Written Nov 27 1771, Recorded Aug 26 1772
Heirs: Schauer
Others: Miller, Fiddler, Wenrich, Younger, Fischer, Wenger, Leinner
Heidelberg Township in Berks County, the 27th day of November 1771
As God hath given me a natural Body and also a Soul so I commend my Body to the Earth as his mother's lap, and my Soul I commend to God who hath given it to me. And with my dear Wife and with my Children and with my Estate I will that it shall be holden as follows:
First I will that all my Estate, personal and real, moveable or immoveable, be they land or money or bonds, notes, book debts or household goods, as of what denomination they may be, shall remain in the Hands of my dear Wife as long as she lives or does not marry. But in case the Burden shall be too heavy for her she may sell at vendue and the money arisen from the vendue she may expend toward her necessary maintenance or to my children where it shall be well laid out towards their inheritance their Father's estate on their giving just obligations & therewith that she may not be over reached. First I will and order that my son-in-law Mattheus Miller as my good friend shall be Executor over my beloved wife and over my transitory estate. The Heirs that have already money in advance shall orderly and yearly pay the interest to the Mother. If they will not do that they must pay the Capital to the Mother.
Secondly, when it shall please God to take my Wife out of the World I will that my deceased son's, Adam Schauer's, children shall have fifteen shillings for their father's birth right and then fifteen shillings Michael Shauer shall have for advance.
And finally thirdly, after my wife's decease, I will that my whole estate and what I leave behind and which my wife in her life time shall have in hand, shall be divided in equal shares among all my children, and if one or more of my children shall not be alive, his share which comes to him without distinction shall be divided among his children. Fourthly - but if one or the other of my children or grandchildren shall not be satisfied with this my will and testament, he or she shall have one English shilling and no more but from the rest of the whole inheritance shall be excluded.
Fifthly I will and ordain to be Executors my good friends Henry Fiddler, Mattheus Wenrich theYounger and Mattheus Miller in the first Article mentioned.
Sixthly the names of my children among whom my estate in the above manner shall be divided are Adam the first born. My daughters are Elisabetha and Magdalina and Catharina and Maria Catharina and Anna Maria and Anna Christina and Ephrosina and Siwilla and Susanna and Eva.
And this is thus my last serious will and testament, whereby I at the same time make void all former wills. For the ratifying all and singular the above mentioned Articles I Michael Schauer have to this my testament set my hand and seal the day and year as above mentioned.
Michel Schauer (MS - his mark)
Signed and sealed and acknowledged in the
Ludwig Fischer
Georg Wing
Stefan Leinner
Submitted by: Kathy.
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