Wills: POTTS, Thomas, 1747: Colebrook Dale, Philadelphia Co, PA

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WILL OF THOMAS POTTS.

In the Name of God, Amen, I Thomas Potts of Colebrook Dale in the County
of Philadelphia, Iron Master, being of sound and perfect Mind and Memory
thanks be given unto God therefore Do make this my Last Will and
Testament in manner and form following (That is to say)

Imprimis. It is my will that all my Debts and funeral Charges be first paid.

Item. I Give and Bequeath unto my Dear wife Magdalene in lieu of her
Dower all my Household Goods, her Riding Horse and Saddle and a Couple of
Cows such as she shall Choose out of my Stock of Cows, and during her
Natural Life my nigroe Girl Elizabeth, Daughter of my Nigroe Tobias, my
Mullato Fellow Jo, the sum of thirty Pounds a year to be paid her yearly,
the best lower Room in my now Dwelling House with the Room above it to
live in, and two Acres of meadow near ye ffurnace to keep her COWS.

Item. It's my Will that my said wife Magdalene at her decease give the
Mullatoe and Nigroe Girl above bequeathed to her during her natural Life
unto such of my Children or Grand Children as she thinks proper.

Item. I Give and Bequeath unto my Grand Daughter Sarah Potts, Daughter of
Thomas Potts Junr, my son, my Riding mare and a Side Saddle.

Item. It's my will that my Executors hereinafter named or a majority of
them do and I hereby empower them or a majority of them to Sell all my
Lands, Messuages, Tenements and Real Estate whatsoever (a tract of Land
situate in the County of Philadelphia aforesaid, which I lately purchased
of Jonathan Robeson Esqr, containing two hundred and fifty acres or
thereabouts, excepted) and to convey ye same or any part thereof to the
Purchaser or Purchasers thereof his, her or their Heirs and assigns
forever Provided always that the persons hereafter named (if they
incline) shall be admitted purchasers of these parts of my Real Estate
hereafter mentioned at the Prices hereafter mentioned (That is to Say) My
Son Thomas Potts of my two thirds of Colebrook Dale ffurnace and Iron
Mines and of the one hundred acres of I-and on which the same are and all
other my Interest of in or to y, same ffurnace and Mines and Land on
which ye same are and also of the one hundred Acres of Land adjoyning ye
said ffurnace with the Appurtenances at Eight hundred Pounds. My Son
David of the Plantation situate at Colebrook Dale aforesaid, on which I
formerly lived containing two hundred and fifty Acres be the same more or
less with the Appurtenances at five hundred Pounds. My Son John of One
Third of Pine fforge, with the one third of the one hundred acres of Land
on which the same stands and the one third of two hundred acres of Land
thereto adjoyning commonly called ye Company's Land at two hundred and
twenty-five pounds, Provided, Also that if my said Son Thomas, Son David
and Son John dont purchase the aforesaid parts of my Real Estate at the
Rates aforesaid according to the Privilege herein Given within ye term of
Six Months next after my Decease, then it's my will that my said Exec" or
a majority of them sell ye same part of My Sd Real Estate to any person
or persons that will purchase ye same and Convey the same or any part
thereof to the Purchaser or Purchasers his, her or their Heirs and
assigns forever.

Item. It's my will that of the money arising from my said Real and
personal Estate or either of them my sd Executors hereinafter named put
out to Interest upon Land Security, the Sum of five hundred Pounds and
annually receive the Interest thereof and therewith annually defray the
Annuity herein before bequeathed to my said wife.

Item. I give and Devise all my Estate Real and Personal and the money
thereby arising over and above the payment of my just Debts and funeral
Charges, the Annuity and Legacy herein bequeathed to my said wife the
Legacy bequeathed herein to my Grand Daughter Sarah, Daughter of my Son
Thomas, and the sum of five hundred Pounds hereby directed to be put out
to Interest unto Elizabeth Walker, Mary Clever, John Potts, Thomas Potts,
and David, Potts my Children and Stephen Yorke and Edward Yorke my
Grandson* s in manner following (That is to say) unto each of my said
Children one Sixth part thereof, to Hold unto them & their respective
heirs Exec
or Adms forever and unto my said Grandsons the other one Sixth part
thereof, To Hold unto them & their Excs or Adms forever as Tennants in
Common to be eaqually divided between them.

Item. After my said wife's Decease I give and Bequeath the five hundred
Pounds herein before directed to be put out to Interest unto my said
children Elizabeth Walker, Mary Clever, John Potts, Thomas Potts and
David Potts and my said Grandsons Stephen Yorke and Edward Yorke in
manner following (That is to say) unto my said Children each one Sixth
part thereof and unto my said Grandsons Stephen and Edward Yorke the
other Sixth part thereof to be eaqually divided between them.

Item. It's my will as the two hundred and fifty one acres of Land situate
in the County of Philadelphia afd which I lately purchased of Jonathan
Robeson Esq, is not yet quite paid for nor yet Conveyed that if I should
dye before the same is Conveyed that my Executors pay what remains unpaid
therefor out of my Estate with all Convenient Speed and that ye same be
Conveyed with the apps unto my said Grandsons Stephen Yorke and Edward
Yorke their Heirs and Assigns forever in Confirmation of ye Devise
thereof to them herein made by the following clause.

Item. It's my will that my said Grandsons Stephen and Edward Yorke have
at two hundred and fifty Pounds the tract of Land which I lately
purchased of Jonathan Robeson containing two hundred and fifty one acres
be the same more or less with the appurtenances, towards their one Sixth
part of my Real and Personal Estate above bequeathed and Devised them To
Hold unto them their heirs & assigns forever as Tennants in Common.

Lastly. I hereby Constitute make and ordain my said wife Magdalene
Executrix and my Sons John Potts and Thomas Potts and my Son-in-law
Thomas Yorke Executors of this my Last Will and Testament, And I do
hereby utterly Disallow, Revoke and Disannul all and every other former
Testaments, Wills, Legacies and Executors by me in anywise before this
time named willed and bequeathed, Ratifying this and no other to be my
Last Will and Testament. In Witness whereof I have hereunto put my Hand
and Seal this twenty fifth Day of September in the year of our Lord one
thousand Seaven hundred and forty Seaven.

THOMAS POTTS. - SEAL.

Signed, Sealed. Published, Pronounced, and Declared
(ye words [at, herein] being first interlined) and ye words
[and] twice writ in Characters, thus [&] by the said THOMAS
POTTS as his Last Will and Testament in the presence of
us, EDWARD WEST, JACOB BARNARD, ISAAC BARNARD.