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WILL OF PHOEBE (GRUBB) HADLEY:
"Be it remembered that I Phebe HADLEY of the Township of West
Bradford in the County of Chester & Province of Pennsylvania, Widdow,
knowing the uncertainty of Life do make this my Last will & Testament in
the following Manner..
Imprimus? My Will is that all my Just debts and funeral charges be first
paid and discharged as soon as may be after my decease by my Exectr
hereafter named...
Item - I give to the Heir of my Late Husband Simon Hadley the sum of
Five? Shillings
Item - I give unto my daughter Phebe WALL the wife of John WALL all
my wearing apparrel [sic]
Item - I give unto my son Nathaniel all the Bonds and Debts which are
now due to me or payable from him in Leiu of all other Bequests
Item - I give unto my son Peter BUFFINGTON and my son-in-law John
WALL the several obligations and debts that they are now indebted to me
respectively to each their respective debts in Lieu of all other
bequests.
Item - I give thirty pounds to be equally divided between all my
children
now living and my son in law Samuel O___ [Osburn?] and my
granddaughter Frances BUFFINGTON share and share alike it being for
building a house on my land
And all the remainder part of my estate both real and personal not
heretofore bequeathed I give to my sons John BUFFINGTON his heirs
and assigns forever, he or they providing for me a good and sufficient
maintainence during my natrual life and decently burying me when I am
dead.
Lastly I do hereby constitute nominate and appoing my son John
BUFFINGTON to be sole executor of this my last will and Testament and I
do hereby utterly revoke and disannul all other and former wills by me
heretofore made ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my
last
will and testament.
In witness thereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this second day
of the ninth month anno domini 1767.
Signed sealed published and declared by the testator | [signed] as her
last will and testament in the presents of us | Phebe HADLEY
Richard BUFFINGTON, Robert BUFFINGTON } [illegible, with a date]
John SNOW"
Source:
Copy of will sent to Hadley Society by Bob Burns in Oct 1979. He states he
found and copied it at the Chester Co., PA courthouse in Sep 1979. The will
provided is a copy of the handwritten will; ; copy in possession Hadley
Society; FILE: Enc #I-02-0002.
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1695 |
1695
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Chester, PA, USA
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1715 |
November 23, 1715
Age 20
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Chester, PA, USA
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1769 |
1769
Age 74
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West Bradford, PA, USA
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