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WILL OF ABRAHAM BAIR ~ 1828
Leacock Township
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
21 February 1828
Will Book P, Vol. 1, Page 174
In the name of God, amen! I, Abraham Bair Senior, of Leacock township,
Lancaster County, and State of Pennsylvania, being sick and weak in body, but of
sound and disposing mind and memory, and being disposed to settle my worldly
concerns, do make and publish this my last will and testament, as follows, viz.
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First, It is my will that my wife, Catharine Bair, have and enjoy all my
personal property so long as she may live, and at her decease, then it is my
will hat the whole of my personal property be equally divided between my two
daughters Mary and Catharine, share and share alike. It is my will that my
executors herein after mentioned, assist my daughters in making an equal divide
of my personal property, so that each may have an equal share without making
public vendue of any part of it. ~
It is my desire that my wife occupy and have the use of all my personal
property as already mentioned, but she is not to dispose of any part of it
during her lifetime.~
Item, it is my will and I do hereby direct, that in case there should ever be
recovered from John Miller, my son-in-law, any part of the bond which I hold
against him, then it is my will that said sum due from him, or any part thereof,
if recovered, shall be equally divided amongst my children, or their legal
heirs, having respect to the sum of five hundred pounds, paid to each of my
sons, John, Jacob, and David, in my lifetime. ~
It is my will, that the share which may come to my daughter Elizabeth, who
intermarried with John Miller, shall descend to her children in equal
proportions. ~
And lastly, It is my will and I hereby nominate and appoint my son Abraham
Bair, and my friend and my neighbour, Benjamin Hoover, the executors of this my
last will and testament. - Hereby revoking and making void all former wills by
me made, and declaring this and no other to be my last will and testament. ~
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal, the twenty first day
of February, A. Domini, one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight.~
Abraham Bear (seal)
Signed, sealed, declared and pronounced by the said Abraham Bair, to be his
last will and testament in presence of us. ~
Jacob H. Eckert*
N. F. Lightner
Lancaster County, Js., One the 17th day of March, anno domini
1828. Before me the subscriber, personally appeared, Jacob H. Eckert*, Nathaniel
F. Lightner, the subscribing witnesses to the aforegoing will, and on their
corporal oaths according to law, did severally depose and say, that they were
present, and saw and heard Abraham Bair, the testator therein named, sign, deal,
publish, pronounce, and declare the same, as and for his last will and
testament; and that at the time of the doing thereof he was of sound and well
disposing mind, memory and understanding, according to the best of their
knowledge, observation and belief. ~
F. A. Muhlenburg Registrar
Be it remembered, That on the 17th day of March, anno domini 1828,
The last will and testament of Abraham Bair, deceased, was proved in due form of
law, and letters testamentary thereon were granted to his son, Abraham Bair, and
Benjamin Hoover, the executors therein named, they having been first duly
affirmed, according to law, will and truly to administer the estate of the said
deceased; especially to exhibit a true and perfect inventory, thereof, into the
Register’s Office at Lancaster, within one month; and to render a just and
true account of their executorship, on said estate, in one year, or when thereto
lawfully required; and also, that they will diligently and faithfully regard and
well and truly comply with the provisions of the act of Assembly relating to
collateral inheritances. ~
Given under the Seal of said office. ~
F. A. Muhlenberg, Registrar
*Jacob H. (or K.) Eckert
Transcribed by H. Carmine.
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