Will Abstracts: Surnames E to F
EAGRE, JOHN, Newton. January 14, 1775 3 May 1775. Wife Margaret. Daus. Agness and Margaret. Dau. wife of James McKighan. Sons John and Joseph, “until children come of age.” Land joining John Robinson. Exs:...
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Will Abstracts: Surnames G to H
GALBRAITH, ROBERT, Hopewell. March 30, 1787. July 3, 1787. ife Hannah. Oldest son Samuel. Second son James. Dau. Sarah. Four youngest children John, William, Elizabeth and Nancy Galbraith. Son William to be bound to...
Will Abstracts: Surnames I to L
IRVIN, EGNESS, East Pennsborough. February 24, 1806. December 26, 1807. Granddau. Egness Irvin, dau. to John Irvin and her sister Jane Irvin. Son Armstrong Irvin. Exs: John Armstrong and John Douglass. Wit: William Armstrong, Francis...
Will Abstracts: Surnames M to N
McCALLESTER (McCALLISTER), JOHN, Rye. February 18, 1792. April 4, 1792. Letter 5 October 1795. Kinsman John Cain and his wife. Donation land in Alleghany Co. Land in Muskingum. James Cain, son of John Cain....
Will Abstracts: Surnames O to R
OGDEN, JOSEPH. February 21, 1775. April 22, 1785. Wife Ann. Children Mary, Elizabeth and Joseph, minors. Exs: Wife Ann, Henry Gass and Garawant Ogden. Wit: John Neel, Jas. McCabe, Owen McCabe, James Lamb....
Will Abstracts: Surnames S to V
SALSBURY, WILLIAM. — April 1791. April 11, 1791.Wife (no name).Peter, Philip, Daniel, Henry, Christian and Salome Salsbury.Other children, minors.William’s age is seventeen in August 1791. Exs: Charles Crislip and Peter Crislip.Wit: George Buck, Charles Crislip....
Will Abstracts: Surnames W – Z
WALKER, RACHEL, Newton township. March 1, 1791. September 30, 1793. Youngest children, when fourteen years of age. Exs: Son-in-law Samuel Crewell. Wit: William Walker, Alexander Work, Robert Walker. E. 307. WALTENBERGER, GEORGE, yeoman, Westpensbro....
Bratton Bible
The entries below were copied from an old family bible from the Reynolds family of Berks county., PA. The latest entries were done by Elizabeth Reynolds (nee Bratton) as she recorded the deaths of...
Obituaries W to Z
W Wardecker, James T. – 2/1998 CARLISLE — James T. ‘Muck’ Wardecker, a longtime downtown merchant and raconteur of 20th-century life here died Tuesday in the Thornwald Home. He was 89. Wardecker, of the...
Obituaries S to V
S Sheaffer, John E. – 1914 John E. Sheaffer, an aged man and highly respected of Shippensburg, died at his home on North Queen Street, on Christmas day after several months suffering from cancer,...