In the name of God Amen I Philip Flick of Hemlock Township in the County of Northumberland
in the state of Pennsylavania being sick in Body but of a sound mind and memory and
understanding blessed me God for the same do make and publish this my last will and
Testament in manner and form following. Principally and first of all I commend my Immortal
soul into the hands of God who gave it and my Body to the earth to be Burried in a decent
and Christian like manner at the discretion of my Executor herein after named and as to such
worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this life. I give and dispose of
the same in the following manner to wit I give and devise unto my dear beloved wife Anna
Maria during her widowhood or life if she remains my widow on Bedstead and the beddings
thereto belonging, the young cow & heffer, one tin plated pipe stove, one Iron Kettle, one
Iron Pot to her choice, one spinning wheel, Hay and straw sufficient feed for her Cattle,
one wooden or Ceder Bail smooth Irons as also two skillets as also two pewter Table dishes
as also yearly and every year one hundred and fifty punds of Hogs meat and fifty punds of
Beef and yearly one bushel of coarse salt and one peck of fine salt and yearly five punds
of coffee half a pound of green tea and eight pounds of good sugar as also one third in the
garden and potaties of one quarter of an acre yearly & every year as also twelve Bushel of
Rye Six Bushels of wheat six Bushel of corn and six bushel of buck wheat yearly and every
year as also sufficient shoes and stockings and yearly and every year the flax of one quarter
of an acre of ground Item my will is that the grain before mentioned shall be taken to the
mill and the meal home again without any charge for the same Item my will is that my beloved
wife Anna Maria shall live in the same dwelling house wherein I now live during her widowhood
with my sons herein after named and if they cannot live together in peace then and in such
cases my sons that possesses my land must build her a good house for her and well finished
upon their own expenses and must cut and haul her sufficient firewood before the door fit
for immediate use and if my wife should fall sick or helpless them my sons John and Ludwig
must nurse her in the best manner or must hire some body upon their own expences to do the
same, further I give and devise unto my beloved wife Anna Maria one coffee kettle one small
pot and one lattle one chair and one chest Item my will is and I do hereby order that if my
wife Anna Maria shall contract matrimony after my decease then and in such cases she shall
absolutely have no more out of my estate than her bedstead and beddings thereto belongin
and one cow and her spinning wheel Item my will is and I do hereby order that everything
I did give and devise of my personal Estate (excepting the grain) after the decease of
marriage which happens first of my beloved wife Anna Maria the same I give and devise unto
my sons Anthony Daniel and Daughter Maria to be equally divided among them Item my will is
and I do hereby Order that all the residue of my personal Estate not before devised shall
be exposed on publick sale to pay my just debts and funeral expences and if there is any
overplus then the same I give and devise unto my son John and Ludwig Item I give and devise
unto my son John and Ludwig all my Real property in equal shares amongst them to hold the
same to them their heirs and assigns forever and instead to possess my real property my
said son John & Ludwig shall in every line fulfill every thing formerly devised unto my
beloved wife Anna Maria and shall further pay unto their other brothers Anthony & Daniel
and sister Maria each the sum of twenty Pounds that is to say twenty pounds of Lawful
money unto my son Anthony twelve month after my decease and twenty pounds sd. money unto
my son Daniel two years after my Decease and twenty pounds unto my daughter Maria three
years after my decease Item my will further is that when my two sons to sell that part
of Land whereon my son John do now lives that then and in such cases they shall pay unto
my beloved wife Anna maria the sum of six pounds and likewise my beloved wife Anna Maria
shall further have all the linnen we have at present for her own use and also my said two
sons John and Ludwig shall find a good stable for the cattles devised to my beloved wife
Anna Maria and further that when any apples do grow on my place now in my possession and
devised to my son John & Ludwig then and in such cases they must allow unto her mother
apples for house use and dryd apples as also a half a barrel of syder yearly if the apples
grew and she remains my widow but not otherways and lastly I nominate constitute and
appoint my beloved friend John Lilly of Hemlock Township to be the Executor of this my
Last will and Testament and do give him full power and authority to sign seal and execute
all deeds of conveyance unto my sons John & Ludwig as I could do myself if I were present
and give him further power to act and to do as an Executor ought to do according to law
hereby revoking all other Wills Legacies and bequests by me heretofor made and declaring
this and no other to be my last Will and Testament. In Witness whereof the said Testator
have hereunto set his hand and seal this nineteenth day of July in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and nine -- 1809 Signed Sealed published pronounced and
declared by the said Testator as his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who
in his presents and at his request have subscribed as witnesses Philip Flick (Seal).
George Gruber. George George. Northumberland County sct. Be it remembered that on the
ninth day of October in the year of our Lord 1809 Before me Joseph B. Norbury, Deputy
Register for the county afsd. personally appeared. George George one of the subscribing
witnesses to the foregoing writing who being duly sworn accouding to Law deposeth and
saith that he was personally present and did see Philip Flick the Testator sign seal and
declare the foregoing writing to be his last will and Testament and that at the time of
his so pulishing the said Will he was of sound & disposing mind and memory as this
deponent doth believe according to the best of his knowledge & belief and that the
name George George thereto subscribed is of this deponents own proper hand writing and
that the other subscribing witness George Gruber signed his name thereto in his this
deponents presence and in the presence of the Testator & further saith not George
George Sworn & Subscribed the data afsd. before Josh. B. Norbury Deputy Regr. Northd.
County as Be it remembered that on the 18th day of October AD 1809 Before me Joseph B.
Norbury Deputy Register for the County of Northd. personally appeared George Gruber one
of the subscribing witnesses to the within writing who being duly sworn doth depose
and say that he was personally present & did see Philip Flick the Testator sign seal
& declare the within instrument of writing to be his last Will & Testament and at the
time of his so publishing the same he was of sound and disposing mind & memory as this
deponent doth believe according to the best of his skill and judgment and that the name
George Gruber thereto subscribed is the proper hand writing of this deponent and that
the other subscribing witness George George signed his name to the same in the presence
of this Deponent & in the presence and at the request of the Testator & further saith
not George Gruber Sworn & subscribed before
Josh. B Norbury Dep. Regr.
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