Wills of 1/29/1725 John Henry KERSEN aka KERST, Oley, filed in Philadelphia Co
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Wills of 1/29/1725 John Henry KERSEN aka KERST, Oley, filed in Philadelphia Co
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Classification: Will
Surnames: KERSEN, KEARSON, KERST
Will of 1/29/1725/6: filed in Philadelphia County (translated)
The evidence of Mr. John Henry Kersen, of what I have bequeathed to my wife, Anna Margaret, and my children in particular:
I, John Henry Kersen, give and bequeath to my son John Kerson, the mill and one hundred acres of land, together with mill-?? from the ??? or ??, ?? to ye mill, without any molestations or interruptions forever. Nevertheless, the said John shall let my son Henry have water therefrom to water the meadow, if it will not interrupt his grinding. Also John shall have half of the cattle, horses, mares, cows, oxen, sheep and hoggs, hens and geese.
To my wife, Anna Margaret, and her three children, one son and two daughters, I give the plantation, until the son Henry comes to age, then shall he have the half of the plantation.
signed: John Henry Kersen
wit: Stephen Messerschmit and Peter Formwold
Estate inventory showed a fan to clean corn, 5 milk cows, 2 steers and a bull, 6 2-yr old cattle, 1 yr-old cow; 21 sheep and 14 lambs, 3 working horses, 1 yearling colt, 10 hogs, 12 ducks, 20 fowls, 230 bushels of cleared corn, plow and barrow, and other misc farming tools and implements total value of 198 pounds/10/8.
NOTE: Tax rolls for Oley in 1734 show Margaet KEARSON with 300 acres. Son John KEARSON with 100 acres -appearantly the widow and a son.
Nothing is known of the other son Henry or the two daughters.
The evidence of Mr. John Henry Kersen, of what I have bequeathed to my wife, Anna Margaret, and my children in particular:
I, John Henry Kersen, give and bequeath to my son John Kerson, the mill and one hundred acres of land, together with mill-?? from the ??? or ??, ?? to ye mill, without any molestations or interruptions forever. Nevertheless, the said John shall let my son Henry have water therefrom to water the meadow, if it will not interrupt his grinding. Also John shall have half of the cattle, horses, mares, cows, oxen, sheep and hoggs, hens and geese.
To my wife, Anna Margaret, and her three children, one son and two daughters, I give the plantation, until the son Henry comes to age, then shall he have the half of the plantation.
signed: John Henry Kersen
wit: Stephen Messerschmit and Peter Formwold
Estate inventory showed a fan to clean corn, 5 milk cows, 2 steers and a bull, 6 2-yr old cattle, 1 yr-old cow; 21 sheep and 14 lambs, 3 working horses, 1 yearling colt, 10 hogs, 12 ducks, 20 fowls, 230 bushels of cleared corn, plow and barrow, and other misc farming tools and implements total value of 198 pounds/10/8.
NOTE: Tax rolls for Oley in 1734 show Margaet KEARSON with 300 acres. Son John KEARSON with 100 acres -appearantly the widow and a son.
Nothing is known of the other son Henry or the two daughters.