Will Book 4: Blair County, PA

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Henry McCONNELL, 1763-1841  4.221-222

In the name of God, Amen, I, Henry McConnell of the town of Newry, Huntingdon
County  and State of Pennsylvania, do make this my last Will and Testament,
being of sound mind and  memory but weak of body.  In the first place I
bequeath my soul to God, who gave it and my  body to the dust on earth. 
Secondly, after my death, when by debts are paid and I am buried  decently by
my Executors, I will and bequeath to my beloved daughter Jane, the stone
house  that I now live in with that part of the lot belonging to it, together
with the west end of the  stable on the adjoining lot south, fronting on South
street.  By these presents I bequeath them  to her during her natural life,
that the said Jane is not to sell or make away with the above  bequested
property during her natural life, except by the consent of my Executors, and
in that  case, that the proceeds be vested in real estate for her proper use
and behalf, and that James  McIntosh, her husband, shall never have any claim
or control over the said bequest, and that  after my said daughter Jane's
decease the said is to descend to her children.  Next it is my  wish and will
that all my real and personal property, stone house, lot and stable excepted,
be  divided equally among my children, viz: Sarah, Coates, Margaret Conrad,
Henry McConnell,  Daniel McConnell and Cornelius McConnell.  Next I bequeath
to my son John's children,  three in number, viz: Julia Ann, Sarah and
Alexander McConnell, one hundred dollars apiece,  to be paid by my Executors
out of my real and personal estate to the above three said  children, when
they arrive at age, the said bequest to be reserved out of my real and
personal  estate, prior to dividing with my other children.  Lastly it is my
will and pleasure to appoint  John McIlwain and my son Daniel McConnell, my
lawful Executors of this my last Will and  Testament, hereby revoking all
former will by me made.  In witness whereof I have hereunto  set my hand and
seal the thirty-first day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand and 
eight hundred and forty. 

H McConnell

Signed, sealed and declared by the above Henry McConnell, to be his last Will and 
Testament, in the presence of us, who at his request and in his presence have subscribed 
our names as witness thereunto.
Peter O'Hagan
David Conrad
Wm. Anderson

Huntingdon County .
   Before me the Register for the Probate of Wills and granting Letters of Administration 
in and for the said County personally appeared Peter O'Hagan and David Conrad, who being 
sworn according to law, do depose and say that they were personally present, and did see & 
hear the within named Henry McConnell, sign, seal, execute, publish, pronounce and declare  
the within instrument of writing as and for his last Will and Testament, and that they these 
deponents did sign their names thereto as witnesses in the presence of each other and in 
presence of the said Testator, and at his instance and request, and that the said Testator was 
at the time of sound and disposing mind, memory and understanding to the best of their 
knowledge and belief.
Sworn and subscribed the 12 day of July A.D 1841. 
Before me John Reed Reg.
Peter O'Hagan
David Conra

Ruth C. Randall and Donna M. Hart

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