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- HANS ADAM HILLEGAS
WILL
February 26, 1779-Proved March 31, 1779
Will Book R, #181, pages 244-246
Where as, in the name of God, Amen, whereas I Adam Hillegas of Upper Hanover Township in the state of Penna Yoeman do find myself very sick & weak in body, but of sound mind, understanding & memory, thanks be to God & having called to [unintelligible] the mortality of my body, knowing that it is appointed for all men sure to die, so do I on this twenty sixth day of Feb. in the year of our Lord, one thousand and seven hundred and seventy nine, make, publish and ordain this my Last Will & Testament, & first of all I recommend my soul unto the hands of Almighty God that gave it. I do order that after my death, my body be buried in a Christian [sic] like & decent manner. And as touching my worldly estate, wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this life, so do I hereby dispose of the same in the following manner, that is to say, I [unintelligible], I give and bequeath to my beloved wife Catharina the two best of my beds with the bedsteds [sic] and curtains & whatsoever belongs to them & also her chest with what belongs to her there in together with all such household goods & tools & kitchen furniture, as the kettle, potts [sic], pewter dishes & plates, & any other utensils & things of what manner soever, as she may have used for her use, to have them at her choice. And I also give & bequeath to her my brown mare of about four years old & also two cows & two sheep. I also give to my said wife the negro girl named Hannah, that is in my negro family for her own use. And I do further give & bequeath to my said wife Catharina the just & full sum of five hundred pounds, of lawful money of Penna out of my estate to be paid to her by my here unto named executors, at such time & upon such time as my s’d wife shall choose to accept & receive it all which said legacies shall be for her use, behoof, & discretion during all her life time. And further it is my Will that my two youngest daughters Elizabeth & Anna Mary shall each of them have & get two cows out of my stock of cattle now as also bedding & other goods, to the same quantity & of the same quality as near as can be, as my eldest daughters have formerly & received & [unintelligible] use, as for their marriage portions to be provided for them out of my estate. And I do further give & bequeath to my s’d wife for her use & for the use of my remaining family all the coarse or fine linen cloth & yarns & all the hemp & flax what we have now, with so much grain, meal, pork & of all such other sorts of eatables & provisions what so ever, as they may have used of to use for this ensuing year. And further I give to my s’d wife a full right, privilege & liberty to remain to here in the new dwelling house on my plantation with all the freedom by all means on the premisses [sic], whatever may be necessary for her & my remaining family during all her life time. And it is further my Will that my said wife shall get and receive yearly from my son who shall get and keep my plantation as for her yearly subsistence, twelve bushels of wheat, three bushels of buck wheat & one fat hog of two hundred pounds weight including the head & fat & fifteen pounds weight of hackled flax or hemp & fifteen pounds of tow, he shall also feed her mare and sheep as good & with his own in fodder & pasture in summer & winter time, as also to have her two cows in pasture with his our cows always but for the winter fodder of her cows I have given her a certain part of my meadows behind the barn to be marked out & allotted for her said use together with a separate room in the stables to feed her said cows. She also shall have the equal part of the plant garden, to be dugg’d & ordered for her use as necessary & also a certain piece of land for potatoes & also turnips for her use if any grow. She shall also have two rows of apple trees in the orchard, & one or two other apple trees at her own choice, and the apples there of for her own use, my said wife may also keep our hog and several chickens on the premises, tho [sic] at her own costs, my said son shall also cut sufficient firewood for her, so as to be fit for her immediate use, & carry the same to her dwelling house. All which particularly my said wife shall [unintelligible] to enjoy for her yearly subsistence during all her life time on the premisses [sic]. And I do further give & bequeath to my eldest son Michael Hillagas [sic], the sum of one hundred & fifty pounds of lawful money of Penna before out for his foreright [sic] for being my eldest son, to be deducted of what I have given to him already. And I do hereby give, devise & bequeath to my fifth son Frederick Hillegas & to his heirs & assigns, all my messuages, plantations, & land with the grist mill there on, where we now live, situate in Upper Hanover Township in the County of Phila. Aforesaid, adjoining the land of Robert Thomas, Jacob Miller & others & containing one hundred & sixty five acres of land, with the hereditaments [sic] & appurtenances & with all such tools & instruments as belong to the said grist mill with the buildings & all other improvements there on done & erected, together with one mare, the wagons, plough, harrow & all the collars & greese [sic] & also with the quantity of thirty acres of woodland, which shall be surveyed from a tract of ninety acres situate in Marbrough [sic] Township. As for the considerations of two thousand and five hundred pounds of current or lawful money of Penna which he shall pay in the following manner. As first the amount of his hereditary share of & [unintelligible] all my relect [sic] estate is to be deducted of the s’d sum, & then he shall pay every year the sum of two hundred & fifty pounds to my other heirs and children to begin with it one year after the time of my death & so on yearly [unintelligible] until the whole be paid off & further he shall provide and give to my said wife all the above described [sic] particulars of her yearly subsistence during all her life time to hold all my s’d plantations, griest [sic] mill & land with all the s’d appurtenances to my s'd son Fred'k Hillegas his heirs & assigns & to his or their only proper use, benefit, behoof forever, but with conditions that he shall have no right to sell my s’d plantations and land during all the life time of my said wife, Catharina, except it be with her consent, on the other hand it is my Will that my said son Frederick Hillegas shall be at liberty within the time of one year after my death, to accept, keep, or give up my s’d mill, plantations in which said last case, he shall not be obliged to pay any rent for that year then part for his use of the same, & that then any of my other sons or children whom it shall suit best shall have a right to buy the same, for such a price as they can agree about it among themselves, but my said mill & plantations shall not be sold to any body else. And further I do hereby give, devise, & bequeath to my son Peter Hilligas [sic] and to his heirs & assigns, another tract of my land situate [sic] in upper Hanover Township, aforesaid, containing about seventy acres of land, the deed for the same I have got from Jno. Gallinous [?] together also with another tract of thirty acres of woodland to be surveyed to him from the above’s [?] ninety acres tract in Marlbrough, so as to amount to about one hundred acres together with the cleared land, hereditarnents [?] & appurtenances [sic] there unto belonging for the consideration of six hundred pounds of current & lawful money aforesaid to hold the same to him, his heirs & assigns forever, & to his & their proper use & behoof forever. But in case he should not think it suitable for him to accept & keep the same for that price then he shall be at liberty to give it up when he comes to be of age then the same may be sold to any body. And further it is my Will that the remainder of the aforesaid ninety acres, as also another tract of about one hundred acres situate in Lower Milford in Bucks Co. shall be sold, as also such other goods of my personal estate, as is herein not bequeathed in what manner my executors shall think best & add the amount there of to my estate & further it is my Will that my negro family consisting in a woman & several children shall be divided amongst my children in such a manner & at such a rate, as they can best agree about it among themselves. And I do hereby give, devise, & bequeath all the remainder of my estate whatsoever including such sums as I have given to my eldest children already unto my here unto named twelve children in equal shares [unintelligible] to my seven sons as Michael, John, George, Adam, Frederick & Peter & Jacob Hilligas, & five daughters as Eva now the wife of Geo. Harlacker, & Catharine now the wife of Jno. Greismer & Margareth now the wife of Carl [?] Shellenberger & to Elizabeth & Anna Mary as to each of theirs, his equal share & part of all my said relect [sic] estate whatsoever, share & share alike to hold the same to them, as to each of them his respective share & to their heirs & assigns forever. And further it is my Will that the share of my said youngest son Jacob shall be lent out at interest in about two years from hence, for his benefit & behoof untill [sic] he be of age. And further it is my Will, in case any of my younger children should happy [sic] to die under age, intestate & without issue, that then his share of & on all my estate shall be equally divided amongst all my surviving children & I desire that all may be done, held & performed according to the true intent tenor [?] meaning of this my last Will & Testament. And I do hereby [unintelligible], constitute & appoint my beloved wife Catharina & my son in law George Harlacker & my son Frederick Hillegas to be the sole executors of this my last Will & Testament. And I do hereby give them or any two of them full power & authority to sign, seal & deliver the respective deeds & conveyances required by this Will. It is also now my Will that my son Peter shall get his said thirty acres tract in such a part so as to contain the most and best timber and that he also shall have all his said land for the sum of five hundred pounds instead of six as above said. And that my said son Frederick is to have the iron stove in the old dwelling & that my wife the iron stove in the new dwelling house together with the dresser yet in the old house & that each of my said youngest daughters shall get & receive the sum of one hundred pounds in cash as is part of their share at the time of their marriage. And I do hereby declare, ratify & confirm this & no other to be my last Will & Testament. To witness & confirmations where of the said Adam Hilligas [sic] [unintelligible] have hereunto set my hand & seal the day & year as first above written. Adam Hilligas [sic] Seal
Signed, sealed, published, & declared by the above written Adam Hilligas [sic] Sr. as his last Will & Testament in the presence of us David Lairy-Andrew Kruber-Phila Mar 31. 1779. Personally appeared David Levy & Andrew Kruber, the witnesses to the foregoing Will, and on oath did declare that they saw & heard Adam Hilligas [sic] the testator there in named sign, seal, publish & declare the same for & as his last Will and Testament & that at the doing there of he was of sound disposing mind, memory & understanding to the best of their knowledge & belief. [unintelligible] Daniel Morris Regst Be it remembered, that on the 31st day of Mar. 1779 the last Will and Testament of Adam Hilligas Sr. in due form of law was proved & probate & letters testamentary there of granted to Catharina Hilligas, Geo Harlacker & Fred’k Hilligas executors therein named they having first been duly sworn well & truly to administer the said deceased estate & bring an invy [sic] there of into the Registers office at Phila on or before the 31st day of April next & to render a true & just account of the said Adm on or before the 31st day of Mar 1780 given under the seal of the said office. Daniel Morris Reg’st
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1717 - 1779 (62 years)
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