Bernard Shope Will as transcribed from
microfilm at the Pennsylvania State Archives in
Bernard Shope Will In the name of God Amen I Bernhart Shope of
Paxton township in the County of Dauphin and the
state of Pennsylvania yoeman being old and advanced
in years but of sound mind and memory and understanding blessed be god for the
same but Considering the uncertainty of this transitory life I do make and
Publish this my last will and testament in the manner and form following to wit Principally and first of all I commit my
immortal soul into the hands of god who gave it and my body to the earth to be
buried in a decent and Christian like manner at the desire of my executors
herein after named and as such worldly Estate where with it has pleased god to
bless me in this life I give and dispose of the same in the following manner to
wit first for all my Just debts and funeral expenses be paid out of my estate
and further it is my will that after decease my Executors as soon as convenant to make saled all of my
Estate both real and personal Either by Publick or prived sale to the best advantage of my heirs herein after
named I give and bequeath to my daughter
Barbara Intermarried with Henry Michael ten dollars in full for her share of my
estate both real and personal I give and
bequeath to my daughter Juliana Intermarried with George Silsel
Ten dollars in full for her share of the estate both real and personal and the
remainder of my estate both real and personal I give and bequeath to the rest
of my children all share and share alike
I give and bequeath to son Jacob the one eight part of my estate I give and bequeath to my daughter margaret the one eight part of my estate I give and bequeath to my daughter mary the one eight part of my Estate I give and bequeath to
my daughter Christiana the one eight part of my
Estate I give and bequeath to my daughter Magdalena
the one eight part of my estate I give
and bequeath to my son Adam the one-eight part of my Estate I give and bequeath to my son Bernhart the one eight part of my Estate I give and
bequeath to my daughter Eve deceased her children the one-eight share of my
Estate share and share alike and further it is my will that my Executors in
this my last will and testament shall have full power to Execute a Deed of
conveyance of my plantation to any person or persons who may purchase the same
in as full ample and compleat manner as I now could
do and further I do hereby constitute make and ordain my son Jacob Shope and
Christian Walborn to be my Executors of this my last
will and testament hereby revoking all other will legacies and bequeaths by me
heretofore and Declaring this and no other to be my last will and
testament In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and seal this sixth day of July in the year of lord one
thousand and Eight hundred and twelve.
(signed sealed published declared by
the said His
Bernhart Shope
as his last will and testament in Bernhart BS Shope Seal
the presence and at his request have subscribed Mark
as Witness Christian Hoover Christian Hoover
Proven according to Law August 28,
1813 Henry Beader Register