WILL: David HAWN, 1850, 1863, Walker (Juniata) Township, Huntingdon County, PA

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Last will and testament     I David Hawn of Walker township, in the county
of                          of Huntingdon and State of Pennsylvania
DAVID HAWN late of Walker   feeling that life is uncertain and being
(now Juniata township)      desirous while in the full possession of my 
deceased                    rational faculties, to make a desposition of my 
property to take effect after my death, do make and publish this my last 
will and testament as follows, to wit: I direct all my just debts and 
funeral expenses to be paid as soon as convenient after my decease, out of 
my estate, I hereby giving my Executors, hereinafter names and the survisors 
of them full power and authority to sell and convey any part of my real 
estate for that purpose, that they may think proper.  And the rest and 
residue of my estate, real, personal and mixed, I hereby devise and bequeath 
to my four Brothers, John, George, Peter and Isaac, to have and to hold the 
same unto the said John, George, Peter and Isaac Hawn as tenants in common, 
the personal property to be used and disposed of as they may see proper, and 
the real estate to be held and enjoyed by them during their joint lives, and 
the survivors of them, and by the last survivor of them, and his heirs and 
Assigns forever__ In case my said Brothers, John, George, Peter and Isaac or 
the survivors of them should desire to sell and dispose of the whole or any 
part of the real estate devised, they are at liberty so to do, and by a deed 
or deeds of conveyance by them or the survivors of them executed and 
delivered to sell and convey the same to the purchases and purchases in fee 
simple.  However if any or all of my said brothers should hereafter be 
married, in that event the undivided fourth part of my real estate shall be 
vested in each as such as may be married in fee simple, and not for life as 
before provided __ And as in the dispensation of Divine Providence our 
brother Daniel has been deprived of reason, and there is no hope of his mind 
being restored, I feel anxious that he should be well provided for, and 
therefore, although I have the fullest confidence that my said brothers will 
care for him and supply his wants and make him a comfortable as 
circumstances will permit, yet in the want of the estate devised and 
bequeathed to our said brother Daniel by our dear mother being exhausted, I 
desire that my said four brothers shall contribute out of the estate hereby 
devised and bequeathed to them, towards the support and maintenance of our 
said unfortunate brother Daniel__ Further I hereby constitute and appoint my 
said four brothers John, George, Peter and Isaac the Executors of this my 
last will and testament and the survisors of them.  In testimony where of I 
have hereunto set my hand the twenty fifth day of April A. D. eighteen 
hundred and fifty
Signed and Executed and published by                 David Hawn
David Hawn in the presence of us 
the words being exhausted first interlined
      Wm. F. Orbison 
      D. McMurtrie

County of Huntingdon
      This thirty first day of October A. D. 1863 before me Danl. W. 
Wormelsdorf Register for the Probate of Wills and granting Letters of 
Administration in and for the county of Huntingdon personally came Wm. P. 
Orbison Esqr. and David McMurtrie the subscribing witnesses to the above 
will, and being duly sworn according to law, did depose and say, that they 
were both personally present and saw and heard David Hawn the testator sign, 
seal. publish, pronounce and declare the foregoing instrument of writing as 
and for his testament and last will, and that at the time of so doing he the 
said testator was of perfect and sound mind memory and understanding to the 
best of their knowledge, observation and belief.
Sworn and subscribed Oct 31st             Wm P. Orbison
A.D. 1863 before me                       D. McMurtrie
      Danl. W. Womelsdorf
           Register

No. 90
George Hawn Executor of the   On this thirty first day of October A. D. 1863 
last will & testament         Letters Testamentary on the estate of David  
of                            Hawn decd. were granted to George Hawn.
David Hawn decd.                         Dan. W. Womelsdorf
                                             Register