Franklin County PA Archives Wills.....Parkhill, James April 16 1832
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  Source: Transcript Passed On Through Family
  Written: April 16 1832
  Recorded: December 4 1838
  
  James Parkhill's Last Will & Testament was probated December 4, 1838 in 
  Franklin County, Pennsylvania: 
  
  In the name of God, amen, I, James Parkhill of Peters Township, Franklin 
  County, State of Pennsylvania, being weak in body but of sound and disposing 
  mind and considering the certainty of death and the uncertainty of the time 
  therof, and being desirous to settle my wordly affairs and the better prepared 
  to leave this world when it shall please Almighty God to call me hence do 
  therefore make and constitute this last Will and Testament in manner and form 
  following, that is to say:
  
  First and principally, I commit my soul into the hands of Almighty God, and my 
  body to the earth to be decently buried at the discretion of my executors 
  hereinafter named, and after my just debts and funeral expenses are paid, I 
  devise and bequeath as follows --- Item Ist I give and devise unto my son 
  James fifty dollars, and unto his son Washington I give and devise one hundred 
  dollars to be applied towards his education and to them and there heirs 
  forever --- Item 2nd 1 give and devise unto my son John one hundred dollars to 
  him and his heirs forever, he said John first paying and lifting a note 
  jointly given by him and myself to William Pyman for one hundred dollars it 
  being for his use alone -- Item 3rd I give and devise to my son Andrew one 
  hundred dollars to him and his heirs forever Item 4th 1 give and devise to my 
  son Samuel and daughter Nancy all my estate, real and personal, that is all my 
  personal property of every description that I may be possessed of at the time 
  of my death and all plantation where I now live containing by patent one 
  hundred and forty acres more or less to them, they said Samuel and Nancy, 
  their heirs and assigns forever in the following manner: They are to share and 
  share alike, my son Samuel to have one half and my daughter Nancy the other 
  half, they first paying my just debts and the above mentioned legacies --- It 
  is also my will that my legatees above named shall not have power to sue or 
  recover their respective legacies for the term of two years from the time of 
  my death, nor is the said legacies to bear interest in any way for the said 
  term of two years, but the above named legatees are to take their legacies in 
  such payments as said Samuel and Nancy may be able to make during the term of 
  two years --- And lastly, I hereby constitute and appoint my daughter Nancy 
  executrix and my son Samuel executor with full powers to sell any part or the 
  whole of my said estate both real And personal as they shall think proper in 
  order to execute this, my Last Will and Testament, and I hereby revoke and 
  annul all former Wills by me maid certifying and Confirming this to be my Last 
  Will and Testament --- In testimony whereof I have here-unto set my hand and 
  affixed my seal, this Sixteenth day of April in the year of our Lord one 
  thousand eight hundred and thirty two 
  
  James PARKHILL - (Seal)
  
  Additional Comments:
  Wife Jane _______, children; John, Nancy, Andrew, Samuel, James Parkhill.
  
  James went on to serve in the War of 1812. John married in 1810 to Susannah 
  McCollough in Franklin Co., PA. 
  
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