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- Last will and testament John Fehr, …. Proved March 16, 1839.
In the name of God, amen, I John Fehr of Bushkill Township in the County of Northhampton, Being sick and weak in body but of sound mind, memory and understanding (Praise God for it) and considering the certainty of death and the uncertainty of the time thereof, and to the end I may be the better prepared to leave this world, whenever it Shall Please God to Call me hence, so therefore make and declare this my last Will and Testament in Manner following (that is to say) first and principally I commend my soul into the hands of Almighty God my Creator hoping for free pardon and remission of all my sins, and to enjoy everlasting happiness in the heavenly kingdom through Jesus Christ my Saviour; my body I commit to the earth at the discretion of my executors hereinafter named, and as to such worldly estate wherewith it hath pleased God to entrust me, I dispose of the same as follows to wit. first I give and bequeath unto my Dear wife Eve as much of my household and kitchen furniture as She may choose for herself and one cow two hogs and after her death to be sold by my Executors herein after named and further I give and bequeath unto my said wife the one third of my Personal Estate and the Interest of the one third of my Real Estate Shall Remain charged on my farm whereon I now live and the Interest to be paid to her annually during her lifetime and is and immediately after her decease the Principal shall be paid to my Executors and Shall be divided to my Children namely Mary Bowman widow, Cathy Intermarried to John Wright, George Fehr John Fehr Elizabeth Intermarried to John Achenbach, Sarah Intermarried to Abram Ward, Eve Intermarried to John Yohe, Michael Fehr, Peter Fehr, Peggy Fehr, and Eliza Intermarried to Henry Mohn, Eleven Shares, Share and Share alike, and my Jacob has had his full Share in his lifetime so that his Children have no Share to get and after my decease I do order and direct that my Executors herein after named Shall appraise all my Personal Estate and Sell at Public venue all Except the goods which my said wife Shall keep for herself and my said Executors Shall as soon as conveniently may be Sell and dispose of all my lands to such Person or Persons and for such price or prices as may be reasonably gotten for the same and for that Purpose I do order and hereby authorize and empower my said Executors or the survivor of them to sign, seal, execute and acknowledge all such Deeds of conveyance as may be requisite and necessary for the granting and assuring of the same to the Purchaser or Purchasers thereof in fee Simple and the money arising from such Sale to be equal divided amongst my Eleven Children share and share alike of all the Personal and Real Estate and further I give unto my said wife grain or flower Sufficient for her for one year after my decease and all demands which I have against any of my Children Shall be charged and deducted from their Share, and whenever any money is paid to divide equal. And lastly I nominate consecrate and appoint my two sons Michael Fehr & George Fehr to be the Executors of this my will and this and no other to be my last will and Testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal the twenty fourth day of September one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight, John Fehr his mark (seal) Signed sealed and declared by the said testator as his last will and Testament in the Presence of us Lewis Micke, Jacob Culver Northhampton County Pa., on the 16th day of March A.D. 1839. before me Michael Meyers esquire register for the probate of wills and granting Letters of Administration in and for the county of northhampton personally came Lewis Micke, Esquire, one of the subscribing witnesses to the within will and being duly sworn according to law, did depose says, that he was present and saw and heard John Fehr the Testator, sign, seal, publish, pronounce and declare the foregoing instrument of writing as and for his testament and last will, and that at the time of doing so he was of perfect mind and sound mind, memory and understanding, to the best of his knowledge, observation and belief, and also saw Jacob Culver thereof the above witness to the said will at the same time and at the request of the said testator subscribe his name to the within will as a witness, Witness my hand M. Meyers Reg. Northampton county Pa. on the 16th day of March A.D. 1839 before me Michael Meyers, Esquire, register for the probate of wills, came Edward Culver, son of Jacob Culver one of the subscribing witnesses to the within will, being duly sworn according to law --- and says that his father was Jacob Culver one of the subscribing witnesses to the within will, is sick and unable to come to Easton at present, and that he is well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Jacob Culver, and that the signature of Jacob Culver as a witness to the within will is genuine to the best of his knowledge and belief, Witness my hand, M. Meyers, Reg. Same day Letters Testamentary were granted to the Executors within named, after being first duly sworn. M. Meyers, Reg.
- Rootsweb/Ancestry - need to verify
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Johannes Fehr
Birth: 15 APR 1752 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Occupation: blacksmith
Death: 24 FEB 1839 in Bushkill Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Marriage Eva Rosina Geist b: 10 FEB 1757 in Tinnicum Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Married: 15 MAY 1773 in Tinnicum Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania
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Johannes "John" FEHR
Birth: 15 May 1757 in PA- not the same date as above
Death: 1839 in PA
Father: Johannes Bernard FEHR b: ABT. 1735 in Germania, PA, died in Surry County, NC. His father: Paul Fehr born about 1680.
Mother: Dorothea MAGASH\MAGASCH
Marriage Eva Rosina GEIST b: 10 Feb 1757 in PA [2]
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