Elizabeth (Hoffman) Upperman (1751 - 1837)

Born 1751 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [uncertain]

Wife of Adam Upperman — married 16 Aug 1778 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died 1 Oct 1837 at about age 86 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Biography

MRS .ELIZABETH UPPERMAN PLACE OF BIRTH : Unknown but Dr. wrote supposed to be Philadelphia on her death certificate. Aged 86 years old Resides in Vienna Street at Kensington Died of Paralysis 1st Oct 1837 Actual Death Certificate written by a Dr. in East Kensington

PROBATE

NOTICE - All persons indebted to the estate of ELIZABETH UPPERMAN late of the county of Philadelphia, deceased, are hereby required to make immediate payment to the subscriber. And all persons having claims or demands against the said descendent, are required to make known the same to me without delay ( f15-law6w*) JOHN HAMMITT, Ad'min Wood Street , above Queen St., Kensington

Transcription of the Administrative Estate Papers of Adam Upperman

No.222 Elizabeth Upperman
Admi.to the Estate of Adam Upperman 1835 Entered Book 0 page 212

On the 3rd day of August A.D. 1835
personally appeared the within named Elizabeth Hoffman Upperman(Elizabeth Upperman),
who being duly,
sworn doth before and say, that she believed, that the within mentioned Adam Upperman
died without a Will, and that she will well and truly administer all and every the Personal Estate of the
said deceased and pay his debts as far as his Personal Estate will extend:,br/>that she will exhibit a true, full and perfect inventory of the Personal Estate of the said
Deceased, in one month, and render a true account of his Administration into the Register's Office,
in one year, or when she shall be thereunto lawfully required:And also, that she is the widow of said
and that the whole of the Goods, Chattels, Rights and Credits he died possessed of, do not in value
exceed the sum of two hundred dollars to the best of her knowledge and belief, and that she will
diligently and faithfully regard and well and truly comply with the provisions of the Act relating to
Collateral Inheritance.

signed
her mark
X
(Elizabeth Upperman)

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS THAT WE Elizabeth Upperman,
of the county of Phil. , we know,Henry Kraft Henry Kraft and Henry A Kraft
Henry A. Kraft
of said county are held and firmly bound to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
in the sum of four hundred dollars to be paid to said Commonwealth: To the which payment well and truly to be
made , we bind ourselves, jointly and severally, for and in the whole, our Heirs, Executors and
Administrators, and<
each and every of them, firmly by these
Presents. Sealed with our Seals.
Dated the 5 of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and thirty five
signed
her mark
X
(Elizabeth Upperman)
Henry Kraft (signature) Henry A. Kraft (signature)

Obituary

MRS . ELIZABETH UPPERMAN, in Sunday, the 1st instant. in the 85 year of her life. Her friends and acquaintances are required to attend her funeral, this afternoon , at 1 o'clock, in the residence of her son-in-law, Mr. John ........., Wood Street, above Queen , Kensington.

Sources

• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Death Certificates Index,1803-1915.Philadelphia City Archives.
• 8 Mar 1838.Probate Announcement , Public Ledger .Philadelphia , PA.
• Philadelphia Inquirer,Philadelphia,PA.Pg.2.4 Oct 1837
• 1820 US Census
• 1830 US Census
• 5 August 1835.Administrative Estate Papers of Adam Upperman.No.222,Book 0, Pg.212.