Will of Job Bunting, 1702: Bucks County

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                PHILADELPHIA CO., PA, WILL  #107.

                   Will of Job Bunting, 1702

	For as much as it hath often entered into my heart to Conssider that
its decreed for all men once to dye & yet the time uncertain as to
man; for times & seasons are in the Lords hand; And I being truely
sensible of the patence, love & goodness of god; in waiteing to be
gracious as well as to refresh satisfie and comfort the hidden &
inward man of the heart; to all who are faithful & obeident; and also
he is not a wanting; to renew his mercies & to add outward blessings
for the Comfort help & supply of the outward man; who stands in need
thereof daly while he remaines in this life and as the Lord in his
son and savior; hath committed a small portion into my hands;
Therefore in discharge of my duety and belefe (as a Christian) have a
Just right Interest and property thereto; & now power to order, give &
dispose therof as shall in the wisdome of god be Indued therein shall
as afterwards followeth: yett warneth the issue thereof to him: who
is god over all Blessed forever, amen.

	The fourteenth day of the ninth month dated nover 1702.  I Job
Bunting of the township of Bristol & County of Bucks being under
great weeknes of boddy; yett in pergfectt memory doe make and ordaine
this my last Will and Testament & order & dispose of my outward
esstaite in manner & form following:

	First  As for my hole esstate personall & reall moveable and
imoveable it is my will and mind shall all be equally devided betwixt
Rachell Bunting my now wife and all my Childer; that is to say Samll
my oldest sonn & Job my second & John my youngest sonn now in being;
and Rebekah & Sarah my two daughters and if please god my wife be now
with child whether sonn or daughter, it is my mind it shall go equall
in my estate with the rest of my childer before mentioned.

	Item.  It is my will that my reall estate shall be sould and my
debts discharged; & what remaines my wife to have half through all &
my childer the other half equall, that as they shall come to the age
of twenty one years.  But if my wife rather Incline to kepe the land
paying as it may be now vallued and discharge the debts I am very
willing.

	Item  It is my will that if any of my sd Childer shall dye before
the come to the age of twenty one years yt ther portion shall goo
equaly amongst ye rest ~~~

	Item.  Wheras I have already sould 3 Akors of Middow & upland to
Joseph Gennue it is my mind my wife shall confirme it to this use &
receive money for the same ~~~~

	Item.  I do make & Appoint my wife sole executrix of this my last
will & testiment In wittnes wherof I have hereunto sett my hand &
seale ye day & year first above written.					

          Job Bunting
				      	his T mark

	Signed sealed & Delivered in the Predence of us Thomas Watson,
Lawrence Pearson and Tho. Watson

	Bucks March 10th 1702

	I have Personally appeared Thomas Watson & Thomas Watwon two
wittnesses abovenamed  & on their Solemn Affirmacon did Declare they
saw ye above named Job Bunting Sign Seale & Deliver ye wthin wrigint
as his last Will & Testament & yt at ye doing thereof he was of Sound
Mind & Memory to ye best of their knowledge

			Coraim		Moore Regor Genll