Franklin County PA Archives Wills.....McLENE, James September 3, 1804 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Matthew Ferricks Rlferricks2@aol.com July 5, 2005, 10:38 am Source: Franklin Will Book B Written: September 3, 1804 Recorded: March 31, 1806 Franklin Co., Pennsylvania will book B, p 283-284 In the Name of God amen. I James McLene of Antrim Township, Franklin County being in good health but mindfull of death knowing that it is appointed to all men once to die have thought proper to make this my last will and to commit the same to writing and first I commit my soul to God and my body to the earth to be decently interred at the discretion of my Executors and as to that portion of the things of this world wherewith a kind providence hath been pleased to favor me, it is my will and I do order and direct that the same be disposed of as follows (viz) funeral expences and all just debts being paid and fully discharged. Item I will and bequeath to my faithful and beloved wife Christian McLene all her wearing apparel, her beds, bed clothes and all the furniture thereto belonging, two horses and harness for both, the wagon and one plow and talking, the clock and desk and my cane, she is to have all the household and kitchen furniture, except what is hereby otherwise disposed of she is to have my watch and all the horned cattle at her disposal, she is to have the mare I usually ride with her saddle and bridle & the better to enable to support herself and family (viz) our three grandaughters who now live with us until they are otherwise provided for. I will and bequeath to her my said wife Christian McLene, all the tract of Land on which I now live containing one hundred and twenty acres, and in the Patent call’d “Mount Pleasant” with all the building thereon. To have and to hold to herself her Heirs and assigns forever, this in lieu of dower. As she is also to have all the gold in my possession, which I give to her as a free gift, and forbid the said gold from being taken into any account or Inventory of my estate, but that it remain for her particular, independently of every other wealth and thing whatsoever. Item I will and bequeath to my son Daniel McLene all that plantation on which he now lives, with the appoitances(?) hereto belonging, for which he has a conveyance, from me to him his heirs and assigns forever. Item to my son Thomas Brown McLene I will and bequeath all the Plantation in which he now lives, being part of two Tracts, contained in two different Patents, out of which he is to have one hundred & fifty acres, with the allowance, to him his Heirs & Assigns forever, the partition fences as they now stand to be the line, which is not to extend more than four perches, North of the fence, and if there is any land wanting of the said quanitity, it must be taken at the Furthermost end of the tract, between my big field and James Brotherton’s line, said Thomas B.McLene is to pay to my daughter Mary McLene, now (Mary Smith) the sum of seventy five pounds, within two years after my decease. Item to my son James McLene I give and bequeath all that Plantation, on which he now lives in Westmoreland, now Indiana County, to him his heirs and assigns forever, he has a conveyance therefore from me already. Item to my son Lazarus B. McLene I will and bequeath a tract of land in Indiana County, for which he has a conveyance & also a lot containing what (blank) acres, included in the tract on which my son James lives, to him his heirs & assigns forever. Item to my daughter Mary McLene now Mary Smith, the sum of one hundred & fifty pounds, to be paid to her as is directed in the former & following part of this will, which is to be her part in addition what she has already received. Item I give and bequeath the whole remaining part of the two tracts out of which my son Thomas B. gets one hundred and fifty acres, the remainder will be about one hundred seventy acres, with the allowances to my son John McLene, to him his heirs & assigns forever, subject nevertheless to the payment of twenty five pounds to my daughter Mary wife of Samuel Smith which he must pay to her within two years after my decease. Item I will and bequeath to my grandaughter Eliza McFerran the sum of one hundred and ten pounds, to be paid to her as follows (viz) her mare saddle and bridles and colt if the mare has one at that time, at forty five pounds, the high chest of drawers at seven pounds ten shillings, all the horned cattle usually called hers at seven pounds ten shillings and fifty pounds in money to be paid by my Executors one year after my decease. Item to my grandaughter Christian McFerran I will and bequeath the sum of one hundred pounds, to be paid as follows (viz) her horse, saddle and bridle at forty pounds her Beuroe at three pounds ten shillings the horned cattle usually called hers at six pounds ten shillings and fifty pounds in money to be paid to her by my Executors one year after my decease. Item to my grandaughter Mary Ann McPherrin I will and bequeath the sum of one hundred pounds, to be paid as follows, to wit, her mare, saddle & bridle at forty pounds, a beuro at three pounds ten shillings, the horned cattle usually called hers at six pounds ten shillings and fifty pounds in money, which my Executors must pay to her in one year after my decease. Item to my grandson Samuel McPherren I give and bequeath one lot in the town of St. Thomas, for which I have a deed, clear of grounds rent, and twenty pounds in cash for which I have my son John’s note, bearing interest. Item I will and bequeath to my son in law Samuel McPherran one french roures(?), which said crowns is to be his part of my estate. Item I will and bequeath to sister Margaret Thompson five pounds to buy her tokens of mourning(?). Item I will and bequeath to my old servant Peter Foy ten pounds to be given to him, when he applies for it in his own proper person. Item I will and bequeath to the old man John Devenport, who has long been in my family, five pounds to be paid out by my Executors to bury him decently when he dies and further it is my will and I do order, that after the bequests herein made are discharged, all just debts fully paid and every incumberance on my estate cleared off, the clear remainder of my estate, shall be given to or distributed amongst all my children & grandchildren male and female, share and share alike. And I do hereby nominate institute and appoint my sons (viz) Daniel McLene, Thomas B. McLene, James McLene, Lazarus B. McLene and John McLene, the survivors or survivor of them interlined(?). In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hands and seal this 3rd day of September 1804. Jas. McLene seal On the 31st day of March 1806 William M. brown and John Brown of Chambersburg appeared before me Register for the probate of Wills and granting Letters of Administration for Franklin County, and upon their solemn oaths did depose and say, that they were well acquainted with James McLene, late of the said County Esquire deceases, as also of his hand writing, and verily believe that the whole of the foregoing instrument of writing, purporting to be his last will and testament, is of the proper hands writing of the said James McLene, and the deponents further say, that from their whole of their knowledge of the said deceased, before3 and since the date of the foregoing instrument of writing, they believe him the deceased to have been untill his death or last sickness of sound mind & memory & understanding William M. Brown John Brown Sworn & Subscribed before Edw Crawford Regr. This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/pafiles/ File size: 8.1 Kb