PENNSYLVANIA
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20 Feb 2001
PENNSYLVANIA
1. TUNIS WELLS - 19 June 1809
WILL of TUNIS WELLS - Fayette Co Register of Wills; Vol 1, pg 92 written
19 June 1809
and recorded 11 Dec 1809; Uniontown, PA;
In the name of God Almighty I, Tunis Wells of Washington Township, Fayette County,
State
of Pennsylvania being frail in body but of sound understanding considering the
uncertainty of
this transitory life, do make and publish this my last will and Testament in manner
and form
following to wit: first it is my will and I do order that all my just debts and
funeral expences be
duly paid as soon as can be after my decease. Item, I give and bequeath to my dear
wife Margaret
one hundred acres of land including the Mansion house where I now live the orchard
and a sufficient
quantity of timber and one horse - her first choice of my stock for and during the
term of her Natural
Life or widowhood (she maintaining and educating my minor children therewith) which
said legacies
to my said wife I do hereby declare to be in lieu and stead of her dower at Common
Law. Item, I give and
devise to my Son, John seventy six acres of land as it now stands surveyed to him
adjoining lands of James
Laughlin, Michael Flood's heirs, and James Patterson, and further I do hereby
enjoin and empower my
Executor herein after named to make and Execute a sufficient title in fee simple,
clear of all incumbrances
as to my said Son John of the aforesaid seventy six acres, to him his heirs and
assigns forever, ageeable to
all article of Agreement between me and my said Son John now in his possession.
Item, I give and devise to
my Son James fifty acres of land including the Cabbin adjoining James Patterson's
land. I also give and
bequeath to my Son James the mare which he has in possession and the cow which he
now clames. Item, my
two Sons Richard and William and my Daughter Sarah, being already provided for, I
give and bequeath to
each of them or his or her legal representative the sum of one Dollar each. Item, I
give and bequeath to my
Daughter Nancy the sum of forty Dollars in cash in two years after my decease.
Likewise a horse worth
forty Dollars, a good feather Bed and Bedding & a good cow within one year.
Item, I give and bequeath to
my Daughter Polly intermarried with Isaac Downs a horse creature worth forty
Dollars. Item, I give and
bequeath to my Daughter Rachel one horse creature worth forty Dollars. Item, I give
and bequeath to my
Daughter Betsy one good feather Bed and Bedding and a good cow at her marriage or
within two years
after my decease. Item, I give and devise to my to Sons Joseph and Jennings the
above mentioned one hundred
acres of land bequeathed to my wife to be equally divided between them at her
decease or marriage. Item, to my
Daughters Margaret Rebecca & Charlotte I give and bequeath to each a good
feather Bed & Bedding and one
cow when they arrive at the age of eighteen years. Item, the residue of my estate I
consign to my Dear wife
Margaret in trust for my minor children & for her &their support and
maintenance after deducting the
necessary Expences of settling my said Estate. And further this is my will and I do
order that if any of my
minor children should die before they arrive at full age and without Issue if as on
his share of my estate
shall be equally divided among my other Sons, and if a Daughter her share shall be
equally divided among
my other Daughters. And Lastly, I nominate, constitute and appoint Henry Bateman
Goe and James Patterson
of this Township to be the executors of this my last will and Testament hereby
revoking all other wills, legacies
and bequests by me heretofore made and declaring this and no other to be my last
will and Testament. In witness
whereof I have here unto set my hand and affixed my seal this Nineteenth day of
June. In the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and nine. his Tunis X Wells mark Signed Sealed
pronounced and declared by the
said Testator as his last will & Testament in the presence of us who in his
presence and at his request have
subscribed as witnesses. Hugh Stewart Samuel Sampson Joseph Lyon Fayette County The
11th day of December
Anno Domini 1809. Before me the subscriber Register for the Probate of wills and
granting Letters of
Administration in and for said County personally came Hugh Stewart & Joseph
Lyon two of the subscribing
witnesses to the foregoing writing purporting to be the last will and testament of
Tunis Wells and on their
solemn oath did unite in declaring that they saw and heard the Testator acknowledge
the same as & for his
last will and Testament where of good Understanding - that they knew of no unlawful
means used to thwart
his inclinations or any later will made by him. Given under my hand and seal of
Office the same day. Alexander
McClean Register Recorded and Compared 11 Dec 1809.
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