Will of Peter Stout dated 15 Feb 1806: Bucks County

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The following is a transcription of the Will of Peter Stout dated 15
Feb 1806:

"In the Name of God Amen I Peter Stout the elder of the Township of
Rockhill in the County of Bucks and State of Pennsylvania being weak
of Body but of Sound and Disposing mind Memory and understanding Do
this fifteenth Day of February in the Year of our Lord one thousend
Eight Hundred and Six Make and Publish this my Last Will and
Testament in Manner and form as follows ?Imprimi.. I Commend my Soul
into the Hands of Almighty God my Creator and my Body to the Earth to
be Decently and in a Christian Like Manner Burrid [sic] In hopes of a
joyful Resurrection through the Merits of my Saviour Jesus Christ:
and as for the Temporal Estate wherewith it has Pleased God to Bless
me I Dispose thereof in the following Manner first I order my just
Debts and funeral Expences [sic] to be Paid by my Executors herein
after named out of my Estate; Item I give and Bequeath unto my
Beloved Wife Catherine and my Daughter Mary Catherina the Farm or
Plantation on which I now Dwell with all its appurtenances to be held
by them as tennants in common During the natural life of my Said wife
and if my said Daughter should happen to die in the lifetime of my
Said wife then in such case I give and Devise the whole of the said
farm or Plantation to my Said wife Living her natural life which with
the bequest hereafter made to her Shall be taken by her in full
Consideration and in liew of her Dower I give and bequeath to my said
wife one Bed Bedstad [sic] and apparel with one third Part of my other
Houshold [sic] furniture one Cow the Grain of all kinds I may have at
the time of my Decease and as much Kitchen Furniture as may be
necessary for her use during her natural life I Give and Bequeath to
my S[ai]d Daughter Mary Catherina Seventy five Pounds with a Bed and
Bedstead and apparel to be Paid to her after my Deceas[e]; Item I
Give and Bequeath to my Daughter Sarah Fifty Pounds two Cows first
Choice a Bed with a new Feather Bed & Bedstead apparel a new Chest
two Iron Potts [sic] two Kettles and leadels [sic] the fifty Pounds
in Money is to be Paid to her after my Said wifes Decease; Item I
Give and Bequeath to my Daughter Magdelena Fifty Pounds two Cows
Second Choice a Bed with a new feather Bed Bedstead & apparel a new
Chest two Iron Potts [sic] two Kettles and leadels [sic] the fifty
Pounds in Money is to be Paid to her after my Said wifes Decease Item
I Give & Bequeath to Jacob, Mary, John, Daniel and Polly Ness the Sons
and Daughters of my Daughter Eave the late wife of Jacob Ness the Sum
of Twenty five Pounds lawfull [sic] Money of Pennsylvania to be
Equally Devided [sic] between them or the Surviver [sic] or Survivers
[sic] of them and the heirs of Such Surviver [sic] or Survivers [sic]
forever to be Paid to them by my Executors out of my Estate one Year
after my Said wifes Decease, and it is further my will and I do order
and direct my Executors herein after named to Sell the residue of my
Personal Property as Soon as Conveniently may be after my Decease and
after the Payment of my Debts and funeral Expences [sic] the [sic]
appropriate the mon[e]y from thence ariseng [sic] to the Payment of
the herein above Specified legacies and also that the said Executors
Shall and do as Soon as Conveniently may be after my wifes Decease
Sell and dispose of my Real Estate Given and devised to her as
aforesaid and also what may Remain at her Decease of the Personal
property which I have herein above bequeated to her; for the best
Price or most money that Can be Reasonably got for the Same and it is
further my will and I do order that after the Said Legacies are fully
Paid that all the rest Residue and remainder of my Estate of what
kind or nature so ever the Same may be Equally devided [sic] amongst
my Sons John, Peter[,] Jacob and Daniel and my Daughters Elisabeth
the wife of John Gares and Mary Catharine, Sarah and Magdelena or the
Surviver [sic] or Survivers [sic] of them and the Heirs of Such
Surviver [sic] or Survivers [sic] forever and lastly I do Nominate
Constitute and appoint my Sons Peter and Jacob Stout to be the
Executors of this my will hereby revoking all other wills legacies
and bequests by me heretofore made and declaring this and no other to
be my last will and Testament In witness whereas I have hereinto Set
my Hand and Seal Dated the Day and Year first above written
Signed Sealed Published and Declared
by the Said Testator to be his last will
and Testament in Presence of us
                                                                      
                 his
            Peter X Stout
                 Mark


[Signed]
John Heany
John Kachline"

[The following is a transcription of the Probate statement:]

"Bucks  ss.    January 23d 1807 before me appeared John Heany & John
Kachline the subscribing witnesses to the foregoing Instrument of
writing purporting to be the Last Will & Testament of Peter Stout
deceased, who on their solemn Oath of affirmation did declare & say
that they were personally present at the Execution thereof, and saw &
heard the Testator therein named, sign, seal, publish & pronounce the
same as and for his Last Will & Testament, and that at the time of
his so doing he was of sound mind, memory & understanding to the best
of their knowledge & Belief."

                                                                      
        [Signed] Wm Hart Reg[istrar]"

[The following is a transcription of the Notice of the Administration]

"Register's Office, Bucks County, April the 26th 1808
     The Heirs, Creditors, and other Persons interested, are desired
to take NOTICE, That Peter Stout and Jacob Stout Executors of Peter
Stout
late of the township of Rockhill deceased, have filed in this Office
the Accounts of their Administration to the extate of the said
deceased, and that the same will be presented for approbation and
allowance, to an Orphan's Court, to be held at Newtown, in and for
the said County of Bucks, on the thirty first day of May next at 10
o'clock, A.M.

                                                                      
        [Signed] Wm Hart Reg[istrar]"



[Source:  Will and Testament of Peter Stout, File# 3479, Bucks County, PA.
 Registered in Will Book No. 7, page 241.]