Philadelphia County PA Archives Wills.....RICHARDSON, Joseph 1752/3 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Eleanor Mayfarth Additional information on this family is available at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/montgomery/stjamesperkiomen/richardsonfam.html ************************************************ WILL OF JOSEPH RICHARDSON, Providence, Co. of Philadelphia. Yeoman. December 6, 1745. January 14, 1752/3. Phila. Co. Will Book J.468. Item- I give and bequeath unto my son Samuel Richardson and his wife each the sum of five pounds. Item- I give and bequeath unto my son Aubrey my negro man called Jujiah. Item- I give and bequeath and devise unto my son Edward a piece of meadow part of my Plantation Situate in Providence aforesaid containing about 7 acres situate on the Run between my said plantation and his to hold to him his heirs forever thereout unto the devise of the rest of my Plantation hereinafter named the Liberty of stopping the water and turning the same on my plantation when occasion is to water it. Item- I give and Bequeath unto my son Edward a Negro boy called Edinborrough. Item- I give and bequeath unto my son Richard Richardson a Mallota Boy called Solomon and my negro girl called Pyllis to hold unto him during his wife's lifetime and then to daughter of choice. Item- I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Ellinor Harmer the sum of 30 pounds my black riding mare and my feather bed etc. etc. in lieu of her keeping house for me and other services thereunto, but if she does not rest content therewith babbling unrest against my estate therefor then this bequest is to be void. Item- I give unto my daughter Barbara Davis the sum of thirty pounds and my feather bed and furniture thereto. Item- I give unto my said Daughter Barbara a negro girl called Betty. Item- I give my daughter Elizabeth Pugh the sum of 30 pounds and a white mare formerly her mother's riding mare. Also a negro girl named Parthenia during her natural life and thence after her decease to her daughter, Hannah Note: In Codicil 2 1749/50 Joseph says that Hannah is now deceased, so Parthenia should go to a daughter of Elizabeth, but for want of such surviving heir, Parthenia should go to my son Edward's eldest daughter Sarah (mistakenly called Elizabeth in my will). Item- I give unto my son Edward Richardson's eldest son my desk marked J.R. and to my said son Edward Richardson's daughter (Elizabeth)/Sarah my Chest of Drawers. Item- I give unto James Richardson and John Richardson sons of my said son Richard Richardson each the sum of 50 pounds to be paid to them when they reach 21 years with interest. Item- I give and bequeath my old negro woman Philis her Freedom Item- I give to eldest son of my son John Richardson deceased the sum of five pounds Item- I give to Samuel Richardson son of my son Richard Richardson all my plantation situate in Providence aforesaid where I now dwell with the appurtenances / the 7 acres above devised to my son Edward excepted/ when he is 21 & his heirs and assigns forever he paying thereunto James Richardson and John Richardson above named his two brothers each their legacy of 50 pounds to them above bequeathed as they respectively reach 21. Execs: Obrey, Edward and Richard Richardson. Witnesses: Thos. Yorke, Jacob Levering, John Davis, David Thomas. 6 Dec 1745 Codicil 1: Lest there should be any dispute about the devise of my plantation in my will that if my Son Richard's Son Samuel should die before he arrive at the age of 21 years and, his the said Samuel's Brother James arrive at the age of 21 that the said James then have the said Plantation. Witnesses: Thos. Yorke, Jacob Levering, John Davis, David Thomas. 1 mo. 3, 1749/50. Items in Codicil 2: (1) Whereas in my will he has given a Negro Girl to his Dau. Elizabeth during her life & after to her daughter Hannah (now Dead) Therefore my will is that the said negro named Parthena shall descend to the surviving Female issue of my sd. Daughter Elizabeth but for want of such issue to my son Edward's Eldest Daughter Sara (miss called in my Will Elizabeth) or to his surviving daughter. (2) If my personal estate shall not amount to a sufficiency to pay all my just debts & Legacies specifyed Bequeathed or made mention of in my Will then and in such case my plantation shall be rented out for the best price that it can be had for the same and to continue untill the profits thereof shall be sufficient to defray the above named insufficiency if any there be for further Particulars reference must be had to the will, but in case the rents and profits that arise from my said plantation shall not be sufficient to defray the above insufficiency before my grandson Samuel Richardson or such as in my late will are to have been appointed heirs of my Real Estate shall arrive at years to possess it according to the words of the will aforesaid that he is allowed the priviledge of paying off the encumbrance and having possession of sd. Real Estate according to the tenor true intended in meaning thereof. Farther I will that if my personal Estate Rents or profits amount to anything more than what pays the debts & legacies that I give 3 pounds to the Providence Friends meeting. Item: I will and bequeath unto my son Richard Richardson all the land that I have bequeathed to his sons that lyes between the Great Roads with the rights and properties thereof during his natural life, in case he should dye after Building or improving the said place before enjoying the full value of his cost then the Heir that it is bequeathed to in my will is to pay to Richards Executors, administrators or assigns the full value of the Charge and cost which he has been as per the full intent and meaning of this Codicil is that neither of his brothers legacies specified or mentioned in my will become as before his possession Neither interest begin till then nor any cost arising from this codicil till he has full possession and full confirmation of this my Codicil to my will. Wit: David Thomas, John Jacobs, Francis Hobson. 9 Nov. 1751: Codicil 3, 4, & 5 Items Codicil 3: (1) I named my sons Aubrey Edward and Richard executives of my will written in 1745, now my two sons Aubrey and Edward are since dead and there is a necessity of adding an executor in their stead. I name my Trusty Friend Henry Pawling in the place of my son Edward. (2) And as there is a great alteration in the families of my children I do hereby order as followeth: Whereas in my said will I did Bequeath to my daughter Elizabeth Pugh a negro Girl named Parthenia and thirty pounds now because my said Daughter is like to be in a needy condition I order the said Legacy to be laid unto the hands of my friends Rowland Evans and John Jacobs Jnr. to be for her use in trust and said friends shall see she has occasion and also the said negro girl to for my said Daughters support and not hired or otherwise disposed of without my said Daughters consent by any Husband she has or may have. I give to my Daughter Ellinor Harmer for and during her natural life the use of my Room (fireplace over my kitchen with egress and regress of in and to the same & also firewood & the keeping a cow her life as aforesaid.) I give and devise to my grandson Joseph the son of my son Edward deceased the seven acres of meadow ground that I have willed in my will to my son Edward deceased. Codicil 4 Whereas in my will I have given to my son Owbrey a negro man named Jugiah as my sd. son since died and I have otherwise disposed of him I hereby make void that gift or bequest and confirm the disposal of sd. negro and confirm the Disposal to my son Edward and his heirs and also confirm the Disposal of Negro named Edinborrough to said son Edward & his Heirs. I also request my friend John Jacobs Jun. to be Trustee of this will within recited and this Codicile and all others. Codicil 5 Whereas in my will I gave my daughter Barbara Davis the sum of 30 pounds which I confirm provided she is contented and do not endeavor to break or make void my will but if she does she shall not be entitled to the above 30 pounds. Witnesses of Codicils 3, 4, 5: Jon. Jacobs, Junr., Henry Vanderslice, Isrl. Jacobs.