JOHANN
JACOB BANKERT’S WILL
In
the name of God, Amen.
The twentieth day of January, A.D. one thousand seven hundred and
eighty
three. I Jacob Banker of Frederick County and state of Maryland being
weak
in body but of perfect mind and memory, thanks be to God for it,
remembering
the mortality of all Flesh and that it is appointed for all men once to
die, do make and ordain this my last will and Testament that is to say
first of all I give and recomend my soul unto the hands of God that
gave
it and my body to the Earth to be decently buryed in Christian like
manner
till the comon resurection believing that all men must appear before
almighty
God, and as touching such worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God
to bless me in this life, I give and dispose of the same in the
following
manner and form.
Imprimis.
It is my will
and I do order that in the first place all my just debts and funeral
charges
be paid and satisfied, and then I give and bequeath to my beloved wife
Ester one good feather bed with Bedstead and curtains with compleat
furniture
thereto belonging and as much as the kitchen furniture as she may be in
need of and the chest with all what is in it that belongs to her is to
be given to her and the choice out of my cows she is to take and is to
have one and then I give to her my said wife Ester the sum of Three
Hundred
pounds good hard specie, the said money to be taken from the first
money
that becomes due. I give to my oldest son Jacob ten pounds good hard
specie
for a foremost present.
Second:
then I give and
bequeath unto him the said my son Jacob one hundred and twenty five
acres
of Land situated and lying on or near great pipe creek being part of a
Tract of Land called Carolina and part of the addition to Carolina, and
part of a Tract called Ohio to make up the full quantity of one hundred
and twenty five acres of Land as aforesaid next adjoining to the House
where the said my son Jacob now lives, to be laid of to him by way as
Christian
Bower has begun, and finished for him and his heirs and assigns
forever,
the said my son Jacob his heirs or assigns paying the just and full sum
of one hundred and twenty pounds good hard specie that money to be paid
to my Executors and Guardians that is to say twenty five pounds one
year
after my decease and so on twenty five pounds every year until the
whole
is paid. ITEM I give and bequeath unto my second son John the
full
and just quantity of one hundred and twenty five acres of Land being
situate
near great Pipe Creek as aforesaid being part of a Tract called
Carolina
as aforesaid and part of a Tract called Ohio aforesaid and part of a
Tract
called Hill Spring, and part of a tract called Christophers Lott and
Ohio
on outside line of Peter Michael running a tourts Philip Nail so as to
make up the full quantity of one hundred and twenty five acres to be
laid
off by Christian Bower next adjoining the house where the said my son
John
now lives to be described to him his heirs and assigns for ever he or
them
paying the just and full sum of Sixty five pounds to my Executors and
guardians
that is to say twenty pounds one year after my decease and twenty
pounds
two years after my Decease and twenty five pounds the third year after
my Decease. ITEM. I give and bequeath unto my third son Peter the full
and just quantity of one hundred and twenty five acres of Land situate
near Pipe Creek as aforesaid being part of a tract called Ohio as
aforesaid
and part of a Tract called Carolina aforesaid and part of a Tract
called
Christophers Lott to make up the said one hundred and twenty five acres
of Land next adjoining the improvements he lately made on the Deep Run
to be laid of by the aforesaid Christian Bower, to him the said my son
Peter his heirs and assigns for ever he or them paying the full and
just
sum of fifty pounds good and hard specie to my Executors and guardians
that is to say Twenty five pounds one year after my decease and twenty
five pounds two years after my decease. ITEM. I give and bequeath unto
my son Christophel the full and just quantity of one hundred and twenty
five acres of Land situate near pipe Creek aforesaid being part of a
tract
called Hill spring and part of a tract call Christophers Lott and Ohio
on the outside line of Peter Michael running a tourts Nail so as to
make
up the full quantity of one hundred and twenty five acres to be laid of
by Christian Bower next as to join the improvements my son Christophel
hath made to be discribed him my said son Christophel his heirs and
assigns
for ever he or they paying the full and just sum of sixty fife pounds
to
my Executors and Guardians that is to say Twenty pounds two years after
my decease and twenty five pounds the third year after my Decease.
ITEM.
I give and bequeath to my Eldest Toughter Margarett the full and just
quantity
of fifty acres, thirty acres being part of a Tract called Ohio, Twenty
acres being part of Ohio and part of Carolina to be laid of by the said
Christian Bower to her and her heirs and assigns forever she or they
paying
for the twenty acres the full and just sum of forty pounds specie to my
Executors or guardians to be taken out of her portion hereafter
described
or mentioned. ITEM. I give and bequeath to my fifth son Abraham the
full
and just sum of fifty pounds good hard specie, the money is to be taken
form such money that will become due from the mill and place where I
now
Dwell at as hereafter mentioned. ITEM. I give to my sixth son Henry the
full and just sum of fifty good hard specie to be taken out of the same
money as just mentioned from the mill and place above said and Abraham
and Henry my two last sons are to be paid when they become of age and
the
money is due or received from the mill and place. ITEM. It is to be and
it is my will and desire that my mill and my land that is to say my
plantation
with the mill and all Land belonging to be or remaining in my
possession
after my four sons, namely Jacob, John, Peter and Christophel and my
Daughter
Margaret have taken their portion as before mentioned is all to be sold
after my decease and the money whatsoever it will be sold for is to be
divided amongst my six Daughters and two sons namely to my son Abraham
and to my son Henry and then to my Daughter Margareth and to my
Daughter
Catharine and to Magdalena and to my Daughter Mary and to my Daughter
Judith
and to my Daughter Ester and all their money is to be divided so that
each
of the aforesaid six Daughters and my two youngest sons is to have an
equal
share of the same and what sum or sum is to be paid from my four eldest
sons as namely Jacob, John, Peter and Christophel, that is to say
ninety
pounds the first year after my Decease and ninety pounds two years
after
my decease and three years after my decease seventy five pounds, the
fourth
year after my decease twenty five pounds and the fifth year after my
decease
twenty pounds all this money namely three Hundred pounds is to be
dividet
and an equal share to be given to the above mentioned six Daughters and
two sons namely my son Abraham and my son Henry and my Daughter
Margareth
and Chatarina my Daughter Mary and my Daughter Magdalena and my
Daughter
Judith and my Daughter Ester so that each of them is to have an equal
part
of it. And then all the residue of my personal Eastate shall be equally
divided amongst my twelf children that is to say if they among
themselfs,
can agree they my twlef children may join and Divided among themself
peaceable
and if in case the cannot agree my two Executors or guardians shall be
fully empowered to divide it among them twelf and give a eaqual part to
each of them, and if after my Decease their should be any Debts due to
me or my Executors as upon Bonds notes or Book Debts all such moneys is
to be demanded and received by my Executors and Divided among my above
said six Daughters and two younger sons namely to my son Abraham to my
son Henry and to my Daughter Margareth and to my Daughter Chatarina to
my Daughter Mary and to my Daughter Magdalene and to my Daughter Judith
and to my Daughter Ester. And I do hereby make constitute and ordain my
beloved friend David Shriver and Jacob Cassel to be my sole Executors
of
this my last will and Testament and to be guardians of all my children
in there minority as well as to do to my other children agreeable to
the
intent and meaning of this my last will and Testament Ratifying and
confirming
this and no other to be my last will and Testament. In witness whereof
I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year above written.
Jacob
Banker
Signed
sealed and delivered,
Published
and pronounced
and
declared
by the said
Jacob
Benker
as his last will
in the
presence
of us the subscribers
Charles
Angel
John
Angel
Jacob
Angel
John
Miller
Frederick
County, June 3d, 1789
Then came Charles Angel and John Angel two of the subscribing witnesses to the aforegoing last will and Testament of Jacob Banker late of Frederick County deceased and made oath 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 knowledge of a sound and disposing mind memory and understanding, that they respectively subscribed their names as witnesses to this will in the presence and at the request of the Testator and that they did also see Jacob Angel and John Miller sign their names as witnesses thereto in the presence and at the request of the Testator and all in the presence of each other.
Geo. Murdock, Reg.
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