In
the name of the Benevolent Father of All, I William T. gentle of the
County of
Hamilton in the State of Ohio, do make and publish this my last will
and Testament
in manner and form following that is to say:
First it is my will that my funeral expenses and all my just debts
be fully
paid:
Second I give and bequeathe and devise to my beloved wife Mary
Gentle in
lieu of her dower my boy horse Charly, my Buggy, and my one horse
Waggon and harness for
each; Two milchs cows; and all the Kitchen furniture
and table ware of every kind; and as much of all other house hold
furniture as my administrators may think necessary for her comfort,
And my administrators are to set off to said widow feed sufficient
for said animels for one year; amd also to let off such portion
of the dwelling house as shall be necessary for her use, during her
natural life, and such share of the Barn and other out houses as shall
be necessary for keeping her stock or conveniance, aslo to have pasture
sufficient off of Thomas and James Gentle lands bequeathed in this
will for two cows and one horse, ground sufficient for a garden fruit
sufficient for her use, all of which is during her natural life.also
I bind my sons James C. Gentle, Thomas E. Gentle and Ebenezer M. Gentle
to pay yearly the sum of fifty dollars each on the first day of March
to Mary Gentle their mother during her natural life, and if said sum
is not sufficient my administrators are Impowered to increase the sum
and their shares are bound for the payment of the same.
Thirdly I give and bequeath to my son Thomas E. gentle the
following real
estate to wit commencing at the north east corner of the Farm on which
I now reside situate
in the North East quarter of section number seven,
Third Towns hip(?) and first fractional range in the
Miami purchase
Beginning at a stake in the section line corner of Wittenstiter
- Thence west with the section line so far as to include the
house and lot whare he resides and is now inclosed suposed to
be about
thirty four rods - thence south with the west line or fence
of said
lot to the south west corner of said lot or fence thence east to
a stake
twenty eight ___ west of Wittenstiters line thence south
parallel with
Wittenstiters line to the south line of the fifty two and one
half acre tract, twenty eight
Rods to a tract of Eight acres purchased of Mary
B. Norton - thence south to Land of Joseph Mayhew thence east
to the
section line thence north to Land of Whittinstiter thence west
to Wittenstiters
south west corner thence north to the place of
Beginning, containing
about twenty three acres in fee simple subject to an anuity of
fifty dollars ( or moore if my administrators think neccesary
for the
suport of Mary Gentle his mother, yearly during her natural
life’also
my light two horse waggon and harness.
Fourthly I give and bequeath to my son James C. Gentle all
the following
real estate situate in sect. 11 N.E. 3 Town Haml. Co.
Ohio Beginning
at a stake in section line corner of M. L. Williams, Melzar Dunbar
and others - thence south with Williams Land forty three
Rods. Thence
East parallel with the section line to a line of the bequest
to Thomas
E. Gentle - thence north to the section line and corner of T.
E. Gentle
thence west with the section line to the place of Beginning
- supposed
to contain nineteen acres, also the undevide half off the east end
of the tract of ten acres purchased of John and Ann McNight in
fee simple
subject to an anuity of fifty dollars a year during the
natural life
of his mother Mary gentle subject to be increased if necessary by my
administrators, also
my two Horse Waggon and Harness, one feather bed
and bedding-
Fifthly I give and bequeath to my son Ebenezer M. Gentle. all
the rest
and residue of the lands not bequeathed to Thomas and James Gentle
situate in the north
East quarter of section number Eleven third Township
and first fractional Range in the Miami purchase Hamilton Co. Ohio
owned by me in fee simple subject to an anuity of fifty dollars
a year
during the natural life of his mother Mary Gentle subject to
be increased
if necessary by my administrators - also one feather bed
and bedding
--
Sixthly I give and bequeath to my son John Gentle the sum of OneThousand
dollars to be deducted from the amount of principal and interest
on five promenssory notes of two Hundred dollars each which I hold
against him and which are secured by mortgage on real Estate --
Seventhly I give and bequeath to my Daughter Elizabeth Hubbard
all that
following described lot, or piece of land situate in the sect.
No. 30
3rd township Hamilton County - Beginning at the the North
East corner
of said section 30, thence west with the sect. line thirty
six Rods
thence sourth parallel to the East line of said section to
the center
of the Turn Pike road thence eastwardly with the center of
said Turnpike
Road to the East line of said sect. 30. Thence North
with said
sect. line to the place of Beginning containing about ten
acres more
or less in fee simple - also a note of one Hundred and
Twenty seven
dollars and sixty one cents and interest on the same and
my administrators
all authorized to cancel the mortgage securing the same said note is
drawn by
Jesse Hubbard:
Eighthe I Give and bequeathe to my son William P. Gentle all that following
described lot of land to wit. Beginning in the center of the Turnpike
Road and South west corner of ten acres bequeathed to Elizabeth
Hubbard by ___ seven thence north with her line to the creek, thence
down the creek to the center of the Turnpike Road at the culvert,
thence eastwardly with the center of Saif Road to the place of beginning.
Ninth I, Give and bequeathe to my son Benjamin Gentle all the
residue of
the land owned by me in section number thirty not bequeathed to
Elizabeth Hubbard and
William P. Gentle. Also all that other tract or lot
of land situate in section nineteen in township two
second Fractional
Range in the Miami purchase being all the entire tract which 2
own in said sections.
Tenth I give and bequeath to my Granddaughter Sarah Holland the sum
of five
Hundred dollars to be paid to her by my administrators when she arives
at the age of
twenty one years But in case she should decease with
out issue previous to that time then the same shall dicend to
my legal
heirs. Also One feather Bed and bedding.
And lastly I hereby constitute and appoint James P. Williams and
my son
John Gentle to be the administratos and executors of this my Last Will
and Testament revoking
and annulling all former wills by me made, and
satisfying this and no other to be my last will and Testament. In
Testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and seal this twenty fourth
day of November 1849.
Signed
Published and Declared by the said William T. Gentle and for his last
will and testament
in oresence of us who at his request have signed as witnesses to
the same
M. L. Williams
Shipley W. Davis
OTHER
PAPERS CONCERNING WILLIAM GENTLE DEC.
PAPER
1
Probate
of the last will of William T. Gentle deceased, presented on the
twentieth day of February A. D. 1850 Personally
appeared in open court, M. L. Williams and Shipley W. Davis. the
subscribing witnesses to the last will and testament of William
T. Gentlke
deceased, who being duly sworn according to law to speak
the truth,
the whole truth, and nothing but the truth in relation to
the execution
of said will, depose and say that they were present at the making of
said will,
and at the request of the deceased, subscribed their
names to said will as witnesses, in the presence of the deceased, and
of each other; that they saw the said William T. Gentle deceased, sign
and seal said will and heard him acknowledge the same to be his last
will and testament; that the said will, of legal age and of sound and
disposing mind and memory, and under no undue of unlawful
restraint whatsoever.
Sworn to and subscribed
in open Court, this twentieth day of February
A. D. 1850
M. L. Williams
Shipley W. Davis
E. C. Roll Clerk H. C.
C. P.
PAPER
2
Know all Men by these Presents, that we John Gentle and James P. Williams,
Jesse H. Hubbard and Benjamin Gentle of the county of Hamilton,
and State of Ohio, are held and firmly bound unto the State of
Ohio, in the just and full sum of three thousand dollars, for the payment
whereof well and truly made, we bind ourselves, and each of us, our
heirs, executors, administrators, and each of them, firmly by
these presents.
Sealed with our seals, and dated at Cincinnati this 20th day of
February A. D., Eighteen hundred and Fifty.
The Condition of the above Obligation is such, that if the above
named John
Gentle and James P. Williams Executors of the last will and Testament
of William T. Gentle deceased, duly proved in the Court of Common
Pleas of hamilton County aforesaid, shall make and return to the said
Court, on oath, within three months, a true Inventory of all the moneys,
goods, chattels, rights and credits of the Testator, whcih are by
law to be administered, and which shall have come to their
possesion or
knowledge: And also, if required by the Court, an Inventory of the Real
Estate of the deceased: And shall administer, according to law, and
to the will of the Testator, all his good, chattels, rights and credits,
proceeds of all his Real Estate, that may be sold for the payment
of his debts or legacies, which shall at any time come to the possesion
of the Executor or to the posession of any other person for them
and shall render, upon oath, a just and true account of their administration
within eighteen months, and at any other times, when required
by the Court or the law, then this Obligation to be void;otherwise
to remain in full force and virtue.
Signed, Sealed and Delivered
in the presence of M.OM. Pugh
John Gentle, James P.
Williams, Jesse. H. Hubbard, Benjamin Gentle.
Granted amt. of bond
$3000
