Wills: Will of James Gibbons (1744): Chester County, PA Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Sandra Ferguson . ****************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: Printing this file within 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. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ ****************************************************************** GIBBONS, JAMES. Westtown Township Occupation: yeoman. Written: November 20, 1744. Proved: May 2, 1745. Will Book B, Page 180. Provides for wife Jane, including plantation where I now live until eldest son James is 21. To son James the said plantation which my grandfather John Gibbons by deed, October 4, 1708 conveyed to my father James Gibbons and which he devised to me containing 500 acres, also to said son my part of Goshen Society Mill. To younger sons, William and Thomas my tract of land in Nantmell containing 1200 acres, patented March 4, 1733. To only daughter Jane Gibbons £400 at 18 unless she marries by other means than the rules of the people called Quakers, then she shall have only 10 shillings. Executors: wife Jane and friends Caleb Peirce, Jos. Brinton, Edwd. Brinton and Richard Jones, overseers. Witnesses: David Davis, Jane Davis, John Cheyney.