William Keepers (Group 1) of Chester County, PA

William Keepers (Jr.) (Group 1) of Chester Co., PA

died intestate in 1827

The items copied below are from the William Keepers file at the Chester County Courthouse, West Chester, PA. I have attempted to retain exact spellings, etc., and for general interest, I have included some scanned copies. [JKK – Oct. 5, 2004]

Item A:

I, Ann Keepers, widow & Relict of Wm Kepers (sic) Deceased, late of West Marlborough Township, do hereby Renounce all my Rights & Claims to the Administration of the Estate of Said Deceased and Rights that my sun (sic) Joseph Keepers and Jacob Chalfant Junior be appointed in my Stead to Said Administrators. Witness my hands this 17^th Day of December, 1827.

Signed: Ann Keeppers (sic)

Item B: Words, or letters, in italics were script in the original, filling in a printed form.

Adm. Bond

on the Estate of

William Keepers

filed Dec.17^th, 1827

Book D, Vol. 4, page 173

Know all men by these Presents, That Joseph Keepers and Jacob Chalfant Jr., Jacob Chalfant Sr., and Samuel Butler, all of Chester County, are held and firmly bound unto the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in the sum of four thousand Dollars to be paid to the said Commonwealth; to the which payment well and truly to be made, we do bind ourselves,jointly and severally, for and in the whole, our Heirs, Executors, Administrators firmly by these presents. Sealed with our seals, dated the Seventeenth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty seven.

The Condition of this Obligation is such, That if the above bounden Joseph Keepers and Jacob Chalfant Jr., Administrator of all and singular the goods and chattels, rights and credits of William Keepers Late of the Township of W. Marlborough deceased, do make or cause to be made a true and perfect inventory of all and singular the goods, chattels, and credits of the said deceased, which have or shall come to the hands, possession or knowledge of them , the said Joseph Keepers and Jacob Chalfant Jr., or unto the hands and possession of any person or persons for them and the same so made, do exhibit, or cause to be exhibited, to the Register’s Office in the county of Chester, at or before the Seventeenth day of January next ensuing, and the same goods, chattels, and credits, and all other the goods, chattels, rights and credits of the said deceased at the time of his death, which at any time after shall come to the hands or possession of the said Joseph Keepers and Jacob Chalfant Jr., or unto the hands or possession of any person or persons for them do well and truly administer according to law. And further do make or cause to be made, a true and just account of their administration, at or before the Seventeenth day of December 1828 and all the rest and residue of said goods, chattels, and credits which shall be found remaining upon the Administrators account, (the same being first examined and allowed of) and shall deliver and pay unto such person or persons respectively, as the Orphans’ Court of said county by their decree of sentence, pursuant to the true intent and meaning of the several laws now in force in this Commonwealth, shall limit and appoint. And if it shall hereafter appear, that any Last Will and Testament was made by the said deceased, and the Executor or Executors therein named, do exhibit the same into the said Register’s Office, making request to have it allowed and approved accordingly. And if then the above bounden Joseph Keepers and Jacob Chalfant Jr. being thereunto required, do render and deliver the said Letters of Administration (approbation of such Testament being first had and made by the said Register) then this Obligation to be void and of none effect, or else to remain in full force and virtue.