Philadelphia County PA Archives Wills.....Gensel, Mathias February 20, 1759 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ray Rhoads rhodoray@bellsouth.net September 22, 2006, 4:08 pm Source: Philadelphia Will Book L, Page 248, No. 156 Written: February 20, 1759 Recorded: April 20, 1759 NO. 156 In the name of God Amen. I Mathias Gensel of the City of Philadelphia in the Province of Pennsylvania, Innholder being sick & weak in body, but of sound mind memory & understanding. Thanks be therefore humbly offered unto the Lord for the same & for all other his mercies, having considered the uncertainty of life & certainty of death thought proper to settle my worldly affairs in the best manner I could, and I do hereby make my last will & testament in manner following, that is to say, hereby revoking all wills by me heretofore made & I do declare this & no other to be my last will & testament. Principally and of all things I do recommend my immortal soul to God who gave it & my body to the earth to be decently buried, and my will is that all my funeral charges & just debts shall be duly paid & discharged. And I do give & bequeath unto my stepson Nicholas Schreiner, in consideration of the several services done to me by him since he came of age, the sum of eighty pounds lawful money of Pennsylvania to be paid in manner following, that is to say, the sum of forty pounds like money part thereof on that day come six months next after my decease and the sum of forty pounds like money the rest & residue thereof on that day come twelve months next after my decease which shall be in full discharge of the accost or acco'ts he shall or may bring against my estate. And I do give & bequeath unto my stepson Jacob Schreiner, in consideration of the several services done to me by him since he came of age, the sum of eighty pounds lawful money of Pennsylvania afors'd to be paid in manner following, that is to say, the sum of forty pounds like money part thereof on that day come six months next after my decease and the sum of forty pounds like money the rest & residue thereof on that day come twelve months next after my decease which shall be in full discharge of the acco't or acco'ts he shall or may bring against my estate. And I do give & bequeath unto my son John Gensel the sum of thirty pounds lawful money afs'd; And I do hereby authorize & empower my executors hereinafter named to sell & dispose of all that my messuage or tenement & lot or piece of land situate in Germantown in the County of Philadelphia containing five acres & an half be the same more or less which I hold by Deed or Deeds of Conveyance from John Jonson of Germantown afs'd sadler and to sign seal & deliver such deed or deeds of conveyance for the same or any part thereof as will vest the purchaser or purchasers thereof with an estate of inheritance in fee simple and the money or monies arising by the sale thereof and all the rest & residue of my personal estate whatsoever & wheresoever I do give & bequeath, after the payment of my just debts & legacies afores'd, unto my dear wife Catherine, my dear daughter Charlotta Gensel & my said son John Gensel to be equally divided & between them part & share alike. And my mind & will is and I do hereby order that my said dear wife Catherine shall have & receive all the rents issues interest & profits that shall or may arise & become due or payable out of the part or parts share or shares so given & bequeathed unto my said daughter Charlotta & said son John as afores'd for & during their minority respectively, and out of the rents, issues, interest & profits so to arise or becoming due as afs'd I do charge my s'd wife to educate & bring up my s'd daughter Charlotta & my s'd John until they shall respectively arrive to the full age of twenty one years. And my will is that if it shall happen that any of my s'd children Charlotta & John shall die under age & without lawful issue then & in such case the part & share or legacy so devised as afores'd unto her or him dying shall be equally divided by & between my s'd wife & my surviving child part & share alike. And I do hereby nominate & appoint my s'd wife Catherine & my trusty friend Jacob Weiny of the City of Philadelphia afors'd merchant executors of this my last will & testament. In witness whereof I the s'd Mathias Gensel have hereunto set my hand & seal the twentieth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & fifty nine. Mathias Gensel -Seal- Signed, sealed, published & declared by Mathias Gensel the testator in y'e foregoing named for & as his last will & testament in the presence of us who at his request & in his presence have set our hands as witnesses thereunto. Barnaby BarnesW. HillegasPeter Miller Philadelphia 20 April 1759. Then personally appeared Barnaby Barnes, Mich. Hillegas, Peter Miller the witnesses to the foregoing will & the s'd Barnaby Barnes & Peter Miller on their solemn affirmation according to law & the s'd Michael Hillegas on oath did declare they saw & heard Mathias Gensel the testator therein named sign, seal, publish & declare the same will for & as his last will & testament and that at the doing thereof he was of sound mind, memory & understanding to the best of their knowledge. Wm. Plumsted Reg. Gen'l. Be it remembered that on the 20th day of April 1759, the last will & testament of Mathias Gensel dece'd in due form of law was proved & probate & letters testamentary were granted to Catherine Gensel & Jacob Weiny, Execu's in the s'd will named being duly sworn well & truly to administer the dece'd estate & bring an inventory thereof into the Reg. Gen'l. office at Philadelphia at or before the 20th day of May next & render a true acco't when required given under the seal of the s'd office. Wm. Plumsted Reg. Gen'l. 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