Will of Joseph Rommel, Mercer Co, NJ 1885
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Joseph Rommel	Last Will and Testament

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Proved June 3rd 1885
Recorded in Book I of Wills, Fol. 643
Surrogate's Office, Mercer Co.

In the Name of God Amen.
	I Joseph Rommell being of sound and disposing mind and memory and in view of the 
uncertainty of life and the certainty of death do hereby make and declare this to be my last will 
and testament
1st After all my just debts and funeral expenses are paid: I give and bequeath unto my beloved 
wife Elizabeth: all my estate both real and personal during her natural life or while she remains 
my widow
2nd 	I hereby appoint as executor of this my last will and testament David Warman M.D.
	In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this Eighteenth day of May in 
the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Eighty five

Dated Trenton May 18/85				Joseph Rommel (his mark)
Witness Present:
	John F. Pownall
	Frederick Weissert

State of New Jersey  
Mercer County ss:
	John F. Pownall and Frederick Weissert the witnesses to the annexed writing, purporting 
to be the last Will and Testament of Joseph Rommell deceased, the Testator therein named, 
being duly sworn doth depose and say, that they saw the said Testator sign and seal the same, 
and heard him publish and declare it to be his last Will and Testament; that at the time of the 
doing thereof, the said Testator was of sound and disposing mind, memory and understanding, as 
far as these deponents know, and as they verily believe, and that they were present at the same 
time and together subscribed their names thereto as witnesses, in the presence of the Testator, 
and of each other.
							John F. Pownall
							Frederick Weissert
Sworn and subscribed this 30th 
day of June 1885 before me.
	JW Cornell  Surrogate

State of New Jersey
Mercer County ss.
	David Warman the Executor in the annexed writing named, being duly sworn do depose 
and say, that the annexed writing contains the true last Will and Testament of Joseph Rommell 
deceased, the Testator therein named, as far as he knows, and as he verily believes; that he will 
as the Executor thereof, well and truly perform the same, by paying first the debts of the said 
deceased, and then the legacies therein specified, as far as the Goods, Chattels and Credits of the 
said deceased can thereunto extend; that he will make and exhibit into the Surrogate's Office of 
the County of Mercer, a true and perfect inventory of all and singular the Goods, Chattels and 
Credits of the said deceased that have or shall come to his possession or knowledge, or the 
possession of any other person or persons for his use; and that he will well and truly account 
when thereunto lawfully required; and that said Testator died more than ten days ago.
							David Warman
Sworn and subscribed this 3rd 
day of June 1885, before me
	JW Cornell Surrogate