted to Anna Maria (the widow - Henry Christy and John Christy
the executors therein named they having first been duly qualified will
and duly to Administer the Estate of the said deceased and especially to
Exhibit a true and perfect Inventory thereof into the Registers Office
at Lancaster within one Month from this date and to render a just and True
account of their Administration on said Estate within one year or when
thereto lawfully required Given under the seal of said office.
James Jacks Reg'r
Bk F 1 22
pg 327 & 328
Feb 4, 1791 At an Orphans Court held at Lancaster for the County
of Lancaster on the fourth day of February Anno Domini 1791, before Michael
Hubley, Adam Nees and David Watson, Esquires, Justices of the same Court.
John Christy, dec'd Anna Maria Christy, Henry Christy and
John Christy executors of the last Will and Testament of John Christy late
of the Borough of Lancaster, yeoman, deceased, produced to the court the
account of their executorship on the estate of the said deceased duly passed
before the Register whereby there appears a balance of £1334..15..5
in Specie, and £618 in Public Securities or new Loan Certificates,
in the hands of the said executors. Which account the Court on examination
allows and approves of and directs that the said balance after deducting
12/ the expences of this Court, the remainder being £1334..3..5 in
Specie and £618 in Public Securities or New Loan Certificates,
be paid and distributed agreeable to the directions of the last Will and
Testament of the said deceased. In manner following, to wit, To the
said Anna Maria Christy the widow and relict of the said deceased yearly
and every year during the term of her natural life the interest of
£206..0..0
To Joseph Shenck the son and only child of Elizabeth late wife of John
Shenck and daughter of the said John Christy deceased alegacy of £150.0.0
To Barbara late wife of George Philip Shockin a legacy left her by the
Will £150.0.0 To Susanna the wife of Frederick Foutz
a legacy left her by the will £150.0.0 To the said Henry
Christy £176.16.8 1/4 82..8..0 To the said John Christy
£176..16..8 1/4 To the said Joseph Shenck £176..16..8
1/4 To the said Barbara the wife of George Philip Shockin £176..16..8
1/4 To the said Susanna the wife of Frederick Foutz £176..16..8
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