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From: "Candace Roth" <>
Subject: Unrecorded Wills - #4
Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2003 9:8:29 -0500


OSTER, Peter. Will dated Dec 01,
1785. Names: wife Elizabeth; son John; dau Catharine.
Exr: wife Elizabeth, Henry Wertz. Wit: Feliz Mellan, Peter
Wertz. Vol 21 page 273



PATTERSON, James. Will dated May 17,
1789. Names: wife Margaret; my wife sisters dau Mary Friend 30#; to
Jane Warde dau of William Warde 60#; to James McMillin, sisters son; to
Patterson Cahoon, sisters son; to Elizabeth Stewart, wife sisters daughter; to
Banner Shields, wife sisters son; to Margaret Haney, wife sisters dau.
Wit: Eleanor Friend, Ezekiel Worly. ** Margaret, widow of James Patterson
renounces exectutorship and make a division. To niece Elizabeth Rose my
riding coat; to Margaret Patterson Williams, dau of Henry Williams of Cumberland
Valley Twp residue of my estate. Exr: my nephew Henry Williams,
George Elder. Vol 21 page 274



PLOWMAN, John. Baltimore Co
Maryland. Will date Mar 02, 1790. Names: wife Elizabeth; son
John; dau Sarah. Wit: John Deal, Benjamin G Vaughan, William
?... Vol 21 page 174



ROYSE, John, Turkey Foot Twp. Will dated
Mar 18, 1776. Names: wife Elizabeth; to my Honorable Father John Royse;
son Simon; dau Rachel plantation where Richard Hall Jr lives in Jocky
Valley. Wit: Gabrial Abrams, James Dougherty, Priscilla
Jinnings. Vol 21 page 276



SLICKER, Lawrence, Bethel Twp. Will dated
Jul 11 1788. Names: wife mentioned but not named; oldest son George;
sons: Lawrence, David; eldest dau Elizabeth and husband land in the
Jerseys; dau Katherine and husband money; dau Amia and husband horse and 8#; son
Theophilus plantation and furniture. Exr: Andrew Mann.
Wit: Joseph Higgins, Benjamin Smith. Vol 21 page 284



STILLWELL, Elias Sr., farmer. Will dated
Aug 30 1785. Names: wife Marien; grson Elias land in Great Cove;
children of Obediah Stillwell (Elenor, Susanna and Obediah); sons:
Jeremiah, John; grson Elias Pain, son of Samuel Pain 5#; to Rev Joseph Powell
Baptist Minister of this place 5#; my five daus: Elizabeth Graham (widow),
Rebecca Coombs, Sara Truax, Mary Pain, Rachel Wharford; note against James
Graham not to be demanded; land of 50 acres or more which I got from Maryland
survey to be paid by son John. Exr: Jacob Wink, John
Stillwell. Wit: Jacob Hart, Joseph Truax, Benjamin Truax. Vol
21 page 281



SHRACK, Ulrick, Brothers Valley. Will
dated 1795. Names: son John Shrack; dau. Barbare. Exr: Michael
Drayer, son John. Wit: Christian Yoder, Jacob Stutzman.
(note: Ulrick signed his own name as Casper Shrack) Vol 21 page
281



SPARGIN, James Sr., Collerain Twp. Will
dated Dec 24 1784. Names: sons: Samuel (lower end of Patent
Tract), John, Ezekiel, James, William; daus: Ann, Mary, Elizabeth,
Rebecca, Lydia. Exr: George Elder. Wit: John Perren,
William leams. Vol 22 page 122



SCOTT, David, Air Twp. Will dated May 25
1779. Give 20# to the support of the Gospel in the Cove; names: son
John (for use of his son James' schooling 20#); son William; grdau Martha Scott,
dau of William 100#; son George 20#; dau Mary Lowry 20#, grdau Mary Lowry 20#;
dau-in-law Rebecca Scott relict of James Scott; son Robert; money from sale of
balance of estate to be put in office of bank at Philadelphia. Exr:
sons John, Robert and George Scott. Wit: William Gaff, Barthe
Roharty, James White. (My trusty friends Col John Allison [of East
Conacacheague] and Rev Patrick Allison of Baltimore to be guardians) Vol
21 page 280



STEPHENS, Richard. Will dated May 17,
1791. Names: wife Peggey; sons: Thomas, Benjamin, Richard's
widow Mary to have his share, Abendnego, William; daus: Hettie, Sara,
Mary. Wit: Samuel Bachtell, George Galloway. Vol 22 page
123



SNIDER, John, Providence Township. Will
date Jan 17, 1793. Names: wife Susanna; children: David,
Jacob, Catherena, Abraham, John. Sons: David, Jacob, Abraham and
John to be bound out to a trade. Exr: Jacob Snider, John
Hendricks. Wit: Jacob Fletcher, Baltser Hess, Jacob
Studebaker. Vol 21 page 285



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