Cabarrus County, NC - Will of Catharina Avendshine, 1803 Will of Catharina Abendschein 9 March 1802 Probated October sessions 1803 In the name of God Amen. Since I, Catherina Abendschein, born Behringern, through the goodness of God, now have a very great age, I therefore can not presume that my years or days of life in this world will be many more; so I thank the good God for all the many graces and mercies granted to me, and beg him when it shall please him to take me away from this temporal life to have mercy on my poor soul; also have firm confidence in my friends and neighbors that they will then in a decent and Christian manner consign my exanimated body to earth. Since it has pleased the wise God to call all my children, except one daughter, into eternity, before me, and this still living daughter is now my only refuge, consolation and assistance, also the same gladly supports me, and as a good child, assists me in my old age, so I consider it right and just to prove myself grateful for this as far as possible according to the condition of my feeble temporal possessions. As I now, thanks be to God, find myself with good faculties of body and soul, so that I can now fix a certainty over my inheritage after my death, so I order, for the avoidance of all disagreements after my death, the following as my last will and intention, and will that the same after my death will be exactly brought into fulfillment. I, therefore, order and will that after my death My daughter's oldest son, Henrich Probst, out of my inheritage shall have and keep for himself as one tin bowl, one tin platter, two tin plates, six tin spoons, and the Trutschen stove. Everything remaining after my burial expenses have been paid out of my left over estate, be it cash money, cattle, household goods, or what it may be, shall belong to my daughter, Catharina Probst, for herself and her heirs, so that she shall not be bound to give any one an account over it, but shall use the same for her own free use as it pleases her. For the executor of this testament I order Henrich Probst Jr. This is my last Will. But that everyone may know that the above is my earnest intention, so, as I am inexperienced in writing, I have had my name and seal placed under this in the presence of two witnesses. Done in Cabarrus County, State of North Carolina, on the ninth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand, eight hundred and two, and in the Twenty Sixth year of the Independence of the United States of America. Catherina Abendschein ( her mark ) Witnesses John Suther G. Friesland Jno. Misenhimer ( Translated from the Original in German ) ______________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by D Jakob Misenheimer - Misen59@aol.com ______________________________________________________________________