Will: John Noels,  Of Paradise Township, York, Pennsylvania
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Will: John Noels,  Of Paradise Township, York, Pennsylvania
Copyright (c) 2000-2001 by FamilyHart, FamilyHart@aol.com
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Transcribed from photocopy of original located in Recorder of Wills Office, York County Courthouse, York, PA

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John Noels
Last Will & Testament
Proved the 10th Day of
June 1766, & Inventory
Filed the same day.
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	In the Name of God, Amen, The Twenty Seventh Day of October Anno Domina Seventeen hundred & Sixty Five, 
I John Noel of the Township of Paradise, County of York, & Province of Pennsylvania, Shoemaker, being Very Sick 
and Weak in Body, but of Perfect mind & memory, thanks to Almighty God, Therefore Calling unto mind the Mortality 
of my Body, & knowing that it is appointed for all Men once to Die, do make and ordain this my Last will & 
Testament, that is to Say, Principally & First of all, I give & recommend my soul into the Hands of Almighty God 
that gave it, & my body I recommend to The Earth to be buried in a Decent & Christian Burial at the Discretion of 
my Executors, Nothing Doubting but at the General Resurrection, I shall Receive the same again by the Mighty Power 
of God.  And as Touching such Worldly Estate wherewith it hath Pleased Almighty God to bless me with in this Life, 
I Give, Demise, & Dispose of the same in the Following Mannor & Form, first that all my Lawfull & just Debts be 
paid by my Executors hereafter Mentioned.
	Item, First, I give and bequeath unto Margarett my Dearly beloved Wife the Sum of one hundred Pounds of 
Lawfull Currant money of Pennsylvania, to be Paid & Levied out of my Estate, & the Provable & Just Possession of 
my Plantation Situate in the Township, County, & Province aforesaid During her Life, Whether she continues a 
Widow, or Intends to Marry, & after her decease or death, the Said Land or Plantation I am now Possessed with 
Shall be Equally Devided amongst my Children, to Wit: Andrew, John, Peter, Jacob, Nicholas, Casper, & Phillip 
Noel, At this Present Living & in Good health thanks be to Almighty God for the same, & likewise all my household 
Goods, Debts, and Movable Effects, to be Equally Divided amongst my Children above said, Except the sum of one 
hundred pounds of which I will and Bequeath unto Margarett my Dearly Beloved Wife, to be Gifted and Bequeathed 
by her as it shall Please herself.
	Item, I do Constitute & ordain my Dearly Beloved Wife Margarett and Nicholas Bittonger of Berwick Town, 
Township of Berwick, & County, & Province aforesaid, my whole & Sole Executrix of this my Last will and Testament, 
& I do hereby utterly Disallow, Revoke, & disannull all & Every other Former Testaments, Wills, Legacies, Bequests, 
& Executors by me in any Ways
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Before named, Willed, and Bequeathed, ratifying & Confirming this, and no other, to be my Last Will & Testament.  
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto Sett my hand & Seal, the Day & Year above written.
							Johannes Noel

	Signed, Sealed, Published, Pronounced, & Declared by the said John Noel, as his Last will & Testament 
in the Presence of us, the Subscribers.
							Geo. Clark
							Geo. Steel
							John Fecker
							Peter Delon

York County, SS:
	Before me, Samuel Johnston, Esquire, Deputy Register for the Probate of Wills and granting Letters 
of Administration in and for the County of York, Personally appeared George Clark and Peter Delo, two of the 
Subscribing Wittnesses to the foregoing Instrument of Writing and on their oaths respectively Taken according 
to Law, Do say that they were Personally present and saw and heard John Noel, therein named, Sign, Seal, Publish 
and Declare the above Instrument of Writing as and for his Last Will and Testament and at the Doing thereof, he 
was of Sound and Disposing Mind and Memory to the best of their Knowledge and that the Deponants subscribed their 
names as Witnesses to the same in the Presence of the Testator and at his request and that they did likewise see 
George Steel and John Fecker, the other Subscribing Witnesses to the same also sign their names as Witnesses 
thereto, in the Presence of the Testator and at his request.
						Geo. Clark
						Peter Delon

Sworn and Subscribed at York the 10th Day of June 1766 A.D.
						Sam Johnston, Deputy Register