1763 Tulpehocken Township
At an Orphans Court held at Reading in and for the County of Berks the fifteenth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and sixty five. Before Jacob Levan, Joseph Millard and Henry Christ Exzs. Jushiesth,
The petition of Anna Maria Arnold Widow and Administrator of all and singular the Goods and Chattels Rights and Credits which were of Peter Arnold late of the Township of Tulpehhocken deceased who died intestate being read, setting forth, “that the Petitioner hath rendered an Account of her Administration of the said estate into the Register Generals Office at Reading aforesaid, wherein she charges herself with all and singular the Goods and Chattels Rights and Credits which were of the said Intestate and have come to her Hands and Knowledge amounting to Two Hundred and Forty Pounds Five Shillings and Nine Pence and craves Allowance for her Disbursement and just Charges out of and against the said Estate to the Amount of Forty Pounds Four Shillings and Seven Pence Half Penny remains in her Hands on the same Account to be distributed to and among her and her four children of the same Intestate to wit, Henry, Johannes, Maria Elizabetha & Anna Margaretha and therefore praying the Court to order the Disbursement of the balance aforesaid according to Law”.
The Court, upon viewing and considering the Account of her Administration, order and direct the Sum aforesaid which appears to be the Balance in her Hands to be distributed, thus;
| To the said Anna Maria Widow of the said Intestate, her Third part thereof Sixty Eight Pounds Thirteen Shillings and Eight Pence Half Penny. | £68.13.8½ |
| To Henry the Eldest Son of the said Intestate, his two shares of the remaining two thirds thereof, Fifty Four Pounds Eighteen Shillings and Eleven Pence Half Penny. | £54.18.11½ |
| To Johannes the Other Son of the said Intestate, share thereof, Twenty Seven Pounds Nine Shillings and Eleven Pence Three Farthings | £27.9.5¾ |
| To Maria Elizabetha one of the Daughters of the said Intestate, her share thereof, Twenty Seven Pounds Nine Shillings and Eleven Pence Three Farthings | £27.9.5¾ |
| To Anna Margaretha another Daughter of the said Intestate, her share thereof, Twenty Seven Pounds Nine Shillings and Eleven Pence Three Farthings | £27.9.5¾ |
And the Court also order that the said Widow and Administrator shall pay the Shares of the said Children to their Guardians, John Arnold and Sebastian Obold, and that the said Guardians put the Same to Interest.
By the Court
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