WILL: Edward DAVIES, 1764, Caernarvon Township, Lancaster County, PA

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The Will of Edward Davies
Dated 1 March 1764 and proved 23 March 1764

In The Name of God Amen This first Day of March in the Year of our Lord one 
Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty four I Edward DAVIES of the Township of 
Caernarvon in the County of Lancaster Yeoman being Sick and Weak in Body but of 
Sound and Perfect Mind and Memory praised be Almighty God and Calling to mind 
the uncertainty of this mortal Life and that it is ordained for all men once to 
Die Do make this my Last Will and Testament in the following Manner first and 
principally I Recommend my Soul into the Hands of Almighty God who gave it and 
my Body to be Decently Buried at ye Discretion of my Executrix herein after 
named and as Touching such worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased Almighty God 
to Bless me I give and Bequeath it in ye following manner that is to Say first 
my Will is that all my Just Debts and funeral Expences be discharged and paid 
Also I give and Bequeath to my son John That Tract of Land whereon he now Liveth 
which I bought of my Brother David and all my Right in the other Tract of Land 
lying to the north of the former and that he Take a Patent for it in his Own 
name and as to my other Tract of Land whereon I now Live which is said to 
Contain three Hundred Acres be it more or Less I give & Bequeath it to my well 
Beloved wife During her Life and After her Decease to be to my Son James. And as 
I obtained that Land by my wife my will is that She confirm it to my Son James 
after her decease. Also I give and Bequeath to my beloved wife my part in the 
Mill and the Land thereunto Belonging to be managed between her and my Son in 
Law William DOUGLASS as they Shall See Cause whether to Keep it or dispose of it 
Also I Give and Bequeath to my three Daughters Ann Sarah and Jane the Sum of Ten 
Pounds to each of them to be paid them in five Years after my decease Also I 
Give and Bequeath to my son Forty Pounds more to be Paid him in the following 
manner, that is to say, Twenty Pounds in Six years after my decease and the 
other Twenty in Seven Years after my decease Provided he Lay no Claim to the 
Land which I have Bequeathed to my son James and as Touching All the Rest of my 
Personal Estate of what Kind soever it be and wheresoever it may be found I Give 
and Bequeath it to my well beloved wife whom I Constitute and Appoint my sole 
Executrix of this my Last Will and Testament hereby Revocking and Disanulling 
all other Wills by me made heretofore.

Signed Sealed and Acknowledged in the } his
Presence of us. Edward DAVIES } Edward G DAVIES Seal
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Jacob I R Roote Gabriel DAVIES }
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Lancaster County Ss On the Twenty third Day of March Anno Domini 1764 Before me 
the Subscriber Personally Appeared Edward DAVIES and Gabriel DAVIES two of the 
Subscribing witnesses to the within Will and on their Corporal Oaths did depose 
and Say that they were present and Saw and heard Edward DAVIES the Testator 
within named Sign Seal Publish pronounce and declare the within writing as and 
for his Last Will and Testament and that at the Doing thereof he was of Sound 
and well disposing Mind Memory and understanding to the best of their Knowledge 
Observation and Belief. Edward SHIPPEN DyRr

Lancaster County Ss. On the Twenty third day of March Anno Domini 1764 Before me 
the Subscriber Personally Appeared Jacob Roote Another of the Subscribing 
Witnesses to the within Will and on his Solemn Affirmation did declare and Say 
that he was present and Saw and heard Edward DAVIES the Testator within named 
Sign seal Publish pronounce and declare the within Writing as & for his Last 
will and Testament and that at the doing thereof he was of Sound and well 
disposing Mind Memory and understanding to the best of his Knowledge Observation 
and Belief. Edward SHIPPEN DyR

Named in this will:
Wife (also to be executrix)
Sons John and James
Brother David
Daughters Ann, Sarah & Jane

Witnesses Edward DAVIES, Jacob Roote, & Gabriel DAVIES

Deputy Register: Edward SHIPPEN

Transcribed by Anna Brown from FHL Film # 0022154 Lancaster Co PA Will Books A-
B; Book A page 221