Wills: Michael Smith, 1805: Chillisquaque Township, Northumberland Co, PA

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Will of Michael Smith, 1805

In the Name of God, Amen, this eleventh day of June in the year of our 
Lord one thousand eight hundred and five, I, Michael Smith of Chillisquaque 
Township in the County of Northumberland & Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 
being at present very sick and weak in Body, but of sound disposing mind, 
memory and understanding, thanks be to God, therefore, calling unto mind the 
mortality of my Body, and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to 
die, Do make and ordain this my last will and testament, that is to say 
Principally and first of all, I recommend my soul into the hands of God who 
gave it, hoping through the merits, of our Saviour Jesus Christ, to receive 
Remission of all my Sins, and an happy admission into the Regions of Bless 
and Immortality, and as to my Body I recommend it to the Earth, to be Buried 
in a Christian like and decent manner.  And touching such Worldly Estate 
wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this life.  I give devise and 
dispose of the same in the following manner & form -Inprimise-It is my will 
and do order that in the first place, all my Just debts and funeral charges 
be paid and satisfied, as soon as conveniently may be after my decease.-

Item  It is my Will and I do order that my herein named Executors shall 
Rent or Lease out all that my Plantation whereon I at present dwell or 
live, after my decease, and which shall be done in four weeks after that, 
for two years from the time it is Rented or Leased and no longer, and from 
the Rent or Incomes thereof, It is my Will that my beloved wife Susanna 
and my two Youngest Children shall be supported or maintained for the said 
two years, and to have the Liberty to dwell or live in the small House near 
the River on said Plantation, and which shall be repaired for them to live 
comfortable therein with a Iron Stove, together with one Acre and a half of 
Land about said House for their use, besides their other maintenance of my 
aforesaid Plantation for the aforesaid two years, & what shall be over or more 
from the Rent of my said Plantation, and not wanted for the maintenance of my 
Wife and two Children, shall go towards paying my Just Debts.

Item  It is my Will and I do order, that after the expiration of the 
aforesaid term of lease or two years, I Executors shall sell all that my 
aforesaid Plantation, either upon public or private Sale, as they see cause 
and for the best advantage of my Family, hereby impowering my Executors or 
either of them to give and execute a good and lawful Deed for my said 
Plantation unto the purchaser or purchasers of the same, as to vest a fee 
Simple Estate in him or them.  

Item  It is also my Will, and I do order, that my Executors, shall put or lend 
out upon good Security, the Sum of Four hundred pounds from the first Money 
which shall be paid in Land to my said Plantation or Interest, and pay Yearly 
Interest thereof unto my beloved Wife Susanna so long, She lives and remains my 
widow, and which shall be in lieu and full as a widow [illegible] for her from 
my Estate.-

Item  I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife from my personal Estate a Bed 
with Bedstead & Bedding, a cow to take her choice and a Spinning Wheel, which 
She shall have & take before hand, and it is my Will that the remainder of my 
personal Estate shall be sold upon public Vendue by my Executors and the Money 
arising from the same, and after my Just debts are paid, I give and bequeath 
the one third part thereof unto my beloved Wife, and the remaining two third 
parts as well also the money as it becomes due of my said Plantation and the 
aforesaid Sum of Four hundred pounds after the decease of my beloved Wife or 
in case She intermarries again, shall be equally divided amongst my eight 
Children, to wit, my four sons Benjamin, John, Michael and Henry and four 
Daughters Catharine marryed[sic] to Michael Wolf, Betzy, Polly & Susanna or 
the Surviviors of them or their respective Heirs, provided that due regard shall 
be had & taken to deduct from the equal Share of my son Benjamin the Sum of 
thirty pounds, from the Share of my son John the Sum of fifty pounds, and from 
the Share of my Daughter Catharine  the Sum of Forty five pounds, which I have 
advanced unto them in my life time, so as to bring my Children upon an equal 
Share of my Estate.

And lastly I nominate and appoint my Son in law Michael Wolf and my Son John 
to be Executors of this my last Will and Testament provided they shall have or 
take no more Commission than from my personal Estate, hereby revoking, 
disannulling and making void, all former and other Wills and Testaments by me 
here fore to made, Ratifying and Confirming this and no other to be my last 
Will & Testament by me.  Witness whereof I the said,Michael Smith have hereunto 
set my Hand & Sealed, Dated the Day and Year first above written.

Michael Smith   {Seal}

Signed, Sealed, Published pronounced & declared by the said Testator as his last 
Will & Testament in the presence of us the subscribers.

Henry Spyker
       his
William O Park
       mark


Northumberland County}SS  Be it remembered that on the Eighth Day of August in 
the Year of our Lord 1805 Before me Jeremiah Simpson, Esq. Register for the 
County aforesaid personally appeared, Henry Spyker & William Park the two 
subscribing witnesses to the foregoingWill, who being duly Sworn according to 
Law doth depose & say that they were personally present & did see Michael Smith 
the Testator Sign, Seal & delcare the foregoing writing to be his last Will and 
Testament, That at the time of his so publishing the said will he was of sound 
& disposing mind & memory as Deponents does believe according to the best of their 
Knowledge & Understanding, And that the name Henry Spyker and the mark of William 
Park was wrote & made at the same time as witnesses and are of their own respective 
writings - And further saith not.

Henry Spyker
        his
William  O   Park
        mark

Sworn and Subscribed the Day & Year [illegible]
Cor Jeremiah Simpson, Regr.

Be it rememb'd 
that on the Eighth Day of August in the year of our Lord 1805 before me was 
proved & approved the last Will & Testament of the said Michael Smith dec'd, of 
Which the foregoing Record is a true Copy, and Letters Testamentary issued in 
due & Common Form of Law to Michael Wolf & John Smith, Executors therein named, 
on the same day, witness my hand.---

Jeremiah Simpson, Regr.