WILL: Martin BRANDT, 1809, Derry Township, Dauphin County, PA
  
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Last Will and Testament
Proved September the 12 A.D. 1809

In the name of God, amen, I, Martin Brand Sen. of Derry Township in
the County of Dauphin and state of Pennsylvania.  ? weak in body but
of sound mind, memory and understanding.  Blessed be God for the same
but considering the uncertainty of this transitory life do make and
publish this my last will and testament in manner and form following
to wit. Principally and first of all I commend my immortal soul into
the hands of God who gave it and my body to the earth to be buried in
a decent and Christian like manner at the discretion of my executors
hereinafter named and as to such worldly estate wherewith it hath
pleased God to bless me in this life I give and dispose of the same in
the following manner.

First it is my will and I do order that all my just debts and funeral
expenses be duly paid and satisfied as soon as conveniently can be
after my decease. Item. I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife
Esther the room wherein we now dwell and the kitchen we now possess
and my son David shall bring her two cords of good wood to her
dwelling yearly but fit for the stove and kitchen and my son Abraham
shall find the remainder as fit for the stove and brought in the house
for her and shall make her the fire when she has need of it. And my
son Abraham her shall find sufficient bording and shall find her in
the candles and further my said wife shall have her choice of one of
my ? and bedstead and shall have as much of the linnens as ? for her
own use all of the above articles my said wife shall have during her
natural life and no longer. And it is further my will that one hundred
and fifty pounds lawful money of Pennsylvania is left in the hands of
my executors which my said wife is to receive the interest yearly of
it in case the interest is not sufficient sum for my said wifes
maintainings. The executors is to ? out of the one hundred and fifty
pounds as sufficient sum yearly for her during her lifetime and all
she has brought to me she shall have again for her and her children. 

Item. I give and bequeath unto my son David the plantation and tract
of land where upon he now dwells with all the buildings and
improvements. Its thereunto belonging as the line is struck between
said tract and the tract of my son Abraham which will be hereinafter
mentioned and I do hereby give and bequeath the same to him his heirs
and assigns forever.

Item. I give and bequeath unto my son Abraham the Plantation and tract
of land where on we now dwell as the line is struck now between the
said tract on the tract bequeathed to my said son David with all and
the singular the buildings thereon erected and built and I do hereby
give and bequeath the same to him his heirs and assigns forever? and ?
for the same eight hundred pounds lawful money of Pennsylvania. Seven
hundred pounds as part thereof is fully  paid. Recd me  before the
writing of my last will and which is charged in my book to his credit
and whatsoever he pays more thereof after this date it shall be
mentioned in my book the payments on yearly? of said consideration
shall be fifty pounds yearly payable always on the first day of May.
And it is further my will and I bequeath further to my son Abraham my
large Bible my stove, my chairs, the small corner cupboard and table
which he shall have more and above my other children. And further it
is my will and I do order that my son Abraham shall keep the burying
ground on the land which I bequeathed unto him in and under a good
fence as long as the sun and moon shines.

Item. I give and bequeath unto my son Ludwig that the certain tract of
land which I bought of my son Adam near new Lancaster and I do hereby
give and bequeath the same to him his heirs and assigns forever. And
as my son Adam and my son martin, my son John, my daughter Margarat,
my daughter Elizabeth, my daughter Catharine the ? each of them hath
got their hole and full share out of my estate excepting what shall be
hereafter bequeathed to them. And as to my son Philip Dec. and all the
heirs of my son of all what the have to get ? of my whole estate real
and personal now and after my decease ? shall be barred of any claim
whatsoever as I have in my lifetime satisfied them with land and
money.

Item. I give and ? herein after mentioned three bonds unto my
daughters Marg, Elizabeth and Catharine. Payable by my sons Adam and
Abraham. First I give and bequeath to my daughter Margaret one bond of
one hundred and fifty pounds payable on the first day of May AD 1813.
Second I give and bequeath to my daughter Elizabeth one bond of one
hundred and fifty pounds payable on the first day of May AD 1814.
Third I give and bequeath unto my daughter Catharina one bond of one
hundred and fifty three pounds seven shillings and six pence payable
on the first day of May AD 1815. I' case the said Catharine is alife
after the said bond becomes due if she dies before it is to be equally
divided among my children mentioned in said bequest. And as to my
three daughters, Margaret, Elizabeth and Catharine, after receiving as
the above three mentioned bonds the shall excluded and debarred of
claiming anything more of my estate real or personal but it shall be
their whole the ? have to except as I have satisfied them with land
and money ? ? all the rest and residue of my estate real or personal
which shall remain after my decease I give and bequeath the same unto
my sons Ludwig, Martin, Adam, John, David, and Abraham ? and each of
them shall have and equal share ? their heirs my wearing apparels the
shall devide them giving among themselves without appraising them. And
lastly I nominate, constitute and appoint my said sons Adam and
Abraham Brand to be executors of this my last will hereby revoking all
other wills, legacies and bequeaths by me heretofore made and
declaring this and no other to by my last will and testament. In
witness thereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this fifteenth
day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
nine? words being enterlined before signed. Martin Brand Signed
published and declared the said testator as his last will and
testament in the Presence of us who in his presence and at his request
have subscribed as witnesses, Frederick Hummel Jun., George Gish.