Oley Township, Philadelphia County
Written January 1717/8 Recorded April 1727
Heirs Wimar, DeTurck
Others Kuhlwein, Jansen, Huffnagel, Lennart, Guldin, Yeackel
In the name of God Amen, I Isaac DeTurck of Oly in the County of Philadelphia, yeoman, being at this time in indifferent good health of the body and also of a sound & disposing mind and memory, praised be the Lord for his goodness towards me, But considering the frailty of this transitory life and the uncertainty thereof, do make this my Last Will & Testament in manner and form following, that is to say . First of all I recommend my Soul into the hands of Almighty God and my Body I commit to the Earth to be decently buried at the discretion of mine Executrix hereafter named. And of my Worldly Estate I devise and dispose as hereafter followith. Imprimis, I give and bequeath to my wife Mary all & singular my clear Estate Real and personal, and the profits thereof during her Viduity or Widowhood, So never the less that her Daughter Catherine Wimar and my two children Esther and John DeTurck shall be educated out of the said mine estate by my aforesaid wife Mary their Mother, and Equally be provided for, as much as in her lies. But in case she should marry again, then I only give and bequeath unto her the Third part of my said Estate, according to the good laws of this province. And in this case of her Marrying again, My Will is that my aforesaid Estate, both real and personal shall be apprized or valued by judicious and impartial men, and two parts thereof secured for the above named Catherine, Esther and John, unto them after words equally to be divided, Share and Share alike. And my Will further is that the said my son John DeTurck shall have and hold my Plantation lying & being in Oly aforesaid, to him, his heirs and Assigns for ever, he satisfying his two sisters for their two parts or shares, according to the afore mentioned valuation of Impartial Men. And what ever my said wife Mary (not marrying again) doth leave unconsumed, I give and bequeath to the said Catherine, Esther, & John to be divided among them in Equal shares, as above expressed, that is to say, One just third part thereof to each of them. Finally, I Constitute and appoint my aforesaid Wife Mary whole and sole Executrix of this my Last Will and Testament during her Lifetime and after her decease I make and ordain my friends Philip Kuhlwein of Oly yeoman and Dirk Jansen of Germantown Weaver Executors of this my said Last Will & Testament, to whose care and tuition I also commit the aforesaid three children after their Mothers decease or Marrying again until they come to be at Age. Hereby utterly revoking and disannulling all and other former Wills, Legacies and Exects by me in any ways heretofore made, given or Ordained, Confirming this and no other to be my last Will and Testament, In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal the 22 day of January Anno Domid 1717/8.
Isaac DeTurck
Signed, Sealed, Published, & Declared By the said Testator as his Last Will And testament, in the presence of
Arnold Huffnagel
Isaac Lennert
Philadelphia April 1 1727 Then personally appeared Arnold Huffnagel and Isaac Lennart, two of the witnesses to the foregoing will and of their oath did declare they saw & heard Isaac DeTurck the testator above record, sign, seal, publish and Declare the same to be his Last will & Testament and that at the Same thereof he was of sound mind memory and understanding to the best of their knowledge.
An Inventory of all the goods & chattels rites and credits of and belonging unto Isaac DeTurck deceased Vis:
? and money in the purse
Puter
2 iron potts
For spinning wheel and kards
One brass candlestick and iron candlestick and lamp shears
Box and Heaters and two Hakels bed stead
For bolls and Collors
Carpenters tools and sickles and other lumber
The plantation and all the ? belonging to it
Two working horses
3 mares
7 Cows
Small and great Cattel
Sheep kind
Hogs great and small
Samuel Guldin
Arnold Huffnagel
Philip Kuhlwein
Martin Yeackel
Submitted by Mary Alice.
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