Westmoreland County PA Archives Wills.....Kerns, Barnabas 1822
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Source: P. 187 Westmoreland Will
Written: 1822
Recorded: 1868

No. 29 of 1868. Will of Barnabus Kerns 2757 p. 187 Westmoreland Will
book 5


Last Will and Testament of Barnabas Kerns I (sic) the name of God Amen I
Barnabas Kerns of Franklin Township in the County of Westmoreland And
State of Pennsylvania being of Sound Mind Memory and Understanding but
considering the uncertainty of this life think fit to make this my last
Will and Testament in the following manner Viz I recomend my Soul into
the hand of God and my body to the erth to be buried in a Christian
manner and as tuching such worldly estate wharewith it hath pleased God
to bless me in this life I give devise and dispose of the Same in the
following manner & form first I give and bequeath  to Samuel Kerns my
well beloved Son whom I constitute make and ordain the sole Executrix of
this my will and Testament all and Singular my lands messuages and
Tenements to Have and to Hold the same to his heirs and assigns forever.
Also I give to my well beloved Daughter Margaret Kerns the sum of one
hundred Dollars Lawfull Currant Money. Also I give to Mary Kerns my
second daughter the sum of one Hundred Dollars Currant Money likewise I
bequeath to Jean Kerns my my my third Daughter the sum of one Hundred
dollars Currant Money. Likewise I bequeath to Anne Kerns my well beloved
Daughter the sum of one Hundred Dollars Current Money this four Hundred
dollars is to be taken off of and deducted from my property and Given to
the four girls in the course of years. And I do hereby utterly disallow
revoke and disannull all and evry other former testament Legacies
Bequeaths and Executares by me in any ways before named willed and
bequeathed ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my last Will
and Testament provided that the said Barnabas Kerns is to have his
Maintainance or living off the place. In Witness Whereof I have hereunto
Set my hand and Seal this Eighteenth day of May One Thousand Eight
Hundred and twenty two. Signed Sealed and delivered by the said Barnabas
Kerns as his las Will and Testament in the presence of William Anderson,
John Anderson [signed Barnabus Kerns]


11th May 1868. Will proved~~~

Additional Comments:
Mary (wife) was daughter of Samuel and Mary McNeil Hoy.
Married ca 1795