Will of Samuel Bunting, 1759: Bucks County, PA
  
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                  Will of  Samuel Bunting, 1759
                       wf Pricilla Burgess
              BUCKS COUNTY, PA, WILL BOOK B, P. 369.
  
  	I, Samuel Bunting of the Falls Township, in the County of Bucks in
  the Province of Pennsylvania.  Being weak of Body but of sound and
  perfect mind and Memory and thinking that this my Transitory Life may
  be short.  Doth make this my last Will and Testament.  Touching the
  Dispossession of what Estate I have, Hereby Revoking and Disanuling
  all other and former Will or Wills whatsoever heretofore by me made,
  and this to be taken for my last Will and Testament and none other.
  
  	First.  I do Will that my Body shall be Decently buried according to
  the Discretion of my Executor hereafter named.
  
  	Secondly.  I do will that my Just Debts and funeral Expenses be duly
  paid.
  
  	Thirdly.  I give and bequeath unto my Beloved wife Priscilla Bunting
  my best Bed and all the furniture thereunto belonging And also the
  Just sum of Fifty Pounds current Lawful Money of Pennsylvania to be
  paid buy my Executor at the expiration of three months after my
  Decease, to be paid to her, her Heirs and Assigns.
  
  	I also give and bequeath unto my youngest son, Namely Benjamin
  Bunting, a young bay Mare and one Red Cow and the sum of five pounds
  lawful Money aforesaid to be paid by my Executor at the Expiration of
  one whole year after my Decease to him his Heirs and Assigns.
  
  	And it is my mind and will that all the rest and Residue of my
  Estate shall be equally Divided amongst my Children share and share
  alike, Benjamin not excepted, to be paid to them or their Heirs at
  the Expiration of one year after my Decease And Lastly I do make
  Nominate Constitute and appoint my loving Son Samuel Bunting to be my
  sole Executor to this my last Will and Testament.  In Witness whereof
  I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal this first day of the Twelfth
  Month, called December Ano:Domini One Thousand Seven Hundred and
  Fifty-Nine.
  
  	Signed Sealed Pronounced and Declared by the said Samuel Bunting to
  be his last Will and testament in the presence of us.
  					/s/ Samuel Bunting
  		Samuel Brown
  		George Brown
  		Elizabeth Brown.
  
  BUCKS COUNTY, PA, WILL BOOK B, P. ____
  
  	An account of goods and Chattels lately the property of Samuel
  Bunting late of the Falls Township Deceased, as they were Appraised
  to us whose names are hereunto subscribed as Witnesses our Hands this
  Eight day of the Twelfth Month One Thousand Seven Hundred and Fifty
  Nine -.1759:
  
  	To his wearing apparrell					08 | 01 | 09
  	To one fifty pound bond and six pound interest			56 | 00 | 00
  	To one fifty pound Bond						50 | 00 | 00
  	To Swine							12 | 00 | 00
  	To a wagon							07 | 00 | 00
  	To a little Cart						01 | 15 | 00
  	To a plow							00 | 10 | 00
  	To a Slead							00 | 05 | 00
  	To Rakes and Pitch forks					00 | 05 | 00
  	To a plow and swingletrees					00 | 15 | 00
  	To three cornered Harrow					00 | 10 | 00
  	To a Break							00 | 04 | 00
  	To tow Stacks of Wheat						20 | 00 | 00
  	To a Stack of Rie						03 | 00 | 00
  	To Hay in the Stack						09 | 00 | 00
  	To three Cows three pound ten shillings each			10 | 10 | 00
  	To three Calves							02 | 00 | 00
  	To Wheat in the ground						15 | 00 | 00
  	To one D___five shillings a Roane Mare 2'10''00''		02 | 15 | 00
  	To two Rindle and a Reeing live					00 | 02 | 06
  	To a Spaid___ broad Hoes, and a Hasicking Hoe			00 | 10 | 00
  	To a Maul and wedges, old Axes &c				00 | 10 | 00
  	To a Drawing Knife and Sundered					00 | 08 | 00
  	To old Iron							00 | 01 | 06
  	To a Scythe, and a Cutting Knife, five shillings each		00 | 10 | 00
  	To a Cubbard							01 | 50 | 00
  	To Swingle trees and Cleveses					00 | 03 | 00
  	To plow Harness							00 | 15 | 00
  	To Sundries							00 | 04 | 06
  	To a Saddle and Bridle						00 | 05 | 00
  	To Tubs in the Cave						00 | 05 | 00
  	To a Cedar Tub and Sundries					00 | 12 | 00
  	To two Cags and Earthen potts					00 | 04 | 00
  	To little Kittles						00 | 13 | 00
  	To two pair of Stillards and Sundries				00 | 18 | 00
  	To Oats in the Stack						00 | 05 | 00
  	To a frying pan and an Iron Peal				00 | 05 | 00
  	To a pair of Hard Irons and Tongs				00 | 10 | 00
  	To an Iron Pott and Pothooks					00 | 10 | 00
  	To five Chairs							00 | 10 | 00
  	To a Cafe of Drawers						03 | 10 | 00
  	To a Desk							01 | 05 | 00
  	To an Oval Table						01 | 10 | 00
  	To a Small Case of Bottles					00 | 08 | 00
  	To a warming Iron and two Curtain rods				00 | 06 | 06
  	To a Hatchet							00 | 05 | 00
  	To a little Wheel						00 | 05 | 00
  	To a Pillion							00 | 05 | 00
  	To a Small Looking Glass					00 | 02 | 06
  	To two Baggs							00 | 05 | 00
  	To a feather Bed and some furniture				05 | 00 | 00
  	To a Chaff Bed and bedding					01 | 10 | 00
  	To Wooll							00 | 12 | 00
  	To Harness Leather						00 | 02 | 06
  	To Tinn ware							00 | 04 | 00
  	To Sundry Pewter ware						01 | 12 | 00
  	To a Spinning wheel						00 | 02 | 06
  								       231 | 02 | 03
  
  			/s/ Samuel Brown, George Brown