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Location: Maxatawny Township, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States
Surnames/tags: Bieber Beaver
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Probate of John Beaver
- This is for the probate file of "John Beaver (aka Bieber) who wrote his Will on the 7th of February 1842 in Berks County, Pennsylvania. It spans images 1514-1545.
Last Will & Testament
- Images 1515 - 1516[1]
- Transcribed by Mindy Silva
- Page 1
- In the name of God Amen
- I John Beaver of Maxatawny Township Berks County and
- State of Pennsylvania, Being weak in Body but of Sound mind
- memory and understanding. thanks be to God for the same -
- But Knowing that it is appointed for all Men once to Die
- Do make and publish this my last Will and Testament
- in a Manner and form following to wit ~
- First it is my Will that all my Just Debts & funeral expenses
- be duly paid and satisfied by my Executor herein after named
- as soon as conveiniently [sic] can be done after my Demise !
Item I Give and devise unto my beloved wife Catharine during
- her natural life all my Household and Kitchen Furniture
- block with case Beds & Bedsteeads Chairs Tables, Dressers & Chests with
- Contents & of whatsoever nature the same may be and likewise
- all the Flax, Flax linen and the linen and both of what nature
- the same may be. I also give to her the anual [sic] Interest of Fifteen
- Hundred dollars to be paid to her yearly by my Executors during
- her natural life. And I order, also, and direct my son Jonathan
- to give her yearly the articles mentioned in a Certain Article of
- of Agreement made between me and my said Son Jonathan so
- as it is mentioned in said agreement dated the 22d day of May
- A.D. 1832. and likewise to live in the new House build by my son
- Jonathan with the same priviledge [sic] as it is Stibulated [sic] about the
- Old House in the said above mentioned Agreement ~
- And after the decease of my Wife Catharine I order and direct that
- the above Household goods and Furnature [sic] all above Given to her
- together with the said fifteen Hundred Dollars Shall be Equally
- divided to and among all my Children & to their Heris in Share
- and Shares alike ~
Item, I Give devise & bequeath unto my daughter Polly, widow
- of Benj. Hock, and to his Heirs, the sum of Fifteen hun-
- dred Dollars, to be paid to her as soon as posiple [sic] after my
- decease ~
Item I Give devise & bequeath to my Daughter Sarah Inter
- maried [sic] to Peter Neff and to their Heirs the sum of
- Fifteen Hundred dollars, to be paid to them as soon as posi
- ple [sic] after my decease ~
Item I Give devise and bequeath to my Daughter Elisabeth
- Intermaried [sic] to Solomon Christ and to their Heirs,
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- " the sum of Fifteen Hundred Dollars to be paid to
- them as soon as posiple [sic] after my decease ~
Item I Give devise and bequeath to my Daughter Catharine
- Intermaried [sic] to John M. Seigfreid and to their Heirs the
- Sum of Fifteen Hundred Dollars to be paid to them as soon
- as posiple [sic] after my decease ~
Item I Give devise and bequeath to my Daughter Susanna
- Intermaried [sic] to Jonthan Christ and to their Heirs the
- Sum of Fifteen Hundred Dollars to be paid to them as
- soon as pisiple [sic] after my decease ~
- But what my said Daughters (or Son in laws) have received
- of me and are Charged with, in any Family Book is to be
- Considered as part of the above said bequeatheds [sic] $1500-00
- And all the rest and residue of my property of what nature
- the same may be (after the aforesaid bequests are all paid), I order
- and direct to be Equally divided by my Executors herein after
- named to and among all my Children or to their Heirs in
- Share and Shares alike ~
- And lastly I nominate and appoint my three sons John Beaver
- George Beaver & Jonathan Beaver all of Maxatawny Township
- Berks County to be the Executors to this my last Will and Te
- stament hereby revoking all other Wills, and declare this
- and no others to be my last Will & Testament.
Distribution to Heirs
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- To the Honorable the Judges of the Orphans Court
- of Berks County
- The undersigned auditor appointed by your Honors to settle
- and make distribution of the account of John W. Bieber and
- Jonathan Bieber, Executors of John Bieber decd late of Maxa-
- tawney Township, said county, respectfully beg leave to repect:
- That having examined the said accountss, with the vouchers,
- papers and other evidence thereof, I have found them to be just
- and [?] according to the foregoing statement, by which it
- appears, that these [sic] is a ballance [sic] left in the hands of said accoun-
- tants for distribution among the heirs of the said John Bieber decd
- of Six Hundred and Sixty Six (666.00) Dollars, which ballance [sic]
- there being nine heirs or their decendants equally interested in all,
- I have divided in the following manner:
Dewalt Bieber . . $ 74.00 John W. Bieber . . $ 74.00 George Bieber . . $ 74.00 Jonathan Bieber . . $ 74.00 Mary High . . $ 74.00 Sarah Neff . . $ 74.00 Elisabeth Christ . . $ 74.00 Catherine Sigfried . . $ 74.00 Susanna Christ . . $ 74.00
- All which I rescpectfully [sic] sumit
H. B. Von Schulz
Kutzmen June 19th 1852 Auditor
Sources
- ↑ Probate 1515: "Pennsylvania, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1683-1993". Berks > Probate Estate Files, Berger, Peter-Billman, Valentine, 1800-1850. Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Image (accessed 21 June 2022). John Bieber
- ↑ Probate 1545: "Pennsylvania, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1683-1993". Berks > Probate Estate Files, Berger, Peter-Billman, Valentine, 1800-1850. Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Image (accessed 21 June 2022)
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