Wills: Tobias Höltzel, 1792: Paradise Twp, York County

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Last will and testament of Tobias Höltzel of Paradise Twp.

Tobias Heltzel of Paradise Township in the County of York and State of
Pennsylvania Yeoman, being sick and weak in Body but of a sound and
disposing Mind, Memory, and Understanding, blessed be Almighty God for
the same. Do Make and Ordain this my Last Will and Testament in manner
and form following (that is to say) First, I order and Will that all my
just debts and funeral Charges, shall be paid and Satisfyed.  Item, I
give and Bequeath unto my beloveth Wife Anna Mary my Bed and Bedstead and
bed furniture, so that it may be called a good Bed and one Iron pot and
One Iron Pan, and a Pewter Baison, and a Pewter Plate and four pewter
Spoons, and one Cow the choice to her, which I give and Bequeath unto her
over and above her Contract or Articles of marriage which I made with her
before our Intermarriage (which she I shall have as her own Estate). And
further my will is that all my Lands and Plantations (that is to say my
two Plantations) Situate in Paradise Township in the County of York
aforesaid Adjoining each other the upper place adjoyning Spring Forge
Land and Lands of Michael Strasbach and the Lands heretofore sold and
Conveyed to Casper Hock containing about One Hundred Acres, or upward and
the lower place adjoyning the same, and Lands of John Herschy and Peter
Wolf Esqr and Lands of Jacob Miller Containing about one hundred and
fifty Acres (more or less) that shall all be sold with all my whole
Personal Estate by my Executor herein afternamed by the best Advantage
that they can have, and that in Such a manner as my Executors shall think
it best; And my Will is that from the first money coming in from my
Estate the Sum of one hundred Pounds shall be put out on Interests and my
said Wife shall have the full Interest thereof yearly as long as she be
my Widow; And from the Remainder of my Estate my Will is that my
Daughter, Scharlot, now the Wife of Martin Schwartz and my Son Henry
Heltzel, and my Son Philip Heltzel each of them shall have the Sum of Ten
Pounds in Gold, or Silver Coin which shall than be their full Share out
of all my Estate and no more. And than all the remainder of my Personal
Estate (that is to say, the money therefor coming in with the remainder
of the first payments for my Lands and plantations that shall than be
equally Divided among and Between my other Children namely Eve now the
Wife of Jacob Weier and Elisabeth now the Wife of John Boss, and Sophia
now the Wife of William Heins, and Catherine now the Wife of Jacob Geiger
and Margaret Heltzel, and my Sons John Heltzel and Tobias Heltzel to one
of them as much as to the other if the Three aforementioned Children have
first received their share so as the abovesaid (namely each the sum of
Ten Pounds as aforesaid) And than the remainder of the money comming in
from my Lands that shall also be equally Divided among my Children Namely
Eve and Elizabeth and Sophia and Catharine and Margaret and John and
Tobias Heltzel in manner following (that is to say) that always the money
that is comming in in one year shall always be divided in three equal
Shars. and to them paid according to their Sucsession of age, and so on
till to the Youngest so that they shall be made equal in Share as
aforesaid. And after my Wifs decease or Second marriage which shall
happen to be first they One hundred pounds that was on Interest shall
than be also equally divided again among and between my Childrens Namely,
Eve. and Elizabeth. and Sophia and Catharine. and Margaret, and John and
Tobias Heltzel to one of them as much as to the other, but Concerning the
Share of my Daughter Catharine of all as before mentioned my Will is that
the principal sum thereof Shall be paid out on Interest, and she shall
yearly have the Interest thereof till to the time that she do Repent and
learn to keep House that my Executors shall tink it proper or good to
give her the Principal Sum thereof. And Lastly I do hereto appoint and
Nomenate my trusty neighbours John Beyer, and John Joseph to be the
Executors of this my Last Will and Testament Whome (or the Survivor of
them; I the said Tobias Heltzel do hereby Intitle to Execute a Deed or
Deeds of Conveyances to the purchasor of my Lands and Plantations,
according to Law; hereby Revoking all former Wills by me made.  In
Witnefs whereof I have hereunto Set my Hand and Seal this Eighth day of
October. In the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven hundred and Ninety
Two.
                                [signed]        Tobias Höltzel  {Seal}

 Signed, Sealed, Published, and Declared by the above named Tobias
Heltzel to be his Last Will and Testament in the Presence of us who have
hereunto Subscribed our names as Witness in the Presence and on the
request of the Testator * Jacob Lund Govrt [Burchhart], L______ Lairs
[Henry Baier], Henry Danner

York County SS.  Before me Jacob Barnitz Esq. Register for the probate of
Wills and granting Letters of Administrationin and for the County of York
in the State of Pennsylvania, personally came Jacob Burchhart, Henry
Baier and Henry Danner, the three Subscribing Witnesses to the foregoing
Instrument of Writing: and on their solemn Affirmation they respectively
Conscientiously Scrupling the taking of an Oath Do severally say that
they were personally present and saw and heard the above named Tobias
Heltzel Sign his name unto and Seal and publish the foregoing Instrument
of Writing as and for his last Will and Testament, and that at the time
of the doing thereof he the said Tobias Heltzel was of a sound and
disposing Mind, Memory and Understanding to the best of their Knowledge
and belief; And that they respectively Subscribed their names thereto as
Witnesses in the presence of the said Testator and at his Request and
also in the presence of each other at the same time

Affirmed & Subscribed at
York                    [signed]        Jacob Burchhart
the 28th Day of November
1792                    [signed]        Henry Baier
before me *     
J. Barnitz Regr.          [signed]        Henry Danner

A true Copy taken from & compared with the Original
                                        J. Barnitz Regr.

Memorandum that letters Testament are in common form were granted unto
John Beyer and John Joseph of the Estate of Tobias Heltzel deceased.
Inventory to be Exhibited into the Registers Office at York on or before
the Twenty Eighth Day of January next, And an Account or reckoning in a
Year or when legally thereunto required, Given under my Hand & Seal of
Office at York the 28 Day of Novem. 1792.

                                        J. Barnitz Regr.