JOHANN JACOB BANKERT, JR’S WILL
In
the Name of God,
Amen. I
Jacob Bankert of Frederick County in the state of Maryland, being sick
and weak in body, but of sound and disposing mind, memory and
understanding,
considering the Certainty of death and the uncertainty of the time
thereof
& being desirous to settle my worldly affairs, and thereby be the
better
prepared to leave this world when it shall please god to call me home,
do therefore make and publish this my last will and Testament in manner
and form following, that is to say – First and principally I Commit my
soul into the hands of almighty God and my body to the earth to be
decently
buried at the discretion of my Executors herein after named, and after
my Debts and funeral charges are paid, I desire and bequeath as follows. I
give and bequeath unto my daughter Catharine Bankert, all my personal
property
of every description whatsoever that I now own and possess to her the
said
Catherine her heirs and assigns forever. I
give devise and bequeath unto the sons & daughters of my son John
Bankert
(deceased) namely Isaac Banker, Elizabeth Bankert, James Bankert,
Rebekah
Bankert, David Bankert, Elias Bankert, owen Bankert, Henry Bankert
&
Maria Bankert all that part of my Real estate, which I purchased from
Samuel
Owings containing about twenty acres of land, & also about twenty
acres
of land part of the plantation whereon I now reside, it being all that
part of my Real Estate, which my son John Bankert had in his possession
in his life time & now in possession of my son John’s widow divided
by amiddle fence from my planation, to them the said Isaac, Elizabeth,
james, Rebekah, David, Elias, owen, Henry, & Maria, share &
share
alike.
I
give devise &
bequeath unto my son Peter Bankert,
all the ret and residue of my Real Estate, that I now own and possess,
not hereinbefore devised, on conditions that the said Peter Bankert
shall
pay the sum of Sixteen Hundred Dollars current money to such persons
and
at such times, as I shall herein after direct. It
is my will and desire ths the foregoing Sixteen Hundred Dollars shall
be
divided into Eight Equal annual payments of Two Hundred Dollars Each to
be paid as follows. It is my
will that the first payment of two Hundred Dollars shall be paid to my
son Mathias Bankert, or to his heirs one year after my decease, my will
further is that the second, third and fourth annual payments of two
Hundred
Dollars each shall be equally divided between my son Jacob Bankert and
my Daughter Ester Hinds & my Daughter Catharine Bankert annually,
share
and share alike, as they become due and my will further is that the
fifth,
sixth, seventh & eighth annual payments of two hundred Dollars
Each,
shall be paid annually and equally divided between my sons Jacob
Bankert
& Mathias Bankert and my daughters Ester Hinds, Catharine Bankert,
share and share alike, as they become due, no Interest to be charged
when
there is no payment due, the forgoing payments are to be a lien on my
real
estate. It is my will that
about one Hundred and five dollars be deducted out of my son Jacob
Bankert’s
Legacys to be applied towards the payment of a judgment which Andrew
Shriver
appears to have recovered against me, on my son Jacob Bankert’s account. It
is my will and desire, that if my son Peter Bankert should refuse to
take
my Real Estate, on the Conditions herein before stated, I then, and in
that case direct the same to be sold by my executors hereinafter named,
as soon as possible after my decease to the best advantage and the
proceeds
of such sale, to be equally divided between my children, namely Jacob
Bankert,
Mathias Bankert, Peter Bankert, Ester Hinds & Catharine Bankert
share
and share alike. And Lastly
I do hereby constitute and appoint my son Peter Bankert and my son in
law
Patrick Hinds to be sole Executors of this my last will and Testament. Authorising
my said Executors to Convey by deed of conveyance all property that
they
sell under the directions of this my last will and testament, Revoking
and annulling all former wills by me heretofore made, ratifying &
confirming
this & no other to be my last will & Testament. In
testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed my seal this
2d day of May 1824.
Signed,
sealed,
published and
Declared
by Jacob
Bankert the above
Named
Testator as and
for his last
will
and Testament,
in the presents of
us
who at his request
in his presence
and
in the presents
of each other have
subscribed
our names
as witnesses
thereto.
Jacob
Mathias
David
Leister
Robert
Crawford
John
Bonder
Frederick
County, to
wit, on the 16th
day of February 1825 then came Peter Bankert and made oath on the Holy
Evangely of Almighty God that the foregoing Instrument of willing is
the
true whole will and testament of Jacob Bankert, late of Frederick
County
deceased that hath come to his hands and possession and that he doth
not
Know of any other.
Frederick County to wit. On the 16th day of February 1825, there came Jacob Mathias and Robert Crawford two of the subscribing witnesses to the foregoing last will and Testament of Jacob Bankert, late of Frederick county, deceased, and made oath on the Holy Evangely of Almighty God that they did see the Testator therein named sign and seal this will, that they heard him publish, pronounce, and declare the same to be his last will and Testament, that at the time of his so doing he was to the best of their apprehensions of a sound and disposing mind, memory and understanding that they together with David Leister and John Bonder the other subscribing witnesses to this will respectively subscribed their names as witnesses to this will in the presence and at the request of the Testator and all in the presence of each other.
To the Register of wills of Frederick County: The appointment made by Jacob Bankert late of Frederick County, deceased, as an Executor in his will, I do hereby refuse, and decline being an Executor, as witness to my hand this 14th day of August 1824.
Patrick Hinds
Witness
Peter
Erb
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