Wills: Tamar WILLIAMS  1825: Venango Co, PA

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From Will Book Vol 1, p 43
Venango County, PA

Last Will and Testament

Tamar WILLIAMS


In the name of God amen.  I Tamar WILLIAMS in the County of 
Venango, being, myself, weak in body, but (thanks be to God 
Almighty) possessing perfect soundness of mind memory and 
understanding being of my immortality do make and constitute 
this my last will and testament.
  
First and principally I 
recommend my immortal spirit to God who gave it in hopes of a 
joyous resurrection and my body to the Earth when it shall 
please God to [illegible] my & body to be buried decently & 
in a Christian like manner at the discretion of my executor.  
And as to such worldly estate as with it hath pleased God to 
bless me.  I give and dispose thereof as follows:
  
First I do nominate and do appoint my son Levi WILLIAMS of Venango 
County, State aforesaid to be my Executor of this my last 
will & testament. 
 
Secondly it is further my will that my 
daughter Sarah at my death shall have as follows.  My satters 
[sic] bonnet my feather bed & bedding that has a striped tick 
my pewter tankards my pewter cream jug my [illegible] flannel 
which I have for  [illegible] dress and my new chest with its 
contents being a looking glass and the [illegible] part of my 
part of my bedcloaths table linen after deducting and such as 
herein after otherwise disposed of.
  
Thirdly it is my will 
that my daughter Mary shall have two good necoline [sic] 
sheets one fine table cloth & one coarse one and my 
[illegible] flannel frock. 
 
Fourthly it is will that my son 
[illegible] shall have my other feather bed and bedding that 
has a plain tick my [illegible] spinning wheel my stove and 
my knives, and forks.  It is further my will that my son Levi 
shall have my dresser and bureau but he is to pay for the two 
last mentioned things as follows.  For the dresser five 
dollars & for the bureau the price it was appraised at after 
my husbandŐs death.  

Fifthly it is my will that the remainder 
of my wearing apparel and dresser furniture be equally 
divided among my two daughters and the remainder part of my 
[illegible] be equally distributed between my seven 
children.  

Sixthly and lastly it is my will that all the 
remainder of my property be sold by my executors and all my 
outstanding debts collected and from the proceeds thereof all 
my just debts and funeral expenses paid and the sum of ten 
dollars be given to my son Benjamin and the remainder of said 
proceeds be equally divided between my five sons, John, 
Jesse, Levi, Benjamin & Eli.  In witness whereof I have 
hereunto set my hand and seal the ninth day of December in 
the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty 
five.  

Tamar WILLIAMS her mark

Signed and sealed in presence of 

Stephen ARNOLD
Joseph KERR

Venango County

On the thirtieth day of December 1825 personally Stephen 
ARNOLD and Joseph KERR at the registers office in the town of 
Franklin the two subscribing witnesses to the within will and 
upon their solumn oaths doth declare and say that they were 
present and did see and hear the testator Tamar WILLIAMS sign 
seal publish pronounce and did declare the within writing as 
and for her last will and testament and that at the time of 
the doing thereof she was of sound mind memory and 
understanding to the best of their knowledge and belief and 
further that the names of Stephen ARNOLD and Joseph KERR are 
of their own handwriting subscribed by them as witnesses 
thereunto in the presence of and at the request of the 
testatrix.  [illegible] and AD before Andrew BROM and record
ed 30th Dec 1825

Stephen ARNOLD
Joseph KERR

From Will Book Vol 1, p 43
Venango County, PA