Perry County PA Archives Wills.....MUMPER, Henry  March 12, 1835
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  Source: M132; Henry Mumper, Dec'd (perry Historians Library)
  Written: March 12, 1835
  Recorded: March 19, 1835
  
  M-132
  Henry Mumper dec'd
  Last Will & Testament
  Filed 19 March 1835
  
  The last will and Testament of Henry Mumper of Toboyne Township Perry county  
  In the name of God Amen I Henry Mumper being weak in body but being of a sound 
  mind and memory (blessed be Almighty God for the same) do make and publish this 
  my last will and testiment in manner and form following that is to say  First I 
  allow that all my just debts and Funeral expences be paid   Items  I give and 
  bequeth unto my beloved wife Elizabeth Mumper three cows Six sheep Six hogs and 
  stove four beds and bedding and as much of the kitchen furniture as she thinks 
  she stands in need of And thirty bushels of wheat fifteen of rye And five of 
  corn per year for three years and thirty bushels of grain per year untill the 
  property is sold and one half of acre of ground per year for potatoes and after 
  the property is sold and all the debts and expense paid she is to draw one 
  third of the interest of the remaing money while she lives a widow and she is 
  to have pasture and hay sufficient and stable room for the cows and sheep and 
  the still house is to be repaired for her to live in untill the property is 
  sold and then she is to have a house & lot bought for her where she plases in 
  the neiborhood not to exceed in vallu five or six hundred dollers and she is to 
  have Twenty doller of money per year for the three first years  Item2  I 
  bequeth unto my children that shall be living all the rest of my money which 
  shall remain after my debts is paid and the widows dower take out with share 
  and share alike with the exception of my daughter Maryann Baker who is have 
  Thirty dollers less than any of the rest  And further I allow my executors to 
  make sale of my moveable property as soon after my decease as possible 
  provideded my real estate can be rented or let on the shares and futher I allow 
  my four tracts of Woodland to be sold as soon as possible and further I give my 
  executors power to sell and convey my real estate wenever they think best for 
  the advantage of my children
  And it is my desire that my wif shall have the priviledge of raising four hogs 
  every year which shall be pastured with the tennants hogs and further I will 
  that the lot of ground (before stated) which shall be purchase for my wife 
  shall after her decease be divided amongst my surviving heirs share and share 
  alike and further I will that my wife shall have the use of three rows of 
  apletrees in the far side of the orcherd from house untill the place is sold 
  andfurther I empower my executor  provided any item here is omitted to __ it to 
  the best advantage for my wife and children And I make and ordain Abraham 
  Snyder and Thomas M _____ executors of this my last will and testament in 
  witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this Twelfth day of March 
  in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Thirty five.
  Henry "o" his mark Mumper
  
  Signed sealed published and declared by the above named Henry Mumper to be his 
  last will and Testament in pressence of us who at his request have subscribed 
  our names as witnesses thereunto.
  William Stump
  James Adams
  
  Perry County SS
  This nineteenth day of March AD 1835 Before me John McKeehan Esquire Register 
  for the Probate of Wills and Granting Letters of Administration in and for the 
  County of Perry personally came William Stump and James Adams the subscribing 
  witnesses to the within and forgoing instrument of writing purporting to be the 
  last will and testament of Henry Mumper late of Toboyne township Perry County 
  deceased  Who being duly sworn according to Law did depose and say that they 
  were present and saw and heard the within named testator sign seal publish 
  pronounce and declare the within and foregoing instrument of writing as and for 
  his testament and Last Will and that at the time of so doing he was of perfect 
  and sound mind memory and understanding to the best of their knowledge 
  observation and belief
  Sworn & subscribed Before me the day and year aforesaid.
  Wm. Stump
  James Adams
  
  
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