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Ziegfried, Elizabeth - Last Will and Testament

dated: June 17, 1766
Maxatawny Township, Berks County, Province of Pennsylvania
proved: Will was contested by her son-in-law Anthony Fisher. Resolution is unclear.

In the Name of God Amen.
I Elizabeth Ziegfried of Maxatawny Township in the County of Berks in the Province of Pennsylvania, Widow being advanced in Years and in all human Appearance the Time of my Dissolution near at hand, have thought fit to settle my temporal Affairs in such a Sort that what I shall die possessed of may be distributed among my Children to my own good Liking and Satisfaction; To that End therefor I do make this my Last Will and Testament being, praised to God, of Sound Mind, Memory and Understanding, in Manner following, that is to say,
First it is my Will that all my just debts and funeral Expenses be duly paid And I do nominate and appoint my well beloved Son Joseph together with my trusty and much esteemed Friend Sebastian Zimmerman to be the Executors of this my Last Will and Testament.
And I do give and bequeath unto my well beloved Daughter Margaret, the Wife of Jacob Moess of Lynn Township in the County of Northampton Blacksmith, all my Wearing Apparel, with my Bed, Bedsted and Furniture thereunto belonging.
And it is my Mind and Desire that my said Executors, Having collected my Debts and turned all my Effects, not herein before given and disposed of, into Money, that they do put out at interest the Sum of Fifty Pounds Lawful Money of Pennsylvania, Part thereof upon good Security, at the Risque of the Legatees, thereof hereafter named And as far and concerning the Interest monies thence rising I do will and direct that the same shall be annually paid unto my before named Daughter Margaret Moess during all the time of her natural Life. And I do will that her Receipts shall be sufficient Discharged to my said Executors for the same, not withstanding her Coverture. And upon Decease of my said Daughter Margaret I do give and devise the aforesaid Principal Sum of Fifty Pounds unto such Child or Children of her my said Daughter Margaret Moess as shall survive her in equal Parts or Shares.
And as far and concerning all the Rest and Residue of the Monies arising by such Sale as aforesaid I do give, devise and bequeath the same unto and amongst all my Daughters namely, Catherine, the Wife of Frederick Roemich, Susanna, the Wife of Daniel Levan, Elizabeth, the Wife of John Rothoermel, Magdalena, the Wife of Anthony Fisher, Anna, the Wife of Jacob Teischer, and the said Margaret, the Wife of Jacob Moess, in equal Parts and Shares. And I do hereby acquit, release and discharge my before named Son Joseph and the Heirs of my late deceased Son John of and from the Payment of any Sum or Sums of Money or other Matter or Thing of right appertaining or payable unto me by the Last Will and Testament of my husband Johannes Zeigfried late of Maxatawny Yeoman deceased. They having fully settled with, satisfied, contended and paid the same unto me in my Life time. And I do declare this only to be my Last Will and Testament hereby revoking all former Wills by me heretofore made. In Witness whereof I the said Elizabeth Ziegfried, the Testatrix have hereunto set my Hand and Seal the seventeenth Day of June in the Year of Our Lord one thousand seven hundred and sixty six.
Elizabeth Ziegfried
Her Mark
The annexed Writing was signed, sealed, published and declared by the therein named Elizabeth Ziegfried the Testatrix for and as her Last Will and Testament in the presence of Us, who, in her Presence and at her Request have hereunder subscribed our Names as Witnesses to the same.

Abraham Zimmerman
Antony Altman

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