Wills: Jacob Shiradin*, 1773: Vincent Twp, Chester County

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               Copy of the Will of Jacob Shiradin*, 1773

      Registered at West Chester, PA, in Will Book F, No. 6, Page 3

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" The following copy of the will of one of the original German immigrants to
Tredyffrin and (probably) the donor of the old school property.....of the
old Eagle School.....he removed about 1771 to Vincent Township, Chester
County, where he died.......As the name of HENRY Sharraden succeds that of
JACOB, among the list of taxables in 1775 it would seem that Henry rather
than Abraham was "truest to his mother" according to the test provided by
the terms of testator's will."**

In the name of the Father, the son and the Holy Ghost, Amen. I, Jacob
Shiradin, living in Vincent township, Chester county and province of
Pennsylvania, have writ this, my lase will, myself as it shall after my
death be unbrokenly and intergengibly held and cep, as follos:
Forst and formost have I chosen and or Poind my wife, Otillia and my
son-in-law, Adam Gider, for gardeens or executors over my whole estate, and
my wife Otillior shall have and hold all my movebles together with the hole
plantation in hore youse and possession during her life if she remains a
widow so that shee can pay the debts wich ar yet onpaid for the land and if
shee whould marry again then it shall be acted or treeted according to law
and if one of the youngest should die unmarried then the money or its
legesse shall fall to the mother or her children. Like wise shall my foure
youngest children have extonarry (Extra money). Forst, Henry fifteen pounds,
Abraham fifteen pounds, Yustin fifteen pounds, Elizabeth twenty pound. That
is to be thire setting out or furneeture. But when my wife Otillior comes to
die then shall hor eight children have extronarry halfe of all my estat and
the remainder or other half shall be equally divided among all the children
and my wife shall have might and power to vally and aprese the place or
plantation. Whichever of my two sons will obay and be truest to his mother,
namely Henry or Abraham, then my wife is empowered to valluet to hime. Is
Henry to have the place then he is to pay forty pounds unto Abraham. Is
Abraham to have the place ten Abraham is to pay Henry forty pound as I at
this time know not how it will bee with the land. Also shall my single
children be bound to thiar mother till thsy ar of ege, namely Henry, Abram,
Yustin and Lizabeth. Also shall my children that arr married have extronarry
as folloeth, Shusana five shillings, Johaneta five shillings, Paul five
shillings, Jacob five shillings, Catherin five shillings, Shusan five
shillings, Margaret five shillings, Magdalen five shillings and Marry is to
have hor living in the house besides a gardin for hor youse as long as she
lives if shee should not go to Stoffel Teny again and he that posseth the
place shall cut and hawle the firewood for her. Also have I and my first
wife I thinck in Jormany gained eighteen hundred and twenty Gilder
Lottringer money apeasse to be two hundred and twenty-seven dollars and a
half out of wich shall be thear Rhin abd see freight be deduckted, first
Johaneta's nine and a half pestole or 1/7, Peter eight and half pestol,
Jacob eight and half pestol, Catherin a half fright and what they have
farder receevt they ar chargh with in my book wich shall all be brought in
as an account against them to ballance and the muney shall not be paid
sooner to my youngest children than when thay ar of age.
Jacob Shiradin (Seal)
So habuet ye 9 day of January, 1773.
Jonas Heck
John Miller
Conrad Sharar.
Chester, March 25, 1774. Proven as a true and litteral translation of the
original Duthcg writing hereunto annexed purporting to be the last will and
testament of Jacob Sheriden deceased, carefully translated and compared with
the said original.

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* "The History of THE OLD EAGLE SCHOOL, Tredyffrin, in Chester County,
Pennsylvania", Henry Pleasants, 1909. John C. Winston Company, Philadelphia,
pg. 141
**ibid
Ann Cassel