Wills: Last Will & Testament of Jeremiah Runckel (1762): Philadelphia County, 
Pennsylvania

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                  LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF JEREMIAH RUNCKEL

In the name of God Amen.  The Twenty third day of October in the year of our 
Lord one thousand seven hundred and sixty two I Jeremiah Runckel of Norristown 
in the county of Philadeplphia Yeoman, being of perfect mind and Memory thanks 
be given to Almight God, therefore ____lling
unto mind the Mortality of my body, and knowing that it is _____n_ed for all men 
once to dye do make and ordain this my last will and testament.  That is to say, 
principally and first of all I give and recommend my soul into the hands of god 
that gave it, and for my Body I recommend it to the earth to be buried in a 
Christian like and decent manner, at the Discretion of my executors nothing 
doubting but at the general Ressurrection I shall receive the same again by the 
mighty power of God, And as touching Such Worldly Estate wherewith it 
hathpleased God to bless me in this life, I give devise and dispose of the same 
in the following manner and form

Imprimis, It is my Will and I do order that in the first place all of my just 
debts and funeral Charges be paid and satisfied. _____ I give and bequeath unto 
my dearly beloved wife Mary Catherine her ______according to law

Item, I give unto my Daughter Catherine Wife of Fran Hoofe the sum of eight 
pounds lawfull money to be paid at the expiration of one year after my decease

Item, I give unto my Daughter Mary, wife of Abraham Huglet the sum of eight 
pounds of like lawfull money to be paid immediately after my decease

Item, I give unto the children of my Daughter Margaret late wife of henry Zoll 
the sum of eight pounds of like lawfull money to be equally divided among them 
and paid each as they shall arrive at the age of twenty one years together with 
lawfull interest for the same from the expiration of two years after my decease.

______to my well beloved son Samuel Runckel all my personal estate and all and 
singular my lands messuages (?) And improvements to him, his heirs and assigns 
forever He paying the aforementioned legacies.  And I constitute make and ordain 
my said son Samuel Runckel and John Eachel (Eakel) of Worcester township in the 
county aforesaid my only executors in this my last will and testament And I do 
hereby utterly disallow and revoke and disannul all and other former Testaments 
Wills, Legacies and executors by me in any way before this Will and Testament.  
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year above 
written

Signed,  Sealed,   Published, Pronounced and Declared by the said Jeremiah 
Runckel as his last will and Testament in the presense of us the subscribers.

Cornelius Tylon
Matthais Rittenhouse




Philad.  December 26th 1766.  Their personally appeared Matthais Rittenhouse and 
Nicholas Rittenhouse two of the witnesses to the foregoing Will, and on their 
solemn affirmation according to law did declare that they saw and heard Jeremiah 
Runckel yc Testator therein named Sign Seal Publish and Declare the same Will as 
his last will and testament and that at the doing thereof of sound mind and 
memory and understanding to the best of their knowledge______Conan
Signed Benjamin Chew