WILL OF ADAM MOSER
From The Moser Genealogy and History Home Page
(A Verbatim Transcript)
IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN I Adam Moser late of Hereford Township, in the
county of Berks in the Province of Pennsylvania, now of Stinking
Quarter, in the county of Orange and the Colony of North Carolina
(Yoeman) being of good bodily health, of sound mind memory &
understanding, Blessed be God, having considered the uncertainty of
life & the certainty of death, thought proper to settle my worldly
affairs & I do hereby make my last will & testament in manner following.
That is to say hereby reckoning all wills & testaments, by me
heretofore made, I do declare this and no other to be my last will
and testament. Principally & of all things I do recommend my soul into
the hands of God & my body to the earth to be buried in a decent
manner. at the discretion of my executors hereinafter named. And my mind
& will is that all my just debts, funeral expenses be duly paid &
satisfied & I do give & bequeath unto my sons Anthony, Francis,&
Adam & to my daughters Elizabeth & Anna Phillipina the sum of five
shillings lawful money of Pennsylvania aforesaid I having already
advanced & given to each of them several sums of money & sundry goods
& I do give & bequeath unto my son Tobias the sum of fifty pounds
lawful money of Pennsylvania aforesaid & I give & bequeath unto my son
Jacob the sum of sixty two pounds ten shillings lawful money of
Pennsylvania aforesaid which said two several sums of money remain now
in the hands of Henry Bootz & Adam Bootz & I have their two Several
Bonds for the sums bearing date respectively the twenty first day of
February 1761. And as for and concerning all the rest of my estate both
& personally whatsoever & wheresoever I do give & devise the same unto
my sons Tobias & Jacob, their heirs & assigns forever to be equally
divided between them part and share alike & of this my last will &
testament I do hereby appoint my said sons Tobias & Jacob executors. In
witness whereof the said Adam Moser set my hand & seal hereunto the
fourth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred
sixty three.
Signed sealed published & declared by )
Adam Moser the testator in the foregoing )
named for & as his last will & testament ) Adam Moser (Seal)
in the presence of who at his request & )
in his presence have set our hands as )
witnesses hereunto
Francis Nash )
Ralph McNair )
Phillip Jackson )
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MEMORANDUM whereas Adam Moser of Stinking Quarter, in the County of
Orange in the Colony of North Carolina (Yoeman) hath lodged with me
Phillip Boam of the City of Pennsylvania, in the Province of
Pennsylvania, Shopkeeper, two certain Bonds from Henry & Adam Bootz to
the said Adam Moser, bearing the date respectively the the 21st Day of
February 1761, the one of them being for fifty pounds, payable the
tenth of May 1765 & the other of them being payable for Sixty two
pounds ten shillings, payable the the tenth May 1766 and whereas the
said Adam Moser by his letter of Attorney, bearing said date herewith,
so authorized and impowered, me the subscribed to receive the money on
the Several Bonds on the Bond date, in order that I may pay the same to
the said Adam Moser his heirs Executors Administrators or assigns at my
Covenant, after I have received, the respective monies due on the said
two Several Bonds or any of them, Now I do promise to pay or cause to
be paid unto the said Adam Moser his heirs Executors Administrators or
assigns all the monies that I shall recover & receive for & on account
of the said Several Bonds In witness whereof I the J. Phillip Boam have
hereunto set my hand & seal the fourth day of August 1763
Sealed & Delivered in the presence of us ) Phillip Boam (Seal)
Peter Miller Jacob ????? )
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At an Interim Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions began & held for the
County of Orange at the Courthouse in Charlesbough on the second
Tuesday in August in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven hundred &
Sixty three. Present his Majesties & the Executors of the aforesaid
will & memorandum was duly proved by the oaths of Francis Nash Ralph
McNair & Phillip Jackson & ordered to be recorded
Test
James Watson C.C.
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Notes:
1. North Carolina Archives
2. The will and memorandum were actually proved in November 1763, not August 1763
3. The transcript is verbatim, including misspellings, double words, etc.
4. The line format of the original document has been altered in order to fit this file.