Other Court: Henry Wetzel of Northampton Co, 1794:  Berks Co, PA

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Orphan Court Record pertaining to Henry Wetzell in 1794

This is what I thought this document said. It's Henry Wetzel married to
Catherine, children Catherine married to Sterner, and I think Minors Jacob
and Jeremiah.
Brackets are [unsure] of what it said:
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At an orphans court, held at Reading in the Co of Berks on the 10th day of
April in the Year of our Lord, 1794, before Joseph Shester and George Ege
esquire, Justice of said Court and upon the Petition of John Wetzell, eldest
son and heir at law of Henry Wetzell, late of the Twp of Macungey in the
County of North Hamptom dedeaded settling forth that the said petitioners
father lately died [untestale] leaving a widow
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named Catherine, since intermarried with William Smith and 5-4 children to
wit the petitioner, Catherine the wife of Michael Sterner, Jacob and
Jeremiah  the two last named ar [rpt] in their minority and that the said
intestate died, seized in his [demise] as of [fce] of amoung other lands and
in a certain [muessuage] or tenement and [lact] of land situated in the twp.
of Hereford in the Co. of Berks adjoining land of Christopher Bittenbender,
Mattais Ludwig, John Wetzell, Deitrich Danner, Phillip Kuth and others
containing 25 acres be the same more or less with the [appertenances] and
therefore praying the court to award an inquest to make [appenentances] of
the said  tenement and the tract of land with the appentences to and amoung
the children and representatives of the said intestate in such [Tramer] and
in said  [penportions ] as legal __ ____ to ____ the whole. But if said
partition cannot be thereof made as aforsaid then to value and appraise the
same and make report of their proceedings herein according to law.  the
court here do award an inquest to make petition of the real estate in the
said petetions mentioned where of the said Henry Wetzel the intestate
therein named died seized to  and among the children and representatives of
the said intestate in such names and  in such proportions as the laws of
this Commonwealth is directed of such partitions can be made without
pregdedice to or spoilling the whole, otherwise to value and appraise the
same and it is hither ordered to the court here that a writ [ifure] to the
sheriff commanding him to summon an inquest for the purpose of our said
[retrnable] before the Justice of this Court the 7th day of May (could be
Mar)  next and the same writ [infuedice] accordingly afteward to writ: at an
orphans court held at Reading ___ for the county of Berks on the 7th day of
May in the year of our Lord 1794, before Jacob Rush and James Deemer
Esquire, judges of the said court [4], Peter Fraily Esquire, High Sheriff of
the Co. of Berks made return of the said writ in the word following to wit
[To] the Judges within named  I do hereby certifi that by vertue of the
within  writ  to me directed I took with me 12 honest  and lawfulmen of my
[bailwich] and went to the [otecpuage] or tenement and tract of land and all
and sigular the premises within mentioned where of  Henry Wetzell the
intestate in the said writ, named died seized who up on then oath and solemn
afformation respectively finding that the same could not be parted and
deivided to  and among the parties as written mentioned and therefore have
valued and appraised the same
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as by the withim writ. I am commaned the residue of the writtin writ apears
by a certain [inquite] on hereunto annexed do [Anstoers] Peter Fraily
Sheriif, inquisition indented and taken at Hereford Twp in the county of
Berks the 23rd day of April in the year of our Lord 1794 before Peter Fraily
Esquire High Sheriff of the said county by [written] of a writ of the
Commonwealth to him directed.  And to this Inquisition  [ be nnter] by the
oathe of Philip Gehr Esq, John Stud, Peter Trexler, Peter Hum, Samuel
Swartz, Jacob Miller, Jacob Richstone, George F Hersler, Peter Kaiser,
Christopher Biddenbender, George Fatterman and of the Solemn affirmation of
John Sell twelve honest and lawful men of his bailwich  who upon their
oathes and solemn affirmation of John Sell, aforesaid respectively do say
that they went to the real state or land and tenements in the said and
mentioned with the appuctenance whereof Henry Wetzell and the ___ in the
said will named died seized and then there  did find that the same could not
be parted and divided to and among the [partrons] said isnt named without
prejudice do or poiling the whole land therefore the request beforesaid on
then athment solemn affirmation of John Sell [aforesed] have returned and
appraised the same  at the sum of 162 pounds and silling, gold or silver
money subject to all moneys interest and quit rentative and becoming due and
payable theron. In testimony where if as will the said Sheriff a request
aforesaid have hereunto nite changeable.  Let then brand and seal  dated the
day and year first above written.  p Frailey Sheriff: Jacob Richstein,
George Jacob Heisten, Peter Kheper, Christopher Bittenbender, George
Fettermen, John Sell, Philip Geihr, John Stoud, Peter Trexler, Peter Kline,
Samuel Swartz, Jacob Miller. ##