DEED: Adam OBERLIN & others to Jacob OBERLIN, 1792, Earl Twp., Lancaster County, PA

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Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Deed Book PP, page 507-513 


Earl Township
Written: September 30, 1791
Recorded: September 22, 1792

Adam Oberlin & Others to Jacob Oberlin } TO ALL PEOPLE to whom these presents 
shall come Adam Oberlin of the Township of Earl in the County of Lancaster and 
State of Pennsylvania yeoman Adam Nees of the Township of Cocalico in the said 
County of Lancaster Esquire and Margaret his wife John Weeland of the Township 
of Earl in the said County of Lancaster yeoman and Christina his wife, John 
Bitzer of the Township of Leacock in the said County of Lancaster yeoman and 
Rebecca his wife & Hannah Oberlin of the said township of Earl, in the County 
of Lancaster aforesaid Spinster (they the said Adam Oberlin, Margaret the wife 
of Adam Nees, Christina the wife of John Weeland, Rebecca the wife of John 
Bitzer and Hannah Oberlin being childred of Michael Oberlin late of the 
Township of Earl in the County of Lancaster aforesaid yeoman deceased) Send 
Greeting

WHEREAS the Honerable Thomas Penn and Richard Penn Esquires (late) 
Proprietaries of Pennsylvania aforesaid in and by their certain Patent or 
Grant bearing date the thirteenth day of May in the year of our Lord one 
thousand seven hundred and sixty two for the considerations therein mentioned 
did gie grant, release and confirm unto the said Michael Oberlin a certain 
tract of land situate in Earl Township in the County of Lancaster aforesaid 
bounded and described as follows viz.  BEGINNING at a marked white oak on 
Conestogoe Creek thence by land of John Irwin North thirty degrees West eighty 
two perches to a marked Spanish oak and North sixty degrees East twenty 
perches to a marked white oak thence by land of the said John Irwin and land 
of Conrad Branisell North thirty degrees West eighty one perches to a post 
thence by land of Henry Kemper South sixty degrees West one hundred and forty 
two perches to a stone thence by land of Rudy Pullinger South thirty three 
degrees East sixty eight perches to a marked white oad and South sixty degrees 
West twenty perches to a marked white oak thence by land of John Linn South 
thirty degrees East eighty nine perches to a marked white oad and south forty 
one degrees East twenty two perches to a marked white oak thence by land of 
the said John Linn and land of William McClary North sixty degrees East eighty 
two perches to a post on Conestogoe Creek aforesaid thence down the said Creek 
on the several courses thereof to the place of Beginning CONTAINING one 
hundred and forty two acres and the usual allowance of six acres p cent for 
roads and highways with the appurtenances, To hold to him the said Michael 
Oberlin his heirs and assigns forever as in and by the said recited Patent or 
Grant recorded in the Office for Recording of Deeds for the City and County of 
Philadelphia in Patent Book AA vol 3d. Page 269 &ca. reference thereto being 
had may more fully appear, 

AND WHEREAS William Moore of the said County of Lancaster Miller in and by his 
certain Deed Poll bearing date the thirteenth day of June in the year of our 
Lord one thousand seven hundred and fifty seven for the consideration therein 
mentioned did grant bargain and sell unto the said Michael Oberlin a certain 
tract or piece of land situate on the North side of Conestogoe Creek in Earl 
Township in the said County of Lancaster adjoining to the other land of the 
said Michael Oberlin containing about two acres more or less with the 
appurtenances, To hold to him the said Michael Oberlin his heirs and assigns 
forever as in and by the said recited Deed Poll recorded in the Office for 
Recording of Deeds in and for the County of Lancaster aforesaid in Book EE 
page 522 &ca. reference thereto being had may more at large appear,

AND WHEREAS the said last mentioned piece or parcel of land which the said 
William Moore granted and conveyed unto the said Michael Oberlin s aforesaid 
according to a survey thereof lately had and made is contained within and 
bounded by the following lines and courses to wit BEGINNING at a white oak 
standing on the South side of Conestogoe Creek and from thence extending down 
along the Bank of the same Creek on the South side thereof according to the 
several courses of the same Creej forty two perches to a post standing by the 
said Creek also on the South side thereof thence (crossing the said Creek) by 
other lands late of the said Michael Oberlin North fifty six degrees and one 
half of a degree East twenty seven perches to a white oak and South thirty 
five degrees East twenty perches and one half of a perch (recrossing the said 
Creek) to the place of Beginning CONTAINING three acres and twenty perches of 
land

AND WHEREAS John Glenn and Mary his wife in and by their certain Indenture 
bearing date the fifth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand seven 
hundred and sixty five for the consideration therein mentioned did grant and 
confirm unto the said Michael Oberlin (by the name of Michael Oberle) a 
certain tract or piece of land situate in Earl Township in the County of 
Lancaster aforesaid containing one hundred and fifty nine acres and the 
allowances of six acres p cent for roads and highways according to the courses 
and distances bounds and limits in the same Indenture mentioned and described, 
with the appurtenances, To hold to him the said Michael Oberlin his heirs and 
assigns forever, as in and by the said recited Indenture, reference thereto 
being had may more fully appear

AND WHEREAS the said Michael Oberlin being so as aforesaid seised in fee fo 
and in fee of and in three tracts or pieces of land aforesaid died having 
first made his last Will and Testament in writing bearing date the seventeenth 
day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty seven 
and therein and thereby did give and devise unto his son Jacob Oberlin the 
plantation whereon he the said Testator Michael Oberlin then lived

BEING the first mentioned tract of one hundred and forty two acres and 
allowance and the said described piece or parcel of three acres and twenty 
perches of land

TOGETHER WITH a certain piece or parcel which he directed to be taken or laid 
off from the last mentioned tract of land so as aforesaid granted and conveyed 
by the said John Glenn and Mary his wife unto the said Michael Oberlin 
BEGINNING at a marked white oak standing by the old road in a line of land 
late of Elias Myer and from thence extending to a marked white oak standing on 
a rock near Conestogoe Creek and from thence up the said Creek on the South 
side thereof to a marked white oad in a line of Christian Burkholder’s land, 
To hold the said plantation and premises to him the said Jacob Oberlin his 
heirs and assings forever he paying for the same the sum of twelve hundred 
Pounds in gold or silver coin in the manner following to wit, Three hundred 
Pounds part thereof to be retaineded in his hands to enable him to pay the 
interest thereof to the said Testator’s wife Christina Barbara (his widow and 
relict) yearly and every year during the term of her natural life, and the 
residue thereof (being nine hundred Pounds) to be paid by installments or 
yearly payments of fifty pounds each;

AND the said Testator Michael Oberlin having in and by his said last Will and 
Testament given and devised to his said son Adam Oberlin all the residue and 
remainder of the last mentioned tract of land (which the said John Glenn & 
Mary his wife granted and conveyed to the said Testator as aforesaid after 
taking there from the said piece or parcel of land devised to the said Jacob 
Oberlin as aforesaid at and for the valuation or sum therein mentioned and 
expressed, did will and order that all his children, to wit the sad Adam 
Oberlin, Margaret Nees, Jacob Oberlin, Christina Weeland, Rebecca Bitzer and 
Hannah Oberlin should have equal shares of and in his estate (except that his 
eldest son the said Adam Oberlin should have five Pounds over & above his 
equal share and that the children of his deceased daughter Elizabeth Yund 
should inherit or receive their said Mothers share after deducting the sum of 
fifty Pounds due by Bond from their father (Nicholus Yund) to the said 
Testator as in and by the said recited last Will and Testament duly proved and 
remaining in the Register’s Office at Lancaster reference thereto being had 
may more fully and at large appear

AND WHEREAS the said piece or parcel of land which the said Testator Michael 
Oberlin deceased in and by his last Will and Testament did give and devise 
(with the two first mentioned and described tracts or parcels of land) unto 
his son the said Jacob Oberlin hath been surveyed and laid off from the last 
mentioned tract of one hundred and fifty nine acres agreeable to the 
directions of the last Will and Testament aforesaid, AND is contained within 
and bounded by the following lines and courses to wit, BEGINNING at a white 
oad and from thence extending by lands of Nicholus Tell South fifty five 
degrees and one half of a degree West thirty two perches to a stone, thence by 
lands of Elias Myer South thirty fie degrees East fifty four perches and one 
half of a perche to a post thence by lands of John Weeland North sixty two 
degrees East thirty one perches to a post, thence by the other part (or 
remainder) of the aforesaid tract of land North thirty three degrees and one 
half of a degree West fifty eight perches to the place of Beginning CONTAINING 
eleven acres of land

AND WHEREAS the said Christina Barbara the widow and relict of the said 
Michael Oberlin is lately also deceased whereby the said sum of three hundred 
Pounds part of the said twelve hundred Pounds the valuation of the lands and 
premises aforesaid became due and payable the said Jacob Oberlin agreeable to 
the directions of the last Will and Testament he the said Jacob Oberlin being 
intitled to an equal share of and in the said sum, And the said Jacob Oberlin 
having agreed to accept and hold the said lands and premises devised to him in 
and by the said last Will & Testament as aforesaid at and for the sum of 
thirteen hundred Pounds for an in lieu of the said sum of twelve hundred 
Pounds at and for which the same lands and premises are valued and charged in 
and by the last Will and Testament aforesaid

NOW KNOW YE That the said Jacob Oberlin on of the sons of the said Michael 
Oberlin deceased hath well and faithfully satisfied and paid or wll and 
sufficiently secured to be pain unto the said Adam Oberlin, Adam Nees and 
Margaret his wife, John Weeland and Christina his wife, John Bitzer and 
Rebecca his wife & Hannah Oberlin the several and respective shares of them 
the said Adam Oberlin, Adam Nees and Margaret his wife, John Weeland and 
Christina his wife, John Bitzer and Rebecca his wife and Hannah Oberlin of and 
in the said sum of thirteen hundred Pounds at which the said Jacob Oberlin 
agreet to hold the lands and premises to him devised by the last Will & 
Testament aforesaid in lieu of the said sum of twelve hundred Pounds at and 
for which the same lands and premises have been valued and charged by the said 
last Will and Testament as aforesaid

IN CONSIDERATION WHEREOF they the said Adam Oberlin, Adam Nees and Margaret 
his wife, John Weeland and Christina his wife, John Bitzer and Rebecca his 
wife and Hannah Oberlin for themselves severally and respectively and for 
their several and respective heirs, executors and administrators, do and each 
of and every of them, Doth by tehse presents remise release and forever quit 
claim unto the said Jacob Oberlin his heirs executors administrators and 
assigns all and every the said shares of them the said Adam Oberlin, Adam Nees 
and Margaret his wife, John Weeland and Christina his wife, John Bitzer and 
Rebecca his wife & Hannah Oberlin of an in the aforesaid sum of thirteen 
hundred Pounds, and all actions suits claims and demands whatsoever in any 
manner relating to or respecting the same so that the said Jacob Oberlin his 
heirs and assigns shall and lawfully may forever hereafter peaceably and 
quietly have hold and enjoy the said three described tracts or pieces of land 
one of them containing one hundred and forty two acres and the allowance as 
aforesaid one other of them containing three acres and twenty perches and the 
other of them containing eleven acres to him given and devised by the said 
Michael Oberlin deceased in and by his last Will and Testament as aforesaid 
with their appurtenances fully and absolutely acquitted and discharged of and 
from the said sum of thirteen hundred Pounds and of and from all and every the 
parts or shares of them the sad Adam Oberlin, Adam Nees and Margaret his wife, 
John Weeland and Christina his wife, John Bitzer and Rebecca his wife & Hannah 
Oberlin and each and every of them of and in the said sum and of and from all 
other claims and demands whatsoever of them or any or either of them

IN WITNESS WHEREOF the said Adam Oberlin, Adam Nees and Margaret his wife, 
John Weeland and Christina his wife, John Bitzer and Rebecca his wife & Hannah 
Oberlin have hereto set their hands and seals the thirtieth day of September 
in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety one

Adam Oberly {SEAL}
Adam Nees {SEAL}
Margaret her X mark Nees {SEAL}
John Weeland {SEAL}
Christina her X mark Weeland {SEAL}
John Bitzer {SEAL}
Rebecca her X mark Bitzer {SEAL}
Hannah her X mark Oberlin {SEAL}

Sealed and delivered in the presence of us
Stephen Marin – Philip Gloninger

LANCASTER COUNTY, SS: Before me the subscriber one of the Judges of Court and 
Common Pleas in the and for the said County of Lancaster personally appeared 
the within named Adam Oberlin Adam Nees and Margaret his wife John Weeland and 
Christina his wife John Bitzer and Rebecca his wife, & Hannah Oberlin and 
severaly acknowledged the foregoing Instrument in writing to be their act and 
deed and desired that the same may be recorded as such according to law They 
the said Margaret Christina and Rebecca being each of them of full age of 
twenty one years and being by me examined separate and apart from their said 
husbands and the contents of the same Instrument in writing being by me made 
known unto them did acknowledge and declare that they and each of them signed 
sealed executed and delivered the same Instrument in writing as and for their 
respective sets and deeds voluntarily and of their own free will and accord 
without any coercion or compulsion fear or threats of their said husbands or 
either of them

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I have hereto set my hand and seal the thirtieth day of 
September in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety one

Frederick Kuhn {SEAL}

Recorded the 22d day of September Anno Domini 1792.
Examd.                             G. Ross, Recorder