Wills: Thomas Kinton, 1779: Bedford Township, Bedford Co, PA Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Nancy Peche, Jeff Rinscheid, Rhonda Neibauer, Mary Crisman, Margo Knepp, Carson Brown, Eilene Moore, Charlotte Armour, and other Wertz researchers. NLPeche@aol.com USGENWEB NOTICE: Printing this file by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from the submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. ---------- WILL OF THOMAS KINTON (1779) ---------- WILL OF THOMAS KINTON Will Book 1, Page 24. Bedford Township Written: February 1, 1777 Probated March 16, 1779 In the Name of god Amen, This first day of February one Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy (1 Feb 1777). I THOMAS KINTON of the County of Bedford and Township of Bedford being sick and weak body but of perfect mind and memory Thanks be to God therefore calling unto mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die do make and ordain this my Last will Testament that is to say first I give and recommend my sole to the Almighty God that gave it and my body I recommend to the earth to be buried in decent Christian Burial at the discretion of my Executors nothing doubting but at the great reservation I shall receive the same again by the mighty power of God and as touching my worldly Estate where with it hath pleased God to bless me within this life I give demise and dispose of the following manner I give and bequeath to RACHEL KINTON my Dearly beloved wife her riding mare saddle and bridle and two cows her choice of one of my beds and it's furniture, and the bound boy to be at her command until he is free if she should live as long and the disposal of him until he is free to either JOHN or SIMON and all the sheep belonging to my place to be for the use of the family as long as they live together and at her decease for to be sold and put to the remainder of my Estate and a sufficient maintenance for her and her stock and liberly for herself and stock on the place as long as she lives and the command of the part of land that falls to SIMON KINTON till he comes of the age of twenty one years if she continues unmarried and sufficient for a decent burial at her death to be taken out of the Estate for that use and the two plow horses and all things necessary for to work the place. For the use of the family that lives thereon and all necessary furniture for to be kept for their use except there should be a call to sell some part of them for to pay my just debts and as much as will be necessary to repair the fences and put them in good order on that part of the land that falls to JOHN KINTON to be taken out of my Estate and to be made use of in the same manner as in times past for to support the family that lives on the place and him to have his stock maintained on the place as in time passed until he is married and then let his own part fall to himself for his own use except the part that falls to him should be in grain at that time and if so he must allow his mother sufficient to maintain her and her family during that year and if JEREMIAH WARDER, Jno MOCK and hatter in Philadelphia has paid any money out on the office on my account let it stand in behalf of the whole land and each of the boys to have there divided part of the money in order to clear the land out of the office and the fifty (50) pounds that Mr. STEVENSON is indebted to me let it be equally divided between my three sons for to help them to clear their Land out of the office and let their be as much of my stock or personal Estate sold as will pay what they are warder has paid in the office on my account. I give to my well beloved Son THOMAS all the land that is in the survey on that side of the creek where he now lives by him freely to be possessed and enjoyed forever and if he should disinherit a proper heir for his land then falls to the other two of my Sons I give to my well beloved Sons JOHN and SIMON KINTON all the remainder of my land for to be equally divided between them both. To and at advantage that they may be equal shares in the bottom and upland and JOHN KINTON is for to have the upper part of the tract that we live on by them freely to be possessed and enjoyed and each of them is to have a cow at the value of five pounds each and JOHN to have a plow and two pair of gears and all things necessary for to fix a plow and ax and mattock and SIMON is for to have a plow and two pair of gears and all things necessary for to fix a plow and ax and mattock and a rifle gun or five pounds instead of it and SIMON KINTON and the bound boy if he stays in the family are both to be sold out of the Estate and JOHN KINTON if he continues in the family until he is married is for to have one years board for himself and his wife allowed them of the place and if JOHN KINTON or SIMON KINTON should die without a proper heir the land is to fall to his brothers and SIMON KINTON is to have the filly that come of my mare that runs at John Anderson's. I give to my beloved Daughter ANN a cow to the value of five pounds and a feather bed and bed cloth for the same and household furniture equal to the other girls that is married. I give to my beloved Daughter JEAN one cow to the value of five pounds and a feather bed and cloth for the same and household furniture equal to the other girls already married and the remainder of my estate to be sold and be equally divided between my five daughters by them for to be possessed and enjoyed. ALLEN ROSE, THOMAS KINTON, Junr. and JOHN KINTON. I like wise constitute make and ordain my executors of this my last will and testament And I do hereby utterly disallow, revoke and disannual all and every other former Testaments Wills legacies and bequeaths and Executors by me in any wise before named, will and bequeathed ratifying and Confirming this and no other to be my last will and testament in witness whereof I have here unto set my hand and seal the day and year above written. his Signed Sealed Published Pronounced THOMAS [X] KINTON [Seal] and Declared by the said mark THOMAS KINTON as his last will and testament mark in the presents of the subscribers, William Proctor, Willm Todd Bedford County JS... Before me David Espy Esq. Register for the probate of will and granting letters of administration in and for the County of Bedford in the State of Pennsylvania personally came the above named WILLIAM PROCTOR and WILLIAM TODD the two subscribing witnesses to the foregoing instrument in writing and on there solemn oath respectively taken before me according to law do depose and swear that they were personally present and heard and saw the above named THOMAS KINTON sign seal publish and declare the foregoing instrument in writing as his last will and testament that at the time of doing thereof the said THOMAS was of sound and disposing mind and memory according to the best of these Deponents Knowledge and beliefs that they subscribe Their names as witnesses of the same at the request of the testator and in his presence. Sworn and subscribed at Bedford the } WILLIAM PROCTOR 16th Day of March 1779 } WILLIAM TODD Before me, DAVID ESPY, Register ....... BE IT REMEMBERED that on the 16 day of March in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and seventy nine (16 Mar 1779) the Last will and Testament of THOMAS KINTON deceased was in due form of law proved before me and Probate and Letters Testamentary thereof were granted to ALLEN ROSE , THOMAS KINTON and JOHN KINTON in the foregoing will mentioned as executors thereof they being first duly Sworn well and truly to Administer the said Deceased Estate and exhibit and Inventory thereof into the Registor's office at Bedford on or before the --- day of ---- and just account of the said administration on or before the next Given under the Seal of the said office.