Indiana County PA Archives Wills.....WILKINS, James 1808, 1809
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Indiana County Will Book I, page 13
Written: September 29, 1808
Recorded: February 6, 1809

  In the name of God Amen, I, James Wilkins of the Township of Centre 
in the County of Indiana and State of Pennsylvania being weak in body 
but of a sound and perfect mind and memory, blessed be God for the 
same, do make and publish this my last well and testament in manner and 
form following that is to say - First I give and bequeath unto my 
beloved wife Jean Wilkins the one half of all my movable property. I do 
also give and bequeath to my daughter Nancy Laughlin the other half of 
my movable property.  I also give and bequeath to my three eldest sons 
James Wilkins, John Wilkins and Andrew Wilkins the sum of one dollar 
besides of what they have already got to be paid out of my real estate 
which several legacies I will and order to be paid to the said 
respective legatees after my decease and the decease of my wife Jean.  
fourth, I further give and devise unto my two youngest sons William 
Wilkins and Thos. Wilkins all that my messuage or tenement situate 
lying and being in the Twp., Co. and state aforesaid and bounded by 
lands of James Wilkins. James Simpson and others and whereon I now live 
to be equally divided between them. I further give and devise unto my 
youngest son Thomas Wilkins sixty-four acres of land situate and lying 
in Toby township in the county of Armstrong and state aforesaid whereon 
William Adams did live being part of a tract I hold in Co. with Charles 
Campbell, Esqr., and lastly I hereby appoint Wm. Wilkins and Thomas 
Wilkins my sole executors of 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 the twenty ninth day of September in the 
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eight. (1808)
                        James  Wilkins  {Seal}

  Signed sealed published and declared by the above named James Wilkins 
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 William Hamilton and Joseph Moorhead - Be it remembered that 
on the sixth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight 
hundred and nine (1809) personally appeared before me James McLain, 
Register for the Probate of Wills and granting letters of 
administration in and for the county of Indiana, William Hamilton and 
Joseph Moorhead, the subscribing witnesses to the foregoing instrument 
of writing and being duly sworn depose and say that they were 
personally present and saw James Wilkins the testator set his signature 
and acknowledge the same as and for his last will and testament and at 
the same time they believed him to be of sound mind and memory and that 
the names thereto subscribed as witnesses, vis: Wm. Hamilton and Joseph 
Moorhead are of their own proper handwriting. Sworn before James 
McLain, Register.