Wills: Christina Keilbachin, 1766: Albany Twp, Berks County, PA

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Will of Christina Keilbachin

In the Name of God Amen I Christina Keilbachin in Albany Township in Berks
County in the Province of Pennsylvania am sick and feeble of my Body, but yet
of good Understanding and Memory, God be thanked, who hath brought into my
Mind the Mortality of my Body, well knowing that it is appointed for all
Persons once to die
Do make and order this my Last Will and Testament, That is to say, Firstly
and before all, I give and recommend my Soul into the Hand of the Almighty
God who gave it, and my Body I recommend to the Earth to be buried in an
honest and Christian-like Burial, according as my Executor shall see good,
nothing doubting in the General Resurrection I shall receive the same again
by the Almighty Power of God, And as concerning such wordly Goods with which
it hath pleased God to bless me in this Life I give and dispose of the same
after the following Manner and form
Firstly I give and bequeath to my Grand-Children John Jacob Bachert,
Christoffel Bachert, Christina Bachertin, Margretha Bachertin, Anna Klara
Bachertin and and Susana Bachertin, as Children of my Daughter Christina and
Son in Law Nicholaus Bachert, as my well beloved Grand-Children mentioned the
Sum of twelve Pounds Current and lawful Money of Pennsylvania, to wit each of
them seperately two Pounds for them and their Heirs and Successors for ever,
which Money the six mentioned Children after my Death shall receive of Henry
Zimmerman because he is in my Debt.
Also I give and bequeath to my well beloved Daughters Barbara and Christina
all my remaining Esate which I shall leave behind after my Death, that they
may share it with one another, and one shall inherit as much as the other of
the beforementioned Remainder, the above mentioned twelve Pounds deducted and
moreover, my beforementioned Daughter Christina's eldest Daughter Christina
Bachertin who is mentioned above as my Grand-Child shall have a Pillow for
herself besides the aforesaid two Pounds
Lastly I make, appoint and ordain my well beloved Friend Henry Zimmerman for
true Executor of this my Last Will and Testament, and I do hereby from the
beginning recall, make void, and for null and void declare, all and every
before made Wills, Testaments, Legacies, Bequests and Executors by me in any
manner of way before named or willed, Ratifying and Confirming this and no
other that it may be my Last Will and Testament In Witness hereof I have
hereunto set my hand and Seal the ninth Day of June Anno Domi one thousand
seven hundred and sixty six.
Signed Sealed Published Pro-
nounced and Declared by the
Sayd Christina Ceyelbach                             her
as her Last Will and Testam-             Christina    +   Keilbachin
ent in the Presence of Us Who                        mark
in her Presence and in the Pre-
sence of each other have here-
to Subscribed our Names,
          his
Michael   X    Pobst
         mark
          her
Margreth  +:   Probstin
         mark
Mathias Probst