Wills: James Steel, 1756: Little Britain Twp, Lancaster County

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(Note typed as it appered, including many spelling errors)
Lancaster County Archives Will book B, Volume 1, page 129
JAMES STEEL
                Deceased

IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN this ye thirteenth Day of Aprile in yeYear
of our Lord 1756 James Steel of ye Township of Little Britain in
ye County of  Lancaster being very sick and weak in body but of perfect  mind
and memory thanks be given unto God therefore caling unto Mind ye Mortality of
my
body and knowing that  it is appointed for all Men once to dye do make and
Ordain this my last  will and testement that is to say principally and first
of all I Give and Recommend my  soul into ye hands of God that gave it and
for my Body I recommend It to ye  Earth to be  Buried in a Christian  Like
and decent manner at ye discreation of my Executors nothing Doubting but
at ye general Resurrection I shall recieve  ye  same again by ye mighty power
of God And as touching such worldly Estate wherewith It hath pleased God
to blifs me in this  life  I give Devise and dispose of ye same In ye
following Manner and form IMPRIMIS I Leave ye  place I now live on to ye
Care and disposal  of my Sons   Thomas Steel and John Steel And they are to
pay and discharge all Debts that I now owe And I order that there be know
Vandue made or ye Land or House Hold fourniture till in November next And
I give and Bequeth unto my son Thos. Steel one bigg pott to him
and his

Afsigns And I leave my Son William Steel ye sum of ten pounds to be paid
to his out of  ye first gail  of ye Place after all  Debts and Funaral
Charges
are discharged to him and his Heirs ans Afsigns for ever
Item I give and bequath unto my  dearly beloved Wife Elizabeth Steel and
my Daughter Elizabeth Steel All ye residueof ye Money arifeing from ye sale of
ye said
land and furniture to be divided equeally between them to them there Heirs
and Afsigns AND I desire my dearly beloved  Wife to take and  keep
hir Daughter Mary Nixfon until she comes of  age and at ye Exfpration of her
timee I
order her to give hir one cow and new cloase  such as are comon for bound
for bound
Servants to get  Also I desire my beloved wife takes care
of my Daughter Elezebeth Steel . And I order my sons  Thomas  Steel and John
Steel to pay ye money amounting from ye place Into ye Hands of my wife
so such as amounts to hir part And my Daughter Elezebeths part to be put into
Intrest till she coms of Age or marrys  I. Likewise constitute make and ordain
my two
Sons Thomas Steel and John Steel my sole Executors of this my last  will and
Testament IN WITNEFS whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
Sale ye Day and year above written.

Jamee Steel  (SEAL)

Signed Sealled Published ponounoed and  declared by Ye said
James Steel
his last Will and Testemt in ye presence of us ye subscribers Alexd. Duncan
Saml. Steel

LANCASTER FS. June the 12th 1756 Before me the Subscriber came
A lexander Duncan and Saml. Steel  the Witnefses to the foregoing wIll and
on their Corporal Oaths did depose and  say that they were present and saw and
heard
James Steel the Testator above named Sign Seal publish pronounce & Declare the
foregoingWriting as and  for his last Will and  testement and that at the
doing thereof he
of  sound  and disposing mind memory & Understanding to the best of their
Knowledge
& Belief

Edwd Shippen D. Rr.

BE IT REMEBERED that on the 12th day of June 1756 The last will and testament
of
James Steel desceased was provedin due form of law
and Probate and Letters Testamentary were granted to Thomas Steel and John
Steel the
Executors in the said testament named them being first duley Qualified well
and truley to
Administer the said Decedents Estate and to bring an Inventory thereof into
the resisters
Office at Lancaster on or before the twelfth Day of July next AND also to
render a true
and just Account of their said Administration when thereto lawfully required.
        GIVEN under the seal of the said office
                                        by me       Edwd Shippen Deputy
Register