Wills: George Errett, 1871: Hempfield Twp, Westmoreland County, PA

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WILL OF GEORGE ERRETT

December 2, 1871

and

Supplement April 6, 1876

Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania

Will Book 6, Pages 357-359


Transcribed in original spelling and grammar

by Richard A. Newhouse Kelanic

October 5, 2001

No. 39 of 1879

Will of George Errett died

"In the name of God Aman I George Errett of Hempfield Township Westmoreland County and State 
of Pennsylvania and being in good health of body and of sound and disposing mind and memory 
Praise be God for the same and being desirous to settle up my worldly affairs while I have 
strength and capacity so to do make and publish this my last will and testament hereby revoking 
and making void all former wills by me at any time heretofore made and first and principally 
I commit my soul into the hands of my creator who gave it and body to the Earth and as to such 
worldly Estate wherewith it has pleased God to intrust me I dispose of the same as followith 
that is to say I order that all my just debts funeral expenses and charges of proving this my 
will be in the first place fully paid and satisfied and after payment thereof and evry part 
thereof I give and bequeath as follows to Ellmone Shull a grand child the sum of one thousand 
dollars and the same to be paid him on his attaining the age of twenty one years and should he 
die before he arrives at that age then my will is that his bequeaths is to be equally divided 
between Jacob Lewis and Henry Errett three sons and Catharine Miller late Errett and Lydia Shull 
late Errett two daughters share and share alike I give and bequeath to Ellen Allshouse a step 
daughter the sum of five hundred dollars to be paid to her two years after my decease but 
should she not remain with me until she may marry then this bequeath to be void and the same 
to be equally divided amongst my five heirs aforesaid give and bequeath to my beloved wife 
Elizabeth during her natural life the house in which I now reside stable and barn room 
sufficient to keep one cow and feed for one cow the wagon shed hog pen & all under one ruff 
together with the garden and small fruit orchard adjoining the house and my will is that all 
my personal effects be fairly appraised by my executors herunafter mentioned and that my wife 
Elizabeth is to select out of said appraisement property to the amount of Three hundred dollars 
(to which she is entitled to under the Act allowing the widow $300) also hay or fodder & 
pasture sufficient to keep one cow Hay or fodder to be delivered, in the barn wood, stone 
coal to be delivered at the house Meat & flour and groceries and wearing appearles sufficient 
for her comfortable mentenance I give and bequeath to my son Jacob all my land or Real Estate 
whatsoever and wheresoever the same may be situated supposed to contain one hundred and sixty 
acres be the same more or less to his heirs and assigns forever on the following conditions 
at a valuation of sixty dollars ($60) per acre for each and every acre thereof one half then 
of to be paid in one year next after the diseased of my wife and the remaining half in two 
years next after the deceased of my wife retaining one fifth of said valuation as his equal 
share therein and pay to Lewis Henry and Catharine Miller their respective shares as aforesaid 
retaining in said real estate the share of Lydiann Shull during her natural lifetime and at 
her decease pay the principal to her bodily heirs paying the interests thereon annually as 
above described to said Lydiann Shull and for the consideration of said real estate from and 
after my decease to the decease of my widow & order and my will is that my son Jacob is to 
comply with and render full satisfaction in all the foregoing bequeaths and I do hereby 
nominate constitute and appoint my son Jacob Errett and Reuben Miller soninlaw both of 
Hempfield Township Executors of this my will hereby revoking and making void all, former and 
other wills by me at any time heretofore made and declare this only to be my last will and 
testament in witness whereof I the said Testator have to this my last will and testament set 
my hand and seal this 2nd day of December AD 1871"

[seal] George Errett

"Signed sealed published and declared by the said Testator as and for his last will and 
testament in the presence of us who in his presence and at his request have subscribed our 
names as witnesses thereto"

L. Beck

C.F. Beck

"In supplement to the foregoing I hereby order and direct that so much of the foregoing will 
as directs to Allen Allshouse a step daughter is hereby made null and void and as to all 
devices directed and given in the foregoing will to Elizabeth my wife at the date of said 
will now (deceased) I now devise all of said devices and Legacies which were devised to said 
Elizabeth my wife to Mary Shumaker Excepting the three hundred dollars which are devised 
under the $300. act the said Mary Shumaker is to have only one hundred dollars of said devise 
and I now order and direct that my son Jacob Errett is to account and pay the one half of 
said valuation in the land in one year next after my decease and the remaining one half in 
one year next after the decease of said Mary Shumaker and the same to be devided and devised 
to the heir as set forth in first writing I devise to Allen Allshouse one hundred dollars in 
one year next after my decease being excess pay for services over what she has received I 
also charge my son Henry Errett with one hundred dollars and my son Lewis Errett with the 
payment of two hundred dollar and my daughter Catharine intermarried with Ruben Miller with 
the payment of one hundred dollars and the same to be accounted for in their respective shares 
I devise to my daughter Lydiann Shull during her natural lifetime and after her deceas to her 
bodily heirs all that certain house and lot of ground known as the Mary Shumaker property 
Containing 2 3/4 ar strict measure situate in Hempfield Tp Co & state aforesaid charging her 
the said Lydiann Shull therewith in the sum of four hundred dollars as so much of her share 
out of my Estate witness my hand and seal this 6th day of April AD 1876"

(seal) George [his X mark] Errett

"signed sealed published & declared by the said Testator as and for a supplement to the 
foregoing will and testament in the presence of us who in his presence and at his request 
have subscribed our names as witnesses thereto"

Oliver P. Siegfried

L. Beck

"April 28th 1879 Legally proved & approved same day recorded and Letters Testy issued to the 
within named Executors who were sworn to the same this day before me"

James Dennison

Register

"Testator died 22nd April 1879 @ 2 o 35' AM"