Allegheny County PA Archives Wills.....Turnacliff (Tunnicliff), Joseph December 16, 1840 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/allegheny ************************************************ This Page was last Updated: 08 Aug 2009 File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Leslyn Lang, , August 24, 2008, 9:55 am http://files.usgwarchives.net/pa/allegheny/wills/turnacliff-joseph.txt Source: Will Book Vol 5, Pg 367 Written: December 16, 1840 Recorded: March 28, 1843 The Last Will and Testament of Joseph Turnacliff (Tunnicliff) decd The Last Will and Testament of Joseph Turnacliff of Franklin Twp Allegheny Co. Joseph Turnacliff considering the uncertainty of this mortal life and being of sound mind and memory blessed be Almighty God for the same do make and publish this my Last Will and Testament is ____ ____ and form following that is to say, first I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife Catherine Turnacliff all my personal property of all kinds for the use of herself and my children as long as she remains my widow and behave herself decent and my Will is if my wife mary agane she is to have the place stake all my personal property ____ of ____ at common law and the place to be rented for the support of my children and when my youngest child arrives at the age of twenty one years of age that my land is to be sold and divided equally amongst my children share and share alike and my Will is that my son William and my son Joseph be put to trades when they arrive at the age of ____ and if my Wife don’t mary agane she is to have full powers _____ my real and personal property as long do she ______ (looks like lurtelte) and at her death my real and personal property to be sold and equally divided among any heirs and I do hereby make and ordain John Willeby and my beloved wife Catherine Turnacliff Executors of this my Last Will and Testament in Witness where I the Testator have to this Will set my hand and seal this sixteenth day of December in the year of our Lord, One Thousand Eight hundred and forty. Joseph Turnacliff (seal) Signed, sealed, and delivered In the presence of us and Subscribed in the presence of each other. Patrick Brown D. Duff Recorded March 28 A.D. 1843 Additional Comments: Catherine Tunnicliff later remarries to John Reading. They relocate to Washington Co., Ohio around 1850. There are daughters of Joseph Tunnicliff but they are not mentioned in his will. The names of daughters are: Mary A. and Elizabeth. There is an older daughter according to the census but I don't have her name. Elizabeth is left with the Neely family and I do not believe she ever rejoins the family in Ohio. I do not have the maiden name or marriage date for Joseph and Catherine. After John Reading dies, Catherine marries again to William Greenway. According to the church records, the last name should be spelt Tunnicliff. This name has been terribly mispelt over time. This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/pafiles/ File size: 3.0 Kb