Wills: Hugh McCREADY, 1830: Plum Twp, Allegheny Co, PA 

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HUGH McCREADY WILL - 
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania  Will Book Volume 4, page 253-254 
Written 23 June 1821;  Probated 18 November 1830

In the name of God Amen.  I Hugh McCready of Plum Township in the County
of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania being very sick and weak of body
but of sound mind and memory blessed be God for the Same, but
considering the uncertainty of this transitory life do make and publish
this my Last will and testament in manner and form following.  To wit
Principally and first of all I commit my immortal Soul to God who gave
it, and my body to the earth to be buried in a Christianlike manner at
the discretion of my executors hereinafter named.  And as to such
worldly property as it has pleased God to bless me with I give and
bequeath in the following manner, to wit.  I do direct and enjoin it on
my executors that my funeral expenses be first paid off, and then all
other legal debts or demands against my estate according to  the nature
and _____ of such debts or demands, the whole to be paid out of the
money or property now on hand.  And to my beloved wife Jean it is my
will there be given to her yearly and every year as a maintenance to her
twenty bushels of wheat and fifteen bushels of corn and to be milled for
her which shall be given and prepared at the joint expense of my two
sons John and William they shall also furnish to yearly as much meat as
may be necessary and pay to her yearly five dollars in cash, and keep
one cow and four sheep for her use clear of expense to her, and while my
daughter Elizabeth remains single and continues to live with her mother
my sons shall yearly sow one half bushel of flaxseed for them free of
expense to them and from and after the marriage of my daughter Elizabeth
or on her ceasing to live with her mother, then shall ten bushels of
wheat and ten of corn be deducted yearly from afsd maintenance. And one
peck of flaxseed only shall then be sown yearly for her.  Should my wife
and daughter be disposed to live by themselves my sons shall build them a
comfortable cabin and provide them sufficient fuel and all other things
as afsd.  And to my son John McCready I give and bequeath one hundred
and fifty acres of land to be laid off the east end of the tract on
which I now live excepting seventy three acres on the extreme east which
will hereafter be noticed.  And to my son William McCready I give and
bequeath one hundred and fifty acres adjoining ____Parcell and James
____ on the west and John McCready on the east, when dividing the land
aforesaid my two sons shall each choose two disinterested men which on
so chosen shall choose a fifth and after being sworn or affirmed shall
value each of their shares and strike a balance due from one to the
other and with the assistance of the executor shall fix the time of
payment of such balance made as aforesaid.  And to my daughters Peggy
and Elizabeth I give and bequeath seventy three acres on the extreme
east adjoining the lands of Alexander Logan, Esq., Wm. Ross & Widow
Nichols to be equally divided between them, but should they not be
disposed to take the land, then my two sons shall have the said seventy
three acres valued as in their own case aforesaid, and shall pay to my
two daughters the amount of such valuation in five equal annual payments
the first of which payments shall commence two years after my sons shall
have completed the payment of the land in full for which I stand
bound.  And it is my will that my sons work together and consider all
moveable or personal property in common and as jointly bound for the
payment of the land until the same is completed excepting the horse
which each one now claims which shall be considered as their own.  And
further I direct and it is my will that when my daughter shall marry she
shall receive from the property on hand two cows, six sheep, one side
saddle, chest table three chairs and bed and bedding.  And my wife shall
have the use of one horse or my daughter when they need one to ride.  And
to my grandchild Hugh Milligan I give and bequeath one cow to be
appropriated towards his schooling.  And lastly I nominate and appoint
my son John, Alexander Logan Esq. And Arch'd Coon to be executors of
this my last will and testament hereby revoking all other wills decrees
and bequests by me heretofore made and declaring this and no other to be
my last will and testament.  In witness whereof  D'd signed sealed
published and declared by the said testator as his last will and
testament in the presence of us, who in his presence and at his request
have subscribed the same as witnesses.  June 23 A.D. 1821
Wit Richard Parcell 			Hugh (his mark) McCready  seal
       John Milligan

Allegheny County S.S.}  Be it remembered that on the 18th day of
November 1830 personally appeared before me Francis L. Snowden Deputy
Register for the probate of will & in and for said county.  Richard
Parcell and John Milligan the two subscribing witnesses to the foregoing
will and being duly sworn according to law did depose and say that they
were present and did see and hear Hugh McCready the testator sign seal
publish pronounce and declare the foregoing instrument of writing to be
as and for his last will and testament and that at the time of so doing
he was of perfect and sound mind memory and understanding according to
the best of their knowledge observation and belief.  Given under my hand
the date aforesaid.
			Fras. L. Snowden, D.R.
Recorded November 18th A.D. 1833