LAST WILL & TESTAMENT of MATHIAS BASSLER, 1889 Trevorton, Northumberland County, PA

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The Last Will and Testament of Mathias Bassler of Zerbe Township, 
Northumberland County and State of Pennsylvania;

In the name of God Amen.
I Mathias Bassler, considering the uncertainty of this mortal life, and
being of sound mind and memory (blessed by Almightly God, for the same)
do make and publish this my last will and testament, in manner and form
following, viz:

First--I give devise and bequeath unto my beloved wife Clophia Barbara, All
my property.  Real, personal and mixed of what nature or kind soever and
wheresoever the same shall or may be at the time of my death for and during
her natural life to her own use and if she shall so long remain my widow
and not marry (except) such articles as I give hereinafter to my son John
Adam Bassler.

Second--I give and bequeath to my son John Adam Bassler My horse, the 
harness, drag waggon and spring waggon, which I give to him for and towards
for which he has worked for me since he has been over the age of twenty one
years.  And further after the death of my beloved wife Clophia Barbara, I
give and bequeath also unto my Son John Adam Bassler out of my estate before
a divident be made amongst my heirs the sum of one hundred and fifty ($150.00)
Dollars which is to be in full for and towards his working for me and my
said wife since he has been twenty-one years.

And further after the death of my said wife Clophia Barbara, that whatsoever
may then be unexpended I give and bequeath to my legal heirs share and 
share alike their heirs and assigns forever.

Lastly, I do hereby appoint my esteemed friend John Binder to be the 
Executor of this my last will and testament.

In witness whereof, I Mathias Bassler the Testator, have to this, my will,
written on one sheet of legal cap paper, set my hand and seal this twenty-
fourth day of December A.D. One thousand eight hundred and eighty eight.

						Mathias Bassler (seal)

Signed, sealed, published and declared by the above named Mathias Bassler.
as for and his last will and testament, in the presense of us, who have
hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses thereto in the presense of the
said testator.

						Henry Z. Raker
						Alexander Wagner



State of Pennsylvania,
County of Northumberland } ss:

	Be it remembered, that on this Ninth day of January, A.D. 1899, before
me the Register for the Probate of Wills and granting of Letters of
Administration in and for said County, personally appeared Alexander Wagner
one of the subscribing witnesses to the foregoing instrument of writing
purporting to be the last Will and Testament of Mathias Bassler late of the
Township of Zerbe County and State aforesaid, deceased, who being duly
sworn according to the law does declare and say that he was personally
present at the execution of the same and saw and heard the testator therein
named, sign, seal, publish, pronounce and declare the same as and for his
last Will and Testament, and that at the time of so doing he was of sound,
disposing mind, memory and understanding to the best of his knowledge and
belief, and that he died January 22, 1889.

Sworn and subscribed to before me, }		Alexander Wagner
Frederick Haas, REGISTER           }
   


We, the undersigned, who are the only heirs and legatees of Mathias Bassler,
late of the Town of Trevorton, in the Township of Zerbe, in the County of
Northumberland and State of Pennsylvania, deceased, hereby renounce our 
right to Letters of Administration e.t.a. upon the estate of said decedent,
and respectfully request that the Register of Wills of the County of 
Northumberland to grand such letters to F. R. Dornsife, of Trevorton, in
the State aforesaid.

Witness our hands and seals this sixteenth day of May, A.D. 1899.

						Lewis F. Bassler (seal)
						J. Adam Bassler (seal)
						Margaret Deeben (seal)