Chester County PA Archives Wills.....Moses THOMSON, 1745
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Moses Thomson Will  31 Jul 1745, Marple Twp. Chester Co. PA - Transcribed as written:

Be it Remember’d that Moses Thomson of the Township of Marple in the County of Chestor 
& province of Pensilvania, Husbandman being weak and Indisposed in body but of Good 
and perfect Memory & understanding And Calling to mind the uncertainty of his life 
Doth make and put in writing his Last will & Testament in Manner & form following (That 
is to say)
First he wills that all his Just Debts & funerall Charges Should be paid & Discharged 
by his Executors afternamed and as touching? the Disposall of such worldly Estate as 
the Lord hath  been pleased bestow  upon him  his will and Desire is that the Same be 
Employed & bestowed as followeth (That is to say) The Mossuage or Tenement and 
plantation he nows lives on is to remain in the possesion of his loving wife Mary for 
and during the term the same is leased to him toward the maintenance & bringing up of 
their children and his will is that his Children shall have as much learning as his 
executor can readily give them And that as soon as his sons are of suitable age they 
should be bound apprentices to such trades as his executor shall think most convenient 
and after his sons are all bound apprentices then what remains of his estate to be 
divided between his wife & children that is to say one Third part thereof To his said 
wife And the remainder equally between his children share & share alike each childs 
share to be put out at interest for their respective uses untill they become of full 
age and in case of any childs death during their minority those share or shares of 
such so Dieing to be equally divided amongst those surviving And he doth hereby 
nominate his said loving wife and his brother Joseph Sheldon executors of this his 
will revoking all forms and wills by him made & Now Declaring this to be his last will 
& testament. In testimony whereof he hath hereunto set his hand & seal the thirty 
first day of July in the year of our Lord 1745.
        The mark of
        Moses  (mark) Thomson (seal)
Signed sealed published and
Declared by Moses Thomson to be
His last will in the presence of 
His subscribers ---
Joshua Thomson (mark)
Joshua (mark) Thomson jun
JW Davies   12: aug: 1745 (prove date)

Note: Joseph Sheldon is a brother of Moses Thompson’s wife Mary Sheldon, whose father 
was Richard Sheldon also of Marple.




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