Wills: Estate of Isaac Drumheller, 1885: Earl Twp, Berks County, PA

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Estate of Isaac DRUMHELLER , Berks County Probate Records, Vol.29, pg. 278

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Berks County

To the Sherriff of Berks County,

(((  State              )))    Greeting:
(((         Seal                 )))

     Whereas Catherine UPDEGROVE, one of the heirs of Isaac DRUMHELLER, late of the
township of Earl in said county, deceased, preferred a petition to the Judge of the Orphans Court
of said county, setting forth that the said Isaac DRUMHELLER died on the first dat of October
A.D. 1884 intestate seized in his *?* as of fee of and in all that certain Plantation and tract of
land situate in Earl Township, Berks County aforesaid, bounded and *?* as follows to wit:
Beginning at a corner of Lewis DILLAPLANE'S land and running thence by the same north
sixty-nine degrees, west eighty-five perches and seven tenth to a corner of Ephraim GLASE'S
land, thence by the same and partly by David MATHIAS' land and land of Jacob GROSS,
deceased, North twenty one degrees and a half , East one hundred and twenty nine perches to a
corner of Elam  RHOAD'S land, thence by the same South twenty four degrees, West fifty four
perches to a chestnut and seventy five degrees, East thirty one perches and three tenths to a
stone, thence by the latter and partly by lands of Henry and Daniel DAVIDHEISER and land of
Reuben UPDEGROVE north twenty five degrees, East forty seven perches to the place of
Beginning, containing seventy acres more or less with the appurtenances.
     And leaving to survive him a widow  Harriet DRUMHELLER, no children, one sister
Catherine UPDEGROVE widow of Solomon UPDEGROVE, deceased, the petitioner of
nephews and nieces to wit:  Orlando PRUTZMAN , Abner PRUTZMAN, Sarah wife of Franklin
REITNAUER , one minor child of Ellen wife of Joseph LEIDY both deceased viz:   Horace (?)
LEIDY, children and grandchild of Lucy, a sister who died prior to the said intestate,
intermarried with Jacob PRUTZMAN, who survives her - Caroline wife of James MOYER,
Barbara wife of Jairus REESER, Cordelia wife of William FISHER deceased, Agnes wife of
William GRIESEMER, Nancy wife of Adam BECHTEL, and Elam DRUMHELLER children of
David DRUMHELLER a brother who died prior to the said intestate.  Oliver SWAVELY, Isaac
SWAVELY, Acropoena SWAVELY and Alvin SWAVELY children of Caroline, a sister who
died prior to the said intestate, intermarried with Adam SWAVELY who survives her.  David
HARTLINE a child of Nancy a sister of said intestate intermarried Jessiah HARTLINE both
deceased.  That under and by virtue of the intestate laws of this commonwealth it belongs to the
said Harriet DRUMHELLER to have one equal half part of said Real Estate for and during the
tenure of her life and to said Catherine UPDEGRAVE, the one undivided fifth part of said Real
Estate, to the said representatives of Lucy PRUTZMAN a sister of said intestate deceased the
one undivided fifth part of said Real Estate, to the said representatives of David DRUMHELLER
a brother of said intestate deceased, the one undivided fifth part of said Real Estate, to the
representatives of Caroline SWAVELY a sister of said intestate deceased, the one undivided
fifth of Real Estate, to the said representatives of Nancy HARTLINE a sister of said intestate,
the one undivided fifth part of said Real Estate, subject to the estate and interest therein of
Harriet DRUMHELLER - in fee.
     That no partitions or valuations of said Real Estate having been made your petitioner
therefore prays the court to award an inquest to view the same and make partitions etc, which
was accordingly awarded by the court.  Therefore we Command You, that you forthwith
summon an inquest of six good and lawful men of your bailiwick and go to the said premises,
and there by their solemn oaths and affirmations make partitions thereof with the appurtenances,
to and among all the heirs of the said deceased, if the same can be done without prejudice to and
spoiling of the whole, that the same inquest do view and inquire whether the same will
conveniently accomodate more than one of the said heirs - and if they so find that they *?*
ascertain and report how many the will as aforesaid accomodate describing each part by *?* and
bounds and returning a just valuation and appraisement thereof.  But if the said inquest shall find
that the premises aforesaid, with the appurtuances (?) cannot be parted and divided to and
among all the heirs of the said deceased, nor accomodate more than one of the said *?* without
prejudice to and spoiling of the whole that they their value and appraise the source aggreably to
law.
     That due and legal notice of the time and place of holding such inquisition be given to all
the parties *?*, that they may be present if they think proper.  And that the  petition or valuation
so made you distinctly and openly have under your Hand and Seal, and under the Hands and
Seals of those by whom the same will be made before our Judge at Reading, at our Orphans
Court there to be *?* the 7th day of March A.D. 1885.
     And have you *?* and *?* this Will.
     Witness, the Hon. *?* H. SCHWARTZ, President of our said Court at Reading this 5th
day of January A.D. 1885
                                   A.F. STRUNK,
                                        Clerk, O.Ct.