Wills: BLAKER, John 1778: Northampton Twp, Bucks Co, PA

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John Blaker's Will [ 1710 - 1778 ] Written: 15 May 1778 Proved:    4 Jan 1779
Bucks County Wills ID. 1779-#1607

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I John Blaker of Northampton Township in the County of Bucks in the province
of Pennsylvania being weak of body but of sound disposing mind and memory
praised be God for the same do make this my Last Will and Testament in manner
and form following

First -- My will and mind is that my just debts and funeral expenses be paid
and discharged

Item I give and bequeathe unto my son Peter Blaker the north side of my
plantation where I now dwell the beginning corner to be in the middle of the
great road at Neshaminy Creek and so extending along the road as the road now
is till it croses (sic) the run that comes down from where Elizabeth Routledge
lives and so up the south side of the run til it comes where the water is
taken out of the run to water the meadow by the house he my said son Peter
Blaker is to have the benefit and use of that run of water he his heirs and
assigns forever to water the meadows with and so then to extend a line as it
will best divide and so down John Coppers line and mine to the above said
creek and so along the several courses of the creek to the place of begining
he my said son Peter Blaker to have twenty five acres more in his part than
my son John Blaker or Acchiles is to have in their parts he my said son Peter
Blaker to have and to hold that part of the above described plantation with
all the buildings and improvements there upon to hold to him his heirs and
assigns forever

Item I give and bequeathe unto my son Paul Blaker the east end of my
plantation that was my uncle Paul Blakers and so much of the upper end of the
south side of my plantation where I now dwell as will make in the whole of two
tracts twenty five acres more than is in my son John Blakers or in my son
Acchilles Blaker part the begining of that part that was my uncle Paul
Blakers to begin at my cousin Peter Blakers line and to extend as will make
both tracts an equal quantity of acres with my son Peter Blakers tract to
hold to him my son Paul Blaker his heirs and assigns forever

Item I give and bequeathe unto my son John Blaker the lower end of the south
side of my plantation where I now dwell adjoining Nashaminy Creek so much of
it as will make an
equal quantity of acres with my son Achilles Blakers part the place of
begining to be in the road at Neshaminy Creek where my son Peter Blakers
begins as is above exprest (sic) he my said son John Blaker not to have so
much in his part as Peter hath in his part by twenty five acres he my said
son John Blaker to have that part of my plantation with all the buildings and
improvements there unto belonging during his natural life and no longer and
after his decease I give and bequeathe it unto my grandson Peter Blaker son
of my afforsaid (sic) son John Blaker to hold to him my grandson Peter Blaker
his heirs and assigns
forever

Item I give and bequeathe unto my said son Acchilles Blaker the west end of
my plantation that was my uncle Paul Blakers so much of it as will make an
equal quantity of acres with my son John Blakers part and not to have so much
in it as there is in Peters part by twenty five acres to hold to him my
afforesaid (sic) son Acchilles Blaker his heirs and assigns forever

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Item I give and bequeathe unto my son Peter Blaker three horses or mares such
as he shall choose from amongst them and a plow and plow irons and a harrow
with iron teeth and a set of plow gears and such a waggon as I have at my
death he is to have to hold to him his heirs and assigns forever

Item It is my will and mind that my four sons namely Peter Blaker Paul Blaker
John Blaker Acchiles Blaker build my beloved wife Mary Blaker a convenient
room for her to live in dureing (sic) her widdowhood (sic) on my son
Acchilles land they my four sons to be at equal expenses alike at building it
and my son Acchilles is to find her firewood cut and hauled to her room door
of a suitable length and I give unto her my best bed and furniture there unto
belonging and my case of drawers and my largest looking glass and the sum of
fifteen pounds a year yearly and every year dureing (sic) her natural life to
be paid to her by my four sons namely Peter Blaker Paul Blaker John Blaker and
Acchilles Blaker equally between them

Item I give and bequeathe unto my five daughters namely Ruth Hibbs Sarah Hibbs
Pheaby Wiggons Cathrine Wissner and Mary Hampton the sum of seven pounds
apiece to each of them respectively by my executors herein after mentioned within
twelve months after my decease out of my moveable estate if it be sufficient
so to do but if my moveables is not sufficient to pay my just debts and
funeral expenses then my will mind is that my four sons shall pay my five
daughters legacys out of the land I give them equally between them share and
share alike within twelve months after my decease

And I do hereby nominate my two sons Peter Blaker and Paul Blaker to be my
sole executors of this my Last Will and Testament utterly revoking all other
former wills ratifing (sic) and confirming this and no other to be my Last
Will and Testament in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal
this fifteenth day of May in the year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred
and Seventy Eight

Signed sealed and pronounced by the said John Blaker to be his Last Will and
Testament in the presence of us

John Story
Henry Cooper    signature of Paul Blaker
        John Blaker

    (from all appearances, it was the hand of John Story who penned this will)

Ref. The Account of the Settlement of the Estate of John Blaker, decd. Filed
June 16th 1788.

The following names were included in this settlement:

Please take note: In John Blakers will, he appointed his two sons, Peter and
Paul Blaker as his executors. His son Peter died in 1788, obviously before
his father's accounts were settled. Peter died intestate, and Isaac Wiggins
was listed as one of his administrators. Since Peter was dead by the time the
account of his father John was settled, this is why Isaac Wiggins shows up as
a representative of Peter Blaker on John Blaker's settlement.

Listed in order of appearance:

[ Name shown once on this list, although may appear more on actual document ]

Isaac Wiggins, Adm. for Peter Blaker Peter Blaker, dec'd. Paul Blaker, Adm.
Joseph Hayhurst, claim Francis Murray, Esq., claim Jacob Twining, claim John
Story, claim Wm. Cooper, claim Wm. Hibbs, jun., claim Joseph Hampton, claim
Isaac Wiggins, claim Margaret Thornton, claim Joseph Balance, claim Wm.
Blaker, claim George Wisener, claim James Hibbs, claim Henry Cooper, claim
Mary Blaker, claim Sam'l Benezet, Esq., claim William King, claim Hugh Lamb,
claim Isaac Wilson, claim Joseph Buckman, claim John Atkinson, claim James
Dungan, claim Thos. Jenks jun., claim Henry Simmons, claim Doctor ________
King, claim Doctor Chapman, claim 

Isaac Wiggins, one of the Admsr of Peter Blaker 
Paul Blaker Excr of John Blaker, Deceased
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Abstract: 1779-#1607

BLAKER, John  of Northampton Twp. 
May 15, 1778. Proved January 4, 1779. 
Sons: Peter, Paul, John and Achilles. 
Grandson: Peter Blaker son of John. 
5 daus: Ruth Hibbs, Sarah Hibbs, Phebe Wiggons, Catharine Weisner, and Mary Hampton. 
Plantation adj.John Cooper "where Elizabeth Routledge lived." 
Plantation that was "my uncle Paul Blaker's."
exrs. Sons John and Achilles. 
Wit: John Story, Henry Cooper, Paul Blaker.