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BORGER, Nicholas, will 15 Jan 1791, probated 6 Nov 1791 Andrew CORRELL, witness |
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CHRISTMAN, Henry, will 3 Sep 1768 ch: Christopher, Elizabeth WEY, Catherine, Magdalen, Margaret, Sophia, Henry. witnesses: Adam CORRELL, John SCHNEIDER, Ludwig GOWER |
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DORSCHIMAER, Manuel, will probated 15 Aug 1798 wife Christina exec. wife and John GEORGE witnesses, Henry and John GEORGE |
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HAYCOCK, Jeremiah, yeoman, will 27 Dec 1796, probated 19 Jan 1797 wife: Sarah, exec. ch: Japsher, Josiah, Richard, Rosanna, Thomas, Mary, Hannah, William, Nathan, Martha, Amons, Jane. land of Michael BUTZ exec: John PENROSE, Richland, Bucks Co. witnesses: Everard FOULK, William and Jesse HAYCOCK |
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KLEINTOB, John, will 22 Mar 1783, probated 15 Aug 1785 wife: Eve, exec. exec: John KLEINTOB witnesses: Adam ENGLERT and Valentine MECKES |
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SCHUPP, Henry, will 27 Mar 1780 mentions wife (no name) exec: sons Abraham and Philip ch: Abraham, Philip, Frederick, Anna Maria, Peter, Elizabeth witnesses: Adam CORRELL and Adam SORVER |
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SERFAS, Philip, will 11 Mar 1785, probated 20 Mar 1787 ch: John, Jules, Mary, William, Sarah, Frederick, Molly, Christian witnesses: William SERFAS and Adam SORVER |
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SMITH, Abraham, will 4 Jul 1785, probated 9 Aug 1785 exec: Nicholas ALTEMUS, John SMITH and Adam CORRELL witnesses: S. CHRISTMAN, N. CORRELL and C. GETZ |
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SORVER, Adam, will 25 Nov 1790, probated 2 Dec 1791 Witnesses: Nicholas MITTENBERGER and W. KROMER |
| Hamilton Township |
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BRATZ, Johan George, yeoman, will 1 May 1771, probated 12 May 1778 wife: Margaret, exec. son: George, a minor dau: Catherine, Margaret, Eve, Rosinah Nicholas RAMSTAINE, witness |
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GOWER, Nicholas, will 21 Mar 1786, probated 2 Aug 1790 wife: Mary Elizabeth exec: son George and son-in-law Peter FRANCE other ch: Simon, Ludwig, Elizabeth, Susanna, Catherine, Michael witnesses: Jacob STEELSMITH, John LAURENCE and Bartel SCHELLI |
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HAGEL, Peter, blacksmith, will 2 Jan 1797, probated 27 Jan 1797 wife: Eve father: Peter HAGEL brother and sisters: Henry HAGEL, Hannah w/o Valentine MAKES, Ann w/o Caleb FORSYTH, and Catherine HAGEL. friends: Nicholas and John HELLER witnesses: John and Richard SHAW |
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HAPPEL, Nicholas, will 6 Oct 1798, probated 24 Jun 1799 exec: John SERFASS and William MEYER witnesses: Henry BORNMAN, Nicholas ESH and Henry HAPPEL |
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HELLER, Simon, will 18 May 1785, probated 21 Jun 1785 wife: Margareth ch: Daniel, John, Jacob, Simon, Caty, Abraham, Michael, Veronica, Mary, Elizabeth, Margareth, Sarah, Lovis, Anthony adm: Michael BOSSERT, Christopher HELL, Jacob STEELSMITH, witnesses |
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HUFSMITH, Peter, will 8 Mar 1794, probated 24 Mar 1794 wife: Mary exec: son Henry ch: Adam, Henry, Catharan, Elizabeth Margaret. witnesses: Philip GRASYA and Cornelius BELLESFIET |
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KEGEL, Henry, will probated 12 Mar 1789 witnesses: Conrad ARNOLD, Mathias KEONIG, Bartel SCHEIBELE |
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KELLER, Christopher, yeoman, will 27 May 1795, probated 5 Aug 1795 wife: Christina exec: son George ch: George, Mary, Christopher, Catharine, w/o Michael BUTZ, Susanna, Andrew. guardian: Michael BOSSERT witnesses: Matthias OTTO and John STOUT |
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MELCHOIR, George, farmer, will 2 May 1779 wife: Elizabeth Barbara ch: Michael, Catharine s/o Leonard KESSLER exec: Christopher WAGNER witnesses: Bernhard STRAUB and Frederick STUBER |
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MENEGAR, George, will 2 May 1779, probated 14 Dec 1779 (not sure if this is a Metzgar or not) exec: sons Christian and Daniel ch: John, eldest son, Mary Elizabeth, Mary Cathrine, Cathrine, w/o Christian HAUSE, Christina, Elizabeth w/o Jacob DEATRICK, Abraham, Christian, Daniel witnesses: Abraham MILLER and Laurence KUNKELL |
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METZGAR, John, will 7 Oct 1794, probated 11 Nov 1794 wife: Elizabeth Catharine, exec. Co-exec: Woolly HOUSER ch: Jonas, Catharina, Maria, Julia, Elizabeth, Susanna, Margreda, Sarah, Annah. witnesses: Francis J. SMITH, Jacob TRANSUE and Adam FULLER |
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MORGAN, Evan, will 7 Mar 1777, probated 23 Apr 1777 wife: Sarah, exec. exec: Jacob STROUD ch: Elizabeth, Esther, Hanna, Evan, John, Luies, Thomas witnesses: Nicholas DEPUI, Joseph SMITH, Simeon CADY |
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SHAFER, John, will probated 25 Apr 1801 exec: George SHAFFER and Henry HAUSER mentions Leonard DIEHL witnesses: John and David STROUSS |
| Smithfield Township |
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BROADHEAD, Daniel L., Esquire, will dated 24 Jun 1755, probated 3 May 1755 wife: Esther, exec. ch: Charles, Garret, Daniel, John, Luke, Ann CARTON mentions: James BURNSIDE of Bethlehem Twp. trustees and guardians: John JONES of L. Smithfield, blacksmith, and Ephriam COLVER of L. Smithfield witnesses: William ANGELL and William EDWARDS |
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COYL, Martha, widow of John COYL, will 29 May 1795, probate 4 Oct 1799 mentions: David WILLIAMS exec: John FISH witnesses: James JOHNSTON and Daniel WILLIAMS |
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DECKER, Benjamin, will 10 Sep 1779, probated 27 Oct 1779 mentions: dau Yonuhu, wife of Elias DECKER dau of Yonuhu son Benjamin, minor grandchildren: Benjamin and Leah, ch of his son Daniel son of his wife: Sam Johannes VANETTEN |
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DENMARK, Christopher, will 5 Jun 1757, probated 21 Nov 1757 wife: Leah, exec. "Being greeviously shotten by the Indians, but of perfect mind and memory" witnesses: Dirck VANVLIET, William SMITH and Jacob SWARTSWOOD |
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DENMARK, Leah, w/o Christopher (lived 16 days after her husband) exec: William SMITH and Domingo GONSALES "on oath of Margaret Swartswood" |
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DENMARK, (DEENMARK) John Christophal, will 6 Nov 1755 wife: Christeena Elisabeth, exec. exec: Emanuel GONSALES ch: Christopher, Cathrine, Margreda, Dorothy, Helen witnesses: Christopher DENMARK and Manuel GONSALES |
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DRAKE, Samuel, will 27 Jun 1783, probated 16 Apr 1789 wife: Sarah, exec. ch: Elijah, exec., Joseph, Levy, Robert, Sarah, Susannah, w/o Jos. VANVLEET, Elizabeth, w/o Edward EVANS, Phebe, Ruth, Hannah, Eleanor, w/o James HORNER, Robert, the youngest son and exec. grandchild: Samuel signed and witnessed: James DRAKE, Jacob STROUD, Francis SMITH and Samuel HANDY |
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FISH, John, will 6 Feb 1798, probated 9 Jul 1798 wife: Margaret ch: Joseph and several children exec: John BROWN and John BROADHEAD, Exq. later appointed exec: Dana IHRISH and Jacob WILLIAMS witnesses: Michael HAUSBERG and Francis Joseph SMITH |
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FREDERICK, Johan George, will 13 Sep 1766, probated 1 Aug 1772 wife: Anna Margreta, exec. mentions: brother George Michael FREDERICK, sister Anna Margreta witnesses: Melcher STECHER, John LESHER, William EDMONDS |
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FREDERICK, Anna Margaret, widow of Johan George, will 17 Dec 1772, prob. 19 Jan 1774 mentions: brother in law George Michael FREDERICK sisters: Anna Elizabeth MOWER, Anna Mary MOWER, Mary Catherine MOWER, Anna Osula MOWER. friend: John HANDELONG; Peter LOBER friend and exec: Jacob STROUD and Abraham MILLER witnesses: George MINEHAR, Jacob SNELL and David MILLER |
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FULTON, John, yeoman, will 7 Feb 1795, probated 12 Mary 1795 wife: Mary mentions: Mary's daughter father and mother: Samuel and Mary FULTON bros: Alexander, Samuel and Andrew sis: Elinor MORELAND, w/o Andrew MORELAND & Mary ROGERS, w/o John ROGERS exec: John SHAW and John HUSTON witnesses: George FULTON, Catharine HUSTON and Ernest KERN |
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HANNA, Robert, will 5 May 1777, probated 5 Jul 1777 wife mentioned, not named exec: T. Jayne son: Benjamin grandch: John SEALY, Robert HANNA s/o Robert, Elinor SEALY |
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HILLMAN, Aaron, will 14 Apr 1777, prob 19 May 1777 wife: Judah, exec. ch: John, eldest son; Elizabeth, Rachael, Aaron, Joseph brother: John HILLMAN witnesses: Beniah MUNDY, Jacob CUNTRAMAN, John WAYNE |
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JAYNE, Timothy, farmer, will 14 Dec 1780, probated 3 Mar 1757 wife: Sarah, exec. mentions: not sure if these are his children; John, Timothy, Daniel, William, Rebecka, Anne, w/o David OGDEN, Sarah, Catherine, Ebenezer, Isaac and Elizabeth (NOTE: Correction submitted by Charlotte Smith states... I have this will. It was probated 30 Mar 1790 and names: Sarah, wife; Children: David, John, Timothy Jr, Daniel, William, Rebecca, Anne, Sarah, Catherine.) |
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LEARN, John, will 17 May 1777, probated 27 Oct 1781 wife: Catharina, exec. exec: son George ch: George, Mary, Rachel, John, Jacob, Catharina, Rebecca, Andreas, Peter, Sarah, Adam. witness: George PHILIPS |
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MCGINNES, Edward, will 7 Sep 1777, probated 4 Jul 1881 son: Robert mentions: not sure if daughters, Mary KRESS w/o Christian KRESS and Sarah LOCKERBY, s/o Robert LOCKERBY. exec: Christian KRESS and Robert LOCKERBY witnesses: Abraham VANCAMPEN, Moses VANCAMPEN, Josiah JENNINGS |
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SHOEMAKER, Daniel, will 2 Feb 1773, probated 3 Jun 1773 wife: Anna, exec. exec: Samuel DEPUE ch: Henry, Hannah EMMENS, Ann, Sarah, Samuel Winsfred, Elizabeth and Mary VANCAMPEN, ch of Moses DEPUE, s/o Samuel DEPUE witnesses: Robert LOCKERBY, Benjamin SHOEMAKE, Jas BRINK |
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SMITH, Jacob, will 8 Aug 1761, probated 25 Apr 1769 wife: Magdalena, exec. ch: Johannnes, Michael, Abraham, Frederick William, Catharina, Elizabeth. adm: Steven HORN witnesses: Frederick NUNGESSOR, Jacob CROTZ, Nicholas SNYDER |
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SNELL, Adam, will 13 May 1782, probated 7 Aug 1788 exec: Jacob STROUD and Michael SLYE ch: Mathias, Madelane w/o Patrick WHITE, Catharine w/o David WILLIAMS, Susanna w/o Cornelius VANFLERD step-dau: Margaret MURRY witnesses: John FISH, John HUSTON and William COURTRIGHT |
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VANCAMPEN, Benjamin, will 7 Mar 1789, probated 27 Oct 1789 wife: Rachel exec. exec: Nicholas DEPUE, Exq brother: John and his son Abraham 9 slaves to be freed at age 28 yrs. witnesses: John LANTERMAN and Philip SHRAWDER |
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VANDERMARK, John, will 13 Sep 1788, probated 28 Oct 1788 wife: Janney, exec. exec: son Jeremiah and Jacobus VANGARTEN ch: Abraham, Jeremiah, John, Moses, Daniel, Janny w/o Abraham COSAN witnesses: Jacob STROUD, Joseph MANTANGO, Francis SMITH and Benjamin SCHOENOVER |
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VANVLEIT, Dirck, will 25 May 1774, probated 16 Nov 1774 wife: Rachael exec: son Dirck and Daniel DEPUE ch: Dirck, Goertz, Marztye Judith, Anna Cathatina, Dirk van Keuren Jenneke, Elizabeth, Rachael, Lidia, Joseph, Cornelia. witnesses: Garret BRODHEAD, John VANDERMARK and Daniel DEPUE |
| Unknown Township |
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DIEHL, Michael, will 21 Novb 1795, probated 28 Nov 1796 exec: John DIEHL and Jacob ROTHANBERGER witnesses: David HEIMBACH and George CHRISTIAN |
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DIEHL, Henry, will 26 Mar 1771 mentions has wife and 4 children eldest son: Henry exec. and guardians: Frederick NAGEL and Christian MILLER witnesses: George KLEPPINGER and John Adam HILTERBRAND |
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FLORY, John, will 2 Apr 1801, probated 16 May 1801 wife: Christina, exec exec: son Ludwig witness: John DRUMHELLER |
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STIEFFER, Conrad, will probated 23 Jun 1794 exec: George FRANZ witnesses: John SERFASS and Abraham SCHUPP |
| Other Monroe County Families or Relations |
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APPEL, Regina N., widow of John, L. Saucon Twp. will 26 Sep 1771, probated 19 Dec 1781 exec: Anthony LEROG, yeoman of L. Saucon ch: John HOUSER, eldest son, not living in Penna.; mentions son Casper HOUSER, dec'd and his children; dau. Regina w/o Philip KASS; dau. Barbara w/o Conrad KEENTZ. witnesses: Lewis GORDON, Robert TRAILL and Anthony KEENTZ |
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APPEL, John M., L. Saucon Twp., will 20 Nov 1755, probated 16 May 1764. wife: Regina, exec. mentions Godchild Regina BROUT witnesses: Jacob FREY and Conrad WAGGONER |
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DEPUE, James, L. Mt. Bethel, will probated 10 Oct 1791 wife: Sarah father: Benjamin DEPUE, Esq. brothers: Moses, Abrham and John |
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FRANTZ, Paul, L. Saucon twp. will 3 Dec 1763, probated 13 Oct 1766 wife: Mary exec: sons Ludwig and dau. Mary HARTZELL ch: Nicholas, Paul, Ludwig, Susanna ARTMAN, Catarina SLOUGH, Madland DORBLESSER, Mary HARTZELL, Barbury GROVE witnesses: Frederick GWINNER, Johannes HUBER and Anna Margaret HUBER |
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GONSALES, Manuel, Delaware twp, will 28 Feb 1789, probated 20 Mar 1789 wife: Yanaky exec: Peter QUICK, Benjamin BRINTZ, Jacob WOOLF and John TURNER ch: Samuel (minor), Leanah OBERFIELDS, Catharina, Sarah, Elizabeth tha was a captive in Canada. grandch: Manuel; Jean; and Margaret (dau of dec'd son Manuel); Manuel, Benjamin, Rebekah, Martin, Elizabeth, Mary and Leanah OBERFIELDS. witnesses: William SMITH, John CLARK and Robert LOCKEBY |
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HAPPEL, Henry, Plainfield, will 21 Apr 1800, probated 9 Feb 1801 wife: Catharine ch: Casper, George, Christian, Margaret, w/o Wm. HEIDMAN, Catharine, w/o Jacob HOFMER, Elizabeth, w/o Abraham DIETZ, Barbara, w/o Henry BARTHOLOMEW, Sophy. exec: son George and son-in-law Henry BARTHOLOMEW witnesses: Michael MUSSELMAN, Frederick HAHN and Peter CORRELL |
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HELLER, Joseph, Plainfied, Yeoman, will 7 Mar 1797, probated 21 Oct 1800 wife: Mary Engle exec: sons Simon, Joseph, Jacob and younges ston Philip mentions land of Leonard KERN and Christian BENDER witnesses: John YOUNG, Christian BENDER and Jacob HELLER |
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SWARTSWOOD, Minny, Delaware twp., will 16 Jul 1776, probated 23 Apr 1777 mother: Cornelia, exec. mentions: Benjamin SHICK witnesses: Abraham CURTHRIGHT, Adam SHICK and J. CHESTNOR |
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SWARTSWORTH, Bernardus, Delaware twp., will 7 Jun 1773, probated 24 Mar 1774 exec: Hom DEPUE and Benjamin DEPUE ch: Margaret w/o COLE, had dau. Gennert; Jacob; Thomas; Elizabeth; Sarah w/o CUSTARD, had dau. Margaret; Leah, dec'd. had 5 ch: (Anancy, Ostrone, Claudia Chambers, Famiky CUTHBRIGHT and Christopher DENMARK); Anthony, dec'd; Bernardus, dec'd, had ch: (Samuel, Anthony, Benjamin, Moses, Gradus, all minors); Benjamin dec'd; Elizabeth; Mary MULLEN. grandchildren: Peter SWARTSWORTH and his w or dau Elizabeth; Aunchy MULLEN; Bernardus DENMARK; Bernardus SWARTSWORTH, eldest son of Thomas; Minny SWARTSWORTH, minor; Hermonis COLE. mentions friends: John BRINK and Manuel GONSALES witnesses: Henry CUTHRIGHT, William ENNES and John C. SYMMES |
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KOEHLER, George, Whithall, blacksmith, will 3 Jul 1797, probated 3 Jun 1799 wife: Mary Elisabeth sisters: Margaret Catharine w/o Jacob DENGLER, Christina w/o Jacob MILLER (daughters of my sister Hanna MACK) mentions: George FRANTZ, s/o Jacob FRANTZ; George FENSTERMACHER s/o half-brother William, nephews George and Peter SMELL. Six sisters of my wife: Catharina, Sabinah, Margret, Eve, Barbara and Mary exec: George RHOADS of Northampton Co. and Nicholas KERN of Whitehall trustee: Peter RHODS witnesses: Abraham RINKER, Matthias SWINK and John MOLL |
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SCHOONOVER, Redolphus, yeoman, will 29 Oct 1752, probated 21 Dec 1756 wife and exec: Dorothy two children witnesses: John WOOD, Manuel GONSALES, James HYNDSHAW |