1773: Alsace Township, Berks County, PA
24 Mar 1773: Translation
I Christian Küntzÿ of Alsace Township in Berks County being at this Time very old and weak in Body Yet God be thanked of good Understanding & Memory do hereby make my Last Will and Testament in Manner following.
Firstly. It is my Will and I bequeath to my Wife Sarah Küntzÿ my Cloathes Press with all Things therein contained, her Saddle, a Tea Kettle and Utensils thereto belonging, and an Iron Pot, to do therewith as she pleases.
2dly I give and bequeath to my Wife Sarah Küntzÿ yearly and every Year during the Time of her natural Life on my present Dwelling Place Five Pounds current Money of Pennsylvania which my Son David Küntzÿ his Heirs Executors & Administrators or Assigns shall pay to her, together with all the following Articles herein mentioned, to wit, One Cow to be kept for her in Summer in Pasture and in Winter in good Teather & Stabling, also a good Riding Mare to be kept in the same Manner for her; the Cow my Wife may take from among my Cows, but the Mare shall be provided by my Son David and his Successors; the Third Part of the Garden, a Row of Apple Trees in the Orchard to be chosen by her yearly, good Bedding Cloathing and Shoes as much as is necessary to be provided for her, good and sufficient small cut Fire Wood to be delivered at her House, fourteen Bushels of good Wheat to be hauld to the Mill for her as she wants it and the Meal to be brought to her House, one fatt Hog of an hundred Pounds Weight and in Age and Sickness she shall be supplied with Medicines and good Attendance, and the new House on my Place shall be kept in good Repair for her Dwelling during such Time.
3dly I give and devise to my Son David Küntzÿ all my Land and Plantation where I live in the Township and County aforesaid adjoining the Lands of Jacob Lansiscus and Henry Schmeck To have and to hold to him his Heirs and Assigns for Ever Upon Condition that he his Heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns shall be obliged to observe and fulfill all the above Bequests to my Wife.
4thly And whereas I have appraised such Land to him at Five hundred Pounds Current Money of Pennsylvania whereof he shall have an equal Childís Share, and he hath already paid the Sum of Two hundred and twelve Pounds and seven Shillings current Money of Pennsylvania, He shall therefore pay the further Sums following, to wit, forty two Pounds four Shillings and six Pence to my Son Jacob Küntzÿ, twenty Pounds in Two Months Time and twenty two Pounds four Shillings and six Pence in five Years Time.
5thly And to my Son Abraham Küntzÿ the Sum of twenty Pounds in one Year and the Sum of twenty two Pounds four Shillings and six Pence current Money in six Years.
6thly And to my Daughter Magdalena the Sum of twenty Pounds in two Years and the Sum of Twelve Pounds four Shillings and six Pence in seven Years.
7thly And to my Son Christian Küntzÿ the Sum of twenty to Pounds four Shillings and six Pence current Money in three Years Time.
8thly And to my Son Henry Küntzÿ the sum of twenty Pounds in four Years and the Sum of twenty two Pounds four Shillings and six Pence in eight Years And to my Daughter Catharina and to my Daughter Maria the Sum of five Shillings current Money each, they having already received their Portion of the Land.
9thly And to my Grand Children Johannes Küntzÿ Jacob Küntzÿ and Catharina Küntzÿ Children of my deceased Son Johannes, the Sum of forty four Pounds and six Shillings at such Time when each of them has arrived to the Age of twenty Years to be divided in equal Shares amongst them - Their Brother Henry has received his Share of the Land.
10thly And all such Sums of Money above bequeathed which my Son David Küntzÿ shall pay during my Life to any of the Heirs aforenamed shall be allowed him after my Decease in Payment of the Land devised to him.
11thly My Will is that my Executors shall divide all the Residue of my moveable Goods into ten equal Parts between my Wife and Children, the four Children of my Son John Küntzÿ deceased shall receive their Father's Share which shall be divided among them in equal Shares according to the true Intent and Meaning hereof.
Lastly I ordain nominate and appoint as Executor of this my Will and Testament my trusty Friend Martin Orner of Chester County and my trusty Friend Conrad Preiss of Berks County and I do hereby make null and void all Wills by me heretofore made and declare this to be my Last Will and Testament and no other In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal This twenty fourth Day of March 1773
[signed] Christian Küntzi
Signed Sealed and declared by the said Christian Küntzÿ to be his Testament, in the Presence of us
[signed] Christian Merckel
[signed] William Keefer
1774: Alsace Twp, Berks County
To all People to whom these Presents shall come I Martin Orner of the Township of Coventry in the County of Chester in the Province of Pennsylvania Yeoman send Greeting.
Whereas Christian Küntzÿ late of the Township of Alsace in the County of Berks in the said Province Yeoman deceased did in his Life Time rightly and duly make his Last Will and Testament in Writing bearing Date the twenty fourth Day of March 1773 and thereof did nominate and appoint me the said Martin Orner and a certain Conrad Preiss Executors And Whereas the Execution of the said Will would be attended with many Inconveniences to me by Reason of the Distance of my Abode Now know Ye that I the said Martin Orner have renounced and declined and by these Presents do utterly renounce and decline the said Executorship and refuse to take upon me the Burden of the Execution of the Will aforesaid or in any wise to intermeddle with the same.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand & Seal Dated the seventh Day of October in the Year of Our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy four.
[signed] Martin Urner
Sealed & Delivered in the Presence of us
[signed] [illegible]
[signed Richard Thomas
Berks County ss
1775
A true and perfect Inventory and conscionable Appraisment of all and singular the Goods and Chattels Rights & Credits which were of Christian Küntzy late of the Township of Alsace in the County of Berks Yeoman deceased Viz:
| His Riding Mare, Purse and Apparel | £27~17~ 9 |
| a Debt due from Jacob Becker | 6~ ~ |
| a Bed and Bedstead | 1~10~ 6 |
| a Clock | 3~ ~ |
| Pewter 12/2 Earthern Ware 6d | ~12~ 8 |
| a Copper Kettle | ~ 3~ 6 |
| a Iron Ditto | ~ 7~ |
| a cabbage Knife & 2 Sieves | 1~ 9 |
| Bread Baskets a Lantern & Casks | ~ 3~ 6 |
| an Old Tub & Cask lid/ a Table & Cutting Box 13/6 | ~14~ 5 |
| a Bake Stone & a Trivet | ~ 6~ 1 |
| a Pot Rack 3/8 a Dresser 8/ | |
| a Butter Tub 11d an old Spinning Wheel 6d | |
| two Forks & a Hoe 2/10 a Saw, Adz & Drawg. Knife 3/10 | ~ 6~ 8 |
| 21 Harrow Teeth 5/5 old Iron 2/3 | ~ 7~ 8 |
| a Hatchet, Maul & Wedges 2/8 two Bells 1/10 | ~ 1~ 5 |
| two Forks & a Hoe 2/3 a Sadle 15/9 | ~18~ |
| a Bridle & Chain 3/8 a Hatchel [sic] 15/9 | ~19~ 5 |
| 2 Augres 1/4 one Saw 7/4 Plough 4/2 | ~12~10 |
| 4 Hopples and other old Iron | ~ 1~ |
| Dung Hooks, Spade & Garden Hoe | ~ 2~ 9 |
| an Old ?Ladder & some Casks | ~ 8~ 8 |
| 6 Beehives | 1~15~ 1 |
| 6 Sheep | 2~ 3~ 8 |
| 1 Cow | 3~15~ |
| Total | £ ? 65~ 0~2_ |
Taken and appraised by us the Subscribers June 5th 1775
[signed] ?_______ ?Cobbenmaÿner
[signed] David ?K______
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