WILL: Ryan, John, 1798 - Mercer County, Kentucky ------------------------------------------------- Submitted to the USGW Kentucky Archives by: Anne Baker abaker@searnet.com ------------------------------------------------- Mercer Will Book 1, page 70 Will of John Ryan Dated: April 2, 1798: Probated May 1798 In the Name of God Amen I, John Ryan of the county of Mercer in the Commonwealth of Kentucky being sickly and weak of body but of strong mind and perfect memory thanks be to Almighty God for the same and calling to mind that it [is] appointed for all men to die, I do therefore make and ordain this my last will and testament in manner & form following viz: I commit my soul unto the Hands of Almighty God that gave it & my body to the dirt to be buried in a Christian and decent like manner at the direction of my executors hereafter named and as for the Wordly estate that hath pleased God to bless me with I give and devise and bequeath in the followin manner Viz: ITEM: I give & devise to my loving wife Sarah Ryan one third of my estate during her life. ITEM: I give and devise to my loving sons John, Solomon, Thomas, and David all my lands Viz: the plantation whereon I now live, the plantation on Salt River which I bought from Peter Casey and that plantation on Chaplins Fork containg the Grape Vine Bottom to be equally divided betweem them & their heirs and assigns forever. ITEM: I give and bequeath to my loving daughters Elizabeth, Sarah, Eleanor, Mary & Catherine the sum of sixty pounds to each of them allowing a deduction from each one of them for what they have actually received from me when they set up for themselves to be paid in four yers after my decease. ITEM: I give and bequeath to my son Thomas a year old sorrel colt and to my son David his choice of the cross eard Maris colt or a colt that the bay mare may bring forth this spring. ITEM: and all the rest remainder and revision of my estate whether real personal or mixt I give and devise and bequeath to my sons Thomas and David part of which my will is to be applied to their learning and education and the remaining ballance to be paid in their hands or delivered to them when they shall arrive to the age of twenty one years having equall dividends thereof and I do hereby constitute and appoint my loving wife Sarah, my son John and my son-in-law Robert Johnston my executors to this my last will and testament hereby revoking and disannulling all wills and testaments heretofore by me made and done pronouncing this and declaring this and no other to be my last will and testemant. In witness whereof I have set my hand by subscribing my name and affixing my seal this second day of April anno domino one thousand seven hundred ninety eight. John Ryan {seal} Signed sealed and delivered to be his last will and testament in the presence of us: David Williams John Jones John Thomas. Mercer County Set. May Court 1798. The last will and testament of John Ryan deceased was exhibited into court and proved by the oaths of David Williams & John Thomas two of the subscribing witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded. Teste Thos Allin. CC ============================================================================= USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format or presentation by other organizations or persons.Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or his legal representative and then contact the listed USGENWEB archivist with proof of this consent.