Wills: Christian Küntzi/Küntz˙, 1773: Alsace Twp, Berks County File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by John K. MacPhee. JKMII@aol.com USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free informationon the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercialentities, as long as this message remains on all copied material.These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Will of Christian Küntzi/Küntz˙, 24 Mar 1773 Translation I Christian Küntz˙ of Alsace Township in Berks County being at this Time very old and weak in Body Yet God be thanked of good Understanding & Memory do hereby make my Last Will and Testament in Manner following. Firstly. It is my Will and I bequeath to my Wife Sarah Küntz˙ my Cloathes Press with all Things therein contained, her Saddle, a Tea Kettle and Utensils thereto belonging, and an Iron Pot, to do therewith as she pleases. 2dly I give and bequeath to my Wife Sarah Küntz˙ yearly and every Year during the Time of her natural Life on my present Dwelling Place Five Pounds current Money of Pennsylvania which my Son David Küntz˙ his Heirs Executors & Administrators or Assigns shall pay to her, together with all the following Articles herein mentioned, to wit, One Cow to be kept for her in Summer in Pasture and in Winter in good Teather & Stabling, also a good Riding Mare to be kept in the same Manner for her; the Cow my Wife may take from among my Cows, but the Mare shall be provided by my Son David and his Successors; the Third Part of the Garden, a Row of Apple Trees in the Orchard to be chosen by her yearly, good Bedding Cloathing and Shoes as much as is necessary to be provided for her, good and sufficient small cut Fire Wood to be delivered at her House, fourteen Bushels of good Wheat to be hauld to the Mill for her as she wants it and the Meal to be brought to her House, one fatt Hog of an hundred Pounds Weight and in Age and Sickness she shall be supplied with Medicines and good Attendance, and the new House on my Place shall be kept in good Repair for her Dwelling during such Time. 3dly I give and devise to my Son David Küntz˙ all my Land and Plantation where I live in the Township and County aforesaid adjoining the Lands of Jacob Lansiscus and Henry Schmeck To have and to hold to him his Heirs and Assigns for Ever Upon Condition that he his Heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns shall be obliged to observe and fulfill all the above Bequests to my Wife. 4thly And whereas I have appraised such Land to him at Five hundred Pounds Current Money of Pennsylvania whereof he shall have an equal Childís Share, and he hath already paid the Sum of Two hundred and twelve Pounds and seven Shillings current Money of Pennsylvania, He shall therefore pay the further Sums following, to wit, forty two Pounds four Shillings and six Pence to my Son Jacob Küntz˙ , twenty Pounds in Two Months Time and twenty two Pounds four Shillings and six Pence in five Years Time. 5thly And to my Son Abraham Küntz˙ the Sum of twenty Pounds in one Year and the Sum of twenty two Pounds four Shillings and six Pence current Money in six Years. 6thly And to my Daughter Magdalena the Sum of twenty Pounds in two Years and the Sum of Twelve Pounds four Shillings and six Pence in seven Years. 7thly And to my Son Christian Küntz˙ the Sum of twenty to Pounds four Shillings and six Pence current Money in three Years Time. 8thly And to my Son Henry Küntz˙ the sum of twenty Pounds in four Years and the Sum of twenty two Pounds four Shillings and six Pence in eight Years And to my Daughter Catharina and to my Daughter Maria the Sum of five Shillings current Money each, they having already received their Portion of the Land. 9thly And to my Grand Children Johannes Küntz˙ Jacob Küntz˙ and Catharina Küntz˙ Children of my deceased Son Johannes, the Sum of forty four Pounds and six Shillings at such Time when each of them has arrived to the Age of twenty Years to be divided in equal Shares amongst them - Their Brother Henry has received his Share of the Land. 10thly And all such Sums of Money above bequeathed which my Son David Küntz˙ shall pay during my Life to any of the Heirs aforenamed shall be allowed him after my Decease in Payment of the Land devised to him. 11thly My Will is that my Executors shall divide all the Residue of my moveable Goods into ten equal Parts between my Wife and Children, the four Children of my Son John Küntz˙ deceased shall receive their Fatherís Share which shall be divided among them in equal Shares according to the true Intent and Meaning hereof. Lastly I ordain nominate and appoint as Executor of this my Will and Testament my trusty Friend Martin Orner of Chester County and my trusty Friend Conrad Preiss of Berks County and I do hereby make null and void all Wills by me heretofore made and declare this to be my Last Will and Testament and no other In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal This twenty fourth Day of March 1773 [signed] Christian Küntzi Signed Sealed and declared by the said Christian Küntz˙ to be his Testament, in the Presence of us [signed] Christian Merckel [signed] William Keefer NOTE other documents relating to the estate of Christian Küntz˙: Martin Urner's renunciation of his appointment as executor to the will of Christian Küntz˙, deceased, dated 7 Oct 1774, and the inventory and appraisal of the estate of Christian Küntzy dated 5 Jun 1775.