Northumberland Co. PA Will Abstracts Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Sue Marcus Smrcus@aol.com USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. Abstracts from Northumberland County Will Book 4 p. 372 - Will of Catharine Oyster of Sunbury, widow. Mentions deceased son, Edward's children: Mary, Daniel, George, John, & Edward. Also mentions deceased son, Edward's widow, Catharine. Mentions grandchildren with Burcher surname: Catharine, Margaret, Ann, Daniel, Sarah Jane, & Mary Louisa. Executrix - daughter-in-law. Witnesses - Thomas A. Billington & John B. Packer. Dated 18 May 1852, proved 2 Feb 1854. p. 374 - Ltrs of Admr for estate of Martha Goodhart of Sunbury granted to Francis Bucher 6 Feb 1854. p. 374 - Will of Gideon Kramer of Cameron Twp in German. Executor - Jacob Wagner. Witnesses - John Gottshall & Solomon B. Boyer. Proved 13 Feb 1854. p. 376 - Ltrs of Admr for estate of Lydia Housel of Rush Twp granted to Charles Housel 18 Feb 1854. p. 376 - Ltrs of Admr for estate of Jeremiah C. Perkins of Trevorton granted to Peter B. Masser 25 Feb 1854. p. 376 - Will of Peter Brosious of Upper Mahanoy Twp, yeoman. Mentions wife, Catharine & children: Andrew, Daniel, Emanuel (will be 21 in 1866), Eve, Mariah, Catharine, & Mary. Mentions "widow of my father, Peter Brosious". Executor - son, Andrew. Witnesses - Samuel Brosius, Jacob H. Kauffman. Dated 17 Feb 1854, proved 3 Mar 1854. p. 379 - Will of Jacob Campbell of Milton. Mentions wife, Mary, & children not named. Executor - brother-in-law, Jeremiah Deeter. Witnesses - T. S. Mackey, Jeremiah Deeter. Dated 20 Jan 1854. Proved 6 Mar 1854. p. 380 - Ltrs of Admr for estate of Jacob Wykoff granted to George A. Wykoff 14 Mar 1854. p. 380 - Ltrs of Admr for estate of Samuel Growl of Shamokin Twp granted to Daniel Swenck 20 Mar 1854 p. 381 - Ltrs of Admr for estate of Andrew Shaffer granted to John Haffer (or Hoffer) 21 Mar 1854. p. 381 - Ltrs of Admr for estate of Peter Clemens of Jackson Twp granted to Daniel Holshoe 25 Mar 1854. p. 381 - Will of Harman Shipman Sr. of Lower Augusta Twp. Mentions wife, Susan, & children: Mary wife of Abraham Sarvis, William, Lydia wife of John Weiser, & Elizabeth wife of Thomas Updegraff. Executor - Abraham Sarvis. Witnesses - Abraham Shipman & Martin Randel. Dated 26 Mar 1851. Proved 3 Apr 1854. p. 382 - Will of Henry Conrad in German. Executors - John D. Conrad & Henry Conrad. Witnesses - Peter Conrad & Charles J. Conrad. Proved 1 Apr 1854. p. 384 - Ltrs of Admr for estate of Charles Kelchner of Delaware Twp granted to Peter Kelchner 4 Apr 1854. p. 384 - Ltrs of Admr for estate of Thomas Pollock of Delaware Twp granted to Catharine Pollock, the widow, 5 Apr 1854. p. 384 - Ltrs of Admr for estate of Jonas Tyson of Jordan Twp granted to John Ebling 6 Apr 1854. p. 385 - Ltrs of Admr for estate of Patrick Hughes of Zerbe Twp granted to Michael Hughes 6 Apr 1854. p. 385 - Ltrs of Admr for estate of Nathaniel Kelley of Rush Twp granted to William M. Rockefeller, Esq. 7 Apr 1854. p. 385 - Will of Daniel Kroh of Jackson Twp in German. Executor - Henry D. Hoffman. Witnesses - William D. Hoffman & Adam Drumheller. Proved 1 May 1854. p. 386 - Will of Enos Sharpless of Rush Twp. Mentions wife, Elizabeth, & children: Joseph, Elizabeth, Jane, & Ann Mariah. Also mentions son-in- law, Aaron Campbell. Executor - son, Joseph. Witnesses - Joseph Patton & Aaron Campbell. Dated 23 Mar 1842. Proved 21 Apr 1854. p. 388 - Ltrs of Admr for estate of John Guffy of Delaware Twp granted to Andrew Armstrong & A. J. Guffy 13 Mar 1854. p. 388 - Ltrs of Admr for estate of Moses Beisel of Upper Mahanoy Twp granted to Peter Beisel 16 May 1854. p. 388 - Ltrs of Admr for estate of John Guffy of Delaware Twp granted to Jane W. Guffy & Robert Guffy 18 May 1854. p. 388 - Will of Daniel Eister of Jackson Twp in German. Legible names include sons, Elias & Jesse Eister, Benneville Eister, Maria Ferster, Lovina Eister, & ????Snyder. Executor - Simon Ferster. Witnesses - Peter Reed & Daniel Haim. Dated 24 Nov 1851. Proved 22 May 1854. p. 391 - Will of Mary Magdalena Snyder of Sunbury, widow of John Snyder. Mentions brothers & sisters, Peter Hileman, John Hileman, George Hileman, Eve (or Ebe) Logan, Katharine Kiehl, Susan Sulaman, & Elizabeth Hileman.. Executor - John G. Bright, tailor. Witnesses - H. J. Wolverton & Peter W. Gray. Dated 23 May 1854. Proved 30 May 1854. p. 392 - Ltrs of Admr for the estate of William Gearhart of Rush Twp granted to John Gearhart and Joseph B. Gearhart 3 Jun 1854. p. 392 - Ltrs of Admr for estate of Albin Newberry of Point Twp granted to Horatio Newberry & Lorenza Newberry 12 Jun 1854. p. 392 - Ltrs of Admr for estate of John Guffy of Delaware Twp granted to Alexander Guffy & John M. Guffy 14 Jun 1854. p. 392 - Will of Martha Buyers of Sunbury, wife of George. Mentions power given in will of brother, Samuel Hunter, who owned land in Upper Augusta Twp. Mentions son, John Buyers & Charles Gobins who is to be trustee for son, Samuel Hunter Buyers. Executor - son, John. Witnesses - John Youngman & John B. Packer. Dated 12 May 1853. Codicil dated 10 Nov 1853 adds "Presbyterian Church (old school) of Sunbury". Witnesses to codicil - Mary S. Buyers, Sarah Gobins, John Packer. Proved 20 Jun 1854. p. 395 - Will of Samuel McMahan of Chilisauqua Twp. Mentions wife, Jane & children: Samuel, John, Polly, James, William, Eliza Ann, Jane wife of James Blair, Margaret wife of John Giffen, Rebecca wife of Samuel Blair. Executors - sons, Samuel & John. Witnesses William M. Auten & James Duchanie. Dated 10 Feb 1853. Proved 23 Jun 1854. p 397 - Will of Isaac Hull of Shamokin Twp. Mentions wife Catharine, executrix. Witnesses - Elida John, William Camp (or Comp) & Edwin John. Dated 5 Jun 1851. Proved 15 Jun 1854. p. 398 - Ltrs of Admr for estate of David Kelly of Shamokin Twp granted to George Savidge 1 Jul 1854 p. 398 - Will of George Lenker of Lower Mahanoy Twp. Mentions wife, Catharine, & children: Mary Ann & Jeremiah, both "not of age". Executor - brother, Isaac Lenker. Witnesses - Samuel Young & Jacob Lenker. Dated 17 Jun 1854. Proved 1 Jul 1854. p. 399 - Ltrs of Admr for estate of Jesse Weaver of Rush Twp granted to Luther Bassett 24 Jul 1854. p. 399 - Ltrs of Admr for estate of John Carl of Jackson Twp granted to Henry Pyfer [Peifer] 3 Aug 1854. p. 399 - Ltrs of Admr for estate of John Schlichtig granted to Barbara Schlichtig 4 Aug 1854. p. 400 - Ltrs of Admr for estate of Jacob Solody of Upper Mahanoy Twp granted to Samuel Smith 7 Aug 1854. p. 400 - Will of Huldy Tharp of Shamokin Twp. Mentions sister, Harriet Willower, "estate from father, Alexander Tharp", brother, Elisha, Shamokin Baptist Church "of which I am a member". Executor - friend, Peter Willower. Witnesses - Elizabeth Tharp & A. J. Collins. Dated 17 Jul 1854. Proved 12 Aug 1854. p. 401 - Ltrs of Admr for estate of Peter Conrad of Lower Augusta Twp granted to Reuben Conrad 8 Aug 1854. p. 401 - Ltrs of Admr for estate of Elias Fetter of Jordan Twp granted to John Bush 18 Aug 1854. p. 402 - Ltrs of Admr for estate of Rimund Ferebach of Sunbury granted to Sigmund Simon 31 Aug 1854. p. 402 - Ltrs of Admr for estate of Nicholas Drumheller of Jackson Twp granted to Peter Drumheller 1 Sep 1854. p. 402 - Will of George Young of Sunbury. Mentions wife, Mary & children: Julian (sic) wife of Henry Weise, Michael, Elizabeth wife of Jacob Christ, & John G. Executors - son, Michael & brother, John. Witness - Elias Brosious. Dated 20 Feb 1854. Proved 2 Sep 1854. p. 403 - Ltrs of Admr for estate of Michael Rehbock [Rebuck] of Jackson Twp granted to Martin Rehbock 9 Sep 1854. p. 404 - Ltrs of Admr for estate of Mary Laycock of Point Twp granted to Huodosis ? Burr 16 Sep 1854. p. 404 - Ltrs of Admr for Rees Harris of Milton granted to Jacob Wheeland ? 20 Sep 1854. p. 404 - Ltrs of Admr for estate of George Brosious of Little Mahanoy Twp granted to Catharine Brosious 11 Oct 1854. p. 404 - Will of Jacob Troutman, farmer. [owned land in Jordan Twp]. Mentions wife, Magdalena, & children: Moses, Peter, Cornelius, Eve Elizabeth, Caroline, Polly, John, & Samuel. Executor - son, John. Witnesses - George W. Troutman & Daniel Briea (or Brua). Dated 29 May 1854. Proved 13 Oct 1854. p. 406 - Will of Hampton Stokes of Shamokin Twp. Mentions wife, Elmira. Executor - Thomas Mendenhall of Pennsville, Lycoming Co. Witnesses - Samuel K. Gilger & John Huff. Dated 23 Sep 1854. Proved 16 Oct 1854 with Ltrs of Admr going to wife, Elmira. p. 407 - Ltrs of Admr for estate of Catharine Eckbert of Milton granted to J. Henry Eckbert 16 Oct 1854. p. 407 - Ltrs of Admr for estate of Mary Weeks of Shamokin Twp granted to Samuel Furman & David Chidester 19 Oct 1854. p. 407 - Ltrs of Admr for estate of Simon Snyder of Upper Augusta Twp granted to Jacob Seasholtz 21 Oct 1854. p. 407 - Ltrs of Admr for estate of Catherine Silverwood of Lower Augusta Twp granted to William V. Silverwood 25 Oct 1854. p. 407 - Will of Elias Walton of Milton. Mentions wife, Catharine & only daughter, Eveline. Executors -wife Catharine & John D. Martz. Witnesses - William Bermery & Henry S. P. Swartz. Dated 8 Aug 1854. Proved 2 Nov 1854. p. 408 - Will of James Gaston of Northumberland Boro. Mentions wife, Maria B., & Teeny Search wife of Thomas. Also mentions grandchild, James Gaston Diefenbacher. Executor - Daniel Brautigan. Witnesses - William Forsyth & M. M. Kapp. Proved 6 Oct 1854. [Michael Kapp deceased at probate, his signature sworn by Amos E. Kapp.] p. 410 - Will of John Nixon of Point Twp. Mentions wife, Catharine & "claim against my estate of $2,000 due to William H. Wapler". Also mentions son, Henry who is to take care of his younger sisters. Mentions daughters Elizabeth & Armenia who "reside in Philadelphia". Mentions step-daughter, Luretisa? Paul. Lists 6 children: Henry, Elizabeth, Armenia, Mary, Emily, & Johanah. Executors - William H. Wapler & Amos E. Rapp. Witnesses - Grantham Taggart & J. M. Hair. Dated 19 Oct 1854. Proved 6 Nov 1854. p. 411 - Ltrs of Admr for estate of Elizabeth C. Hammond of Milton granted to William L. Auburn 6 Nov 1854. p. 411 - Ltrs of Admr for estate of Fayetta Lose granted to William Steiner 6 Nov 1854. p. 411- Ltrs of Admr for estate of Mary McCay of Northumberland boro granted to Robert B. McCay 7 Nov 1854. p. 412 - Ltrs of Admr for estate of Adam Renn of Lower Augusta Twp granted to William V. Silverwood 7 Nov 1854. p. 412 - Will of Sarah Perry of Chilisauqua Twp. Mentions brother, Thomas & his daughters, Sarah Gabella & Mary. Also mentions sister, Mary Reed. Executor - brother-in-law, James Reed. Witnesses - Charles Gale and William S. Blair. Dated 22 Oct 1849. Proved 13 Nov 1854. At probate Charles Gale deceased, signature sworn to by Joseph Priestly. p. 413 - Ltrs of Admr for estate of Charles Dotts of Milton granted to John F. Fiedler 14 Nov 1854. p. 413 - Ltrs of Admr for estate of Sarah Watts of Point Twp granted to Henry Watts 16 Nov 1854. p. 413 - Ltrs of Admr for estate of James Rhone of Lewis Twp granted to Simon Rhone & Samuel Mengas 21 Nov 1854. p. 413 - Ltrs of Admr for estate of Jacob Watter of Lewis Twp granted to Andrew Lavertz 23 Nov 1854. p. 414 - Ltrs of Admr for estate of William Pollack granted to John R. Pollack 27 Nov 1854. p. 414 - Ltrs of Admr for estate of William Freest of Chilisauqua Twp granted to McWilliam Freest 7 Dec 1854. p. 414 - Ltrs of Admr for estate of Barbara Eshbach granted to David Eshbach 15 Dec 1854. p. 414 - Ltrs of Admr for estate of Rachel Pensel of Sunbury granted to Thomas M. Pensel 16 Dec 1854. p. 414 - Ltrs of Admr for estate of Henry Heinen of Milton granted to William Heinen 21 Dec 1854. p. 415 - Ltrs of Admr for estate of Jonas Mitchell of Shamokin Twp granted to Amos Vastine 23 Dec 1854. p. 415 - Will of John Hoover of Shamokin Twp. Mentions wife, Maria & sons: Samuel, Thomas, Joseph, William, Solomon, Harman, Henry, Isaac, Luther, George, & Francis. Mentions daughters: Anne wife of George Krick, Margaret wife of George Keller, Louisa wife of Daniel Gost, & Melia Ellen (youngest). Executors - son, Joseph & friend, William H. Muench who is to be guardian of the younger children. Witnesses - Silas S. Farrow & Jacob S. Muench. Dated 3 Jan 1852. Proved 23 Dec 1854. p. 417 - Ltrs of Admr for estate of Robert Gaston of Lewis Twp granted to S. P. Gaston & Aaron Gaston 27 Dec 1854. p. 417 - Ltrs of Admr for estate of Mary Petters of Rush Twp granted to Abraham Eckman 1 Jan 1855. p. 417 - Ltrs of Admr for estate of John Cox of Lewis Twp granted to Thomas Cox 2 Jan 1855. p. 417 - Will of Philip Bobb of Lower Mahanoy Twp. Mentions wife, Hanah & children: Philip, Isaac, Leidey, Sarah, Catharine, Polly. Also mentions son-in-law, Augustus Batman. Executors - son, Philip & Jacob Bingeman. Witnesses - Andrew Ditty, Jacob Bingeman, & G. B. Weiser. Dated 27 Nov 1854. Proved 3 Jan 1855.