Wills: Margaret Stauffer, 1799: Martic Twp, Lancaster County

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Margaret (Good) Stauffer ( b- 7/24/1727 Martic Twp d- 11/19/1799 Martic Twp )
daughter of Peter Good and Margaret Geetha, wife of Johannes Stauffer.

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Will of Margaret Stauffer

IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN I Margaret Stauffer of the township of Martic county of
Lancaster and state of Pennsylvania . Being weak and sick of body but of perfect
mind and memory thanks be given unto God . Calling unto mind the morality of my body
and knowing it is appointed for all persons once to die do make and ordain this my
last will and testament that is to say principally and first of all I give and
recommend my soul into the hands of the Almighty God that gave it and my body I
recommend to the earth to be buried in a decent Christian burial at the discretion
of my executors nothing doubting but at the General Resurrection I shall receive the
same again by the mighty power of God and as touching such word estate wherewith it
has pleased God to bless me in this life I give devise and dispose of the same in
the following manner and from first I give and bequeath unto my six children namely
Peter , Margaret, Anna, Magdelena, John and David or there heirs . All my linen and
woolen cloth equally to be divided among them then to my hereafter nominated
executors share and share alike and further be it remembered that the heirs of my
son Peter are to draw there fathers share of said linen and equally to be divided
among them and obtain the same whenever they become of full age. It is my will that
my moveable property shall be equally divided among my  said children or there heirs
and further it is my will that when the said property is divided then my hereafter
nominated executors is to make public sale of the one six part of  said property and
divide  the money equally among the heirs of my said son Peter. Share and Share alike
to receive the same as soon as they become of full age. Likewise I give and bequeath
unto my son David one coverlet his choice of all my bedding and lastly I do nominate
and appoint my beloved son John Stauffer and my respected son in law John Lyne the
executors of my last will and testament and I do hereby utterly disallow revoke and
dismiss all and every other former testaments wills legacies and bequeaths and
executors by me in anywise before named willed and bequeathed ratifying allowing and
confirming this and no other to be my last will and testament. IN WITNESS: whereof I
have hereunto set my hand and seal this twenty ninth day of August in the year of
our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety nine.

                                                                                     
                   Margaret Stauffer

Signed sealed published pronounced and declared by the said Margaret Stauffer as her
last will and testament in the presence of us who in her presence and in the presence
of each other have hereunto subscribed our names John Brenneman and Benjamin Hart.

LANCASTER COUNTY FS:  on the fifth day of November 1799 before me the subscriber
personally appeared John Brenneman and Benjamin Hart the two  subscribing witnesses
to the foregoing will. The said John Brenneman upon his corporal oath and the said
Benjamin Hart upon his solemn affirmation on according to law did severally depose
declare and say that they were present and saw and heard Margaret Stauffer the
testatrix therein named sign seal publish pronounce and declare the foregoing
instrument in writing as and for her last will and testament and at the time of
doing thereof she was of sound and well disposing mind memory and understanding
according to the best of their knowledge observation and belief.

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