Last Will & Testament - MICHAEL HARLAN

Will proved 1 Jul 1729

The Last Will & Testament of Michael Harlan, of London Grove Township, in Ye County of Chester, in Ye province of pennsilvania, made the Thirteenth Day of twelfth month in ye yeare of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & Twentyeight being Weak in Body but of sound mind & memory thanks be given to almighty God therefore Considering my Mortall estate am Wiling TO Dispose & settle my Temporall Estate Goods & Chattles in the Manner following First bequeathing my Soul into the hands of Almighty God & my Body to the Earth to be Decently Buryed at ye Discretion of my Exers hereafter named.

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I Give & Bequeath to my son George Harlan & his Heirs forever the one moyety of Land I purchased being upon a branch of Elk Rive ye run of water that passes my son in Law Flowers house to be his boundry.

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I Give & Bequeath to my son in Law Richard Flower & his Heirs forever that part of said Tract upon ye Branch of Elk River that he now Dwelleth upon.

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I Give & Bequeath to my son James Harlan & his Heirs forever that Tract of Land upon Octorao Creek being four hundred acres in all.

Item I Give & Bequeath to my Daughter Dinah Harlan Thirty pounds Currant money of pennsilvania to be paid by my son James Harlan and Thirty pounds to me Michael Harlan to be paid out of ye aforesaid four hundred acres.

ItemI Give & Bequeath to my son Michael Harlan & his Heirs forever one hundred & fify acres of Land being in London Grove Township Together with Fourty acres part of the Tract I now Dwell upon.

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I Give & Bequeath to my son Solomon Harlan & his Heirs forever my Dwelling house & plantation & Land belonging thereunto Excepting the Fourty Acres to my son Michael.

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I Give & Bequeath to my son Thomas harlan Ten pounds Currant money of pennsilvania.

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I Give & Bequeath to my Grand child Dinah Harland Daughter to my son George Five pounds Currant money of pennsilvania.

Item My Will is that my Execrs after named Sell & Dispose of one hundred acres of Land upon Octoraro Creek & one hundred acres lying in London Grove upon Nottingham Road.

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my will is that after my just debts are paid & my wifes Thirds Deducted out of my Goods & Chattles and any Remains be except the htree houses and the utensills Belonging to me I Bequeath to my son Solomon Harlan.

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I Bequeath all the above sd Remains if any there be to be equally Divided amongst my Eldest Children.

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I do hereby Constitute & appoint my sons George Thomas & Stephen Harlan my sole Exers of this my Last Will & Testament.

Michael Harlan (seal)

In Witness whereof I have hereunto se my hand & Seal -- Edward Flower

Witnesses -- Jno. Starr

From p. 9 of:
Alpheus Harlan, compiler
History and Genealogy
of the
Harland Family
and Particularly of
the Descendants of
George and Michael Harlan
Who Settled in Chester County, Pa., 1687

From p. 9 of: Alpheus Harlan, compiler History and Genealogy of the Harland Family and Particularly of the Descendants of George and Michael Harlan Who Settled in Chester County, Pa., 1687

From p. 9 of:
Alpheus Harlan, compiler
History and Genealogy
of the
Harland Family
and Particularly of
the Descendants of
George and Michael Harlan
Who Settled in Chester County, Pa., 1687