Wills: Adam Roth, 1807: Moore Twp, Northampton County, PA

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Will of Adam Roth
written 21 Oct 1806
proved 13 Jan 1807
Northampton Co., PA
Will Book 4 page 257

(Note: tow - n. the coarse and broken fibers of hemp, flax, etc. before
spinning.)

Names appearing in will:  Roth's - Adam, Catharine (wife), Barbara,
Christian, Jacob, Valentine, David (dec'd), Catharine (daughter) married to
John Erit; Margaret wife of Philip Fry; Michael Drach (note from);
Witnesses: Michael Drach; Salomn? Drach; Nathaniel Michler.

In the Name of God Amen! I, Adam Roth of the township of Moore in the
County of Northampton and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Yeoman, being sick
and weak in body but of sound and well disposing mind and Memory, blessed
be Good for the same, and all other his mercies and favours conferred on
me, and calling to mind the Uncertainty of this mortal life, has thought
fit to make and publish this my last Will and testament of an concerning
the temporal estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in manner and
form following, that is to say; first it is my Will that all my just and
lawful debts and funeral expences be duly paid And I give and bequeath unto
my dear with Catharine the following Articles, to wit: one complete and
good feather bed, bedding and bedstead one furniture bedcurtain one chest
all her clothes one cow and cow chain, one hog, if any belonging to me at
my decease, two swarms of bees and hives, one large and one small iron pot,
two earthen dishes, two pewter plates four pewter tablespoons one frying
pan two large kitchen or cook-spoons, one large kitchen or cook-fork, one
large cedar wash tub, one chair, one vinegar keg, one empty barrel, three
mill-bags, one spinning wheel, one bottle, two cedar pails, ten bushels of
rye, all the flax and tow, and all the linen cloths, tow linen which shall
be found and belonging to me at the time of my decease, and fifteen pounds
of good and lawful money of the United States, in gold or silver coin, to
be paid unto her, by my executor hereinafter named; at or before the
expiration of one whole year next after my decease. Item, I give and
bequeath unto my said dear wife Catharine, over and besides what I have
already give and bequeathed unto her as hereintofore stated, the further
sum of eighty pounds of like Money as aforesaid, to be paid unto her by my
executor hereinafter named in payments of ten pounds each, the first
payment to be due and payable on the day of the date one year next after my
decease, and so on in each and every succeeding year the like sum of ten
pounds on the day aforesaid until the aforesaid eighty pounds are fully
paid unto her. And I do hereby authorise and require my executor herein
after named within some convenient time and as speedily as possible after
my decease to proceed to have all my estate appraised and inventorised, and
to make sale thereof by public vendue or otherwise as he shall think most
advantageous and best; he my executor shall collect my outstanding debts
due on book accounts bonds notes etc and the monies accruing from the sales
aforesaid book demands bonds notes etc. together with the yearly payments
which I have to receive from a certain Michael Drach, due on obligations
for the land formerly mine but now conveyed unto him, I give and bequeath
in the following Manner to wit: I give and bequeath unto my youngest
daughter Barbara, the Sum of five and twenty pounds of lawful money of the
United States in gold or silver coin, over and above her share hereinafter
recorded?? and bequeathed unto her the said money shall be put on yearly
interest with sufficient security within one year next after my decease, by
my Executor hereinafter named, and the interest shall yearly and every year
be paid unto my said daughter Barbara and I do hereby most earnestly
request my executor hereinafter named to take the most particular and
tender care of the person and property of my said daughter Barbara, she
being weak in Mind & Understanding: Item, I give and bequeath unto my son
Christian and to his lawful heirs, five and twenty cents and no more he my
said son Christian having received his full share out & from my estate
during my lifetime: All the remainder of the monies accruing, shall be put
on yearly interest with sufficient security by my Executor herinafter named
until the eighty pounds herein before mentioned and bequeathed unto my dear
wife Catharine are fully paid and satisfied, then all such monies remaining
and due, and coming out and from my estate shall be divided into six equal
and like shares, which said six shares I give and bequeath as followeth, to
wit: unto my sons Jacob and Valentine or their lawful heirs, each one of
said shares;  the children of my late son David deceased shall have one
share, equally to be divided between them. And unto my daughters Catharine,
the wife of John Erit, and Margaret the wife of Philip Fry and Barbara my
youngest daughter or their lawful heirs, each one of said shares, so that
my said two sons, and my three daughters as abovein named, and the children
of my son David dec'd together shall have equal and like shares of the
aforesaid reside and remainder the said shares to be paid unto them
respectively by my executor, within one year next after the last payment of
the eighty pounds bequeathed unto my wife, hath been due and payed.
And lastly I nominate, constitute and appoint my trusty and loving son
Jacob to be the sole executor of this my Will, hereby revoking all other
Wills, legacies and bequests by me heretofore made and declaring this and
no other to be my last Will and Testament. In Witness whereof I the said
Adam Roth have hereunto set my hand and seal the twenty first day of
October in the year of our LORD one thousand eight hundred and six. Signed
Adam Roth
Signed sealed published pronounced and declared by the said testator as his
last Will and Testament in the presence of us, who in his presence and t
his request have subscribed as witnesses   Michael Drach   Salomn? Drach
Nath'l Michler

Northampton County, to wit, on the 13 Day of January AD 1807 Before me
George Thrice Deputy Register etc. came the above named Nathaniel Michler
and Michael Drach two of the subscribing witnesses to the last will and
Testament of Adam Roth deceased who being duly sworn as the law requires,
did respectively depose and say that they were present and did see and hear
the said testator sign seal publish and declare the same as and for his
last will and testament that at the doing thereof he the said testator was
of sound Mind Memory and of a disposing Understanding to the best of their
knowledge and belief and also that they these Deponants subscribed their
names as witnesses to the same in the presence & at the request of the said
Testator and in the presence of Solomn? Drach the other witness & in the
presence of each other - Witness my Hand signed Geo. Thrice.