WILL: George FACKLER, 1799, 1809, Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Gloria Hall TrischHall@centurytel.net Copyright 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/dauphin/ _________________________________________ Source: Dauphin County Wills, Harrisburg Written: August 8, 1799 Recorded: December 9, 1809 County of Dauphin, State of Pennsylvania Will book C, page 134. In the Name of God, Amen. I, George Fackler of Lower Paxton township, County of Dauphin, State of Pennsylvania, yeoman, considering the uncertainty of this mortal life and being of sound and perfect mind and memory, blessed be Almighty God for the same, do make and publish this to be my last will and testament in manner and form following, that is to say First, I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife Susannah, two beds, bedding and bedsteads, her chest, spinning wheel and reel, such necessary households and kitchen furniture which shall appear for her own use, she shall have one cow at her own choice, she shall have eight cords of good fire wood yearly and every year or long as she remains my widow, that is to say four cords from the place whereon I now live and four cords from the place whereon John Beck now lives to be hawled to her house in seasonable times and the same shall be put up cut and split fit for stove use. She shall also have one ten plate stove and pipe and shall have all the linen in the house or at the weavers, she shall have one third part of the flax in the barn, she shall have one one third of the wool, she shall also receive of and my Executors herein after named yearly and every year during her natural life and as long as she remains my widow the sum of twenty five pounds specie for her support which my estate shall be liable to discharge and pay to her or her assigns during her natural life and her widowhood as aforesaid the said sum shall be paid to her yearly in quarterly payments, that is to say one fourth part thereof as soon the vendue of my moveables is held and from thence every three months following one fourth part of the aforesaid twenty five pounds. She shall have her choice either to live at the old mansion in a room by herself where she shall be entitled to cellar room to occupy part of the garden kitchen and stabling and shall have free egress and regress unmolested or to occupy and live in the house and lot at Harrisburg gratis during her natural life and widowhood as aforesaid. She shall have pasture for her cow and my son Abraham Fackler shall be obliged to bring her my said wife one good wagon load of good hay and my son-in-law John Beck shall be obliged to do the same each of them yearly and every year during the term aforesaid and after her decease the property left by her shall be divided among all my children equally share and share alike and the house and lot in Harrisburg aforesaid shall be sold by my Executors hereinafter named and they are hereby authorized or empowered to make a title in fee simple for the same and to divide the amount thereof to and among my children share and share alike. Item: I give and devise unto my son John Fockler sixty acres of land adjoining Josiah Expey and Peter Bobb situate in Paxton township Dauphin County to him his heirs and assigns forever, as also twenty acres of land together with all and singular the buildings thereon erected and built, the same being part of the plantation whereon John Beck now dwells, to him his heirs and assigns forever and I do charge him the said John the sum of seven hundred and forty pounds for the same which shall be deducted out of his share from my estate, he the said John Fackler shall be obliged to bear an equitable and proportionable part for deeding the land whereof the twenty acres aforesaid is a part of the land as aforesaid. I also give and bequeath him the said John Facker one mare. Item: I give and devise unto my daughter Barbara intermarried with John Beck all the residue of that plantation adjoining the Widow Whitely, Daniel Ream, Jacob Miller, Adam Smith and others in Paxton township as aforesaid supposing to be about one hundred and eighty acres to her her heirs and assigns forever and do charge her the said Barbara seven pounds ten shillings for each and every acre which might appear to be there which shall be deducted our of her share from my estate and the said John Beck shall be obliged to give bonds for the residue which will over run his equal share as an heir of my estate to my Executors herein after named and pay yearly and every year for such overplus fifty pounds into the hands of my Executors aforesaid. Item: I give and devise unto my son Abraham Fackler all that plantation and tract of land whereon I now live supposed to be two hundred acres to him his heirs and assigns forever and I do charge him for each and every acre the sum of ten pounds, likewise I give and devise him the said Abraham Fackler a certain piece or parcel of land situate in Clark's Valley adjoining Hatz and Clark supposing to be twenty five acres to him his heirs and assigns forever for which he shall pay the sum of thirty pounds which all shall be deducted out of his share from my estate and shall pay yearly and every year fifty pounds and give bonds for the same to the other Executor for the overplus which shall be found to be above his share. I further give and bequeath unto him the said Abraham Fackler two mares which I now own and the one half of my stock of cattle of whatever nature or description it may be to his own use benefit and behoof. Item: I give unto my daughter Sarah intermarried with John Crall twenty acres of land being part of my plantation whereon I now live to her her heirs and assigns forever and I do charge her the said Sarah ten pounds per acre which shall be deducted out of her share out and from my estate, my son Abraham Fackler shall be obliged to give them a deed for the same at any time when reasonable called upon. Item: I give and devise unto my daughter Rachel all that certain piece or tract of land situate in Upper Paxton township adjoining land of Messersmith containing about one hundred and ninety seven acres to her her heirs and assigns forever. I do charge her for the same the sum of three hundred pounds which shall be deducted out of her share out and from my estate. I also give and bequeath unto her my said daughter Rachel one feather bedd and bedding and one cow and it is my desire that she shall remain in my house if she chooses as long as she remains single Should any of my children be dissatisfied of the disposal of my real estate in the manner as I have prescribed I let them have their own choice either to take the land at the prizes I have thought to fix upon or let the same be sold either at private of publick sale and in that case I do hereby authorize and empower my Executors herein after named to sell and convey such tract or tracts of land to the best advantage they posslble can and to sign seal and deliver such conveyance or conveyances agreeably to law and the produce of such sale or sales shall be divided among all my children share and share alike. It is further my will and I do herby direct that as soon as possible after my decease my Executors shall make sale of my moveables except what I have bequeathed or disposed of before and the produce thereof shall be appropriated towards the discharging of my debts and if my personal property should not be sufficient to discharge the same then the first due sales or money coming in from my real estate shall be applied for the same before one of my children can receive part of their respective shares. Item: I give and bequeath my two grandchildren, to wit George Fackler son of John Fackler and George Fackler son of Abraham Fackler the sum of one hundred pounds each which my Executors are hereby directed to detain out of my estate for them the said my two grandchildren and when each of them arrives at the age of fourteen years each of them shall be entitled to draw interest for the same from that time or the proper persons appointed for them may receive the same from my Executors or the money may remain in the hands of my Executors by securing the said one hundred pounds to each of them and it is my desire and my will that all my children shall e alike and receive equal shares out of my whole estate and be equally distributed among them and lastly I do hereby nominate constitute and appoint my son Abraham Fackler and John Crall my Executors if this my last will and testament hereby revoking all former wills by me made. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this eighth day of August in the year of our Lord one Thousand seven hundred and ninety nine. George Fockler or Fackler Signed sealed published and declared by the above named George Fackler to be his last will and testament in the presence of us who have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses in the presence of the Testator. J Dentzel Christian Crall Jacob Wance Codicil: Since signing the foregoing instrument my grand son George son of John Fackler died abnd another son has been born unto his whose name is George. It is therefore my will that the present George son of John Fackler shall be entitled to the same as his brother George would have been in case he was living. Finally it is my will that in case any dispute should arise between my heirs concerning the construction of this my last will the same may be decided without court according to the principles the great and good Washington has laid down by his last will. All my stock horses wagons ploughs harrows I give and bequeath unto my son Abraham. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this twelfth day of November Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and nine. George Fackler Signed sealed and declared by the Testator to be part of his last will and testament in the presence of us who have subscribed our names as witnesses in the presence of the Testator. Matthias Gest B Mayer Probated December 9, 1809.