Wills: Johannes Kapp, 1758: Donegall Twp, Lancaster Co, PA

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WILL OF JOHANNES KAPP
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
1757

(This Will was copied as it appears in the Lancaster County Archives; the
spelling has NOT been altered; it is unknown if the spelling errors occured
during the translation from German to English)

John Kapp
Deceased

IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN.  that I John Caap (sp)of the Coundy of Langaster in
the provnce of penslvania and tounfhup of donegall yeman biging in good
meemrey and unterstanting to mack and declare this my Last Will and
testament first and principally Recomending my Immortal Spiret intothe hands
of my greed Creator tristing in the Merits if my bleset Saveuer for parton
and Remifsion of all my Sins and happy admision into the Region of Imortal
blife and glorey and as to such wordly estats Wherwith it has pleased God to
bless me with, I Give and Bequeath in manor as following. Imprimis I arder
that so mouch of my personall Estate be sold by my Executors herin after
mentioned as will paiy all my Just Debtes and funrell Expensis and furter I
order that the Remenider of my personall Estate whit my Real Estate be geeb
together for the full thime of eighteen years for the mantaining of my
smalles children and thean to be ecqalley theveytet amongst my said children
and the third part and twenty pound more of all my estate I give to my
loving Wife CATHRINA for hur matainace forther I order that if my Excators
and my wife see cause to mack aney Seal or divisioin afor such time of
eighteen years thee shall have full poure do it.  Lastly I nominabe and
apoint my Loving Wife CATHRINA (nee ETTER) and JOHN ETTER of the townshup
of Danegal my Executors of this my last Will and testament in wittnes wherof
I have hereunto sed my hand and Seal this 18 day of October in the year of
1757.

                                                John Kapp  (seal)

Signed Seald published prounced and declared by the above testator as his
last Will and testament in the presence of us.

Abraham FREDRICK     Peter SNEIDER

LANCASTER COUNTY FS  January the 3rd 1758  BEFORE me the Subscriber  came
Abraham Frederick and Peter Sneider the Witnesses to the within written Will
and on their solemn Affirmations did declare and say that they were present
and saw and heard JOHANNES KAPP 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 therof he was of sound  and disposing Mind
Memory and Understanding to the best of their Knowledge Observation and
Belief.

Edwd. Shippen  D. Rg.

BE it remembered that on the 3d day of January 1758 The last Will and
Testament of JOHANNES KAPP deceased was proved in due form of Law and
Probate and Letters Testamentary were granted unto JOHN ETTER one of the
executors in the said Testament named (the Widow having renounced) he being
first duly Qualified well and truly to Administer the said Decedents Estate
and bring an Inventory thereof into the Registers Office at Lancaster on or
before the 3d day of July next And also to render a true and just account of
his said Administration when thereto lawfully required.

GIVEN under the Seal of the said Office.

By me         Edwd. Shippen D. Rr