Berks County PA Archives Wills.....DERR, Jost October 27, 1789 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Barbara Mihalcik christielisabeth@yahoo.com August 17, 2009, 12:52 am Source: Berks County Courthouse Written: October 27, 1789 Will of Jost Derr 1789 Tulpehocken Township Berks County Pennsylvania In the name of God Amen the Twenty Seventh Day of October in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven hundred and Eighty Nine I Jost Derr of the Township of Tulpehoccon in the County of Berks in the State of Pennsylvania Yeoman being Weak of Body but of Sound Mind and Memory Thanks to be God for the same and Calling to mind the Mortality of my Body knowing that it is Appointed for all Men to Die do this Twenty Seventh Day of October aforesaid make Ordain and Publish this my Last Will and testament in Manner and form folowing that is to say --- Impremis And first of all I Recommend my Soul into the Hand of God that gave it and my Body to the Earth to be Buried in a Christian Like Manner at the Discretion of my Executors Item I do Order all my Just Debts and Funeral Charges to be honestly paid and adjusted Item I Give and Bequeath unto my Beloved wife Anna Mary During her Natural Life the following Enumerated Articles Viz all my Household furniture which I have yed Twenty Bushel of good whead said Grain to be taken to a Mill and the Meal and Bran to be fetched … to her as she wants the same Fifty Pound of Brok Twelve Pound of Hackett flax Ten Pound of Poc One Cow her Choise of all my cows to be kept by me Both Summer and Winter as well as the Owners cows are kept and if said cow gets old or should Die my Wife aforesaid to have an unquestable Right to take another cow out of the Stock on the Premises her Choice and also to keep two Sheeps for Wol for my Wife aforesaid and the half part in the Garden And it is further my will and I do hereby orther that my Beloved Wife aforesaid Shall Live on my Plantation and in the House where I now Dwell and with my Beloved Son John to whom I have Sold my Plantation and my Beloved Son must give and Deliver yearly and Every Year During the Natural Life of my Wife aforesaid the above Bequeasd whead and Mead Every Year in the fall And it is further my will and I do here by Orther that my beloved Son John must give and Deliver Yearly and Every Year unto my beloved wife aforesaid Two Barrel of Good Cyder During her Natural Life And it is further my Will and I do hereby orther that my Executor herein after named shall take Fifty Pounds of the first Money Raised out of my Estate and put the same out on Interest and my Executor to pay the Interest thereof Yearly unto my Beloved Wife Anna Mary aforesaid for her Support – Item It is Further my will and I do hereby Order that my Plantation and Tract of Land with the appurtenances hereon I now Dwell Situate lying and being in the Township of Tulpehoccon aforesaid containing about Two hundred Acres of Land be the same more of Less which I have Sold unto my beloved Son John Derr for and in consideration of the Sum of Seven hundred Pounds Lawfull Money of Pennsylvania and of the said Seven hundred Pounds remains Three hundred Pounds for the Shares and Inheritance for my Beloved Son aforesaid any the other Four hundred Pounds must be pay in Several Paments as followed Thirty Six Pounds the Six Day of November In the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven hundred and Ninety one and so every year Thirty Six Pounds till the above Mentioned Four hundred Pounds are Paid … it is further my will and I do hereby orther that my other Plantaion which joined unto my Plase where I now Dwell containing about one Hundred and Twenty Acres My Children shall make Vendue amongst them and sell the same and which of them gives the price shall have and hold the same to him his Heirs and assigns forever But if my Children should not incline or any of them to purchase my Plantation last mentioned than my Children shall sell the same for the best price that can be had or God for the Same by Publick Vendue And it is further my will and I do hereby orther that my Executors herein named Shall take all my Personal Estate and the Money arising out of my Real Equaly to Devide amongst my Children share and share alike that is to Say unto Son John one fourth Equal share unto my Daughter Elizabeth one fourth Equal share unto my Daughter Catharine one fourth Equal share unto my Daughter Margared on fourth Equal share Item I Give and Bequeath unto my son John all all my Blake Smit ?casero? and what may belong thereto and also my Still in the Sill House I have allready Bequeathed for his Birth Right first allowing and also my House Clak And it is further my will and I do hereby orther that after my my Wifes Decease all her Effects which she may yet have My Executors shall the same Equaly Devide amongst my four Children aforesaid share and share alike And it is further my will and I do hereby orther that my son in law Frederick Ellersboum Shall have no power over his share and Inheritance But it Shall be paid for my Plantation Last mentioned if he is incline to Purchase the same But he may Dwell but he had no Power to sell and also Like wise my Son in Law John Deel --- And Lastly I do hereby Nominate and Appoind my beloved son John Derr and my Beloved Son in Law Samuel Shade my whole and sole Executors of this my Last will and Testament and to See this my Last will and Testament justly and honestly full filled acording to the true Merits Meaning thereof And I do hereby Revoke Disallow and make Void all other wills or Legacies whatsoever by me heretofore Made whether in Words or Writings allowing this and no other to be my Last will and Testament --- Signed Sealed Pronounced and Delivered by the said Jost Derr as his Last will Jost Derr and Testament in Presence of Us – [signature] Johannes Hiwler Mathias Riegell This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/pafiles/ File size: 6.1 Kb