Wills: WOODWARD, Richard, 1748: West Bradford, Chester Co, PA

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I, Richard Woodward of West Bradford in the County of Chester, Province of
Pennsylvasnia, yeoman: being but weak of body yet of a sound mind and memory
and calling to mind the uncertainty of human life do make and ordain this my
last Will and Testament in manner and form following that is to say
principally and first of all I give and recommend my soul to the hand of god
that gave it and my body I commit to the earth to be buried after a
Christian like decent manner at the discretion of my Executors hereafter
named and as for such worldly goods as it had pleased God to bless me
withall in this life I give and dispose as followeth this thirtieth day of
the sixth month Anno Dom 1748.
Imprimus my will is that all my just debts and funeral expenses be fully
payed and discharged by my Executors hereafter named.  Item I give and
bequeath to my beloved wife Martha during her natural life a room in the
mannor house to dwell in with liberty to pass and possess in and out of the
same and also my my bed with furniture belonging unto it and the use of a
large Bible during her natural life and then to return to my son John and sd
wife the use of the warming pan during her life and then to be returned to
my Executors and also a small iron pot I give to her during her natural life
then to return to my Executors and my will is that said wife shall have
firewood delivered her at the house cut fit for her fire and also twelve
bushels of wheat yearly and every year to be provided for her and if she
dwells upon the said premises to be ground and bolted and brought home to
supply her with bread and I also give her one horse & one cow and six sheep
and sd wife pasturing for them in the summer or fall and hay sufficient for
them in the winter and also the free use of one half of the garden and the
priveleges of the orchard for fruit for her own use and also to be paid unto
her in cash yearly and every year the sum of Eight pounds in two equall
distinct payments one upon the sixteenth day of May and the other on the
Sixteenth day of November annually yet with this proviso that at the time of
my decease she shall have payed her the sum of five pounds at the time when
it may which be allowed to be a part of the eight pounds per annum making
the other payment that year to be the sum of three pounds and also if the
horse she may chuse for her use does not suit her conveniency to ride my son
John who I leave in possession of said plantation shall send her one for her
necessity while she dwells on the premises all which privileges and sums of
money by me bequeathed to my said wife shall be levied and raised out of
that part of my estate in Bradford where I now dwell. Item  I give to my son
William the Sum of Five Shillings.  Item I give to my daughter Esther Wilson
the wife of Thomas Wilson the Sum of Five Shillings.  Item I give to my
daughter Jane Hayes widdow the sum of five shillings.  I give to my daughter
Sarah Jones, the wife of Evan Jones, the sum of five shillings.  Item I give
to Elizabeth Young the wife of John Young the sum of five shillings.  I give
to my daughter Mary Entrikin the wife of George Entrikin the sum of five
shillings.  I give to my daughter Hannah Underwood the wife of Joseph
Underwood the sum of five pounds.  I give to my daughter Grace Millison, the
wife of James Millison the sum of five shilklings.  I give to my daughter
Deborah the sum of twenty pounds.  Item I give and bequeath to my son
Richard a tract of land adjoining to the land where I now dwell butted and
bounded by ....supposed to be about two hundred and thirty acres more or
less which I give to him his heirs and assigns for ever if he lives to have
heirs of his body lawfully begotten and for want of such after his decease
my will is that the said land shall be sold and if he leaves a widow one
third part of the value thereof shall be payed to the said widow and the
remaining part to be equally divided amongst all my children that are then
living share and share alike Also I give large winfoot chest that stands in
the house.  Item I give and bequeath to my son John a tract of land and
plantation in West Bradford aforesaid where I now dwell to him his heirs and
assigns forever if he lives to have heirs of his body lawfully begotten and
for want of such after his decease my will is that the land and plantation
shall be sold and if he leaves a widow one third of the value thereof shall
be payed to her and the remaining part shall be equally divided amongst all
my children that are then living share and share alike.  Also I give to my
son Jone one table....Also I give to my son John three horses with ...and
harrow with horse harness and gears belonging to them.  Item I give a cross
cut saw to my three sons and my will is that after all my debts are fully
payed and discharged all the remaining part of my personal estate if any
there be shall be equally divided amongst all my daughters share and share
alike.  And I nominate, constitute and appoint my two sons William & John my
Executors to perform this my last will and testament hereby revoking all
former wills and testaments by me made and do confirm this and only this and
no other to be my last will and testament.  Signed, sealed, published and
declared by Richard Woodward the testator to be his last will and testament
in the presence of 
Susanna Worth, 
Ebenezer Worth, 
Thomas Worth. 

 /s/ Richard Woodward with seal.  17th November 1752 Affirmed and proven.