Wills: Will Abstracts, Chester County, PA Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by the person listed at the bottom of the abstract. USGENWEB NOTICE: Printing this file by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from the submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. ____________________________________________________________ INDEX _________________________ BAKER, Nehemiah 1778 BEATTY, David 1775 BEATTY, Robert 1799 GREEN, Abel 1788 MILLER, James 1790 SILL, James 1774 THOMPSON, Archibald 1799 YARNALL, Francis 1778 ____________________________________________________________ Pennsylvania Wills, 1682-1834 - Chester County BAKER, NEHEMIAH. Edgmont. April 13, 1778. October 21, 1778. Provides for wife Lydia. To daughter Mary Reece £5. To son Joseph £5. To daughter Hannah Baker £5. To daughter Lydia Richardson £10. To son Nathan the north end of my plantation now in his possession containing about 40 acres, also £5. To daughter Phebe Baker £5. To son Nehemiah my plantation in Edgmont and Thornbury where I now dwell, also stock. To grandson Nehemiah Richardson £5, grandson Nehemiah Baker £5, grandson Nehemiah Reece £5. To grandson Aaron son of Nathan Baker £5 when they arrive at 21. Executors: Sons Joseph and Nehemiah. Wit: Daniel Broomall, Thomas Evans. Contributed by Barbara Long Emery ________________________________________________ page 534, Item 293 DAVID BEATTY Uwchlan Twp July 24 1775 Elizabeth & Robt Beatty Adms See Deed Book A2 252 sons 4-1-1777 Daus Esther m John Elliott; Agnes m Samuel Culbertson; Rachel m Samuel McClure ( My note - A Col. Samuel Culbertson was Commander of the 4th Bn., Cumberland County Militia in 1781.) Submitted by JMeanor@prodigy.net ________________________________________________ BEATTY, Robert. Uwchlan. February 4, 1795. March 19, 1799. Provides for wife [not named]. To son Robert £5 and all obligations to me. To son Samuel £30. To son John £50, etc. To daughter Mary Randals £30. To daughter Hannah Moore £20. To daughters Rachel Callaghan, Elizabeth Carson, Eleanor Moses, Sarah Dolby and Jane Duglass £35 each. To daughter Margaret Peck £50. To my grandchildren, Ann Beatty, daughter of son Abraham, Samuel Callaghan and the children of son William, Robert, James, Miles, William, David and Sarah £5 each. Remainder to wife and 12 children. Executor to sell all estate. Executor: William Milhouse. Wit: Conrad Keeley, James Butler, Amos Butler. Contributed by Pauline Phelps ________________________________________________ GREEN, ABEL. Edgmont. November 25, 1788. December 24, 1788. Provides for wife Jane. To son Abel £5. To son Robert plantation purchased of Jacob Yarnall in Edgmont, containing about 150 acres. Also 30 acres [des], part of tract bought of Peter Worral's, executors. To son George plantation, etc. whereon I now live and remainder of land purchased of Executors of Peter Worral. To daughter Margaret, wife of Isaac Burns, £3 yearly during life and £50 to her children at her decease. To daughter Esther, wife of Daniel McGowen, £70. To daughter Jane, wife of Edward Baker, £100. To daughter Sarah Green £80. To grandson Joseph Pratt £30 at 21. To granddaughter Mary James £20 at 18. To Jesse Rees, a son of Lydia Minshall, £20 at 21. Executors: Sons Robert and George Wit: William Russell, Sarah Calvert, Josiah Lewis. Contributed by Barbara Long Emery ________________________________________________ MILLER, James E. Nantmeal. November 18, 1790. December 14, 1790. To my niece Bell Mattheson £50. To Elizabeth, wife of Thomas Cox, £25. To Caleb Millar, the son of Mary Green of E. Caln, £25. To Eleanor Beatty, wife of Abraham, £25. To Elizabeth, wife of Adam Dampman, bay mare. To Samuel Watts, horse. To Jacob Vance mare. To Adam Dampman remainder real and personal. Executors: Dan Griffith, Esq., John Elliot. Letters to Griffith. Wit: Thomas Dalrymple, James Gaston. Contributed by Pauline Phelps ________________________________________________ SILL, JAMES. Edgmont. July 3, 1772. April 15, 1774. Provides for wife Ann. To son James plantation in Edgmont subject to wife's life interest. To son Joseph £20. To son Richard £20, also all interest due me at my decease. To sons George and Michael £20 each. To daughters Mary Morris, Martha Holston and Ann Kennedy £20 each. To grandson James Regester £20 for services he did for me. Executors to sell plantation in Willistown. Remainder to wife Ann and son James, also Executors. Wit: Nehemiah Baker, Lydia Baker, Nathan Baker. Contributed by Barbara Long Emery ________________________________________________ THOMPSON, Archibald. W. Nantmeal. January 26, 1786. August 23, 1799. To wife Isabella all estate, real and personal, during life, and at her decease to be sold. To daughters Elenor Stewart, Mary Herbeson, Margaret Beatty, Hannah Stanley and Jean Thompson 20 shillings each. Remainder to grandchildren. To granddaughter Jean Thompson 1/4. To grandson John Lighthirett Thompson 1/4. To granddaughters Mary and Elizabeth Thompson 1/4 each. Executors: Wife Isabella, Neal McNeal, John Craig. No record of letters. Wit: Ephraim Allen, Neal McNeal. Contributed by Pauline Phelps ________________________________________________ YARNALL, FRANCIS. Willistown. August 8, 1775. September 21, 1778. Provides for wife Mary. To daughter Hannah wife of Caleb Reece tract of land where she now lives containing 50 acres, also 7 acres adjoining during life and at their decease to grandson Caleb Reece, he paying to his 3 brothers Thomas, David and Francis £10 each and £20 each to his sister Hannah and brother Joseph and £5 each to his brother William's 4 children Lydia, Hannah, Nehemiah and William at 21. To grandson Isaac son of late son Joseph 100 acres of eastwardly part of my land adjoining Crim Creek, he paying to his sister Jane £100 and to his mother Elizabeth £6 yearly during life. Remainder of lands in Willistown at death of wife to son-in-law Joseph Thomas and wife Mary paying to daughter Jane wife of Wm. Williams £120 and £10 to grandson John Reece and £20 to daughter Hannah Reece. To Friends of Newtown Meeting £5 for repairing graveyard or meeting house. Executors: Stepson John Morris and kinsman Enoch Yarnall. Wit: Isaac Yarnall, Caleb Yarnall, Richard Howell. Contributed by Barbara Long Emery ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________