Jacob Fisher (abt. 1726 - 1804)

Born about 1726 in Upper Hanover Township, Montgomery, Pennsylvania

Ancestors

Husband of Christianna (Crossman) Fisher — married 8 Sep 1768 in Rowan County, North Carolina

Descendants

Died 1804 at about age 78 in Rowan, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

Will of Herman Fisher In the Name of God.Amen. Whereas I,Herman Fisher, of Upper Hanover Township, in the County of Philadelphia and province of Pennsylvania, yeoman, Do on this Eighteenth day of July, in ye year of our Lord One Thousand seven hundred Sixty find myself very sick and weak in Body, but of sound mind, under-standing and memory, Thanks be to God, and calling-to mind the mortality of my Body, and knowing that it is appointed for all Men once to die, so do I therefore hereby make ordain and Publish this my last Will and Testament. First of all I recommend my Soul into the Hands of Allmighty God that gave it, and that my Body may be burried in a Christianlike manner. As touching to such Worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this life, I do hereby dispose of the same in the following manner, Vizt, Imprimis it is my Will that my beloved Wife Margareth shall have full Privilege and Liberty to live in ye House where we now live as in the Upper Stove Room as long as she shall happen to live, but in Case she should happen to live to an old Age, so that it might be inconvenient for her to live up Stairs, then shall she also have Liberty to live in the lower Stove Room, she shall also have Liberty in the Upper and Lower Kitchen room and in the Cellar and otherwise, what may be Necessary for her Use. I do also give and bequeath to my sd Wife Margareth the sum of Sixty Pounds Lawful Money of Pennsylvania. as the half part thereof she shall have soon after the time of my Death, and the other half part in five years after the Time of my Death, to be taken out of my Personal Estate. I further give and bequeath to her my Bed and bedstead with the Curtain and whatever belongs to them, and my Chest and one of my Cows, whereof she shall have the Choice of the Stock to take what she will. I also give and bequeath to her the one Equal third of all the Kitchen ware and Household Goods, whatsoever for her use during her lifetime. And further I do hereby give to my Eldest Son, Jacob Fisher, one Horse valued at Eight Pounds Lawful Money aforesaid before out since lie is my eldest son, which he has already received; And further do I give and bequeath to my son John Fisher and to his heirs and Assigns forever, a Certain Tract of Land being part of one hundred and fifty Acres belonging to my Plantation Situate in the Township and County aforesaid, adjoining the Land of George Welker and John Mock, Containing forty-five acres and thirty-six Perches of Land together with the usual allowance at six per cent for Roads together with all the Cleared Lands, Meadows and fences and whatever is Improved thereon, with all Hereditaments and Appartens whatsoever for and in consideration of the sum of Sixty-seven Pounds and Ten Shillings Lawful Money of Pennsylvania to be paid as hereunto directed. And further do I give and bequeath unto my son George Fisher and to his heirs and assigns forever my Plantation Situate in the Township and County aforesaid adjoining the Land of John Mock, Christopher Zeigler, George Shultze and Burghard Hoffman, Consisting of three Tracts, and joining all together Containing in the whole one hundred and eighty-five acres of land, be the same more or less Together with the usual allowance at six per cent for roads. The first being part of the said one hundred and fifty acres, the second being part of a Tract of one hundred and three acres, and the third being near the four acres Lately purchased of Christopher Zeigler, Together with the House outhouses Barn Stables and all that is nailfast to the Building, with all the Cleared Lands, Meadows, Orchards, Garden fencing and reals (rails) and whatever is improved thereon so as it at Present doth stand together with the Roan Horse, the old Bay Horse, the Horse Colt, and the New Waggon, the Plough and Harrow together with all the Chains, Collars, and geers belonging to four Horses, with all other Hereditaments and Appurtenances whatsoever which altogether he shall have, Besides other good Causes and Conditions as hereunto mentioned, for and in Consideration of the Sum of four hundred Pounds Currant and Lawful Money aforesaid to be paid by my said son George Fisher as hereunto mentioned And further do I give and bequeath unto my son Herman Fisher and to his heirs and assigns forever Twenty-five acres of Land with the usual allowance for Roads, to be surveyed to him in two Tracts. The one part thereof about the other House that I built upon the place, including the Cleared field near the same, and the other part to be the Cleared Swamp adjoining to my said Sons John and George Land, together with the Houses, outhouses, Stables and all that is Nailfast to the Buildings and whatsoever is improved thereon, with all the Hereditaments and Appurtens whatsoever, for and in Consideration of the Sum of Sixty Pounds Currand and Lawful Money aforesaid. And I do hereby further give and bequeath unto my above named son George Fisher and to his heirs and Assigns the following Particulars vizt the old waggon, the big ladders, the best Saddle, Two Bridles, the Cutting box with the Straw Knife, the Apple Mill, the wind Mill, the Waggon Screw, the big Grindstone, the two Iron Stoves that are in the House, the Still Kettle with the open Casks that belong to it and all ye hogsheads and barrels in the Cellar, one Crooked saw, the Waggon Cover, the half Bushel Measure, Eight bags, six Augors, six Chisels, three Hatchets, two draw knives, one hand saw, a hole saw, an adz, an Iron Square, a Compass, a hammer and a pair of Pincers, a long Timber Chain, and the Table. And further it is my Will That my said Son George Fisher or his heirs Executors or Adminrs shall pay the above said Consideration of four hundred Pounds of lawfull Money aforesaid on the following Terms, vizt, Ten Pounds shall he pay on the 27th of May in ye year of our Lord one Thousand Seven hundred and Sixty-two; and Ten Pounds on the 27th day of May Anno One Thousand Seven hundred and Sixty three, and Twenty Pounds on the 27th day of May Anno One Thousand Seven hundred and Sixty-four and Twenty Pounds on every 27th day of May in every year then following, until the abovesaid Sum be fully paid except so much as may happen to be for his hereditary share and portion, the same shall be allowed him on his last Terms. And further shall he or his heirs Excrs Administrators or Successors yearly give to my said beloved Wife Margareth, for her yearly Substance Eight bushels of Wheat, Seven Bushels of Rye, and Seventy Pounds weight of Burg (Pork) and Thirty Pounds Beef and Twenty Pounds Flax and Twenty Pounds of Toe and Six Pounds of Wool and Two Barrels of Cyder; he shall also keep for her one Cow in his fodder in Summer and (Winter) time as Good as his own, and shall give her every fifth gallon of Distilled liquor as he shall get of the Produce of the Orchard of my sd Plantation and shall Carry her Corn to the Mill and the Meal home again for her Use, and shall cut and Carry fire Wood for her as much as she may have Necessary fit for tier Use during her Life Time. She shall also have Liberty yearly to Chuse Ten Apple Trees in any of the two Orchards for her own Use which site Pleases to take. She shall also have Liberty at any Time to Take one of my said Son's Horses for her use to Travel to any of my Children when she may have it Necessary, or whenever she thinks fit to go Elsewhere. She shall also have for her Use the one Kitchen Garden that is behind the Stables. All which above described Particulars of her yearly subsistence shall be firmly and Truly held observed and performed by my said son George Fisher, his Executors, Administrators or Successors during her Life Time, according to the True Intent and meaning hereof, and further is it my Will that my Wife Margareth shall also have the Table in the Upper Room, she shall also have and keep two more Beds with the Bedsteads and what belongs to them for the use of my Children. And further do I give and bequeath to my son John the other Plough with the Swingle Tree and what belongs to it as also two pair of Tresses and two pair of Hams. And further it is my Will that ye third Iron Stove that is in the other house on the said Twenty-five acres shall be left there and remain for my son Herman his heirs and Assigns and for their Use and Behoof. And further is it my Will, that my said son John or his executors or administrators shall pay ye above-said Consideration of sixty-seven Pounds and Ten Shillings lawfull Money aforesaid on the following Terms as Ten pounds on ye 27th day of May Anno One Thousand seven hundred and Sixty-four, and then Ten Pounds in Every year then following on every 27th day of May, until the said sum be paid, Except what may be his hereditary Share and Portion he may deduct and keep for his own use and behoof forever. And my son Herman shall pay so much of the above said Consideration of sixty Pounds as by him then shall be due (his hereditary share first deducted) at one Term on the 27th Day of May Anno One Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty-five and it is further my Will That my hereunto named Executors shall rent out the said House with the field on the said Twenty-five acres, for the Benefit of my Children, untill my said son Hermann shall take the said Place and Land in possession, or until he is at his age of one and Twenty years. My said Executors shall also receive all the abovesaid Sums of my said Sons in order to divide and dispose of the same amongst all my Children according to this my last Will and Testament. And further is it my Will, That my hereunto named Executors shall also give and provide for younger Children when they come to their age, or when They Shall happen to marry, as much as I have given to my eldest Children, That is to say, as much to my youngest Sons as my eldest have got, and as much to my youngest daughters as my eldest daughters have got, in Money and Household goods. And further Do I give and bequeath all my Estate Chattels and Household goods (That are not separately bequeathed by me to anyone herein) unto all my Children, as to my five sons, named: Jacob and John and George and Herman and Wendell Fisher, and to my Six Daughters, as Anna Mary and Catharina and Barbara and Margareth and Sophia and Christina, and to their Heirs and Assigns forever. That the same may be equally divided between and among them so that every one of them may get as much as ye other. And I do hereby nominate ordain constitute and appoint my beloved wife Margareth Fisher and my eldest son Jacob Fisher and my Trusty and beloved friend John Mock to be the sole Executors of this my last Will and Testament, and I do hereby fully Impower my above named Two Executors as Jacob Fisher and John Mock, and give them hereby authority for me and in my name to sign seal and deliver Lawfull deeds for all my Lands and Plantation as above by me bequeathed to my above named three sons John and George and Herman Fisher, according to the true intent hereof. And I do hereby ratify declare publish and confirm this and no other to be my last Will and Testament In Witness and Confirmation whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal on ye day and year as first above written.

HERMANN FISCHER [SEAL] Pages 22 thru 26 of The Perkiomen Region, Past and Present, edited by Henry S. Dotterer.

Data Changed

Data Changed:

Date: 7 JUL 2009

Prior to import, this record was last changed 7 JUL 2009.

Burial

Burial:

Place: Grace (Lowerstone) Reformed Church, Rockwell, North Carolina

Reference

Reference: 448

Note

Note: Brought nephew George Fisher to Rowan County when he was age six.

Sources

• North Carolina, Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868

Source Information Ancestry.com. North Carolina, U.S., Index to Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. Original data: State of North Carolina. An Index to Marriage Bonds Filed in the North Carolina State Archives. Raleigh, NC, USA: North Carolina Division of Archives and History, 1977.

• North Carolina, Marriage Index, 1741-2004

Source Citation Data Source: North Carolina State Archives Source Information Ancestry.com. North Carolina, U.S., Marriage Index, 1741-2004 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Original data: Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp. (P.O. Box 740, Orem, Utah 84059) from county marriage records on microfilm located at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, in published books cataloged by the Library of Congress, or county records in possession of the individual county clerks or courthouses. North Carolina State Archives. North Carolina County Marriage Indexes. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina. North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics. North Carolina Marriage Index, 1962-2004. North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics, Raleigh, North Carolina.

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