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Will of Hugh Ely - Bucks County, Pennsylvania Will Book 3, pp 252-253- Will #1335 p 252 Be it remembered that I Hugh Ely of the Township of Buckingham in the county of Bucks yeoman being weak of Body but of a sound & disposing Mind & Memory (blessed be God therefore) calling to Mind the Mortality of my Body & knowing is appointed for all Men once to die have thought fit to make & ordain this my last Will & Testament in manner & form following First I recommend my Soul into the Hands of God who gave it and my Body I commit to the Earth to be buried in a decent manner at the discretion of my ExÕors herein after appointed. And as touch ing such Worldly Estate as it hath pleased God in his goodness to favor me with in this Life I give devise & dispose thereof as follows. I give & bequeath unto Phebe my beloved Wife the Sum of One Hundred & fifty Pounds lawful money of Pennsylvania to be paid her by my ExÕors herein after named out of my Personal Estate wÕin Twelve months next after my decease with lawful Interest for the same from the Day of my Death Also I give unto my sd. Wife all & every the House hold Goods wÕ ch She brought me at our Marriage together with a large Folio Bible bought since our Marriage and such one of the Milch Cows as She sees fit to choose out of all my Cattle. Also I give & reserve for my sd. Wife the full & free Priviledge Use & Liberty of that Room in my dwelling House commonly called the Clock Room and so much room in the Cellar as She may stand in need of for her own private Use whilst She remains my Widow as afsd and sees fit to dwell in my sd. House & no longer or so as to have any right to rent lease or dispose of the sd. Room or Cellar to any other Person or Persons whatsoever Also I Will that during such her Widowhood & abode in my House as afsd that my Younger Son Hugh Ely get & hall for her use wÕin a convenient distance of the Door of the Room afsd cut & split unto proper lengths & sizes a sufficiency of good Firewood and keep & maintain the afsd Cow at his own Cost Summer & Winter in such manner good Condition & liking as He keeps his own Milch Cows But if my sd. Wife is pleased to remove her self & Goods from my sd. and to abide elsewhere then I Will that Instead of the Priviledges in the afsd Room & Cellar the finding the Firewood & keeping the Cow as afsd that my sd. Son Hugh Ely pay unto her yearly & every year during the remainder of such her Widowhood as afsd the Sum of Six Pounds like money afsd And I do here by declare that the Priviledges & Legacies herein before to my sd. Wife bequeathed & reserved are given & intended to be in lieu & full recompence for any Dower or thirds wÕch She might otherwise have or claim out of my Estate Ð Also I give & bequeath to my Son Thomas Ely the the sum of Seventy five Pounds like money afsd and to his Son Hugh the sum of Five Pounds like money the sd. Sums to be paid by my Son Hugh Ely the first wÕin twelve Months next after my decease and the latter to his Father to be placed at Interest till He comes of age for his Use and I desire that my Books & apparrel the afsd Bible excepted may be divided as equally as they conveniently may between my sd. Sons Thomas & Hugh Ð Also I give & devise to my sd. Son Hugh Ely the Plantation whereon He & I now live Con taining by Estimation Two Hundred & fifty acres of Land (be the same more or less) with all & singular the Buildings Improvements Hereditaments & Appurten ances whatsoever to the sd. Land & Plantation belonging or in anywise apper taining To hold the same to the sd. Hugh Ely his Heirs & Assigns forever (excepting the Use & Liberty of the room & Cellar herein before reserved) Upon this Condition nevertheless that my sd. Son Hugh keep the Creature provide the Firewood & pay p 253 the Legacies herein before directed to be by him kept, found & paid and that according to the true Intent & Meaning hereof And all the Rest & Residue of my Personal Estate not herein already given & bequeathed (after full payment of my just Debts Funeral Expences) I give & bequeath one half thereof to my Daughter Ann the Wife of Peter Matson and the other half to be equally divided among such of the Children of my Daughter Anna late Wife of John Wilkinson as Shall arrive at the Age of Twenty one years to be paid to them at that age and it is my desire that the same placed at Interest for them as much as safely may be for their use Ð And I do hereby nominate my two sons Thomas Ely & Hugh Ely my ExÕors of this my last Will & Testament hereby revok- ing & utterly disannulling all manner of former & other Wills & Testaments and Legacies at any Time heretofore by me made or given and publish & declare this Sheet of Paper written on one Side to be & contain my last Will & Testament one none other or otherwise In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand & Seal this Twenty second Day of the eighth Month in the year One Thousand Seven Hundred & sixty four-------------------------------------------------------1764 Signed Sealed published Pronounced & declared by Hugh Ely the Testator to be his last Will & Testament in the presents of Hugh Ely Seal Isaac Pickering Joseph Watson Paul Preston Bucks Ssct? This 29th Day of January Anno Domini 1772 appeared Isaac Pick ering & Paul Preston two of the Witnesses to the wÕin Will, who upon their solemn affirmÕns did declare & say that They were Personally present and saw & heard the wÕin named Hugh Ely Sign Seal publish & declare the wÕin Instrument of Writing as & for his last Will & Testament and that at the Time of so doing he was of sound mind & memory to the best of their Belief and Knowledge Before me JS Hicks Depy Regr Bucks Ssct? Be it remembered that this 29th Day of January Anno Domini 1772 was proved the last Will & Testament of Hugh Ely decd when Seal LÕres Testamentary were granted to Thomas Ely & Hugn Ely the ExÕors therein named, who was duely qualified upon their solemn affirmmations well & truly to administer all the Goods & Chattels Rights and Credits of the sd. decd, that They would wÕin one month from the date hereof exhibit into the Regrs Office for the County of Bucks a true Inventory & confirma ble appraisement of the same by appraisers duely qualified, and that They would render a true Accont of their whole Admn when They might be there unto lawfully required In Testimony whereof I have affixed the Seal of the said Office thereto the Day & Year afsd JS Hicks Depy Regr Registered Jany 29 1772