Sussex-Statewide County DE Archives Wills.....Hearn, Jonathan January 18, 1794 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/de/defiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: James Hearn Hearn263@va.metrocast.net September 30, 2015, 3:27 pm Source: Will Book "d", No. 4 Written: January 18, 1794 Recorded: March 18, 1794 Jonathan Hearn's will mentions sons: ( Jonathan was the eldest son of Wm. & Eliz. Hearne) Jonathan, (eldest), Isaac, Elijah, William, Samuel, Ebenezer and George and daughter Sarah.Jonathan Hearn- Ref: Will book D # 4. Georgetown, Del. In the name of God, Amen, I, Jonathan Hearn of Sussex County, of Delaware, calling to mind the mortality of this life and sure certainty of death, While now it pleaseth God to bless me with disposing mind and memory , I desire to praise him as a spared instance of his amazing mercy, potentially bewailing my many miscarriages and multiplied offences against his infinite goodness, Do humbly beseech his farthest confession to grant his most unworthy creature repentances, unto life eternal, and living faith in the dear redeemer of mankind; now resolving through the aids of his grace and blessed spirit to reform my life and set my house in order before I die; and that the moray of God may be magnified upon the chief of sinners, That henceforth I may live to his praise, And now I do earnestly recommand my sole into the house of the almighty God who gave it, and my body to the earth from which I received it, Knowing that my name by nature is sinful, dust and ashes, yet in hope of a glorious resurrection unto everlasting life, And astounding such worldly estates as God has been pleased to bless me with, I give will, bequeath and dispose of in the following manner and form. Imprimis I give and demise unto my eldest son, Jonathan Hearn. All that plantation whereon he now lives, and which I purchased of a certain Moses Gordy, Known by the name of Forest Grove, with the resurvey thereunto belonging together with all the appurtenances in any wise appertaining thereunto him and his heirs forever". I give and demise my plantation whereon I now dwell, and which I purchased of a certain Moses Carmein and John Hasting called Betty Major and Glasgow, containing sixty acres, more or less, unto my live sons Isaac Hearn and Elijah Hearn, together with all the resurvey, by me made round about the said tract of land, beginning at Glasgow bounder and terminated by a large ditch, all which sands and all the appurtenances thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining, I give and demise unto my said sons Isaac and Elijah to be equally and equitably divided between them, so that one shall not inherit more then the other, of said sands and tenements, but that each may enjoy an equal and uninterrupted possession of said sands and premises to them and their heirs forever". I give and demise my plantation, a body of sand, which I purchased of a certain James and Clement Callaway, together with the resurvey thereunto belonging and adjoining the last mentioned resurvey, where it terminates at the ditch, now called the brothers point of division; all which sands and easements I give unto my next two sons William Hearn and Samuel Hearn, to be equally and equitably divided between them, so that each one may inherit and enjoy a just proportional part of said sands, with the appurtenances thereunto belonging or in any way appertaining unto the said William and Samuel Hearn, and to their heirs forever". I give and bequeath to afm ' d sons, Isaac Hearn and Elijah Hearn, one copper still and its worm, comprising sixty-four gallons to be equally divided between them as afm'd". I give and bequeath unto my two sons William and Samuel Hearn, one copper still and its worm, comprising fifty-three gallons to be equally divided between them as afm". I give and bequeath to my daughter Sarah Hearn and next two sons Ebenezer Hearn and George Hearn, one hundred and fifty pounds, in gold and silver, currency of the Delaware state to be equally divided among them three upon my decease". I give and bequeath al the residue and remainder of my estate, personal consisting of stock of various kinds, household stuff and what ever else there may be, to be equally divided among my seven children now with me to wit, Isaac, Elijah, William, Samuel, Sarah, Ebenezer, and George, as already mentioned, I say after my just debts and funeral charges being fully paid and satisfied, whatsoever remains I give and bequeath unto my said children as now mentioned to be fairly and equally divided amongst them as afm'd". Lastly I hereby nominate, constitute and appoint my afm' d sons Isaac Hearn and Elijah Hearn, my sole executors of this my last will and testament, hereby utterly revoking, disannulling and disallowing all other wills, testaments, demises, legacies or bequeaths by me at any time heretofore done either in writing or by word of mouth, ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my last will and testament. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this eighteenth of January in the year of our lord, Christ One-thousand-seven-hundred and ninety- four". Signed, sealed, and published, pronounced and declared by the testor as his last will and demise, in presence of us, whose names are hereunto subscribed, who in presence of each other do bear joint testimony as witnesses as to what we have declared by the testor . Joshua Hasting, William Hasting, Nehemiah Hasting. Sussex Co. Memorandum: the 18th day of March 1794, Before me Phillips Kollack, Registor, appointed for the probate of wills and granting letters of administration for the county afm'd appeared Joshua Hasting and William Hasting, two of the witnesses to the foregoing will being duly sworn on the holy evangels of almighty God, did severally depose and say that in their sight, presence and hearing, the testor Jonathan Hearn did sign, seal, publish, and declare the same to be his last will and testament, and that at the doing thereof he was of sound and perfect memory and judgment, and that they and each of them together with Nehemiah Hasting subscribed the same as witnesses in presence of the testor at his request. Phillips Kollock, Reg. Additional Comments: In Page 7 of Jonathan's Probate Records, his slaves named Leavin, David, Spicer, Mattise and Mumsford were handed down to his sons Isaac and Elijah, While his Slave Spencer was handed down to his son Samuel, who remained with the family thru the 1850 census, when he was age 60. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/de/sussex/wills/hearn47gwl.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/defiles/ File size: 6.9 Kb