Wills: Benjamin Phillips, 1825: Springhill Twp, Fayette County, PA

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In the Name of God Amen. I Benjamin Phillips of Springhill Township Fiatt
County and State of Pensylvania being sick and weary of Body but of sound
mind memory and understanding praised be God for it and Considering the
Certainty deth and the uncertainty of the time hearof and to the end I may
be the better prepared to leave this world whever it shall please God to
call me hence do therefore make and declare this my last will and Testament
in maner following‹
that is to say first and principally I commend my Soul unto the hands of
Almighty God my Creator hoping for pardon and Remissionof all my Sins and
to enjoy everlasting happiness in the heavenly Kingdom through Jesus Christ
my Saviour my body I Commit to the earth at the discretion of my Executors
hereinafter named and my will is that all my just debts shall first be
paid‹
I give and bequeath unto my Beloved wife Betsy sixty two acres & half of
land more or less lying in Springhill Township Fiatt County, Pennsylvania
whereon I now live her natural lifetime and after her deth I do will to the
Child that my wife Betsy is like for let it Be male or female but if the
child shall not live the land shall be to my other heirs,
also I will to my wife all my horses and Cattel and sheep and hogs and
household an kitchen furniture.
I will and bequeath unto my daughter Margaret Miller the undivided half of
eighty five acres of land in Georges Township Be the ___ more or less and
the other half to my Grand daughter Luiza Kuhn that is if the said Margaret
Miller and the said Luiza Kihn will pay unto my Daughter Leah fitchgerls
the sum of two hundred and twenty six Dolars within five years after my
decease. but if the said Margaret Miller and Luiza Kuhn ­old to Choice __
Leah fitzchyerls her third part, it shall be at there Choise to do so and
if tha keep tha land tha shall pay a Eaqual part of the mony to the said
Leah fitzhyerls.
Benjamin (his mark) Phillips (seal)
Signed Sealed and acknowledged by the Testator in the presence of
Isaac Phillips
Henry O Neal

Fayette county Sst
(Reg seal) The 28th day of November Anno Domini 1825. Before me the
subscriber Register for the probate of wills and granting Letters of
Administration in and for said County personally came Isaac Phillips and
Henry Oneal the subscribing witnesses to the foregoing last will and
Testament and on their solemn oaths did respectively declare that they saw
the Testator sign the same when of sound mind that they signed their names
as witnesses thereto in his presence and that no undue influence had been
used or later will made by the said deceased to their knowledge or belief‹
In Testimony whereof I have set my hand and seal of said office the same
day‹
Alexander McClean
Register