Transcription
of the will of Isaiah Boyce, 1840
In the
name of the Benevolent father of all I Isaiah Boyce of Franklin Township
Richland County do make and publish this my last will and Testament
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first I give and devise to my Beloved Wife in lieu of her Dower Eighty five
Dollars yearly for the term of Eight years then Sixty Dollars annually during
her natural life also one bed and beding and one Milch Cow
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2d I devise and bequesth to my son Rowland Boyce and his heirs ten
Dollars in money and one barsheir (barshur?) plough
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3d I devise and bequeath to my son John Boyce the farm I now reside
on in Franklin Township Richland County it being the North west quarter of
section No. 21 Township No. 22 and Range Eighteen Containing one Hundred and
Sixty acres also three horses and all the Cattle on said farm accept two Cows
and all the sheep and hogs on said farm and one Waggon and the farming utensils
not [illegible] disposed of also the grain now on hand and the grain now growing
on said farm I will that all my debt and all other Expences be paid out of the
above mentioned property willed to my son John Boyce
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4th I devise and bequeath to my son Josiah Boyce two Hundred and
Forty acres of ^land in Marian County Ohio Situate in Range 16
Township 5 Section 14-1622 by him paying to my Daughter Jemima Boyce one Hundred
Dollars at the time he the said Josiah arives at the age of Twenty two years
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5th I devise and bequeath to my Daughter Jemima Boyce Two Hundred and
fifty Dollars now in the hands of Robert McComb and Richard Wilson
also one bed and beding and one Milch Cow
I
Do hereby nominate and appoint my esteemed friends John Boyce Jnr
Gardian of my son John Boyce and my Daughter Jemima Boyce until they arive at
lawfull age
I
Do hereby nominate and appoint my esteemed friend Francis Ashton Gardian of my
son Josiah Boyce until he arives to the age of twenty one years
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7th I Do hereby nominate and appoint Francis Ashton and John Boyce Jnr
Executors of this my last will and testament hereny autherising and empowering
them to compremise and just release and discharge in such manner as they may
deem proper the Claims due me
I
do also autherise and empower them to seel a sufficient quantity of my personal
property to pay all my honest Debts and all necessary expences in settling my
Estate
I
do hereby revoke all former wills by me made
In
testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and Seal this 29th Day
of April in the year Eighteen Hundred and Forty
Signed
and acknowledged Isaiah Boyce (signature followed by a squiggle by
said Isaiah Boyce as his that must be the “seal”) last
will and testament in our presence and signed by us in his
presence
Henry
Pittenger (signature)
John
Boyce (signature)
(Note:
the actual will appears to be in the handwriting of Henry Pittenger, one of the
earliest Franklin Twp settlers and a frequent witness of Franklin Twp wills)