The third day of the fourth month 1721
In the name of the Lord I Francis Yarnall of Willis town in the
County of Chester doe make this my Last will and testament being week
[sic] of body but of Sound and perfitt memmorry praised be the Lord for
it as foloeth viz
I bequeth my Soule to the allmyty God and my body to be buried
In desent manor as my Execetrix Shall See fitt; in the next place
my diseir is that all my Just Debts shall be paid and Discharged with
my funerall expences - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Item I give unto my Eldist Son John by Compitation one hundred and fifty acers of land that
was part of Thomas Brasies tract of land which my son doth now live one with all his
Improvements coming to the Runn that doth rise in Petor Thomas�s land be the Same
more or less to him his heirs and assignes- - -
Item I give to my Son Amos his heirs and assignes the remaindor part of the above said tract
with the improvements the above said Runn being the devishon betwixt my son John
and my son Amos being by computation one hundred and twenty four acres of land and
my son Amos to have the horse mare and two year auld Coult that he calls his he paying
to my Execetrix 10 pounds in one years time after my desese - - - - - - - - - -- --
Item I give to my Son Joseph all that tract of land lying and being in Springfield to him his
heirs and assignes Containing one hundred and twenty acers and three quarters of an acer
with all the improvements allsoe one horse 4 year auld and mare and one year auld foult
and one Cow which he calls his my Son Joseph paying to my daughter Sara the Sum of
thirty pounds that is ten pounds per year the first payment to be paid one year after my
decese the second two and the third three year - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Item more I give to my Daughter Sarah two Cows and one mare that she hath at Springfield
with the.Goodes she has there and the sum of twenty pounds to be paid her by my
Execetrix to be after named - - -
Item I give to my Son Mordica if he doth live to the age of one and twenty year one hundred
acers of Land with the medowing that is in the upper bottom and the Cleared land the
hundred acers to be laid out by the derection of my two sons Peter and Francis my son
Mordica helping and assisting his mother [till] he atains to the aforesaid age. - - - -
Item I give to my son Daniell the Sum of Sixty pounds if he doth live to the age of twenty
one years and work for his mother my Execetrix dureing that time till he doth atain the
above said age to be paid by my Execetrix: and my two sons Daniell and Mordica to have
that [money??] and her Increse Ecually devided betwixt them when my son Daniell doth
Come to the above said age - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Item as for my two sons Peter and Francis I have Given them their Share all Redey and
Conveyed it to them by deedes of gift - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Item I make my dear and Loveing wife my whole and Sole Execetrix and to have this place
I now live on and the Remainder of the land I have not dissposed of till my son Amos
doth ataine to the age of one and twenty years and then my son Amos to enter on the one
half of the Riall Estate that is aloted to be in my wifes poseshon and my wife to hould the
other half dureing her naterl life and then my son Amos to have the other half of the last
named Reall Estate, and my son Amos to have the mare and her three Coults which he
calls his owne.
Item allsoe I give unto my loveing wife all my househould goodes and Catles* and all my
personal Estate that is not above disposed of - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Item If my Son Mordica should dye before he doth Come to age my will is that my son
Daniell shall have [sil?] land that I have apynted for Mordica and my wife to have that
sixty pound that Daniell is to have [at her?] dissposing It is my will that these above
artycles may be fullfild as witness my hand and seal. What land I have given to my sons
is to them their Heirs and Assigns
Signed Sealed and delivered { F R A N C I S Y A R N A L L
In the Presence of us { his mark
.......George G Smedley COPY OF WILL OF FRANCIS YARNALL OF
.......Philip Yarnall WILLISTOWN, CHESTER COUNTY, PA.,
........Philip Yarnall PROVEN 6 MO (AUGUST) 1721.
........Sarah Smedley RECORDED AT WEST CHESTER, PA., IN WILL BOOK
Copied by Mary Card Yarnell 21 May 1994 with particular attention to reproducing original spelling.
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