Philadelphia County PA Archives Wills.....Samuel L. SMEDLEY, 1894 ************************************************ 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: Lew WILL OF SAMUEL L. SMEDLEY. I, Samuel L. Smedley, of the City of Philadelphia, do make and publish this my last will and testament, revoking all others previously by me made. 1st. All my just debts and expenses are to be paid. 2nd. I give and bequeath to my niece Hannah Smedley, daughter of my late brother Joseph P. Smedley, the sum of Five thousand dollars. 3rd. I give and bequeath to my niece Elizabeth S., wife of Albin Thorp, the sum of Twenty thousand dollars. 4th. I give and bequeath to my niece Mary Ella, daughter of my late brother William P. Smedley, Twenty thousand dollars. 5th. I give and bequeath to Emma W. Smedley, widow of my late brother Joseph P. Smed-ley, and now the wife of Pennell Stackhouse, the sum of Three thousand dollars. 6th. I give and bequeath to Jane G. Smedley, widow of my late brother William P. Smedley, the sum of Three thousand dollars. 7th. I give and bequeath to my six following named first cousins, viz., George L. Smedley, Bennett L. Smedley, Joseph Pennell, John S. Pennell, Edward C. Jones and Lydia S. Ballinger, the sum of One thousand dollars to each, making six thousand dollars. 8th. I give and bequeath to the Trustees of the Meeting of the Society of Friends of Middle-town, orthodox, Monthly Meeting, the sum of Four thousand dollars to be invested in good real estate security, and the interest to be invested by them in keeping the property, houses, fences, grave yard, in good repair, and any surplus which may accumulate to be paid for fuel and maintenance, and for such use as for the Society said trustees may determine. 9th. I give and bequeath to my cousin Edward G. Smedley, the sum of Four thousand dollars. 1oth. I give and bequeath to Gilbert Cope the sum of Six thousand dollars, to write out and perfect an edition of one thousand copies of my Genealogical notes of the Smedley family and Record of Descendants of my ancestor George Smedley, who emigrated from Derbyshire, Eng-land, to Pennsylvania in the year 1682. I desire him to print and publish it, and have it copiously illustrated with views and portraits and sold at as low rates as practicable, and placed in libraries throughout the country free of cost. 11th. I give and bequeath to the Historical Society of Pennsylvania the sum of Six thou-sand dollars, to be invested and the interest spent in copying and publishing Genealogical Records of families in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware, and for such similar work as the Society shall determine. 12th. I give and bequeath to the Historical Society of Pennsylvania my Copy of a treatise on Canal Navigation which was presented by the author, Robert Fulton, to President George Washington. 13th. I give and bequeath to Amelia W. Robinson, of Philadelphia, Eighty shares of debent-ure stock of the National Wall Paper Company of the par value of one hundred dollars per share, entitled to receive eight per cent. interest per annum payable quarterly, amounting to eight thousand dollars. 14th. I give and bequeath to her mother, Martha E. Dunsmoor, Three thousand dollars. 15th. It is my will that all these bequests, against which a collateral inheritance tax shall be paid to the state, shall not be paid until two years shall expire after my decease, and that the amounts stated shall be paid to them in full without any deduction on account of said tax. 16th. I give and bequeath unto George Smedley Webster the choice of my scientific books, aad the remainder of my books to be divided among my heirs. 17th. I give, grant and bequeath to my nephew Samuel L. Smedley, junior, all the remainder of my estate after paying the above bequests, both Real and Personal, wherever located. 18th. I appoint my said nephew Samuel L. Smedley, Jun., and cousin Walter Smedley, to be the executors of this my last will and testament. Signed, sealed and published as my last will and testament this third day of February, Anno Domini One thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, in the presence of the subscribing witnesses. Sam. L. SMEDLEY. (Seal.) Joseph W. Jones, Enos S. Mann, Edw. C. Jones. Addenda to my will of 3rd of February, 1894. In case of my death during this current year, my will is that my possessions shall remain as at present in the rooms occupied by them in 118 N. 34th Street, and that my Executors shall pay Mrs. M. E. Dunsmoor for the rental the sum of One thousand dollars. Addenda second. I devise and bequeath to Martha E. Dunsmoor the sum of One thousand dollars per year for four years after my decease. Witness my hand this Ninth day of May, 1894. SAMUEL L. SMEDLEY. Witness at signing, Jane D. Reid, Clara Bethune. The foregoing will was proved July 3i, r894, and recorded in Will-booms No. 174, p. 297. While it was evidently made in 1894, it is probable that the testator had before him one made in 1874, and unconsciously copiel the year. This file is located at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/pa/Philadelphia/wills/smedley-sl.txt