Chester County PA Archives Wills.....Swayne, Francis February 14, 1721
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Written: February 14, 1721

  The Last Will and Testament of Francis Swain of Marlborough in the County of 
Chester in ye province of pensilvania in America made this fourteenth day of 
ye second month in ye year of our Lord 1721 revoking all other wills 
heretofore had or made whatsoever, being weak in body but of a perfect 
understanding & right in mind praised be God for it.  first my will is that my 
funeral Charges and just Debts be first paid & Discharged out of my goods & 
Chattels. 
   Item I give and bequeath to my Daughter Sarah Twenty pounds to be paid by 
my Executors within one year after my Decease & what remains in their hands 
more then will pay as above said, I give to my Loving wife. 
    Item I give unto my wife the keeping of two Cows and their maintainance & 
the proper use and Command of my now Lodging room & a place by ye fier hearth 
in the room on the same floor and five bushells of Merchantable Wheat yearly 
and every year during her natural life out of my Plantation, and also the 
Incomes of my plantation I give unto her untill my son Edward comes to the age 
of one and Twenty.  Item I give & bequeath unto my son William the Smith Tools 
and my watch.  Item I give and bequeath unto my son Francis Swaine £25, and to 
my daughter Jean £5, as shall be mentioned.
    Item I give unto my son Edward All my plantation to him & his heirs & 
assigns forever paying to his mother yearly & Every Year during her natural 
life as above menconed, and the £25 to my son Francis & £5 to my daughter Jane 
£10. in one year after he the said Edward shall attain to ye age of one and 
Twenty, and also my will is that if it should so happen that Edward Deceses 
before he comes to ye age above said that my son Francis shall have my 
plantation paying to his sister Sarah £10 within one year after he shall come 
into possession thereof and to his sister Jean £10 to be paid within one year 
after possession then to him his heirs and assigns for Ever, and I make & 
Constitute my Loving wife Executrix and my son William Executor of this my 
Last will & Testament.   Francis Swain

Witnesses             William Webster             Charles Hollman             
John Wickersham                                               

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