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.  
March 4, 1794. April 9, 1794. 
Children, when of age, names not given.
Exs:  Peter Diller and Henry Shank. Wit:  Jacob Kyser, Jacob Bleaser.  
E. 326.

WATTS, ALEXANDER, Teboyn.  
December 21, 1786. September 4, 1788.
Wife Isabel.
Son Archibald.
Grandson Alexander Hunter, a minor.
Jane Watts, Archibald Watts’s wife.
Son James. Daus. Elizabeth and Jean.
Exs:  John Watts and Alexander Watts of Teboyn. Wit:  Andrew Watts, Thomas Carshadon.  
E. 134-135.

WILLIAMSON, SAMUEL, East Pennsboro.  
December 7, 1786. January 23, 1789. 
Wife (no name). 
Children, two sons, minors, names not given.
Exs:  Bro. Thomas Williamson and bro.-in-law Matw. Miller.
Wit:  Samuel Irvine, George Williamson.  
E. 143.

WILLSON, WILLIAM, Tyrone.  
August 27, 1776. February 20, 1787.
Wife Esther. Son-in-law James Thorn. Grandsons William Crawford, son to dau. Margaret and William Thorn, son  of dau. Mary. Exs:  Wife Esther Willson and George Robison, Esq.
Wit:  Robert Miller, Jean Miller, Mary Thorn. Letters to William Green and Mary his wife, late Mary Thorn, the widow  Esther Willson, being Dec’d.  
E. 99-100.

WILSON, CHRISTOPHER.
December 7, 1784. August 1, 1785.
Wife Sarah. Dau. Sarah and her present husband. Eldest son Jacob. Sons John and Henry. Dau. Susanna. Dau. Elizabeth and her husband. Wit:  Henry Richards, Stephen Sinslow, Henry Slachart. Exs:  None named.  
E. 156.

WILSON, JAMES, Toboine.  
February 13, 1787. April 22, 1788. Wife
Mary. Dau. Sarah, another dau. not named. Son William Wilson. Exs:  George McMullen and James Baxter. Wit:  John Gray.  
E. 122.

WILSON, JAMES ARMSTRONG.  Nuncupative will.  
March 11, 1788. March 25, 1788. 
Wife (no name). Son James, a minor. Daus. names not given. Wit:  Joseph Thornburgh and Robt. Miller, Jr. Letters to Margaret Wilson, Joseph Thornburgh and Robt. Miller, Jr.  
E. 123-124.

WITZEL, GEORGE, Middleton.  
November 10, 1786. February 20, 1787.
Wife Mary. Oldest son Jacob. Second son George. Sons John and Martin Witzel, minors. Exs:  Martin Bower and Andrew Sigler.
Wit:  William Fleming, George Creane.  
E. 98.

WOLFE, LEONARD, Allen. 
July 1, 1786. July 29, 1786.
Wife Margaret. Christiana Wolfe, Mary Wolfe, Henry Wolfe, Elizabeth Wolfe, Catharine  Wolfe and eldest son Jacob Wolfe. Daus. to be considered of age when married, sons to have same  privilege.
Exs:  Jacob Wise and David Kishler.
Wit:  Jacob Halsher, Wm. Scott, Andreas Wolf.  
E. 64.

WOODS, JOHN, West Pennsborough. 
June 5, 1790. November 26, 1790.
Son George Woods. William Woods. Son Hugh. Son-in-law Isaack Skiles. Son James. Plantation in Leacock Twp., Lancaster Co. Dau. Esbel. Sons Richard and Robert, and John Woods. Granddau. Jean Skiles.
Exs:  Sons Richard Woods and Robert Woods.
Wit:  William Wallace, William Gladen, Wm. Clark.  
E. 203.

WOODS, THOMAS, West Pennsborough.  
May 4, 1792. May 26, 1792.
Wife Janet. Four children Mary Woods, Elizabeth Woods, William and Samuel Woods,  all minors. Father-in-law Samuel Woods, Sr. David Woods.
Exs:  William Woods and Nathan Woods.
Wit:  James Weakley, Robert Weakley.  
E. 251-252.

WOODS, WILLIAM, Dickinson.  
February 11, 1791. July 25, 1793.
Children Nathan, James, Richard, Mary and Janet, all minors. Land on Alleghany River, Westmoreland Co. Guardians of children:  Nathan Ramsey and Nathan woods.
Exs:  Bro. Richard Woods and uncle Samuel Woods, Sr.
Wit:  Saml. Woods, David Woods, Adam Hauck.  
E. 299-300.

WOOLF, JEREMIAH, Middleton.  
June 20, 1786. September 6, 1786.
Wife Elizabeth. Sons John and Jacob. Daus. Mary, Reagina, Catherina and Elizabeth, some of them minors. Exs:  Jacob Miller and Adam Brand.
Wit:  Samuel Irwin, John Walter.  
E. 74-75.

YORTY, HENRY, Allen.  
September 2, 1789. September 22, 1789.
Wife Agness. Son John. Dau. Mary Poorman. Dau. Mattelen. Sons George, Peter, Samuel, David, and Christy, “if any die in their  minority.”
Exs:  George Coover and John Snevley.
Wit:  Christopher Quigley, Henry W. Faber.  
E. 161.