Jennifer -
Here is his will:
"Last Will and Testament of Reinhard or Rhinehard Andes
In the name of God, amen. I, Rhinehard Andes, senior, of Pitt Township, Allegheny County, & Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, being in perfect health of body, and of sound mind, memory, and understanding (blessed be god for the same), do make and publish this my last will and testament in manner and form following, Viz-
First, it is my will, and I do order, that all my just debts and funeral Expenses be duly paid and satisfied as soon as conveniently can be after my decease-
Also, I give, grant, and devise, to my beloved wife Katharine, all my estate, real and personal, to her use, to have and enjoy the rents and profits thereof, during her natural life-and at her decease, to descend to my Son Rhinehard Antis in fee, provided he returns home to possess the same, he paying to his sisters the following Legacies, Viz. To my step-daughter Ketty, now Katherine F_?_er, one hundred Dollars-to my daughter Dorothy, now Dorothy Troft, one hundred dollars-to my Daughter Susannah Dehuff, one Dollar, and to her oldest Son one lot in Perrys Town, #25, at the mouth of Turtle Creek, and to her other children seventy-nine Dollars to be equally divided among them and their Heirs-to Christiana Andes, now Brant, one Dollar, and to her oldest Son one lot in Perrys town, No. 41 aforsd. and her other children seventy-nine Dollars to be equally divided as aforesd.-and to my Daughter Martha Sloan one hundred Dollars. This payment of these Legacies by my Son Rhinehart, are to be executed and discharged in the following manner-one hundred Dollars to the oldest, as Katharine, the year after he takes possession, and so on yearly, over each year, untill they are all paid, and without Interest.
And, if my Son, the said Rhinehart Andes, does not return and take possession of the property, real and personal, hereby granted and devised to him at or before his Mother's Death, then all my property, real and personal, to be sold, and the money to be equally divided among my Daughters herein before named, and their Heirs, share and share alike.
And lastly I nominate and appoint and constitute my trustly friends Jno. McDowell and Geo. Wallace, Esquier, both of Pitt Township aforesd. to be the executors of this my last will, hereby revoking all other wills, legacies, and beequests, by me heretofor made, and declaring this, and no other, to be my last Will and Testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this twenty-sixth Day of March in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Eight.
/s/ Reinhard Andes
Signed, sealed, published, pronounced and declared by the said Testator asa his last will and testament, in the presence of us, who in his presence and at his request have subscribed as witnesses.
/s/ James Crozier
/s/ William Crozier
James Crozier & Wm Crozier were Duly sworn to the validity of this will this 19th day of Nov. A.D. 1811.
/s/ James Crozier
/s/ W. Crozier"
(Allegheny Co, Pennsylvania, will packets, v. 1, p. 326, No. 240; FHL film #1,653,554. Paragraph structure and some punctuation edited.
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He was in Yohogania Co, Va., as early as 1778 (probably later Allegheny Co., Pa). He probably died before the 1810 census, although the probate looks a little late. Catharine died about 1827, and her grandson Frederick Bausman was administrator of her estate.
My husband is a descendant of daughter Dorothea/Dorothy (Antes) (Bausman) Trough.
I believe that the given name Richard, published accounts to the contrary, is just over-zealous "Americanization" on some authors' parts. I have found him in many records and, except for one newspaper piece about an auction of land adjoining his, he is always some variation of Reinhart; note the names in the will. His daughter Dorothy named a son Reinhart Antes Bausman.
I have been unable to determine the identity of his parents, again published reports to the contrary that call him the son of Phillip Fredrick and Barbara (Tyson) Antes. The dates don't work there. He was probably born before 1747 (if he was in the French and Indian War as his son-in-law DeHuff claimed. Age-wise he could be the eldest son of Rev. Henry Antes (Philip Frederick's father); however, Henry named all of his children in his will and there was not Reinhart (nor Richard for that matter). There are many Antes/Antis groups in the area, many of which were probably not related to the Philip Frederick/Henry clan.
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