History of Bucks County, Pa Volume 3 by William H. Davis
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WILL OF JACOB ROTH

Submitted by Ray Rhoads

[Bucks Co. Will Book Vol. 5, Page 260]

[Registered May 2^nd, 1791] 

In the Name of God Amen. I Jacob Roth of the Township of Rockhill in the County of Bucks and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Yeoman being aged & somewhat infirm but of sound & disposing Mind & Memory, thanks be to God, do this fifteenth Day of June in the Year of our Lord One thousand Seven Hundred & Eighty nine make & publish this my last Will & Testament in manner & Form as follows that is to say ?Imprimis?. I commend my Soul into the Hands of Almighty God my Creator & my Body to the Earth to be decently & in a Christian like Manner buried in Hopes of a joyful Resurrection through the Merits of my Saviour Jesus Christ. And as for the temporal Estate wherewith it has pleased God to bless me, I dispose thereof in the following manner.  

First, I will & order that my just Debts & funeral Expenses shall be paid out of my Personal Estate. 

Item, I give unto my Beloved Wife Charlotte Roth the sum of One Hundred Pounds lawfull money in Silver or Gold to be paid unto her at the End of three Months after my Decease & our Bed & Bedstead with all the furniture thereunto belonging my chest, a table, two chairs, all my Linnens & a Milch Cow to choose which she pleases. 

Item, I give all the Remainder of my Goods, Chattles & personal Estate unto my Sons John, Jacob, Peter & Henry & my Daughters Charlotte, Elizabeth & Catharine to be equally divided between them Share & Share alike. 

Item, I give & devise unto my Son Jacob Roth all my Plantation & Tract of Land on which I live bounded by Lands of Abraham Stout, Christian Deterer, the College Land & the North East Branch of Perkiomen Creek Containing One Hundred & Eighty Eight Acres & Allowances for Roads, be the same more or less, Together with the Appurtenances thereunto belonging. To have & to hold the said Plantation or Tract of Land & Premises unto my said Son Jacob Roth his Heirs & Assigns for ever under the express Limitation that my said son Jacob Roth or his Heirs or Assigns shall allow his Mother to live in the house wherein I now live during the time of her natural Life & feed & pasture her cow & allow her the use of one fourth Part of the Garden & in every year sufficiently manure the Same & allow her to keep five Hens for herself at all times & to take as much of the Fruit out of the Orchard as she may have necessary for her use & give her yearly in every year during her natural life six bushels of good Rye & three bushels of good Wheat, fifty pounds of good Beef & fifty pounds weight of good Pork. And likewise pay or cause to be well & truly paid for the said Plantation the sum of Eight Hundred & fifty Pounds lawful money of Pennsylvania in Silver or Gold in the following manner, that is to say, the Sum of One hundred Pounds, part thereof at the end of three Months after my decease unto my wife Charlotte & the Sum of One hundred Pounds at the end of one year after the first Payment becomes due & the sum of one Hundred Pounds at the end of every following year until the whole sum of Eight Hundred fifty Pounds is well & truly paid. And the last mentioned Seven Hundred fifty Pounds which my son Jacob or his Heirs or assigns is ordered to pay for the Plantation herein before devised unto him I give & order to be equally divided to & between all my before named children in equal shares, each to receive his equal share according to their seniority the eldest first & the youngest last. And further is my will that before my said children

Shall have a right to divide my personal estate my beloved wife Charlotte shall have liberty to take & keep as much of my household goods & kitchen furniture for her use as she may have necessary. And lastly I do hereby nominate & appoint my sons Jacob Roth & Henry Roth executors of this my last will and testament & I allow them reasonable charges & no more for their trouble in the ?Premisis?.  

In witness where of I the said Jacob Roth have to this my last Will & Testament set my hand & seal hereunto dated the day & year first above written.

Signed sealed published & declared by the said Testator to be his last will  

& Testament in the presents of us Jacob Hartsel, Johannes Groff, Abraham Stout  

Jacob Roth -seal- 

Bucks Co. The 2^nd Day of May 1791 appeared Johannes Groff & Abraham Stout two of the Subscribing Witnesses to the within Instrument of Writing who upon their solemn affirmation did say that they were present at the Execution thereof & Saw & heard Jacob Roth the Testator therein named sign seal publish & declare the same as & for his last will & testament & that at the time of his so doing he was of sound mind & memory & of a disposing understanding to the best of their Knowledge & belief.

Before me  James Hanna Register 
Bucks Co. Be it remembered that on the 2^nd Day of May Anno Domini 1791 this the last Will & Testament of Jacob Roth deceased was duly proved Letters testamentary were granted to Jacob Roth & Henry Roth the Executors therein named they having first Solemnly Sworn well & truly to administer the Goods & Chattles Rights & Credits of the said deceased & in one month from the Date hereof exhibit into the Registers office for the County of Bucks aforesaid a true inventory & conscionable appraisement of the same & in one year or when thereunto lawfully required under a just account of their whole administration.

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office.

James Hanna Register 

Registered May 2^nd, 1791