WILL: Samuel BRAND, 1783, Rapho Township, Lancaster County, PA

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Source: Lancaster Co, Wills Book Y, Vol 2, Page 66
Written: May 5, 1783

Samuel Brand  In the Name of God Amen I Samuel Brand of Rapho Township 
Lancaster County & State of Pennsylvania farmer being old and weary of Body 
But of Good understanding and Memory thanks be unto God therefore do this 
fifth day of May Anno Domini one thousand seven hundred and eighty three make 
confess and declare this my Last Will and Testament in manner and form 
following that is to say It is my will and I do hereby ordain that for the 
first my funeral expenses & all my just debts shall be paid by my hereinafter 
named Executors out of my Estate

Item It is my will & I give and devise to my Son Yost Brand to him his heirs & 
assigns forever my plantation whereon he Even now already dwelleth which 
contains hundred & ninety acres more or less as the Draught of the same 
sheweth Together with the Buildings house & Barn thereon Being

Item it is my will & I give and bequeath to my Eldest son one English shilling 
sterling extraordinary which shall be for his full second share of all my 
estate

Item It is my will & I give to my deceased son named Hanz Brand his widow 
named Maria a full childs share what is coming to one of her children out of 
the plantation of the said deceased which was sold by his Executors

Item it is my will that all my children whom I will all here mention by name 
that is Michael Brand Christian Brand Yost Brand Anna Maria Brand Elizabeth 
Brand Elister Brand & Jacob Brand shall all have Equal shares of all my Extate 
Excepting what I have above given to my Eldest son extraordinary for his 
second share

Item I constitute make & ordain my two sons viz Michael Brand & Christian 
Brand for my sole Executors of this my Last Will and Testament and do hereby 
utterly disallow revoke & disannul all my former Wills & Testaments 
acknowledging and confessing this & no other to be my only Last Will & 
Testament  In Witness whereof I Samuel Brand have hereunto set my hand & seal 
the day & year above written  Signed Sealed pronounced & declared by the said 
Samuel Brand as his last Will & Testament In presence of us Christian 
Kilhoffer Elizabeth Kilhoffer Lancaster County so On the first day of June 
Anno Domini 1784 Before me the subscriber personally appeared Christian 
Kilhoffer and Eizabeth Kilhoffer the two subscribing witnesses to the above 
and foregoing will and on their Solemn affirmation Respectively did declare 
and say that they were present and saw and heard Samuel Brand the Testator 
therein named sign seal publish pronounce and declare this above and foregoing 
writing as(?) and for his last Will and Testament and that at the doing 
thereof he was of sound and well disposing mind memory understanding to the 
best of their knowledge observation and Belief  James Jaulo(?) Register

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NOTE:  The original handwriten will is void of punctuations.

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