"LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF CONRAD RUTTER"
In the name of God, Amen the 19 day of April in the year of our
Lord God 1734, I Conrad Rutter of Leacock in the the County of
Lancaster, Plantationer, being Old and Weak of Body but of perfect
mind and memory thanks be given unto God thereafter; calling into
mind the Mortality of my Body and knowing that it is appointed for
all Men once to die, do make and ordain this my Last Will and
Testament; that is to say Principally and first of all I give my
soul in to the hands of God who gave it and for my Body I
recommend it to the earth to be buried in a Christian like and
decent manner at the discretion of my executors; nothing doubting
but at the General Resurrection I shall receive the same again by
the Mighty Power of God and as Touching such worldly estate
wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me with in this life I give
and denge and dispose of the same in the following and form:
lmprimis: I give and bequeath to my Eldest son Andrew Rutter one
milck cow and a Calf and one Horse kind along with one English
shilling.
Item:I give to my well beloved daughter Elizabeth Ever one cow
and one calf and one Horse kind along with one English
shilling.
Item:I give to my well beloved son Peter Rutter one English
shilling.
Item:I give to my well beloved son Joseph Rutter one English
shilling.
Item:I give to my grandaughter Elizabeth Evers one milck cow and
one calf and one feather bed and bed cloose and my wife's body
cloose after her decease. I leave to the discretion of my executor
to divid between my grandaughter Elizabeth Evers and Rebaca
Rutter.
Item:I give to my grandchildren Peter Rutter, William Ever,
Elizabeth Rutter and Henery Rutter all the movables in my House
but what I excepted already or what I now will except.
Item:I give to my sons Conrad Rutter and Peter all my Coopers
tools to be use of betwixt them.
Item:I give to my son Joseph Rutter my Chest.
Item:I give to my well beloved son Conrad Rutter whome I likewise
constitut make and ordain my only and sole executor of this my
Last Will and Testament my largest iron pot and the smallest iron
pot, a feather bed and the beed cloose belonging to it, the
largest pewter dish and a butor beason and a table and a pair of
the best sheets in the house besides what is on the beed and all the
__________, a black walnut chest, all the rest of my movable goods in
my house I leave to the discretion of my executor to divide amongst my
four grandchildren that I have mentioned in this my last will. My
Plantation and all therein and thereon I leave to my Executor but what
I have already willed out of it, the paying his three brothers and
sister ten pounds of it and that to be equally divided amongst them.
But if so be that he cannot raise money they shall take such as he has
in reference according to two reasonable men will value them to the
value of their money if so be they cannot agree hem and them about
the price.
I do give to my Executor Conrad Rutter two hundred acres which
belongs to the Ould Plantation wherein I lived and if the return
of the whole farm amounts to more that six hundred acres I give
it to him; also with all the horse, mares, colts, horned cattle,
sheep, and hogs and weagons and impliments of all sorts and here
in one Plantation with houses, barns, and outhouses and all
improvements of all sorts and one the Plantation my Executor
Conrad Rutter I do order and alow to take care my wife and that
she shall not see want for anything that is reasonably in power
to help her during her life but fearing that their should be any
mistak be it known that what I have willed bequeathed or given is
still to be given out of my estate and I do hearby sternly
disalow, revok and diss-null all and every other former will or
testament.
I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year above
mentioned or written.
his
CONRAD X RUTTER
mark
In the presence of:
Andrew Douglas
James Douglas
Jean Douglas
Be it remembered that on the 8th day of Feb. 1737 the Last Will
and Testament of Conrad Rutter Deced was proved in the Registers
Office in Lancaster Co., Penn.