Bucks County PA Archives Wills.....SHAFFER, Barbara June 26th, 1790
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WILL OF BARBARA SHAFFER
January 31, 1789
Will Book 5, Page 179, File # 2291
Bucks County, PA
Transcribed in original spelling and grammar
by Richard A. Newhouse Kelanic
August 13, 1999
Cover: No. 2291 ESTATE OF Barbara Shaffer REGISTER'S OFFICE 1790
Cover: Last Will and Testament of Barbara Shaffer Proved June 26th, 1790
[illegible,_?_ 20/9?] Registered in Will Book No. 5. Page 179 1790 # 2291
"In the name of GOD I Barbara Shaffer of Springfield Township in the County
of Bucks and Common wealth of Pennsylvania widow and relict of George
Shaffer late of Springfield Township aforesaid deceased, being sick and weak
but of sound mind and memory- blessed be GOD therefore I DO make and execute
this my last will and Testament in manner and form herein after mentioned-
First it is my will that my funeral expenses and just debt be paid by my
Executor herein after mentioned.
Impris I give to George Sheiveley Junior (the son of George Sheiveley)
living now in Northampton County the sum of Five pounds in gold or Silver
coin to be paid to his guardian in one year from this date
I give to the minister and Vestry of the Lutheran Church in Springfield
Township the sum of Five pounds in gold or Silver coin to be paid to them in
One year after my decease in trust to be by them paid out in Religious or
Charitable [cross-out] at their discretions- I give in trust to the
Overseerers of the poor of Springfield Township and their successors the sum
of Five pounds to be paid out in schooling and educating such poor children
in said Township, whose parents are too poor to pay for their childrens
education-
All the rest and residual of my personal Estate I do give and bequeath to
Anthony Nuhouse- [umlaut over the u]
And whereas the said Anthony Neuhouse [umlaut over the u] and his wife
Elizabeth hath for some time lived with me in my House and hath been careful
of my affairs & she hath been a tender nurse to me in my sickness. and
whereas the said Elizabeth hath been brought up from a Child with my late
Husband and myself and ever behaved to us as a dutiful child. I have
therefore thought fit and it is my Will and I do hereby give and bequeath to
the said Anthony Nuhouse[umlaut over the u] and to his wife Elizabeth during
their natural lives. All and singular the plantation whereon I now live in
Springfield Township and all other my Real Estate wherever lying being or to
be found And after the death of the said Anthony Nuhouse [umlaut over the
u]and his wife Elizabeth I do give and bequeath the said Plantation and all
other my Real Estate to their son George Nuhouse [umlaut over the u] to hold
to him his Heirs and assigns Forever But in case the said George should die
before he comes of age or before the death of his Father and Mother that
then and in that case I do hereby give and bequeath after the death of the
said Anthony Nuhouse [umlaut over the u] and his wife Elizabeth all my Real
Estate to the surviving Children of the said Anthony Nuhouse [umlaut over
the u] to be equally divided among them to hold to them their Heirs and
assigns forever-
And, I do hereby make ordain and constitute John Cyphert of Springfield
Township aforesaid my sole Executor of this my last will and Testament .
Revoking and disanulling all and every other will and wills by me heretofore
made . declaring this only to be my last will and Testament In Testimony
whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this first Day of January Anno
Dom One thousand seven hundred and Eighty nine-"
[signature]
Anna Barbara Shafferin [umlaut over the a]
[Transcriber's note: The signature is in old German Handschrift. "Shaffer"
could also be interpreted as Schaffer and with the umlaut, the name can also
be translated as Shaeffer or Schaeffer. Also "-in" is added to indicate the
female gender in names that end in -er.]
"Signed sealed published proclaimed and declared by the said[scribbled out]
Barbara Shaffer to be her last will and Testament in- the presence of us,
who have hereto subscribed our names as witnesses in the presence of the
said Barbara Shaffer and in the presence of each other"
Matthius Shnider
Michael Ernst
Michael [his X mark] Sloyer
[illegible] "The 26th of June 1790 appeared Matthius Shnider and Michael
Sloyer two of the Witnesses to the foregoing Instrument of Writing who upon
their Solemn Oath did declare and say that they were personally present and
saw and heard Barbara Shaffer the Testatain therein named Sign Seal publish
and declar the [illegible] her last Will and Testament And that at the time
of her so doing She was of sound Mind Memory and Understanding to the best
of their Knowledge and Beliefs"
before me Wm Linton Register
Cover: "Best remembered that on the 26th Day of June 1790 was duly Proved
the Last Will and Testament of Barbara Shaffer deceased when Letters
Testamentary were granted to John Cyphert the Executor therein named he
being first Solemnly Sworn well and truly to Administer the goods and Chattl
Rights and Credit of the said deceased and within one Month to Exhibit into
the Registers Office for the County of Bucks aforesaid a true Inventory and
[illegible] Appraisement of the former and in one Year or when thereto
lawfully required to under a [illeglble] of his whole Administration, In
Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and the Seal of Said Office."
Wm Linton Register
Cover: # 2291 Settlement of the Estate of Barbara Shaffer-
Filed 22 Nov. 1792
"Cash paid Register for probate of Will 1 0 9 [pounds (), shillings (S),
pense (d)]
Do. John Brock [illegible] Do. 0 2 0
Do. Michael Slyer Do. 0 10 0
Do. Michael Fakenthall Do. 0 3 9
Do. Isaac Kirke Do. 0 5 0
Do. Henry Applebaugh Do. 1 4 4
Do. Henry Finnk Do. 0 9 0
Do. Samuel Shannon Do. 0 7 6
Do. Mathias Shnider Do. 0 16 0
Do. John Fulton Do. 0 16 0
Do. Valentine Opp Do. 0 1h 0
Do. Chatherine Fauker, ? Do. 0 1 0
Do. Felix Sim Do. 0 5 0
Do. Henry Wonth? Do. 0 0 9
Do. John Cyphert,[illegible] Do. 0 0 10
Do. Henry Allman Do. 0 5 6
Do. Peter Lark Do. 0 18 0
Do. Peter All Do. 0 15 0
Do. Wm. Sadlis? Do. 0 9 6
Do. Frederick Verner Do. 0 6 7
Do. Paul Apple & others legacy Bequeathed Do. 5 0 0
Do. Paul Apple & others legacy Do. 5 0 0
Anthony Newhouse Do. 2 8 0
Anthony Newhouse 0 16 8
Cash loss by Wm. Cron on Over Due Bill 0 7 7
expenses attending this Settlement Copy de 1 5 3
Cash paid for Stating Same 0 7 6
Commissions allowed which will be due when the
Trust is compleated 5 1h 0
goods [illeglble] to the [illegible] Legatee 5 0 4
Retained by Executor for Sundrie extra expenses 3 7 5
goods bought at [illegible] legalee? 32 13 4
John Cyphert Executor of Barbara Shaffer
The said Executor Charges himself with the S d
amount of the Inventory 57 2 3
Advance on Sales 4 19 0
Ballance Due the Executor 14 16 4
__________
76 7 7
Credit brought Over 71 17 9
Ballance Due the Executor 16 4 [crossed out]
Cash retained by Exc. to pay the Legacy ? 2 ? [crossed out]
bequeathed in the Will to Geo. Shiveley 5 0 0
__________
76 17 7
Nov 22. 1792 This Amount examined and
allowed-
James Warner Register
Cover: Inventory of the Widow Shaffer Estate Filed July 10 1790 # 2291
"An Inventory of all the goods Chattles Rights and Credits of the
[cross-out] Barbara Sheffer Late of Springfield Deceased Taken and Ordered
to be Appraised, By Michael Fachenthal? & Henry Houpt. this Seventh Day of
July in the Year 1790 By the Executor of Denomination on her Last Will and
Testament to Which we have Made the following Inventory."
S d
Wearing Apparral 2 8 11
6 yards [illegible] Linen 11 3
4 Sh___ 4 f sq 18
2 Sh___ 11 3
2 Table cloth Cp- also a piece of Linnen 4 f 10 6
a chest 20 f also and ? Chest 9 f 1 9
a table 8
three Chairs and a [illegible] 1 4
a Tin Box 1 6
one ... Ditt. 2
a Baskit 9
a Ten Plate Stove With Pipe 5 7 6
a Whole Lott of old Tinker Tooles 9
7 funals 2 6
a Side Sadle 11
5 Baggs 6 3
Tonges and Shovel 5 6
an Iron Pott 4
& Ditt. 2 6
an old Copper kettle 4 6
an & Ditt. 2
a Lott of old [illegible] 11
a Lott of old Tin Ware 3
a Be_ter Tom___ ? 1
a tin coffe? ketle 7
a Tin [illegible] 1 3
2 coffe? Potts 1 6
a Tin Box 1
a Coffe? Mill and Grid Iron 3 6
__________
15 14 3
S d
Brought Over Page the s_ 15 14 3
a S___ [illegible] 3
a B___ [illegible] 2
an old Small T___ [illegible] 3
an old C___n [illegible] 9
2 Hachets 1
a Capich knife 1
3 Cagges 1 6
2 Butter Boxes 1
and old [illegible] 1 6
a Log Chain 2 6
an old B___ [illegible] 9
2 old [illegible] 9
an old [illegible] 12
6 old Barrels 7 6
2 Acres of grain on the ground, 03 L 7s Acre 3 7 6
a Black Cow 3
a Ewe and Lamb 12
a old Waggon 2 10
a Cutting Box 7 6
a Wind Mill 1 15
a Bay Mare 7 10
an appel Mill 7 6
3 Smares of Beer 1 2 6
a Pad of Wool and round Table 4
a Spining Wheel and ___ ___ [illegible] 10
a Bed and Bed Sted 3 10
10 ff of [illegible] Hemp 10
a Note of Hand on George Tribely 4 7 6
a Note of Hand on Henry Sloyer 3 4
a Note of Hand on Mathias Snider 5 6
__________
the Whole Valuation amounting to 57 2 3
Bucks __?
"This 12th. day of July Anno Dom 1790 Before he the subscriber one of the
Justices of the peace in and for the County of Bucks and as the Solemn Oath
respectively doth declare and say that they have justly and truly appraised
to the best of their his and [illegible] and ability the goods and chattels
contained in the foregoing inventory witness my Hand and Seal the day and
year aforesaid"
Richard Bachhouse
ABSTRACT OF BUCKS COUNTY WILLS
Book No. 5
Page 179
"Barbara Shaffer of Springfield. Twp. Widow of George Shaffer Dated Jan.
31st. 1789 - Proved June 26th. 1790 John Cyphert of Springfield Twp. Exr.-
Anthony Nichouse Elizabeth his wife & their son George - George Shively, Son
of George Shively, now living in Northampton Co. - Minister & Vestry of
Luth. Ch. - Wits Mathias Shneider, Michael Ernst, Michael Sloyer"