Alsace 1844
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS,
That we, John Noll of Alsace township Henry Noll of Ruscombmanor township, Daniel Heckman of Alsace and Jacob D Barnet of the Borough of Reading all of Berks County, are held firmly bound unto the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in the sum of Eight hundred dollars, lawful money of Pennsylvania, to be paid to the said Commonwealth. – To which payment well and truly made, we bind ourselves, our Heirs, Executors and Administrators and every of them, jointly and severally for and in the whole, firmly by these PRESENTS, - Sealed with our Seals dated 15th day of April Anno Domini 1844.
The condition of the above obligation is such, That if the above bounden John Noll and Henry Noll, - Administrators of all and singular the goods, chattels and credits of Peter Noll deceased, do make or cause to be made, a true and perfect inventory of all and singular the goods, chattels and credits of the said deceased, which have come or shall come to the hands, possession or knowledge of them the said John Noll and Henry Noll or into the hands and possession of any other person or persons, for them and the same so made, do exhibit or cause to be exhibited, into the Register’s Office, in the county of Berks, within thirty days from the date hereof, and the same, goods, chattels and credits and all other the goods, chattels and credits of the said deceased, at the time of his death, which at any time after shall come to the hands of possession of the said John Noll and Henry Noll or into the hands and possession of any other person or persons for them do well and truly administer according to law, and further do make or cause to be made, a just and true account of their said administration, within one year from the date hereof, or when thereunto legally required, and all the rest and residue of said goods, chattels and credits which shall be found remaining upon the said administration account, the same being first examined and allowed by the Orphans’ Court of the said county having jurisdiction, shall deliver and pay unto such person or persons as the said Orphans’ Court, by their decree or sentence, pursuant to law, shall limit and appoint, and shall well and truly comply with the laws of the Commonwealth relating to Collateral Inheritances, and if it shall hereafter appear that any last will and testament was made by the said deceased, and the same shall be proved according to law, if the said John Noll and Henry Noll being required, do surrender the Letters of Administration into the Register’s Office aforesaid, then this Obligation to be void, otherwise to remain in full force.
Johannes Noll |SEAL|
Heinrich Noll |SEAL|
Daniel Heckman |SEAL|
Jacob D Barnet |SEAL|
Sealed and Delivered in the presence of
Michael Kraemer
Berks County, SS... The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, To the Sheriff of Berks County ... Greetings.
Whereas John Noll second son of Peter late of the township of Alsace in said County, yeoman, deceased, preferred a Petition to the Judges of the Orphans’ Court of the said county, setting forth, that the said father died intestate on or about the first day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty four, leaving a widow named Magdalena and issue of seven children, to wit, Peter, John, and Samuel Noll, Mary intermarried with John Heckman, Henry Noll, Jacob Noll and Esther intermarried with Daniel Heckman,
That the said decease was seized in his demesne as of fee and in a certain messuage, plantation and Tract of Land, situate in the Township of Alsace in the County of Berks, bounded by Lands of Conrad Keller, John Hartman, Daniel Zacharias, John Zacharias, Jacob Madary and others containing about sixty six acres, more or less with appurtenances; and there fore praying the court to award an inquest to view the same and make partition, etc. which was accordingly awarded by the court. THEREFORE WE COMMAND YOU, that you forthwith summon an inquest of twelve good and lawful men of your bailiwick and go to the said premises, and then and there by their oaths and solemn affirmation make partition thereof, with appurtenances to and among the widow and among the children of the said deceased, if the same can be done without prejudice to and spoiling of the whole, But if the same cannot be parted and divided without prejudice to and spoiling the whole, that the same inquest do view and inquire whether the same will conveniently accommodate more than one of the said children – and if they so find, that they then ascertain and report how many the same will as aforesaid accommodate, describing each purport by metes and bounds and returning a just valuation and appraisement thereof. But if the said inquest shall find that the premises aforesaid, with appurtenances, cannot be parted and divided to and among the widow and all the children of the said deceased, nor accommodate more than one of said children without prejudice to and spoiling of the whole, that they then value and appraise the same according to law. That they estimate the widow’s part therein and in purport if divided. That due and legal notice of the time and place of holding such inquisition be given to all the parties interested, that they may be present of they think proper. And that the partition or valuation so made, you distinctly and openly have, under your hand and seal and under the hands and seals of those by whom the same shall be made. Before our Judges at Reading, at Orphans’ Court, there to beholden the 8th day of November next. And have you there this writ. Witness the honorable John Banks Esquire, president of our said court, at Reading, the twenty fifth day of September in the year of our LORD one thousand eight hundred and forty four.
William Schoener
Pennsylvania, Berks County, SS.}
In the Orphans’ Court of Berks County.
Whereas, at the Orphans’ Court, held at Reading, in and for the said County of Berks, on the 11th day of November A D 1844 described purpart of Real Estate late of Peter Noll of Alsace Township, in the County of Berks, aforesaid, yeoman, deceased, consisting of a messuage plantation and tract of land lying and situate in Alsace Township said County, bounded by lands of Conrad Keller, Daniel Zacharias, John Zacharias, Jacob Madary and others containing sixty eight acres and one hundred twenty perches neat measurement with the appurtanances heretofore valued and appraised at the sum of fifteen hundred twelve dollars and fifty cents lawful money of the United States, by an Inquest for the purpose held, pursuance of an order of the said court, was accepted by and adjudged to Henry Noll the fourth son of the said deceased upon his paying, or securing to be paid, to Magdalena Noll the widow of the said deceased, the interest of the net third yearly, and to the other heirs and legal representatives of the said deceased, their equal and proportional share respectively of the net two-thirds within one year, with interest for the 1st day of April next, and of the other third, the decease of the said widow, of and in the said valuation money. And the said Court did then and there decree, that if any debt should hereafter be sued or prosecuted, of otherwise duly made to appear against the estate of the said deceased, that a deduction of a proportional part of the same shall be made from the valuation aforesaid of several purparts of the said real estate. Therefore I the said Henry Noll acknowledge myself to owe the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sum of Three Thousand eight hundred and twenty five dollars lawful money as aforesaid, of the real estate, so accepted and adjudged to be made and levied, if default be made in the following condition, that is to say: If the said Henry Noll , his heirs, executors, administrators, or assigns, shall and do well and truly pay, or cause to be paid, to the said Magdalena Noll, the widow as aforesaid, her yearly interest, and to the other heirs and legal representatives of the said deceased respectively, their equal and proportional shares respectively, of and in the said valuation money, agreeably to the said adjudication of the Court aforesaid, then this recognizance to be void, or else to be and remain on full force and virtue.
Taken and acknowledged in open Court, this eleventh day of November A D 1844.
Heinrich Noll
William Schoener
Submitted by Michelle.
Last Modified