Wills: Nicholas Clementz, 1785: Rockland Twp, Berks County

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                  Nicholas Clementz Will, 1785

In the Name of God Amen.

I Nicholas Clementz Senior of Rockland Township, Berks County and
State of Pennsylvania, Miller, being  Sick in body but of Sound
Memory (blessed be God) do make and ordain this my last Will and
Testament in Manner form following, to wit-

1st  I Recommend my soul unto the Hand of Almighty God who gave it
me, and my Body to the Earth, from which it came,  to be buried in a
Christian Burial at the Discretion of my Executors , and as touching 
such worldly affairs wherewith it has pleased God in his divine
Providence to bless me in this Life, I give and devise of __d in
manner ___ following  __ after my Debts and Funeral charges be paid.

2nd  I give unto William Shaffer, my Step Son, and unto his Heirs,
the sum of Five Pounds, Fourteen  Shillings, and four pence to be
paid out of my Estate One Year after my Decease.

3rd  I give unto Jacob Shaffer, brother of the above, and to his
Heirs, the sum of Five Pounds, Fourteen  shillings and four pence to
be paid in manner above mentioned.

4th  I give unto John Jacob Shaffer, brother of the two above named,
and to his Heirs, Five Pounds, Fourteen shillings, and four pence to
be paid in manner above named.

5th  I give unto Peter Shaffer, brother of the aforenamed, the sum of
Five Pounds, Fourteen shillings and four pence in the forgoing manner.

6th  I give unto Margareth, Catharine, and Elisabeth Shaffer, Sisters
of the aforenamed men, Each the sum of Five Pounds, Fourteen
shillings, and four pence to be paid, each of them, in the
aforementioned time and manner.

7th  I give unto my present Wife Anna Maria and to her Heirs, the sum
of Forty Pounds to be paid her out of my Real Estate, One half
thereof one Year after my Decease and the Remaining half in two years
after my Decease and the moveables she brought to be her Sole Property.

8th  I give unto my Son John Nicholas Clementz, Peter Clementz, and
Abraham Clementz, each the sum of Thirty Pound to be paid each of
them separately in four years or if possible, sooner, after my
Decease, and whatever is left (after all therewithin mentioned Dowers
and demands be __hty paid) to be Equally Divided among them my three 3
daughters
Eliz., Margaretha, and Esther.

9th  I give unto my Daughter Elisabeth, the sum of Twenty One Pounds
to be paid her in Seven years after my Decease

10th  I give unto my Daughter Margaret, the sum of Twenty four Pounds
to be paid her in five years after my Decease.

11th  I give unto my Daughter Esther, the sum of Twenty four pounds
to be pad her in six years after my Decease.

12th  I will that all my Real Estate, with the Personal be sold after
my Decease, and the children of my Second wife named Shafferšs first
mentioned in this Will Equally divide the moveables left of their
mother after my Decease.

13th  Lastly I do hereby Constitute and appoint my Beloved Sons John
Nicholas, Peter and Abraham  Clementz to be my Sole Executors of this
my Last will and Testament, Ratifying and Confirming this, and 
no other, to be my Last will and Testament.  In testimony whereof I
have hereunto set my Hand and Seal  this Eleventh day of August, in
the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and eighty five.

*the word Fifty was putt out and the word and naming Forty Pound as
my wifešs done wrote before the signing and sealing.

Signed Sealed Pronounced and Delivered by the Testator to be his Last
will and Testament in the Presence of the Subscribing Witnesses.

Nicholas Clementz
witnesses....