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Probate Records
1803-1850
Will Books A, B, C, & D
| BOOK |
NAME |
PAGE |
TYPE |
DATE |
RECORDED |
| D |
BAILEY, HENRY |
395 |
|
Dated Nov. 5, 1847 |
Rec. Dec. 6, 1847 |
| |
Wife, Rachel
Executor: Wife, Rachel Bailey
Witnesses: John Folkerth, William Bailey |
| D |
BAILEY, JOHN |
111 |
|
Dated May 23, 1843 |
Rec. Sept. 4, 1843 |
| |
Dau. Anna Clegg
Witnesses David Thatcher, Thomas Creighton |
| B |
BAKER, DANIEL |
467 |
|
Dated Mar. 18, 1830 |
Rec. May 19, 1836 |
| |
Wife, Susanna
Baker;
dau. Mary and Sarah Baker;
dau. Elizabeth Kizer's ch.
Executor: wife and Benjamin Wilhelm
Witnesses John Kretzer, John Hale. |
| D |
BARBER, WILLIAM |
71 |
(Copy rec.
Montgomery Co. Mar. 13, 1843) |
Dated Feb. 20, 1829 |
Rec. Aug. 26, 1830 |
| |
Resident of borough
of York, Pa.
Wife, Elizabeth;
to Mary Dritt, my wife's sister;
to Mary Dicks, my sister and her heirs, a small
tract of land near Dayton, O.;
nieces, Elizabeth Smith, Ellen J. Moore;
nephew, William, son of my bro. John;
to William B. Moore and Ziba Webb;
to William B. .Webb, son of my nephew James B.
Webb,
to William B. Caster, William B. Dritt and
Joseph Dritt;
to George and William Laub, my
brothers-in-law;
bro. Robert and John Barber;
sisters, Hannah and Mary and heirs of my sister
Eleanor dec'd;
brothers-in-law John Dicks, Elisha Moore, Ziba
Webb, sister Mary Dicks' dau. Mary;
nephew William B. Dicks;
James Barber, son of my bro. Robert;
my wife's niece Elizabeth Donaldson
Executor: bro. John, nephew William B. Moore,
John Schmidt. |
| B |
BARGESER, JACOB |
303 |
|
Dated Dec. 24, 1837 |
Rec. Mar. 27, 1840 |
| |
To my niece Esther,
dau. of my sister Margaret;
to niece Susanna Miller and her four ch.,
Daniel, Samuel, Elizabeth and Barbara Miller.
Executor: Adam Stiver, Sr.
Witnesses Henry Shideler, Adam Ulrich |
| D |
BAUM, JOHN |
460 |
Miami Twp. |
Dated: Jan. 1,
1849 |
Rec. Jan. 29,
1849 |
| |
Wife, Rebecca;
ch. George, Catharine, Mary, Ellen Margaret
Executor: wife, Rebecca Baum
Witnesses: John Smith, Jacob Sheesey |
| B |
BEACHLER, JACOB |
92 |
|
Dated Dec. 28,
1837 |
Rec. Nov. 1,
1837 |
| |
Wife Mary
Magdalene; all my ch.
Executor: John Weaver
Witnesses Daniel Havermall, Peter Weaver |
| A |
BEAR, ISAAC |
351 |
|
Dated Jan. 21,
1824 |
Rec. Mar. 1,
1825 |
| |
Wife, Elizabeth;
sons, Henry and David Bear;
dau. Mary, Sarah, and Susannah Bear
Executor: wife Elizabeth and Jacob Sinks
Witnesses Jacob Shelly, Robert Gordon
sons, Henry and David Bear;
dau. Mary, Sarah and Susannah Bear
Executor: wife Elizabeth and Jacob Sinks
Witnesses Jacob Shelly, Robert Gordon |
| B |
BECK, Jacob |
427 |
|
Dated Aug. 6,
1835 |
Rec. Oct. 7,
1835 |
| |
Wife Anna Maria
Beck; sons, Henry and Jacob Beck
Executor: son Jacob Beck
Witnesses Joseph Flory, Jacob Karn |
| C |
BECK, JOHN |
380 |
Washington Twp. |
Dated Apr. 12,
1841 |
Rec. May 12,
1841 |
| |
Wife (not by name);
sons, John P. and Joseph;
g. dau. Mary Ann Murphy
Executor: John P. and Joseph Beck
Witnesses Andrew B. Price, Henry W. Reeder |
| A |
BECKER, ANNA |
336 |
German Script |
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| A |
BECKER, PETER |
150 |
Old German
Script |
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| B |
BEESAKER,
NICHOLAS |
63 |
|
Dated Apr. 15,
1829 |
Rec. Apr. 27,
1829 |
| |
Wife, Susannah;
dau. Catharine
Executor: David Beesaker
Witnesses John Wertz, Henry Baker, Frederick
Hasselman |
| D |
BEESECKER, JOHN |
473 |
Clay Twp. |
Dated Dec. 13,
1848 |
Rec. May 5, 1849 |
| |
Wife, Mary, guard. of ch.;
oldest dau. Clarisy
Executor: wife, Mary
Witnesses: John Corcoran, Jonathan Pierson |
| A |
BEETEN, MARGERY |
191 |
Of Woodbourne,
Montgomery Co. |
Dated Sep. 25,
1820 |
Rev. 13, 1820 |
| |
Ch. of my dau.
Nancy Parks;
sons James Bigley and John R. Black;
to Margaret Haughton and Mary Jones
Executor: James DeFrees, Joseph DeFrees
Witnesses William Morrison, William Young. |
| D |
BEGGS, ALEXANDER |
332 |
|
Dated Apr. 24,
1846 |
Rec. Oct. 17,
1846 |
| |
Heirs of my
sisters, Margaret Huntly, Elizabeth Covault,
Nancy McCoy, Martha Bulsford, Jane Bailey dec'd,
Phee Covault dec'd; to Joseph Davis
Executor: David Thatcher
Witnesses: David Thatcher, Isaac Hasket, Charles
M. Sharp. |
| B |
BENNETT, William |
83 |
|
Dated May 6,
1837 |
Rec. July 27,
1837 |
| |
Wife Mary Bennett
Executor: Daniel Havermall
Witnesses Nathan Worley, H. G. Markey, John
Heffner. |
| B |
BENTON, MARY E. |
178 & 206 |
|
Dated June 20,
1828 |
Rec. June 16,
1832 |
| |
Son William Benton
of Vicksburg, Miss.; son Oliver Benton of
Milton, Miami Co.,
g. sons Alexander and John Corson,
sons of my dau. Susan dec'd. wife of John
Corson; dau. Nancy Metcalf, wife of Elijah
Metcalf; my late mother Mary Jones
Executor: son William H. Benton
Witnesses David Henderson, Henry Stoddard |
| D |
BETSON, JOHN |
69 |
|
Dated Dec. 4,
1837 |
Rec. Apr. 14,
1843 |
| |
Sons, David and
John Betson;
dau. Margaret, Jemima, Martha
g. son William, son of my dau. Isabel
Executor: son David Betson
Witnesses Jacob Neible, J. E. Neible |
| D |
BICKEL, JACOB |
162 |
|
Dated July 2,
1844 |
Rec. Aug. 5,
1844 |
| |
Sons, Thomas,
Jacob, Rudolph;
dau. Elizabeth, Christina, Sarah, Catharine,
wife of John Stiver
Executor: my three sons
Witnesses Peter W. Artz, John Swartzel |
| A |
BICKEL, John |
107 |
Verbal |
|
Rec. May 2, 1815 |
| |
In presence of John
Staver and Maria Bickel
Son Simon land where he now lives;
son Henry; other ch. George Bickel |
| A |
BICKLE, MARY, Widow |
178 |
Washington Twp. |
Dated June 27,
1819 |
Rec. Sep. 14,
1819 |
| |
Dau. Barbara;
son John;
to Henry Bickle and Simon Bickle a note due on
Thomas Bickle
Executor: George Shaffer
Witnesses Henry Shuey, Andrew Etzler |
| B |
BIGGER, JOHN |
170 |
|
Dated Dec. 29,
1831 |
Rec. Jan. 20,
1832 |
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To be buried at
Sugar Creek Meeting House;
wife Mary;
sons, Thomas, John, Joseph, William, James;
dau. Sally Vaneaton, Hannah Holmes, Mary
Stevenson;
to John, Mary and Henry McBride 25¢
each; to Jane McBride if she lives with her
grandmother her life time.
Executor: sons Thomas and James Bigger
Witnesses Joseph White, Thomas White |
| C |
BILLHIMER, JACOB |
361 |
Perry Twp. |
Dated Dec. 8,
1837 |
Rec. Mar. 2,
1841 |
| |
Wife, Susanna;
ch. Abraham, Jacob, Esther, wife of Henry
Hilderbrand, Peggy, wife of John Copelan,
Elizabeth, wife of Simon Connor, have received;
other ch. Henry, Polly, Catharine, Susanna,
Solomon, Samuel
Executor: son, Abraham and Abraham Earbaugh
Witnesses Samuel Heistand, David Shook (Shock) |
| D |
BIRELY, HENRY |
356 |
|
Dated Dec. 24,
1846 |
Rec. Apr. 20,
1847 |
| |
Wife, Martha;
dau. Mary Ann;
son, William Birely
Executors: bro. William Birely,
bro-in-law Levi Ammon
Witness: John Burnett, George Birely. |
| B |
BONNER, JOHN |
35 |
German Twp. |
Dated June 11,
1828 |
Rec. Aug. 6,
1828 |
| |
Wife Sarah;
ch. Elizabeth, Mary, Margaret, John
Executor: Michael Gunckel, George Rowe
Witnesses James Greer, Philip Gunckel |
| D |
BOOKWALTER,
GERHART |
432 |
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Dated Aug. 5,
1847 |
Rec. Aug. 22,
1848 |
| |
Sons, Benjamin, Jacob, Samuel, Solomon and Levi
Bookwalter; dau. Catharine, wife of Otho
Brumbaugh; Maria, wife of William W. Hill,
Susan, widow of Daniel John dec'd.;
Elizabeth, wife of George Wagoner
Executors: David Heck and son-in-law William
Hill
Witnesses: Samuel Keller, John Huffman |
| A |
BOWEN, LEVI |
3 |
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Dated Mar. 6,
1806 |
Feb. 18, 1808 |
| |
Wife, Ann;
dau. Mary, a minor
Executor: Joseph Hancock, James Scott
Witnesses Robert Scott, Benjamin Wallingsford |
| D |
BOWMAN, JOHN |
61 |
|
Dated Akpr. 9,
1838 |
Rec. Apr. 4,
1843 |
| |
Wife, Magdalena;
dau. Susanna Stooky of Berkeley, Co., Va.;
g. son John Smith, son of my dec'd dau.
Catharine Smith;
ch. Easter Waggoner, Mary Lear, Jacob,
Elizabeth, John and Benjamin Bowman
Executor: sons, John and Benjamin Bowman
Witnesses James A. Riely, John Waggoner |
| D |
BOWMAN, Joseph |
362 |
(Copy Montgomery
Co. Mr. 4, 1847) |
Dated Dec. 24,
1846 |
Rec. Feb. 1830
Rockingham Co., Va. |
| |
Wife, (not by name)
son, Samuel Bowman;
dau. Elizabeth, Esther, Mary;
to dau. Magdalena land in the State of Ohio
where she now lives (Jackson Twp. Montgomery
Co.) and her heirs, viz. Joseph, Elizabeth,
Samuel, Mary, Esther, Isaac, Magdalene and David
Bright.
Executor: son, Samuel Bowman
Witnesses: Martin Yount, Joseph Yount, Nead |
| A |
BOWSER, Daniel, Jr. |
63 |
|
Dated Jan. 4,
1813 |
Rec. Jan. 20,
1813 |
| |
Wife, Anne and all
my ch.
Executor: wife and bro. Henry Bowser
Witnesses William Bowser, Nathaniel Stutsman |
| D |
BRABHAM, CHARLES
M. |
93 |
|
Dated Akpr. 20,
1843 |
Rec. May 5, 1843 |
| |
Bro. Joseph Brabham
Executor: Ebenezer Fowler
Witnesses John Shelby, John B. Craighead,
Patrick J. Slavin |
| B |
BRADFORD,
MARGARET R. |
128 |
|
Dated Jan. 17,
1838 |
Rec. Feb. 7,
1838 |
| |
Husband William
Bradford all my right, title, etc. in estate of
my father Anthony Logan
Witnesses John L. Bellville, Joseph Bigger |
| B |
BRAND, ABRAHAM |
122 |
Perry Twp. |
Dated Sept. 26,
1836 |
Rec. Mar. 7,
1838 |
| |
Sons, Daniel, John,
David, Adam;
dau. Catharine, Rebecca, Elizabeth, Esther,
Barbara
Executor: David Krieder
Witnesses Jacob Spitler, Samuel Brumbaugh. |
| D |
BRENNER, JACOB |
334 |
|
Dated Aug. 3,
1843 |
Rec. Nov. 13,
1846 |
| |
Wife, Elizabeth;
all my ch.
Executor: son, Solomon Brenner
Witnesses: Thomas Crook, Walter Crook, Oliver
Crook |
| B |
BRENNER, LEWIS |
331 |
|
Dated Feb. 25,
1833 |
Rec. 30, 1834 |
| |
Wife, Doratha;
sons, Michael and Jacob;
dau. Catharine Brandenburg, Mary Fogle,
Elizabeth Augh (Aughe) Sarah Booher;
three ch. of dau. Nancy Replogle dec'd.
Wife app. Adm.
Witnesses Henry Brandenburg, John Henin |
| D |
BRICE, MARGARET |
221 |
|
Dated Apr. 17,
1843 |
Rec. May 26,
1845 |
| |
Sons, Amos A.,
Washington K., Jonathan and William C. Brice;
son James Brice dec'd;
g. sons, John B. Kearby (Kirby) and Jonathan
Kearby;
to Sarah K. Woods and her son John K. Woods.
Executors: sons J. K. Brice, W. K. Brice, W. C.
Brice
Witnesses: Jacob Nieble, J. E. Nieble |
| A |
BROADSTONE, JACOB |
221 |
|
Dated June 30,
1821 |
Rec. Feb. 26,
1822 |
| |
Wife, Catharine;
sons, Christian, Jacob, Matthew, Leonard;
dau. Susannah Frankhouser, Margaret Barr,
Christena Bowman, Elizabeth Fryman, Catharine
Mong.
Executor: son Christian Broadstone
Witnesses John Wertz, Joseph Mikesell |
| D |
BROADWELL, EPHRAIM |
464 |
|
Dated Feb. 11,
1849 |
Rec. Feb. 27,
1849 |
| |
Wife, Jane;
sons, Simeon L. and John;
ch. of son, William, dec'd.
Executors: sons, Simeon and John Broadwell
Witnesses: Simeon Braodwell, J. Grove Stutesman |
| A |
BROADWELL, SIMEON |
508 |
|
Dated Aug. 28
1826 |
Rec. Apr. 26,
1827 |
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Sons, Lewis and
Josiah;
ch. of my son Silas Broadwell; to Abbie Wood who
now lives in my family
Executor: sons, Ephriam, Josiah and Lewis
Broadwell
Witnesses William M. Smith, George S. Houston,
Stephen Witcher, Jr. |
| B |
BROWER,
JOHN |
131 |
|
Dated Sept. 25,
1830 |
Rec. Mar. 14,
1831 |
| |
Wife (not by name);
dau. Elizabeth and Catharine
Executor: Jacob Rinehart
Witnesses John McClure, Henry Brown |
| A |
BROWER, JOHN, SR. |
52 |
|
Dated Dec. 27,
1811 |
Rec. Jan. 4,
1813 |
| |
Wife, Mary;
all my sons and sons-in-law;
George Brower, youngest son
Executor: wife and son John Brower
Witnesses W. Browne, Jacob Sinks, Johannes
Starbow |
| A |
BROWN, HENRY |
273 |
|
Dated May 15,
1823 |
Rec. May 24,
1823 |
| |
Wife, Catharine;
ch. Robert P., Henry L., Eliza, Rebecca
Executor: wife Catharine Brown and Henry
Stoddard
Witnesses David Reid, Joseph H. Crane |
| D |
BROWN, JAMES |
418 |
Perry Twp. -
Verbal |
Dated Apr. 29,
1848 |
Rec. May 3, 1848 |
| |
Wife,
Barbara Brown;
father, Henry Brown and George Wombatt to settle
estate.
Witnesses: Elizabeth Wombatt, Elizabeth Brown,
Joseph Cline |
| D |
BROWN, JOHN |
337 |
Boone Co., Ky.,
formerly of Woodridge, NJ |
Dated Jan. 22,
1824 |
Rec. Montgomery
Co., Apr. 28, 1837 |
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"Having been living
since the twenty-second day of Oct. in the year
1751" ... Son John Brown born in my house
the 11th day of Aug. last;
dau. Clarissa Harlow Pike and her dau. Clarissa
Brown Harrison;
nephew, John Brown, son of Benjamin A. Brown;
sister, Mary Marsh, wife of Daniel Marsh, and
her son, Thomas Marsh;
best friend Abigail Baxter
Witnesses: And. Porter, John Keeley, James
Terrell |
| B |
BROWN, SAMUEL |
74 |
|
Dated Sep. 16,
1827 |
Rec. Oct. 24,
1829 |
| |
Wife, Mary Brown;
dau. Ann Patty, wife of James Patty;
ch. of my son Samuel Brown; ch. of my oldest son
Joshua Brown dec'd., of Charleston, S.
Car., one dollar demanded
Executor: wife, Mary Brown
Witnesses Samuel Teague, Jno. Coate, Jacob
Tucker |
| D |
BRUEN, LLUTHER |
487 |
|
Dated June 28,
1849 |
Rec. July 9,
1849 |
| |
Wife, Susan B. Bruen; my several ch.
Executors: son, David H. Bruen, Son-in-law
Robert G. Corwin
Witnesses: John Folkerth, S. L. Broadwell |
| D |
BRUMBAUGH, DAVID |
191 |
Madison Twp. |
Dated May 28,
1844 |
Rec. Dec. 17,
1844 |
| |
Wife, Catharine;
son, John;
dau. Elizabeth Bursan, Catharine Brumbaugh
Executor: son John Brumbaugh, son-in-law Jacob
Deahl
Witnesses Jacob Rife, Jacob Vaniman |
| D |
BRUMBAUGH, GEORGE |
421 |
|
Dated Apr. 19,
1845 |
Rec. May 15,
1848 |
| |
Wife, Elizabeth;
son, Samuel;
son-in-law, Jacob Rife
Executors: son, Samuel Brumbaugh and Jacob Rife
Witnesses: Samuel Heistand, Abraham Erbaugh,
George Miller |
| A |
BUCKLEY, JAMES |
505 |
|
Dated Jan. 17,
1827 |
Rec. Mar. 5,
1827 |
| |
Bro. Thomas and
Joseph Buckley;
sister Grace Buckley;
sister Ann Mill's ch., two girls and one boy
Executor: Richard Landham, James Dunkerly
Witnesses John Umholts, William Moffit, William
Wallace |
| A |
BURKHARD, HENRY |
145 |
|
Dated Sept. 5,
1817 |
Rec. 23, 1817 |
| . Molly, Elizabeth,
Anna, Barbara |
Wife Elizabeth;
sons, John, George, Isaac, Charles, Martin;
dau. Molly, Elizabeth, Anna, Barbara
Executor: son John and John Hesler
Witnesses Abraham Hess, John Miller |
| A |
BURKHARD, JEHU |
285 |
|
|
Rec. Oct. 13,
1823 |
| |
All my heirs, Mary
Huntsinger, Christian Burkhard, John Burkhard,
Magdelena Fair, the heirs of Henry Burkhard
dec'd; ch. of Elizabeth Hire and Barbara Hire
and Abraham Burkhard and Nathaniel Burkhard
Executor: Jacob Bowman, John kessler
Witnesses David Miller, William Brombaugh. |
| C |
BURNS, JOHN |
351 |
|
Dated Jul. 1,
1839 |
Rec. Oct. 9,
1840 |
| |
Wife, Cynthia
Burns;
dau. Margaret and Fanny;
sons, John and Jeremiah M.;
g. son, Joseph McCammon, son of Eliza J.
McCammon
Executor wife Cynthia Burns and James
Perrine
Witnesses John Anderson, Hiram Wyatt |
| B |
BURTNER, GEORGE |
116 |
|
Dated Dec. 5,
1837 |
Rec. Mar. 6,
1838 |
| |
Wife, Catharine;
sons, John, Joseph and Henry Bertner;
dau. Fanny Kumler, Catharine Burtner
Executor: son Jacob Burtner and Benjamin Wilhelm
Witnesses Peter Kaufman, James G. Berry |
| B |
BUTT, ADAM |
224 |
Jackson Twp. |
Dated June 20,
1832 |
Rec. Mar. 21,
1833 |
| |
Sons, John and
Solomon;
dau. Catharine Shroyer, Magdeline Felkert, wife
of Philip Felkert, Elizabeth Indy, wife of
Henry Indy, Susanna Butt
Executor: Son Henry Butt
Witnesses Henry Shideler, Peter Dryer |
| D |
BUTT, HENRY |
325 |
|
Dated July 25,
1843 |
Rec. Sept. 12,
1846 |
| |
Sons, John, Henry
and Benjamin Butt;
g. dau. Anna and Elizabeth McReynolds and
g. sons John and Robert McReynolds, ch. of my
dec'd dau. Barbara McReynolds
Exeuctors: Evey Campbell, Henry Harter
Witnesses: Margaretta Varian, Anna Maria Martin |
| B |
BUTT, JACOB |
320 |
|
Dated June 16,
1834 |
Rec. July 30,
1834 |
| |
Wife Esther Butt;
youngest dau. Eve; heirs of my dau. Susanna
Shaffer; heirs of dau. Elizabeth Isenberger;
heirs of Polly Huffman; heirs of Catharine
Glasford; dau. Sarah Dowler; sons, Jacob,
Solomon, Samuel and Valentine Butt.
Executor: son Samuel and Jacob Neibel
Witnesses John Niebel, Henry Miller, Michael
Long |
| D |
BUXTON, CHARLES |
417 |
|
Dated Mar. 27,
1845 |
Rec. Apr. 19,
1848 |
| |
Mother, Sarah Buxton;
sister, Tacy Buxton
Executor: John C. Negley
Witnesses: Christian Eshelman, Michael M.
Schaeffer |
| D |
BYERS, CATHARINE |
197 |
|
Dated Nov. 11,
1835 |
Rec. Dec. 16,
1844 |
| |
Son, William Byers;
to Nancy Byers, wid of my son Robert and her
heirs, viz. Alexander, James, Robert, Agnes,
Jane, William, George and David
Executor: son William Byers
Witnesses: David Petticrew, John Garrett |
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