York County PA Archives Court.....Renfrew, Isaac And Mary (Marsteller) His Wife October 14, 1823
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Source: York County Archives, York, Pennsylvania
Written: October 14, 1823

Orphan's Court Docket Book O, York County Pennsylvania
date 14 Oct 1823 (date is questionable) top of one page lists page 385 4th 
April 1825 Session)
The Petition of Isaac RENFREW and Mary his wife, late Mary MARSTELLER, one of 
the daughters of John MARSTELLER, late of Fawn Township, in the County of York 
deceased, who died Intestate was read to the Court Setting forth that the said 
John MARSTELLER, died,  intestate about five years since leaving a widow named 
Rachel, and lawful issue five children all of full age, to wit. Henry his only 
Son, Sarah who was intermarried with John HESS (which said John is since 
deceased) Mary intermarried with Isaac RENFREW the Petitioner, Barbara 
intermarried with Joseph SCOTT, and Juliana MARSTELLER. That seized in fee of 
a Track of land (patented), situate in the township and county aforesaid. 
Containing one hundred and fifteen acres, more or less, adjoining lands of 
John SHARP, Benjamin PAYNE, Joseph SCOTT and others. Which said tract of land 
and premises is held by the heirs of said Intestate, as Tenants in Common and 
undivided and praying the Court to award on Inquest, to make partition of the 
premises aforesaid, to and amongst the widow and children and representatives 
of said Intestate, if the same will admit of such partition without prejudice 
to or spoiling the whole, but if the same will not admit of partition as 
aforesaid, without prejudices then that the said Inquest will enquire how many 
of the Children and representatives, the same premises will accommodate and 
partition the same into so many parts as the same will bear of accommodate, 
and well and truly value and appraise each prepart, But if the said Inquest 
should be of opinion to and among the parties on Interest by metes and bounds 
and value and appraise each part separately, if the same will admit of such 
partition without prejudice to or spoiling the while, but if they find the 
same cannot be so divided without prejudice to In spoiling the whole, than 
that they will and truly inquire whether the said premises will conveniently 
accommodate more than one of the heirs of said Intestate and if they so find, 
that they then well and truly partition the same into so many parts as the 
same will bear or accommodate by metes and bounds and value and appraise each 
parpert. But if the said Inquest shall find that the premises will not admit 
of partition or Division al all, then that they well and truly enquire and 
value and appraise the whole together and undivided according to law. And that 
the said Sheriff Do make return of said Inquisition (annexed to this Order) as 
well under his own hand and seal as the hands and seals of the said Inquest to 
the next orphan's Court after the same is held.


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