Cumberland County PA Archives Wills.....Forster Foster, Arthur 1757
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Source: Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania Will Books
Written: 1757
Recorded: December 30, 1757

Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania
Will Bk A, pp. 50-51
In the name of God Amen I Arthur Forster of Carlisle in the County of Cumberland
and province of Pennsylvania Attorney do make this my last will and Testament in
Writing and manner and Form Following that is to say First is my mind and Will
that all of my Just Debts and funeral expenses be duly paid and Satisfied. Item
I Give and Bequeath unto my Brother William Forster a Certain House and Lott
sett(?) ale in Carlisle aforesaid Whereon William Blyth now lives (my said
Brother William being by trade an Apothecary at Hexam in the County of
Northumberland in England or at Norham near Berwick Upon Tweed)Whereas I am
entitled to divers Tracts of Land in the said County of Cumberland for some of
which I have procured Warrants & for the Residue have Bills of Sale Deed & all
which Lands I also give and Devise & Bequeath unto my said Brother William
Forster, and also give and Bequeath unto my said Brother William Forster all
such sum & sums of money as shall be due to me at the time of which will appear
by my Bonds Notes Book Accounts etc. But in case my said Brother William Forster
shall refuse to Come into this Country within Eighteen Months after my Decease
then I give & Devise & Bequeath all the aforemetioned House and Lott Severall
Tracts of Land and outstanding Debts aforesaid to my Brother Thomas Forster of
Norham near Berwick Upon Tweed To hold to him, his heirs and assigns for Ever
Provided Nevertheless that if my said Brother Thomas do Refuse of Neglect to
Come into this Country within six months After the Expiration of these Eighteen
Months Limited for the Coming in of my said Brother William Forster aforesaid
Then the House and Lott and Severall Tracts of Land aforesaid shall be sold my
Exrs hereafter Mentioned and the Moneys arising therefrom to be applied or Paid
to my said Brother William Forster his hrs. or assigns or failing him or them to
be paid to my Brother Thomas Forster his Heirs or assigns and I do Nominate and
Appoint my Trusted Friends Francis West Esq. and Mr. John Smith Merchant both of
Carlisle aforesaid to be the Executors of this my last Last and Testament.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my Hand and Seal this Seventeenth Day of
[month missing] in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and fifty
seven     A Forster (seal)
Signed Sealed Published and declared by the before named Arthur for and as his
Last Will and Testament in the presence of us
Thos. Blair Andrew McIntyre Willm Plunkett

Be it remembered that on the 30th day of Dec 1757 Letters
Testamentary Issued in Common Form to Francis West 
and John Smith in the within named Inventory to
be Exhibited on or before the 30th day of Jany next &
An Acct of the Administration Rendered when there
unto Required Given unto my Hand & Seal of
Office   Harm T Ullrichs


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