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page 1346
A George Swope of Paradise Township, York County, Pennsylvania, wrote
his Will the 11th of March 1780; the will was probated the 27th of May
1782. He named his wife, Anna Maria, and stated "I give to my son
Ten Pounds Lawful Passing Money of Pennsylvania besides what he has got
already and all my cloathing and Carpetner Tooles also I five and bequeath
to my daughter a Cow and a Bible. Also I give to my Dear Wife Anna Mariea
the Remainder of my Estate during her Natural Life and after her Decease
to remain to her Children." This will gives the impression that this
George Swoope had only one son and one daughter living at the time the
Will was made. George Swope had either already settled with his other children
and decided it was unnecessary to name them in his Will, or this is another
Georg Schwab / George Swope.
page 1347
Husband: SCHWAB, JOHANN GEORG - see page 1345-
Married: 15 Nov 1718
Place: Sinsheim, Heidelberg, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
Wife: KEYDEL, Anna Maria
Born:
Place: of Zuzenhausen, Heidelberg, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
Wife's Father: Keydel, Johannes
Children: When
born: Town: County:
State: Date
of 1st marr.: Died:
Ctry: To
Whom:
SCHWAB
1. (F) Anna Maria 7
Dec 1719 Sinsheim Heidel- Baden- Eichelberger,
John Martin
berg
Wuertt.
2. (M) Johann Michael 24
Feb 1726 " " " (1)
SPENGLER, Anna Maria
3. (M) Rev. Benedict 9
Mar 1731 PA WELCKER,
Maria Susanna
4. (F) Margaretha 7
July 1733 Cocalico Ref. Lanc.
PA
chr
17 Sep 1733 Church, Cocalico Township
5. (M) John Jacob chr 18
Nov 1745 by Reverend York PA
Jacob
Lischy
Sources of information:
1. Parish reg. of Sinsheim, Baden-Wuertt., Germany
2. Rec. of Cocalico Ref'd Church, Cocalico Township, Lanc. PA.
3. Private rec. of Rev. Jacob Lischy.
4. Family Exaltation by Archibald Bennett, Salt Lake City, Utah 1955,
page 189-194.
5. Rec. of Frances Swope Paul, Amarillo, Texas.
Other marriages:
#2 Johann Michael md (2) KUHN, Eva Barbara.
page 1348
COLONEL MICHAEL SCHWAB/SWOPE (No. 2, page 1347), son of Johann Georg
ard Anna Maria (Keydel) Schwab, was brought by his parents to Pennsylvania
on the ship ,,William and Sarah" when he was a baby of one year. He
was a nephew of Jost Schwab. On board this same ship was Hans Jorg Schwab
of Leimen, son of Jost Schwab, with his family, and a friend, Hans Casper
Spengler, from Weiler under Steinsberg near Sinsheim, who had with his
his two year old daughter, Anna Marie. Undoubtedly this family were friends
of the Schwabs for several generations. They made the journey to Pennsylvania
together; then settled in York County together. To this day (check the
index to Volume one) intermarriages are still taking place among the descendants
ot this family and of the Schwabs.
When he was a young man, Michael Schwab married Anna Maria Spengler
(FGS p. 1350), daughter of Casper Spengler. They had at least two children
before her untimely death. Michael's sister, Anna Margreth Schwabin (,,in"
is the female ending for Schwab and other surnames in the German language)
was the sponsor at the christening of their daughter, Anna Margareth. Jacob
and Helena Billmeyer were the sponsors at the christening of Anna Maria,
another daughter.
After the death of Anna Maria, Michael Schwab married Eva Barbara Kuhn,
daughter of Adam Simon Kuhn, a noted and influential citizen of Lancaster,
Records of birth of two of their children have been located. (See page
1350). Dr. Adam Simon Kuhn and his wife, Marie Sabine, were sponsors for
one son, Adam Simon. Sponsers for their son, George, were Balthaser Spengler
and his wife. Another son, Jacob, was born about 1766. He was a clerk for
Kuhn and Risberg of Philadelphia and went to Staunton, Virginia to take
charge of one of their establishments in 1789. He married Mary McDowell,
daughter of William McDowell of Staunton, 2 Jum 1790, and resided in Staunton
for the rest of his life, becoming a wealthy and influential Southern gentleman.
He was elected the first mayor ot Staunton in 1802, and was elected to
the United States Congress from the Augusta district 1809-1811. He was
the leader of the Federalist party in that area. A large proportion of
the settlers in that area were Germans from Pennnylvania, and voted for
him because he was from Pennsylvania and spoke German. He died in Staunton
in 1832; his Will was probated in the Augusta County Court, 23 April 1832.
His wife had already died, but he left property to the folloving childrenz;
William Swoope married Eliza Trent; John M. Swoope; Jacob K. Swoope; Edgar
Swoope; Washington Swoope; and Sarah R. Swoope.
Col. Michael Swope commanded the first battalion of the Flying Camp
which had been formed from members of five battalions of York County militia
into two battalions. In July 1776 they had marched from York County to
New Jersey. They suffered severely in the battles of Long Island and Fort
Washington. Colonel Swope and fourteen of his officers were captured by
the British on the sixteenth of Novenber 1776 when Fort Washington was
defeated. He was released January 26, 1781 in an exchange of prisoners
in Elisabethtown, New Jersey and walked the distance of 170 miles to his
home in York.
His name appears on a York County, Pennsylvania list of taxables for
1783 - ,,Michael Swope, storekeeper, York Tovn, 4 males, 1 female, 1 negro,
2 horned
page 1349
cattle, 2 horses, 1 lot, 2 houses, 1 chair, plate valued at pound 32,
merchandise valued at pound149.0.0, tax pound 13.9,9.
On the first of June 1784 Michael Swoope of York, York County, Pa. and
Baltzer Spengler of the same place each purchased from Michael Madden of
Alexandria, Virginia, one-half of lot No. 96 on the southwest corner of
Wolfe and Water streets in Alexandria, Virginia (Fairfax Co. Deed Book
P, page 138). The deed was recorded on the 16th of November 1784. On the
22 December 1784 Michael Swoope of Alexandria purchased from Robert McCrea
and Ann, his wife, and Robert Mease lot #64 on the West side of Water Street
and the south side of Prince Street in Alexandria. From this we conclude
that Michael Swope/Swoope moved from York, Pa., to Alexandria, Va, in 1784,
but I have been unable to learn when he died.
On the tenth of January 1804 Jacob Swope was appointed administrator
of the Estate of Eva Barbara Swope. He, Peter Heiskell, and Philip G. Marstellar
put up a $20,000 bond on the Estate of Eva Barbara Swpe late of Alexandria
County, Virginia, deceased. Alexandria Co. Will Book A, page 238; inventory
page 256-259). Some of the articles of the estate were sold to Adam S.
Swope, but on the 3lst of March 1804, Lewis Summers of Alexandria County
was appointed Deputy Marshall of the goods, chattels and credits of Adam
S. Swope of Alexandria County, deceased and Jacob Swope was appointed administrator
of his estate. In this document Jacob Swope signs his name ,,Swoope."
P A R T IV
page 1350
Husband: SCHWAB/SWOPE/SWOOPE, (Col.) Michael (shopkeeper,
tavernkeeper, merchant (No. 2, p. 1347)
born: 24 Feb 1726
Place: Sinsheim, Heidelberg, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
Husband's Father: Schwab, Johann Georg
Husband's Mother: Keydel, Anna Maria
Husband's other wifes: (2) Kuhn, Eva Barbara
Wife: (1) SPENGLER/SPANGLER, Anna Maria
Born: 15 July 1725
Place: Weiler under Steinsberg, Sinsheim, Baden-Wuerttemberg
Wife's Father: Spengler, Caspar
Children: When
born: Town: County:
State: Date
of 1st marr.: Died:
Ctry: To
Whom:
SCHWAB/SWOPE/SWOOPE
1. (F) Anna Margareth chr 24 Jan 1749 be
Reverend York PA
Jacob
Lischy
2. (F) Anna Maria 24
Feb 1752 York York
PA
chr 1
Mar 1752
Sources of information:
1. Private rec. of Rev. Jacob Lischy, York, PA.
2. Rec. of Christ Lutheran Church, York, PA.
3. Parish Reg. of Sinsheim, Baden, Germany.
page 1351
Husband: SCHWAB/SWOPE/SWOOPE (Col.), Michael (shopkeeper, tavern
keeper, merchant) (No. 2, p. 1347)
born: 24 Feb 1726
Place: Sinsheim, Heidelberg, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
Husband's Father: Schwab, Johann Georg
Husband's Mother: Keydel, Anna Maria
Husband's other wifes: (1) Spengler/Spangler, Anna Maria
Wife: (2) KUHN, EVA BARBARA
Died: L. of Adm. 10 Jan 1804
Place: Alexandria, Alexandria now Arlington county, Virginia
Wife's Father: Kuhn (Dr.), Adam Simon
Wife's Mother: ..., Marie Sabine
Children: When
born: Town: County:
State: Date
of 1st marr.: Died:
Ctry: To
Whom:
SCHWAB/SWOPE/SWOOPE
1. (M) Jacob about
1766 of York York PA 2
Jun 1790 wp
23 Apr 1832
McDOWELL,
Mary
2. (M) Adam Simon 4
Feb 1764 Christ Luth. " " L.
of A: 31 Mar 18..
chr.
20 Feb 1764 Church York " "
3. (M) George 2
Apr 1773 First Ref. " "
chr
1773 Church York " "
Sources of information:
1. Rec. of Christ Lutheran Church and First Reformed Church, York,
PA.
2. Alexandria Co. Will Bk A, page 238, 256-259, 315 & 324.
3. Records of Augusta Co., VA, 1745-1800, vol. II, page 291, by Lyman
Chalkley.
4. Augusta Co. Will Bk. 18, page 242, Will of Jacob Swope.
page 1352
Husband: SCHWAB/SWOPE, Rev. Benedict (ordained
minister in the Reformed Church (No. 3, p. 1347)
born: 9 Mar 1731
Married: 8 Oct 1751
Place: by Rev. Georg Michael Weiss, Goshenhoppen, Montgomery
County, PA
Died: 30 Mar 1811
Place: Lincoln County, Kentucky
Husband's Father: Schwab, Johann Georg
Husband's Mother: Keydel, Anna Maria
Wife: WELCKER, Maria Susanna
Chr.: Aug 1731
Place: Goshenhoppen, Montgomery County, PA
Died: Mar 1795
Wife's Father: Welcker, Johan Georg (1697-1782)
Wife's Mother: ..., Anna Margaretha (1704-1782)
Children: When
born: Town: County:
State: Date
of 1st marr.: Died:
Ctry: To
Whom:
SCHWAB/SWOPE
1. (F) Anna Maria 17
Sep 1752
2. (F) Margaretha 27
May 1754
3. (M) Benedict Jr. 19
Mar 1756 13
Dec 1777 Spring
1817
KEENER,
Margaret
4. (M) Johan George 9
Jan 1758 10
Mar 1777
HUFFHEIN,
Margaret
5. (M) Johannes 11
Dec 1759 Killed
by Indians in KY. in 1782
6. (F) Susanna 16
Sep 1761 2
Apr 1780 17
Sep 1829
KEENER,
Christian
7. (F) Sarah chr
25 Feb 1764 MAJORS,
Greenbury
8. (F) Anna Maria 25
Jan 1766 BRENT
(Col.), William
9. (M) Jacob 19
May 1768 2
Aug 1790 30
Oct 1847
POPE,
Margaret
10. (M) David 17
Apr 1770 11
July 1792 1845
MONTGOMERY,
Polly
11. (F) Margaretha 3
Feb 1773
Sources of information:
Records of Mrs. Frances Swope Paul, 3433 Amherst Dr., Amarillo,
Texas 79109.
page 1353
C
H A P T E R 5
JOHANNES (2) JOST(1) SCHWAB
JOHANNES SCHWAB or JOHN SWOPE (No. 9, page 1288) (signed his name,,John
Schwob in his Will), was born in Leimen, Baden, Germany, the son of Jost
and Anna Katharina (Wolfhardt) Schwab. He was sixteen years old when he
made the journey to Pennsylvania with his parents. They settled in the
Conestoga Valley of Lancaster County; then it was part of Chester County
and a wilderness. His father depended on this young man to help him clear
the wilderness so that the land could be farmed. Johannes' older brother,
George, did not come to Pennsylvania until 1727. Very little is known of
his brothers, Jost Conrad and Hans Ulrich. Their names do not appear on
the early taxlists of Chester or Lancaster County. There is a tradition
that Hans Ulrich Schwab changed his name to Joseph and moved his family
to what is now West Virginia.
Johannes Schwab pioneered the Conestoga Valley and cleared his land
for farming. His father, Jost, died in December 1726 or Jamary 1727 and
Johannes was appointed the administrator of his estate; frugal as
his personal estate was (see page 1307), he is aupposed te have died 1000
acres surveyed to him of which there is no record, Johannes Schwab had
450 acres patented to him between 1733 and 1753. When he died, he willed
452 acres to his four sons: Jacob, Henry, Daniel, and Adam.
Johannes Schwab was not only a farmer, but was also a potter. His descendants
for several generations were potters in Lancaster County. His son, Conrad,
was an eartenware potter in York County where he resided. Every
colonial village needed a potter to turn out the utensils that were so
necessary on every farm and in the kitchen of every dwelling. All
early American pottery was "redware" which was shaped from plain
brick clay that was colored naturally by iron oxide. The Pennsylvania Dutch
potters made beautiful Sgraffitowarre by dipping the articles into white
slip and, after it had set up, would scratch patterns of tulips, lilies,
etc, through it revealing the red clay underneath. We would really have
a cherished article if we could find a piece of pottery or a dish with
the name of Johannes Schwab or one of his sons or gradsons upon it. The
Papers of the Lancaster County Historical Society, vol, 50, 1946, page
118 and 121 state tat Jacob Swope, a descendant of Johannes Schwab, living
north of Bird-in-Hand was operating a pottery in 1820; ,,he was making
roofing tiles." His son, Zuriel, also in the pottery business, made
clay pipes.
Johannes Schwab married about 1725 Anna Derothea Lein (FGS p. 1360)
the daughter of Johannes Lein/Line/Lyne whose will appears on page 1358.
Johannes Lein was an early settler in Leacock Township and an elder
at Salem (Heller) Reformed Church. His daughter, Barbara Lein, wife of
Jahn Jacob Weidler, was still living in Germany when her father wrote his
will in 1746. If John Lyne (Johannes Lein) had stated where in Germany
she was living, he might have facilitated the searches of his descendants
for the records af his birthplace. He was a close associate of Emanuel
Carpenter (Zimmerman in the original German), another early settler who
owned considerable property in Lancaster County. Emanuel Carpenter's wife's
name by tradition was Catharine Lein.
page 1354
Since she is not named in his will, she must not have been a daughter
of Johannes Lein (John Lyne), but she may have been his sister.
Anna Dorothea (Lein) Schwab bore Johannes Schwab ten children, seven
girls and three boys. (See page 1360). She died about 1740. One of her
daughters, Anna Barbara, married Philip Gloninger and became the ancestor
of another Swope family through the marriage of her granddaughter Anna
Maria (Mary) Gloninger to Christian Schwob. (See page 144).
On the 25th of May 1742 Johannes Schwab took as his second wife, Catharine
Elisabetha Greve. Emanuel Carpenter, Justice of the Peace in Lancaster
County married them. The following marriage affidavit appears in the History
of the Swope Family and Their Connections. 1678-1896 by Gilbert Ernest
Swope.
Pennsylvania
Lancaster County
Whereas John Swop aM Catherine Elisabeth Greve both of the said County
of Lancaster having made due Publication of their Intention of Marage as
the Lav of said Province deirects.
This is to certifie to all persons whom it may concern that upon the
25th Day of May 1742 came before me Emanuel Carpenter one of the Justices
of the Peace for the said County of Lancaster the said John Swope and Catharine
Elisabeth Greve, where the said John Swop before a solemn assembly for
that purpose met and appointed did openly declare that he took the said
Catherine Elisabeth Greve to be his Weded wife promising to be unto her
a loving and faithful husband until Death should seperet them, and she
the said Catharine Elisabeth Greve did in leik manner declare that she
took the said John Swope to be her weded husband promising to be unto hirn
a loving, faithful and obedient wife until death should seperd them. In
Testimony whereof both the said parties have hereunto set their hands.
She after the Costom of marag assuming the surname of her husband, and
we whose names are hereunto subscribed being witness, present at the solemnization,
the Day and Year first above writen.
John
Schwob
Catharina
Elisabeth Schwob
Ludwig Franciscus Hans
Georg Schwob
Johann Heinrich Klein
Johannes Greff
Anna Margretha Kleinin Eved
Rim
Johannes Leihn, the elder Elisabeth
Rimen
Conrad Feith Annamaria
Meixelin
Elisabetha Feitin Catharina
Zimmermaennin
Michael Weidler Johannes
Meixel
Elisabetha Weidlerin Johannes
Leihn
Johann Michel Kramer Andreas
Meixel
Conradt Templemann
Emanuel Carpenter Justice
page 1355
The signatures on this marriage affidavit are a roster of Johannes Schwab's
relatives and friends. Hans Georg Schwob was his brother; Eved Rim (Eberhardt
Riehm) and probably Johan Heinrich Klein, his brothers-in-law, husbands
of his sisters; Elisabeth Rimen, Annamaria Meixelin, and probably Anna
Margaretha Kleinin, his sisters; Andreas Meixel, his nephew; Johannes Lein
the elder, his father-in-law (father of his first wife, Anna Dorothea);
Johannes Lein, his first wife's father); Johannes Lein, his first wife's
brother; Catharina Zimmermaennin was the wife of Emanuel Carpenter/Zimmerman
(he had changed his name to the anglicized form Carpenter). Conradt Templemann
was the lay preacher of the Reformed Church, but being unordained he could
not marry them. Michael Weidler and John Lein represented the ,,Berg Church"
(Hill Church or Conestoga Church), now called Salem or Heller's Reformed
Church, at the meeting of the Coetus of Pennsylvania. John Lein's daughter,
Barbara, was the wife of Johan Jacob Weidler. They were still living in
Germany in 1746, but her husband may very well have been a relative of
Michael Weidler. The only ones not identified as part of the family are
Ludwig Franciscus, Johan Michael Kraemer, Conrad and Elisabeth Feit, and
Johannes Greff.
Where were the relatives of Catharina Elisabeth Greve? Was Johannes
Greff (better known as Hans Graeff, the noted Indian trader) her father
- her surname ,,Greve" a corruption of the German ,,Graeff?"
Her broken tombstone in Heller's churchyard states she was born 22 October
1715. She bore Johannes Schwab nine children, five daughters and four sons.
She died before her husband on the fourteenth of August 1776 (FGS p. 1361).
page 1356
THE WILL OF JOHN SCHWOB
IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN I John Schwob of the Township of Leacock
in the County of Lancaster and Province of Pennsylvania Potter being in
good Health and sound Minde and Memory Thanck be given unto God therfor
calling unto Minde the Mortallity of my Body and knowing that it is appointed
for all Men once to die I do therefore hereby ordain and make this my Last
Will and Testament in Manner and Form following. In the first Place I order
that all my just Debts and Funeral Charges be paid satisfyed. I give and
divise unto my Son Jacob all that Messuage Plantation and Tract of Land
whereon he now lives containing by the Draught thereof One hundred and
Thirteen Acres and the usuale allowance, To be held by my said Son Jacob
his Heirs and assigns forever. I give and devise unto my Son Henry all
that Messuage Plantation and Tract of Land whereon he now lives lying on
the Easterly End of my other Lands adjoining to the lands of Moses Brinton
and Frances Bukwalter containing by the Draught thereof One hundred and
Fifteen Acres and the usual allowance To be held by my said son Henry his
Heirs and assigns forever. I give and devise unto my Son Daniel all that
Messuage Plantation and Tract of Land thereon I now dwells containing by
the Draught thereof One hundred and Thirteen Acres and the usuall allowance
To be held by my said Son Daniel his Heirs and assigns for ever. I give
and devise unto my Son Adam all that Messuage and Tract of Land adjoining
to the lands of Peter Eaby, Benjemen Owen, Frances Bukwalter, Abraham Gibbons
and other Land hereby given to my other Sons, containing by the Draught
thereof One hundred and eleven Acres and the usuall allowance, To be held
by my Said Son Adam his Heirs and assigns for ever. And I do hereby order
and direct that all my Personal Estate whatsoever I shall die possessed
of, and the Bonds Notes Receits or Book Debts which are in my Possession
at the Time of my Death which my Children or Grand Children owe to me,
shall be added together without interest, and all Bonds Nots, Receits or
Bank Debts of or owing to me by other People with the Interest thereon
due shall be added all together in one whol Sum as aforesaid and I order
and direct that my Grand Children of my Daughter Juliana late Wife of Natz
Zwecker shall have and receive the Sum of One hundred and Twenty five Pounds
lawfull Money to be equaly divided between them and paid out of the whol.
And I also order that my Daughter the Wife of John Hook shall have and
receive the Sum of One hundred and Twenty five Pounds lawful Money as aforesaid
out of the whole as aforesaid. And I also order that my Grand Daughter
Juliana Schot shall have equal share whith my Grand Children of my Daughter
Catherina late Wife of Ludwig Shot both whith the Hundred Pounds the received
and wat is to come. And I also order and direct that my Grand Daughter
Juliana shall have equal Share of my Estate whith my Grand Children of
my Daughter Margrat, Wife of George Dial. And my Grand Daughter Catharina
one Daughter of my Son George the Wife of Kasper Bolzer shall have Fifty
Pounds out of my Estat for her Share and no more. And my Grand Son John
Shaup shall have and receive the Fifty Pound Bond witch his Father Peter
Schaup give to me in his Life-Time and no more but if the said John Schaup
should die without Heirs, Then in such Case his Executers or Administrators
are to pay the said Bond of Fifty Pounds to my Executors without interest
to be devided to and amongst my other Children and Grand Children in Manner
aforesaid. And also I order and devise that the Remainder and
page 1357
Residue thereof to be equaly devided between my Son Conrad and all my
Daughters and all my Grand Children of my Daugthers as are dead or such
as should die before me, the Grand Children are to take such an equall
Share as ther Father or Mother had a Right to if they were living. And
my said Sons Jacob, Henry, Daniel and Adam shall have no Share in the General
Devition of my Personal Estate as aforesaid. And lastly I do hereby make
constitut and ordain my three Sons Jacob, Henry and Daniel to be Executors
and appoint them Guardians of all my Grand Children of them that is undereach,
to have the Care and Management of the Estate of this my Last Will and
Testament. And I do hereby utterly disallow revok and disanull all and
every other former Testament Wills Legeces and Executors by me in ways
before this Time named willed and bequeathed allowing this to be my last.
IN WITNESS thereof I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal the 22nd
January One thousand Seven hundred and Seventy nine 1779.
John
Schwob
Signed Sealed declared by the said John Schwob as and for the Last Will
and Testament in Presence of us the Subscribers.
Martin Heller Johannes Meixel John
Eaby
Will probated 15 January 1781
page 1358
THE WILL OF JOHN LYNE (LEIN)
In the Name of God Amen. The Eleventh day of August in the Year of our
Lord one Thousand Seven hundred and forty six: I John Lyne of Laycock in
the County of Lancaster and Province of Pensilvania Yeoman being very Sick
and weak in Body but of perfect Mind and Memory, Thanks be given unto God
therefore calling unto lMind the Mortality of my Body and knowing that
it is appointed for all Men once to Dye to make and ordain this my last
Will and Testament. That is to say principally and first of all I give
and recommend my Soul into the hands of God that gave it and for my Body
I Recommend it to the Earth to be buried in a Christian like and Decent
Manner at the Discretion of my Executors nothing doubting but at the General
Resurrection I shall receive the same again by the mighty power of God.
And as touching such worldly Estate wherewith it has pleased God to bless
me in this life I Give Devise and Dispose of the Same in the following
Manner & form - Imprimis: It is my Will and I do order that in the
first place all my just Debts and Funeral Charges be paid and Satisfeyed
- Item Is my will that Veltin Herchelrod one of my Sons in Law, who has
received fifteen pound in money on Stead of the Ten Pistoles which I promised
to my Daughter Eva to give to by her Marriage shall give five pounds thereof
to my Estate again/: - Item I bequeath to the children of my Daughter Barbara
wife of John Jacob Weidler being in Germania yet Sixty Ducates to be pd.
to them out of my Estate. /.- Item It is my Will that the rest of my Estate
shall become to my Grand Children in the Province (that is to say) to the
children of my sons, viz. John Michel Line John Line and Jacob Line and
to the Children of my Daughter Dorethea (lately the wife of John Swope)
deceased, and to the Children of my Daughter Eva the Wife of Velten Herchelrad,
and it shall be divided among them according te the following manner -
that is to say - Each of my Grand Children shall have an equal Share of
my Estate whatsoever one as much as the other, to them which are alive
now, or shall or may be born in the Time to come, and for this Reason my
Estate must not be wholly Divided among my Grand Children soon after my
decease but part thereof must be kept back by my Executors or Guardians
to my Grandchildren for such a Use till none be expected more. And if one
or more of my Grand Children shall come te marry and I should give some
Money to them, then shall the same Grand Child or Grand Children pay Interest
During my Life and the sd Interest shall be put to my Estate - And if one
or more of my sd. Grand Children should Die without Children then shall
such a Share or Shares fall to their brethren and sisters as Naturall Heirs
and not to all of my Grand Children . /. - Item is my Will that if one
or more of my Grand Children would not be Satisfeyed with the Share which
shall become to him in Dividing of my Estate after nie aboves(d). Manner
and Dispute about it or should Quarrel Such one shall have only a Shilling
Sterling which shall be to him in full of all Claims or Demands, and I
do absolutely debarr such one and cut them off from all and every other
Claims to my Estate. Item my own Children named John Michel Lyne, John
Lyne, Jacob Lyne an the Sons have already received what I was willing to
give to them I gave to each of them Three hundred acres of land and to
the Daughters Dorothea Barbara & Eva I gave their parts in Money to
them, therefore is my Will that my G. Children shall be Satisfeyed by it..
/. - Item I gave and bequeath to a poor blind Man named David living in
-
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in Erltown at Abraham Dears at present, my wearing Coat, and Three Shillings
shall annualy be given to him out of my Estate During my Life - And I Nominate
and apoint my two Sons In Law Viz. John Swope, and Valentine Herchelrod
to be the Executors of this my last Will and Testament and to be Guardians
over my Estate. And I do hereby utterly disallow revoke and disannul all
and every other former Wills Testaments Legacies & Executors by me
in any ways before this time Named willed and bequeathed Ratifying this
and Confirming this and no other to be my last Will and Testament IN
WITNESS whereof I have hereunto Set my Hand and Seal the Day and Year first
above written.
his
John
Lyne
mark
Signed Sealed Published Pronounced and Declared by the s(d), John Lyne
as his last Will and Testament in presence of us the Subscribers - J. Jacob
Beyerle - Hanss Roland.
Lancaster County (to wit) - 19 Aug.1746. Personally appeared Jacob Beyerle
one of the Witnesses to the within written Will & on his Oath declared
he was present & saw & heard John Lyne the Testator within named
sign seal & publish & declare the within writing to be his last
Will & Testament & that at the doing thereof he was of Sound &
disposing Mind & Understanding to ye best of his Knowledge.
Lancaster County. 19 Aug 1746. Personally Before me appeared Tho. Cookson
DR Hans Rowland one of the Witnesses to the within Will & on his Solemn
Affirmation declared that he was present & saw & heard John Lyne
the Testator within named Sign Seal Publish & declare the within Writing
to be his last Will & Testamen & that at the doing thereof he was
of Sound mind & memory to the best of his Knowledge.
Before me Tho.
Cookson DR
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