Franklin County PA Wills, Probate Records, Orphan's Court and Posted Notices, Estate Sales of Deceased
Franklin County, Pennsylvania
Will Book A, Page 494-496
Dated 6 Aug 1784, Proved 31 Oct 1785
Will of GEORGE ADAM COOK
In the name of God Amen, I GEORGE ADAM COOK of Washington Township in the County of Cumberland and State of Pennsylvania, Do this Sixth Day of August in the year of our Lord one Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty four, make and ordain this my Last will and Testament in Manner following, that is to say, I give my Son GEORGE COOK the sum of Five pounds Proragation and I give him my said Son GEORGE the Mill and Plantation whereon he now lives adjoining DANIEL McCOY, JOHN SIGRIST, & SAMUEL HARSHBERGER and the wood Land I Hold on the South Mountain adjoining LODWICK STOLL and JOHN SMITH, I also give to my said Son, and to my son ADAM COOK I give one Hundred and Forty five acres of Land to be Laid off to him adjoining DAVID HINMAN, JACOB HECK, ALLIANNDER McCLINTUCK and Land that I hereafter shall give to my son MICHAEL COOK and I Do also give to my son MICHAEL COOK one Hundred and forty five Acres of Land to be Laid off to him adjoining DANIEL POORMAN and the Land I herein before give to my son ADAM and my old Plantation, and to my son JACOB COOK I give one Hundred and Fifty five Acres of Land part of my old Plantation to be Laid off to him adjoining JOHN LEAP and JOHN STOTT, and I give to my son JOHN COOK one Hundred and Forty five Acres of Land to be Laid off to him Adjoining GEORGE HELMAN, and EZEKIEL CHAMBERS, and I give to my Son CHRISTIAN COOK one Hundred and Forty five acres of Land to be Laid off to him adjoining DAVID HINMAN, ADAM FLICK and Land I shall hereafter give to my son DANIEL and I give to my Son DANIEL COOK one Hundred and Forty five Acres of Land to be Laid off to him Adjoining ABRAHAM KNEPPER, ADAM FLICK and PETER BENEDICK and I give to my son PETER COOK my old Plantation whereon I now Live which is to Contain one Hundred and Eighty Acres of Land Together with all and Singular the improvements and Appurtenances hereunto belonging and his Medow shall extend from the Spring Down to an Asp Sapling Standing on the East side of the medow and from Said Sapling by a Straight west line above the medow, and Twenty five acres more of my medow Ground shall be laid off below said asp sapling so that the whole may be Watered with my spring and shall be Divided in five Equal Lots so that every Lot shall Contain five acres and the first Lot Below the said asp Sapling I give to my son ADAM and the second Lot I give to my son MICHAEL and the third Lot I give to my son JOHN and the fourth Lot I give to my Son CHRISTIAN, and the fifth Lot I give to my son DANIEL, and all the Land and Lots of medow ground hereinbefore Respectively mentioned I give to my said sons To Hold to themselfes their Heirs and assigns Forever and Each of my five sons, that is to say & ADAM, MICHAEL, JOHN, CHRISTIAN, and DANIEL and their Heirs, or assigns, Shall Forever hereafter Have a Free and resonable Passage to and from, their Lots of medow ground without the least hinderance or Molestation from Each other, or from any one of all my said sons or any one of their Heirs or assigns and if my said sons can not agree about Dividing the Land and Lots of Ground, they Shall apply to an orpahsn Court, and the Court Shall appoint Proper Persons in the Neighbourhood to Devide the said Land Between them, and the Persons so appointed shall not Exceed Six - in number and the Land I Hold in the South Mountain Adjoining NICOLAUS BEEDINGER, ABRAHAM KNIPPER and ADAM BRITZ and the Land I Hold in the County of Bedford, I do ordain that both Tracts shall be sold by my Executors Hereafter Mentioned and my Executors Deed or Conveyance shall be as Good and as suficient as if I myself in my Lifetime had Executed them, and the money therefrom arising Shall be Equally Devided among my said sons and out of my Real Estate, I give to my Daughter Catharine the sum of one Hundred Pounds along with the one Hundred pounds which I paid or give to her Husband PETER BINEBREGH some Time ago, and to my Daughter BARBARA the wife of JACOB SNYDER I give the sum of Two Hundred Pounds, and to my Daughter MARY, the sum of two Hundred pounds, and to my Daughter MARGARET the sum of two Hundred pounds, to be paid to my said Daughters, by my said sons as herein after Mentioned, that unto my said son GEORGE pay unto them my said Daughters the sum of two Hundred pounds and Twelve Shillings and six pence in Manner following, that is to say, Twenty Pounds one year after my decease and then yearly and every year the sum of Seventy Pounds until the whole sum of Two Hundred pounds and Twelve shillings and six pence shall be fully paid and my son ADAM shall pay unto my said Daughters the sum of Seventy five pounds Twelve Shillings and six pence, to wit, one year after my Decease the sum of Ten Pounds and then yearly and every the sum of Ten pounds until the whole sum of Seventy five pounds twelve Shillings and Six pence shall be fully paid and my Son MICHAEL Shall pay unto them my said Daughters the sum of Thirty five Pounds twelve Shillings and six pence in Manner following to wit one year after my Desease the sum of Ten pounds and then yearly and Every year the sum of Ten pounds until the whole sum of Thirty five pounds Twelve Shillings and six pence Shall be fully paid, and my sons JACOB, JOHN, CHRISTIAN and DANIEL each of them shall pay unto them my said Daughters the sum of thirty five pounds Twelve Shillings and six pence, in Manner following, to wit one year after my Desease Each of them the sum of Ten pounds and then yearly the sum of Ten pounds until the sum of one Hundred and forty two pounds and ten shillings shall be fully paid, and my son Peter shall pay unto my said Daughters the sum of Two Hundred and thirty five pounds twelve Shillings and six pense, in manner following to wit, one year after my Desease the sum of Twenty Pounds and then yearly and Every year the sum of Twenty Pounds until he whole sum of Two Hundred and thirty five Pounds shall be fully paid, and it is further my will that my son PETER shall live with my son GEORGE until he shall be Twenty one years of age and my son GEORGE shall have the whole Command of him and his Estate During said Time, and my son GEORGE Shall give an account of the Same and Shall pay the Legatees for him as their Payments comes Due, and my Daughters, MARY and MARGRET Shall be furnished with Household furniture &c out of my Personal Estate as my other two Daughters namely CATHERINE and BARBARA was furnished and my Daughter MARY shall have Ten pounds Extraortinary, and then my Personal Estate shall be Equally divided among the whole of my Children, and it is further my will, that my sons JACOB, JOHN, CHRISTIAN, DANIEL and PETER, shall have my Plantation I herein before give to my son PETER in Possession for the Term of two year after my Desease and shall have the whole Benefit of the same, and I Nominate and appoint my sons GEORGE, ADAM, & MICHAEL to be my executors of this my Last Will and Testament, and I Refuse and Disanull all wills and Testaments by me, herebefore made, and Confirm this as my Last will and Testament. In Witness Whereof I have Hereunto Set my hand and Seal the Day and year first above Written. GEORGE ADAM COOK (signed in German)
Signed Sealed and Pronounsed by the said GEORGE ADAM COOK as his Last Will and Testament in the Presence of us who was present at the Signing and Sealing hereof. ANTHONY SNIDER, JOHANNES? GARMANN? (signed in German), SAMUEL ROYER
Franklin County ss. Before me the Subscriber ss? Personally Came ANTHONY SNIDER, JOHN HUMONY?, & SAMUEL ROYER the Subscribing Witnesses to the foregoing & within Instrument of writing and on their the Said ANTHONY & JOHN's oath, & the Said SAMUEL's affirmation Doth say that they were personally present and Saw & heard the within named GEORGE ADAM COOK sign his name unto & Seal and publish the foregoing Instrument of writing as and for his Last Will and Testament and that at the time of the doing there of he said GEORGE ADAM COOK was of Sound indisposing mind memory and understanding to the best of their Knowledge and belief And that they did Respectively Subscribe their names thereto as witnesses at the Same time in the presence of the Said Testator. ANTHONY SNYDER, JOHANNES HUMAN?, SAMUEL ROYER
Sworn and Subscribed before me at Chambersburgh the 31st Day of October 1785. EDW. CRAWFORD JR.
No. 38, A/c of the estate of G. ADAM COOK dec'd filed 20 Jany 1802.
Approved 17 May 1802
Balance 212.4.3
The accompt of GEORGE ADAM & MICHAEL COOK Executors of the last Will and Testament of GEORGE ADAM COOK Late of Guilford Township (note: Guilford Twp, was formed in 1751 while part of Cumberland Co, PA), yeoman deceased of all and Singular the goods and Chattles rights and Credits which were of the said deseased which came to their hands possession or Knowledge as of their payments and disbursements out of and against the same as follows to wit:
Note: details not transcribed
On the 20 Jany 1802 GEORGE, ADAM & MICHL. COOK exors of ADAM COOK dec'd appeared before me & now duly sworn to the truth of the a/c to the best of their knowledge, I have previously examined the same. EDW CRAWFORD, Regr.
Franklin County, Pennsylvania
Will Book A, Page 215-216
Dated 26 June 1791, Proved 19 August 1791
Will of JACOB COOK - Donated by Margaret Gagliardi
In the Name of God Amen. I JACOB COOK of gilforth township in the county of Franklin & state of Pennsylvania yeoman being weak in body but of sound & disposing mind & memory do make and ordain this my last will and testament in manner & form following that is to say it is my will & I orter that all my just debts & funeral Expenses be paid by my Executors hereafter Named.
Item it is my will & Testament that my lawful wife ELISABETH shall have as long she rements my wito the thirth Part of all the Benefied of my hol a staid, and I orter that all my personal Propurte shall be sold and be for the seal I give my wife ELISABETH two Cows witch she gives and I give my wife ELISABTH six sheep witch she gives and I give my wife ELOSABETH my grea hoss.
Item I give onto my wife ELISABETH the bit where we yust to live in. Item I order that no bet shall be sold.
Item I give & bequeath unto my son HENRECHT his heirs & assigns for ever that both of my Plantation his after following with all that Bart within the sait of the bige Roat wher the butting is on.
Item I give & bequeath unto my son JACOB his heirs & assigns for ever all the rementer of my Plantation of the other said the bige not.
Item I order that my son JACOB shall pay after he gat his Cash onto my daughter CHATARINA the sum of fifty pounds speci,
Item lastly I Nominate & apoint my trusty frind FREDRICK ROEMIRE & MANEY STATTER to be my Executors to this my last will & testament and allowing & holding this to be my last will & testament in the presence of us. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal this Twenty sixth day of june A.D. one thousand Seven hundret & Ninety one. JACOB (x) KOCH (his mark)
{Witnesses:} __ (signed in German), MARTIN COOK
N.B. I orter that my sons HINRICK & JACOB shall be sent into shull for two years and the shull Master shall be payed from the Money arising out of the Personal Estate and after mys sons shall have the Eight all the money remending shall be Dividet after my wife ELISABETH shall have terth part in Equal Shars.
Fraklin County ss. On the 19th day of August 1791 JACOB VAN STATERIFILDT and MARTIN COOK the witnesses to the above & within writing app't before me the Subscribing &c and on their Solomn oaths deposeth & saith that they were personally present & saw and heard JACOB COOK now dec'd make his mark unto & seal & publish the foregoing writing as and for his last will and Testament & that at the time of the doing thereof he the said JACOB was of sound & disposing mind memory & understanding according to the best of their knowledge & belief, that their names Signed thereto as witnesses is of their own hands writing done at the same time, and that the Codicel aforesaid was done at the same Time by the direction of the Testator. __ (signed in German), MARTIN COOK
Sowrn & Subscribed before EDW CRAWFORD, Register
A true Copy taken from and commpaired with the original remaining in the Registers office at Chambersburg. EDW CRAWFORD, Register
Both Executors Sworn to file Inventory on or before the 1st day of October next & to Settle in one year or when required According to Law. 19 August 1791
*Francis Graham* Franklin Co, PA dated 04 Aug 1777 probated 23 May 1780,
Contributed by Jeana Gallagher
wife--Mary, daughters--Janet Gordon, Margaret Patterson, Mary Pumeroy, Hannah Pumeroy, Esther w/o James Gibson, Elizabeth w/o James McCarrell and Sarah. Executors: Mary (wife), James McKibbon and John White. Book D p15
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