Wills: Adam Fadely, 11 Feb 1828 of Elklick township, Somerset County, PA


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LAST WILL & TESTAMENT
ADAM FADELY - 1828

In the name of God amen.  I Adam Fadely of Elklick township, Somerset
county and state of Pennsylvania being sick and weak in body but of
sound mind and understanding and considering the certainty of death
and the uncertainty of the time thereof and to the end I may be the better
prepared to leave this world whenever it shall please God to call me
hence do therefore make and declare this my Last Will and Testament in
manner following that is to say, 
first and principally I commit my soul into the hands of Almighty God
my Creator and my body I request to be committed to the earth in a
decent Christian like manner at the discretion of my executors, herein
after named and 
I give all my plantation lands and tenements with all my stock of horses,
horned cattle and other live stock belonging to me with all my farming
utensils and all my household and kitchen furniture unto my wife Mary
during her natural life or as long as she remains my widow (except as
herein after mentioned) provided she pays one hundred dollars which
along with my outstanding dues and demands, 
I direct to be collected and distributed among my children in the manner
following that is to say to my two sons: Jacob and Adam two hundred
dollars each more than any of my other children to be put into the hands
of a person herein after to be named as their guardian because they are
not blessed with a sound understanding and the residue of my
outstanding demands 
I direct to be equally divided among all my children and those of them
that have already received any cash or other thing of me it is to be
deducted and further 
I direct and will that my son John make and mow the hay upon the upper
meadow on the Haloes and have the use of wagon for his own halling
provided he helps his mother to get or halling her harvest to and 
unto my daughter Mary I will one more colt to be kept on the farm until
it is three years old exclusive of her equal share alike with the others and
further 
I will that after the death of my wife Mary I will that my plantation be
equally divided among my children in the most easy and best manner
they can agree upon and 
I do also hereby will and direct that my wife Mary and my son John have
the sole direction and guardianship and management of the persons and
property of my two sons Jacob and Adam before mentioned and further 
I do by these presents nominate constitute and appoint my wife Mary
and my son John Fadely to be my executors of this my will and I do now
declare this to be my last will and testament hereby making void and of
no effect all former wills.  In witness whereof I have hereto set my hand
and seal this eleventh day of February in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and twenty eight.

   sealed signed and declaredAdam Fadely
in presence of us.
Baltzer Meese
Jonathan Miller
Jonathan Griffiths

Pennsylvania
Somerset County  SS

Personally appeared before me A___ Ogle Jr register for the probate of
wills and granting letters of administration in and for the county of
Somerset, Baltzer Meese, Jonathan Miller and Jonathan Griffiths.  The
subscribing witnesses of the forgoing will and after being duly sworn
and affirmed according to law deposes _____ that they were personally
present and saw Adam Fadely the testator sign seal publish pronounce
and declare the within testament of writing as and for his last will and
testament and that at the time of so doing he was of perfect and sound
mind memory and understanding and that same Adam Fadely signed to
this instrument in his own proper hand writing and that our names as
witnesses to the forgoing as signed is _____ ______ proper handwriting.

  sworn and subscribedBaltzer Meese
    before me thisJonathan Griffiths
    27 July 1828Jonathan Miller
A___ Ogle Jr
   Register
.