Philadelphia County Wills:  The Will of John Farmer (1724).

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Philadelphia County Will Book D-14

John Farmers will 
Probate 11 January 1724/5
Inventory Exhibited 11 March,
Act when acquired

Ex. aff

I John Farmer of Germantown in ye County of Phyladelphia in ye province 
of pensilvania wool-comber being well in Body & Mind & therefore a 
fitter condition to make my last will & Testament than in a time of 
sickness And to ye ___ that all my goods Chattles Lands & Tenements may 
hereafter ___ unto ___ons & remain & go to such uses as by me ye said 
John Farmer is  ___meted & appointed I do Therefore make & ordain this 
my Last Will ___ment in the manner & forms following.
I give & Bequeath unto my Wife Mary Farmer of Saffron Waldon in Essex 
in Great Brittain all whatsoever I have there belonging to me.
Secondly I Give & Bequeath unto my Daughter & only child Ann Farmer now 
or late of White Chappel now London in Middlesex in Great Brittan all 
my Real & personal Estate whatsoever I have in any part of America 
after all my Debts & funeral Expenses are paid To Have & to hold the 
said estate to ye alone proper use and Behough of she ye said Ann 
Farmer her Heirs & Assigns forever.      And I do ordain & appoint my 
said Daughter Ann Farmer and Dirik Johnson yeomon of Germantown 
aforesaid to be my Executrix & Executor of this my Last Will & 
Testament But if the said two persons be unable or unwilling to 
undertake this Executorship then I do hereby Appoint & ordain Thomas 
White senior of Bristol township in phyladelphia county in pensilvania 
yeomon and peter Wishart Chandler of phyladelphia Citty in pensilvania 
to be my Executors of this my Last will & Testament.  I do hereby 
charge & order my Executors to put no new linen about my dead body but 
put my worst shirt on it & my worst handkerchief on ye head & ye worst 
drawers or briches on ye body & ye worst stockings on the Legs & feet 
And Invite my Neighbours to com to my house & there thirst th___ in 
moderation with a Barrel of Sider and two gallons of Rum or other 
Spiritoss drink & a bushel of wheat flour baked into ____ they are 
ready to carry away ye corps then in the house or yard Read the 
foregoing & following part of this Testament loudly so yt all may hear 
It.  And also to read it at ye grave before my body is buried (if ye 
weather be fit for it)  That then when I cannot speak with my mouth I 
may speak by this writing to provoke ye hearers to Love the Almighty 
God ye Father & ye Lord Jesus Crist his Son & the holy Gost which 
proceedeth from ye father & the Son & is the comforter of all true 
Cristians & the reprover of ye world for sin for self Righteousness & 
wrong Judgment  Those three the father son & sprit are the one Almighty 
& Everlasting God the Creator & upholder of all good things who will 
Raise ye Dead with spiritual and Incorruptable Bodies & will turn ye 
wicked into Hellfire.  But all they who show their Love to Him by their 
keeping of these his Commandments (viz) Love God above all things ___ & 
___ his Fear alwaise & trust in him with all thine Heart ___ not to any 
___ all thy ways acknowledg him to be as he is Lord of all Souls Bodies 
& Estates And as su__ Lord wa__ upon him alwaise & watch & pray against 
ye Lust of ye Flesh ye Lust of ye Eye & ye pride of Life alwaise and 
watch & pray in ye holy spirit for ___in your Hearts in and by his holy 
Sprit more & more & turn presently at his Reprofs when he Reproveth you 
for that you have so long Robbed him of his due (which is your Heart) 
by your loveing Som creature more than him.  Do not put of your turning 
to him until another time as the Devil tempteth you to do but turn 
presently unto Crist & then he will pour forth of his holy Spirit into 
your Hearts & thereby make new creaturs of you by helping of you to 
love God above all & to Love your neighbour as your selves & to Love 
one another & to Love Enemies & to do all people whom you convers with 
as true Cristians would be don unto.  In which State of Love & 
obedience to God I through his help have Lived & do hope to die in It.  
For I am well Assured by ye holy spirit of God in my Heart & also by ye 
holy Scripture that all who live & die in the said state of Love and 
obedience to God will be in Everlasting Joy alwaise waiting upon God in 
Heaven & there serving & praising of Him who is worthy of it & to him 
be it rendered forever more 

See the other side hereof

I do hereby make void all wills & Testaments by me heretofore made
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this thirtieth 
day of the 6th month called August 1724.

Signed, Sealed, published pronounced                 John Farmer (seal)
And declared by the said John Farmer 
As his Last Will and Testament in the
Presence of us the subscribers viz

John Prigg
John Mid winter    sworne
Mary Prigg

Philadelphia the 11th of January 1724/5 Then personally appeared John 
Prigg and John Midwinter, two of the witnesses to the Foregoing & 
within written will.  They The said John Prigg and John Midwinter on 
their oaths ________ did Declare they saw & heard (John Farmer) the 
Testator, sign, seal, pronounce, declare The same to be his Last will 
and Testament, and That at the doing Thereof he was of sound mind 
memory & understanding to the best of their knowledge.

Coram M___ D____