Greene-Washington County PA Archives Wills.....Reinhart, Widow, Mary June 16, 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: Anne Winters annewinters@sbcglobal.net September 10, 2012, 11:59 am Source: Will Book 1, Page 49, 50 Greene County, Pa Written: June 16, 1804 Deed of Gift or Will of Mary Reinhart, deceased Will Book 1, page 49, 50 Greene County, PA, Copy sent by Nancy Nelson Thorne to Anne Winters, May, 2010 I, Mary Reinhart, Widow, do send greeting, know ye that I thee said Mary Reinhart of Greene County, State of Pennsylvania for and in consideration of the love and good will & affection I have for the persons hereafter mentioned by name do have unto them at my death in the following manner & form. I Mary Reinhart do by these presents give at my decease to Bennet & Thomas Reinhart forty pounds that is now left in the care of Thomas Reinhart - to be equal divided at my death between the two Thomas and Bennet Reinhart to them or their heirs or assigns as theirs only. Likewise I give unto Susanna Strawhan and to Susanna Reinhart at my death all my household goods and wearing cloths, my Chest and whatever there is within the said Chest & whatever there is within the house at my death with all the grain with all the grain I shall leave unto them or their heirs or assigns has a free gift. All which I desire by these free presents may faithfull..performed at my death. In witness whereof I have set my hand and Seal this sixteenth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and four. her Mary X Reinhart mark Witnesses Present: Isaac Dolston, James Eagon Additional Comments: Greene County, PA Will Book 1, p. 50 Letters of Administration for "the will annexed" were granted on Sept.5, 1805 to Isaiah Strawn and John Thomas Reinhart, the same day that James Eagon swore that Mary Reinhart was of "sound and disposing mind..." when she wrote the will -deed of gift in which she did not name executors. In his 1793 will Thomas Reinhart left his "beloved wife Anne Marie" a life estate in his home and property which at her death was to pass to his grandchildren - John Thomas Rinehart and Susannah Rinehart, children of his deceased son John. Greene County, PA Will Book 1, p. 50 Letters of Administration for "the will annexed" were granted on Sept.5, 1805 to Isaiah Strawn and John Thomas Reinhart, the same day that James Eagon swore that Mary Reinhart was of "sound and disposing mind..." when she wrote the will -deed of gift in which she did not name executors. I note that James Eagon was also a witness to her husband's will in 1793 along with a Bernard (Barnet?) Eagon. In December, 1805, three months after these L of A were granted, John Thomas Rinehart and his sister Susanna drew up papers dividing the property left them by their grandfather Thomas Reinhart. By this time they were both married. These papers were signed by John T. Rinehart and Susannah Rinehart (her mark) and by Isaiah and Susannah Strawn (her mark)." The Justice of the Peace, Thomas Hughes, interviewed "Susannah Reinhart and Susannah Strawn separate from their husbands." The only reason Isaiah Strawn was there was if he had married Susannah Reinhart!! 1820 census: John T Rinehart and Isaiah Strawn are neighbors. ============================ I believe this Mary Reinhart is the widow of Thomas Reinhart who died in 1793 and left a will in Washington County (Greene was not yet formed). She names the same sons of Thomas Reinhart - Thomas and Barnet. John T. and Susanna Reinhart were the grandchildren named in Thomas' 1793 will. Thomas called her Ann Marie in his will, but she may have been called just Mary by others. James Eagon was a witness to both wills . This is not definite proof but does imply she may have been an Eagon. On April 25, 1817 James Eagon in his will did " devise unto my son Barnet Eagon his heirs and assigns forever all my tract of land situate in Jefferson township aforesaid, adjoining lands of Samuel Hathaway, Bernet Rhinehart, Nathaniel Hughs & others.