Jacob


	Last Will and Testament and Related Documents of Jacob Gindlesperger, Son of Ulrich

		Copies of these manuscripts were graciously furnished by the Historical and Genealogical Society of Somerset County, [PA], Inc. and transcribed by Rev. Norman L. Gindlesperger for the Gindlesperger Family History Association, Inc. Estate File Jacket Identification No. 7 1799 Estate of Jacob Gindlesperger _____________________________ Register of Wills SOMERSET COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA




	The Last Will and Testament of Jacob Gindlesperger, The English Translation by Jacob Huber, According to the following "Account with...[the] Executors" I Jacob Guindelsperger Living in StoneyCreek Township Somerset County in the State of Pennsylvania make herewith the Twenty Seventh day of September in the Year of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ one thousand Seven hundred and ninety Eight My Last Will and Testament, so is my Last will and Testament as follows: 1^st I order myself to God and his Community, he will be my Pilot from now to Eternity. 2^nd Among My Executors Shall Bury me according to the Christian Rules. 3(sic) My left Widow Barbara Guindelsperger Shall keep my Whole Estate in her hands without Taking of an inventory and may keep house with my children as long as she or the Executors may think it good. 4^th When they then will quit houseKeeping I Then bequeath unto my left Widow the House Clock and of the Movable property as much as she pleases and one Hundred Pounds in Money, this Hundred Poundsthe Executors shall keep in their hands and give her when She Stands in Need. She must take her Movable property before the Inventory is made. I also bequeath unto her a Widow Seat on the Spring House, My two oldest sons must finish it, A petition, a Chimney, and Stairs inside to the Spring and the Pipe ["Yeipe" ¹] Stove that stands therein is to Stay there. The Joiner and the Mason is to be paid out of the Movable property. and a piece of the Garden she Can take where She pleases and that must be manur'd (sic) every Year and one Quarter Acre of Land She can Choose where she will which they must "manure Yelow [sic, yellow] and harvest what she may plant and <she may keep what> she Pleases, and one row of apple [no space here in manuscript] [ trees she can choose." ²Yearly, the fire Wood must Be made and Delivered Before the House and Yearly, Eighty Weight Pork, twenty Pounds of Beef must be given Her. She has the Right to Keep one Hog on the Plantation. She can also take oneº^& a Half Acre of Meadow where She will, which must be made and put under Roof. She Has the Right of Keeping one Cow and Two Sheep and they have the right in the Meadow and the fields where they go, and Place in the Stable for her Cow and Sheep and place on (sic) the Stable for her fother (sic, fodder?) where she [no space here in manuscript] [pleases, but the Sheep He must Winter that Lives on the place, and one Riding Mare He must keep in fother [fodder] as one of his own and Can use her as his, but when the Mother wants her he must Sadle (sic) her without Delay. There must also be given to her Yearly Six Bushels Wheat, Six Bushels Rye and Six Bushels of Oats, the Wheat and Rye must be Deliver'd ground with the Brand (sic, Bran) ["Deliver'd" repeated and scratched out] at Her House and if it [no space here in manuscript] [Should Happen that she Could not Work nomore (sic) then He who lives on the place, must do her Work, as is Right, all the above Named Articles must be Noticed and paid as long as She lives or is a Widow the place may be Occupied By an Heir or a Stranger, But if She Marys [sic, marries] She is to get fifty Pounds and her Widow Seat is Null and Void, and Leave the place ------------ 5^th When the Mother has Taken her Movable Property then the Executors Shall Make an Inventory of the Movable Property, the grain in the field, Excepted which stays with the Place, and Shall put the [end of first manuscript page] Last Testament and Inventory in the Register's office, and keep a Publick (sic) Sale, But Should there be a time that they think it best to Sell or Divide the Moveable Property among the Children, they Shall then do what they think Best. 6^th I Bequeath my Plantation, Deed and Buildings that Stands (sic) thereon with a piece of Warranted Land To my two Sons Christian and Joseph Guindelsperger and their Heirs or Afsigns for Ever. 7^th My Executors Shall Devide (sic) my land in two Equal parts by a Surveyor then they shall take two men to them and apprize (sic) the land at a Reasonable Price in Money and make the payments according as the times may be, then Each of them must pay Half of the Widow's º^Seat and do Half the Work one like the other, what Ever the place is Worth more Where the Build= =ing is on, must pay so much more that the other that moves in the Woods, then When the Hundred Pounds is paid to my Widow from the Movable Property I Bequeath four Pounds for Alms, and Sixteen Pounds to my Executors for their Trouble, and When all my Debts are paid, then all to be added into one Sum and made into Six Equal Parts, Each as much in Value as the other, my two Sons Christian and Joseph Guindelsperger, Each of their Shares Deducted out of their Land and for the "Remainder they must give their Bonds or <...>as the Executors thinks (sic) Proper" ³ then the Executors must make the Devidend (sic) or payments to my four Children as they Come Due from the place, But if my two sons Should be Contentious and Will not agree as the Executors makes it, then the Executors may sell the place on publick Sale or Lease it or Sell it, it is in their Will as they may think it best, and the Hundred pounds they Shall Keep in their Hands, and give to my Widow when she wants it,. Now my Executors have my Whole Estate in their hands and See my Will, But if there Should give a time and See that my Will was Not Good, they have the Authority from me to do as they think Best, or if one or the other Article is not plainly Written so that a Contention Should Arise Between my Heirs, then my Executors Shall Stand and Say the Word and as they Say it, my Heirs Shall be Satisfied. Than (sic) their word Stands as fast as if I had personally Spoken it, no man Can overthrow their Word or alter it. 8^th I Elect and Set my friends John Stutzman Living in Brothers Valley Township, and John Yoder Living in Stoney Creek Township, Executors of all my Estate and give them Rights and Authority to Collect and pay Debts, to Sign or Convey [whatever] it may be Bill A Sale (sic) or Deeds, Notes or Bonds or what Name it Has that wants an Afsignment and with the Same Authority as if I had done it written ^{proper [? in]} my own Hand all the above Mentioned my Executors Can do or any one of them, This is my Last Will and Testament and undersign it with my own hand and Seal by Witnefses. /s/ *Jacob Gindelsperger* {seal} [end of second manuscript page] After Recollection, if my Left Widow Barbara is Dead then Her Estate Left, is to be Devided (sic) amongst my Six Children Equal one like the The (sic) other. This I Witnefs with my own handº^& Seal By Witnefses /s/ *Johannes Yoder* /s/ *Christian Muller* /s/ *Jacob Gindelsperger* {seal} Notes of the Transcriber 1. The quotations indicated by superscripts 1, 2, and 3 are from a previous transcription by Nancy Hallberg and published on the web site of the Gindlesperger Family History Association, Inc. They are used for those passages which were totally illegible in the copies available to this transcriber. The opportunity to make comparisons was helpful at other points in the manuscript as well. The prior contribution of Ms. Hallberg is gratefully acknowledged. File Jacket Identification of the Inventory Inventory of the Estate of Jacob Gindelsperger ~~ decd~ Filed 3 July 1799 ~ [Scrollwork] 41 [A different, more modern hand] The Inventory Translated from the German by George Burker, According to the following "Account with...[the] Executors" (Translation) Inventory of the Deceased Jacob Gingelsperger (sic) of Stoney Creek Township appraised by us the Subscribers in presence of theExecutors & Widow the 25^th of June 1799

_________________________________________ £ S D

To Fathers Wearing apparrel (sic) 3 10 0
To one Cow 4 -- 0
To one Cow 3 15 0
To one Cow 3 15 0
To one Cow 3 15 0
To one Cow 4 -- 0
To one Cow 4 -- 0
To one Cow 3 -- 0
To three Steers at four pound each 12 -- 0
To three Steers at three pounds
two shilling &/6 each 9 7 6
To two Steers at Fifty shillings each 5 -- 0
To two Bulls at Fifty shillings each 5 -- 0
To one Heffer (sic) 3 10 0
To two Heffers at forty five shilling 4 10 0
To Eleven Calves at Twenty two shilling
&/6 each 12 7 6
To Nine Calves at Ten Shilling each 4 10 0
To one Mare 2 5 0
To one Horfe 16 -- 0
To one Horfe 12 -- 0
To one Horfe 15 -- 0
To one Horfe 7 10 0

[subtotal of page one of the original
German document: 138 18 0

To two Colts 9 10 0
To Seventeen Sheep at Eight
shilling & 3 each 7 -- 3
To Seven Lams (sic) at five
shilling each 1 15 [0]
To one Collar with Traces
and Bridle 1 5 0
To one Collar with Traces -- 15 0
To one Collar with Traces 1 -- 0
To one Collar with Traces 1 -- 0
To one Collar, two Bridge
bands, & Traces 1 10 0
To two Saddels (sic) 2 5 0
[unclear, in fold] knitting [...]
& flour [?] Chist (sic, Chest) 1 -- 0
To one Sow -- 12 6
To one Sow -- 15 0
To two Bee Hifs (sic, hives) -- 15 0
To one Wagon 12 -- 0
To one Windmill 4 -- 0
To two Ploughs & one Harrow 4 -- 0
To one Chain -- 18 0
To one Iron pott (sic) 1 5 0
To one stew [?] Kittel (sic) -- 12 0 0
To one Iron pott (sic) -- 10 --
To one Iron pott -- 17 --
To one Kitchen Drefsor (sic) 2 5 --
To one Meal Chist (sic) 2 -- --
To three Tubs -- 10 --
To two Spinning wheals (sic) -- 18 --

[subtotal of page two of the original
German document: 58 17 9]

To fifteen Baggs (sic) 1 17 6
To one Wagon Cloth -- 10 --
To two Dofser [?] Spoons & two
Pewter Bazons (sic) -- 15 --
To Hose [house ?] Bazons & Eleven Plates -- 18 --
To four Pewter Dishes 1 10 --
To Sundrey Kitching (sic) furniture -- 5 --
To three augers & Seven Chifsels -- 10 --
To three augers, two Drawing knifs
(sic), one pair of pinchers -- 14 --
To one Square & Sundrey furniture -- 13 6
To three plains (sic) & one peace
(sic) of Iron -- 5 --
To one Saw & one Mortising ax 1 -- --
To two Iron Wedges, Male (sic, Maul?)
Rings, & one hopel[?] -- 13 --
To two Axes, one Sadget [?], one Syth
(sic), [........... Hammer 1 6 --
To one Couling [?] hoe, one Pick &
old Iron 1 -- --
To one Bell & Sundrey houfse (sic)
furniture -- 7 6
To three Pitch forks, one fork, five
Rak[e]s -- 8 --
To three forks, Dung hodh [?], two
Shovels -- 12 6
To one Jack Screw, & one Crofs Cutt
(sic) Saw 2 12 6
To one Sheap Shaire [sheep shear ?],
Indian & Sundrey furniture -- 7 6
To one Rifel (sic), one Shott (sic) Gun 4 10 --
To one Cratel (sic, cradle) & three Scyths -- 12 --
To one Lup [Sup?] & three Keggs (sic) -- 15 --
To two Hehels [?] & wool Carts [cards?] 1 17 6
To two Chiars (sic) & Saddle Baggs (sic) -- 12 0
To Sundrey Shoemaker tools & leather -- 15 --

[subtotal of page three of the original
German document: 25 10 6]

To Grind Stones & one half Bushel -- 15 --
To one Tabel (sic) & wool wheal (sic) 1 10 --
To one Bedd (sic) 2 5 --
To one Bedd 2 10 --
To one Bedd -- 15 --
To one Iron pott (sic) 2 -- --
To one Brake Bedd & peper (sic) Mill 1 3 9
To one Cubberd (sic) & two Boddles [?] 1 2 6
To one Bibel (sic) & one other Book 3 15 --
To Sundrey Books -- 5 6
To one Testament & Sundrey Books -- 15 --
To one Salm (sic, Psalm) Book & Sundrey
Books -- 10 --
To one Testament & Sundrey Books 2 10 --
To one Note 4 -- --
To one Note 2 19 1
To one Note 16 13 4

[subtotal of page four of the original German document: 43 9 2]

To one Bond the Sum not knowen (sic) ~ ~ _____________
[not in the German original]

/s/ John Yoder

/s/ Christian Miller

[The following Signatures and Affirmation appear only in the German original.

John Yoder

Christian Müller

Somerset County Ss

Personally appear'd before me the Subscriber one of the Justices of
the Peace in and for Said County John Yoder & Christian Miller and
Made oath [See Note 4] that the above appraisement is just and True as it
Stands Stated.

Sworn [See Note 4]and Subscribed before me John Yoder

George Johnson Christian Müller

~ ~~~~ ~ Depotion (sic) ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 13 Cents]

Transcriber's Notes relating to the Inventory

This translation of the original Inventory in German was made by one George Burker, according to the "Account with [the] ... Executors" that follows below.
On the first manuscript page of the (Translation) of the Inventory the "D," pence, column is not legible, so the entries there represent those that appear on the German original. Where there is a value of zero the German original consistently uses a zero (0) throughout the document, while the (Translation) consistently uses dashes (--).
An italicized "f " (f ) has been used throughout to represent the archaic English "s.
The appearance before George Johnson, Justice of the Peace, is not indicated in the English (Translation), but is an integral part of the German original. It is interesting to note the appearance of the words "oath" and "sworn" in his deposition, words which were usually not used with the Amish-Mennonites because of their religious convictions. I interpret this as a simple oversight on the part of the Justice of the Peace of which the "subscribers" were either unaware or simply passed over.
To retain the spelling of words as they appear in the original manuscripts, the (sic) is used to indicate a variation from current spellings.
They various spellings of "Gindlesperger" are presented as they appear in the manuscripts without the (sic) or other intruding indications.
Brackets with periods [...] are used to indicate missing or illegible words. Brackets with a question mark [ ? ] are used to indicate the transcriber's question or comment.




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