This is from a book with a long title, part of of which is
Pedigree & Genealogical notes of William Penn
compiled and published by
James Coleman, Genealogical Bookseller, London
29 pages total
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WILL
Of
WILLIAM Penn
No. III

I WILLIAM Penn Esqr SO called Cheife proprieter & Govemour of the
Province of Pensilvania and the Teerritoryes thereunto belonging being of
Sound mind and understanding for which I bless God doe make and declare
This my last Will and Testament.
My Eldest Son being well provided for by a Settlement of his Mothers and
my ffathers Estate I give and devise the Rest of my Estate in manner following
The Government of my Province of Pensilvania and Territories thereunto be-
Longing and all powerds relateing thereunto I give and devise to the most
Hono’ble the Earle of Oxford and Earl Mortimer and to William Earle Pow-
Lett so called and their Heires upon Trust to dispose thereof to the Queen or
any other person to the best advantage they can to be applied in such a manner
as I shall herein after direct.
I give and devise to my dear Wife Hannah Penn and her ffather Thomas
Callowhill and to my good ffriiends Margaret Lowther my dear Sister and to
Gilbert Heathcote Physitian Samuel Waldenfield John ffield Henry Gouldney
all living in England and to my friends Samuel Carpenter, Richard Hill
Isaac Norris Samuel Preston and James Logan living in or near Pensilvania
And their heises All my lands Tenements and Hereditamts
Whatsoever rents and profitts scituate lyeing and being in Pensilvania and
They shall sell and dispose of so much thereof as shall be sufficient to pay all
My just debts and from and after paymt thereof shall convey unto each of the
Three Children of my son Willm Penn, Gulielma-Maria, Springett, and William
respectiuely and to their respective heires 10000 acres of land in some proper
and beneficiall places to be sett out by my Trustees aforesaid. All the
rest of my lands and Hereditamts whatsoevery scituate lyeing and being in
America I will that my said Trustees shall convey to and and amongest Children
Which I have by my present Wife in such proporcon and for such estates as my
Said Wife shall think fit but before such Conveyance shall be made to my
Children. I will that my said Trustees shall convey to my daughter Aubrey
Whom I omitted to name before 10000 acres of my said Lands in such places as
My said Trustess shall think fitt.
All my p’sonall estate in Pensilvania and elsewhere and arreares of rent due
There I give to my dear Wife whom I make my sole Executrix for the
Equall benefitt of her and her Children. In Testimony whereof I have sett my

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hand and seal to this my Will which I declare to be my last Will revoking
all others formerly made by me.
Signed Sealed and Publish by the Testator William Penn in the presence
of us who sett our names as Witnesses thereof in the p'sence of the said Test-
tor after the Interlineacon of the Words above Vizt whom I make my sole
Executrix
Sarah West. Robert West.
Susanna Reading
Thomas Pyle
Robert Lomax

(Signature and seal shown)

This Will I made when ill of a feavour at London with a Clear understand-
ing of what I did then but because of some unworthy Expressions belying Gads
good to me as if I knew not what I did doe now that I am recovered
through Gods goodness hereby declare that it is my last Will and Testament at
Ruscomb in Berkshire this 27th of the 3d Month called May 1712.
Wm Penn

Witnesses p’sent .
Eliz. Penn. Mary Chandler.
Tho. Pyle. Josiah Dee.
Tho. Penn. Mazy Dee.
EIiz. Anderson
Postscript in my own hand.
As a further Testimony of my love to my dear Wife I of my own mind give
Unto her oout of the rents of America vizt Pennsilvania f300 a year for her
Naturall life and for her care and charge over my Children in their Education of
Which she knows my mind as also that I desire they may settle at least in good
Part in America where I leave them so good an Interest to be for their Inheri-
Tance from Gereracon to Generacon which the Lord p’serve and prosper. Amen.