Frantz Kruck - Last Will and Testament
I Frantz Krick in Cumru Township in Berks County in Pennsylvania being old & Weak in my Body, But yet thanks be to god of good understanding & Memory, But having considered the Mortality of Mankind, I therefore do hereby make my last Will & Testament & Dispose of my Worldly Estate in Manner following:
But in the first place, I Commend my Soul into the Hands of god & my Body to be Buried in a Christianlike manner into the Earth out of Which he was taken & that all my Just Debts shall be paid through my Executors, Which shall be named hereafter.
Item Because I having Received in the Month of February 1782 Different Bonds from my son Frantz Krick Jun for my Land Which I sold to him, Each one thereof being Fifty pounds to be paid in Good Money Yearly on the first Day of December in each Year -- So I give & Bequeath part of the said Bonds in manner following --
Namely, to my Son Peter Krick the Bond which is due December the first 1783 of Fifty Pounds & to such to Receive from my son Frantz Krick.
To my Son John Krick the Bond of fifty Pounds on the first December 1784.
To my Son Jacob Krick the Bond of fifty pounds in 1785.
To my Son Frantz Krick the Bond of fifty pounds in December 1786.
To my Son Peter Krick the Bonds of fifty pounds on the first December 1787.
Item. To my Daughter Margareth the Bond of fifty pounds on the first December 1788.--
To my Daughter Elisabeth the Bond of fifty pounds on the first December 1789.
To my Daughter Maria, the Bond of fifty pounds the first December 1790.
To my Daughter Catharine the Bond of fifty pounds on the first December 1791.
And to my Daughter Eve the Bond of fifty Pounds on the first December 1792.
And One Bond of fifty Pounds payable in the year one thousand Eight hundred.
And yet a Bond of fifty pounds payable by Frantz Krick Junior on the first December in 1801. Such two Bonds I Bequeath to the two first Born Children of my Daughter Magdalena Helm ad their Legacy of my Estate. Those two Last Mentioned Bonds each of fifty pounds Being the Last which I Received of my Son Frantz Krick. --
I give & bequeath to my Daughter Magdalena Helm the Sum of five Shillings Current Money of Pennsylvania in full of her Whole Legacy of all my Estate. --
And All the Land so I Sold to my Sons John Krick, Adam Krick, and George Krick before the Day of the date hereof, Saying Such I acknowledge & Confirm to them their Hiers & Assigns for Ever, -- If in Case I Should not have given a Substantial Right therefore to the true Intent & Meaning hereof.
And Because my Sons as George, Adam & Philip Krick, each of them Received of me One hundred pounds before this, for Which Reason they not being Named Concerning the Bonds.
All the Remainder of my Estate not bequeathed heretofore Shall be Divided Among my Sons & Daughters, as Johannes, Jacob, Frantz, George, Adam, Philip & Peter Krick & Margareth, Elizabeth, Maria, Catharine & Eve, in Equal Shares to the true Intent & Meaning hereof.
Lastly, I ordain, appoint & Nominate for Executors my Sons Frantz Krick & George Krick & my Son in Law Jacob Ruth of this my Last Will & Testament. Yet upon this Condition, that if my Executors or any one of them, be Indebted to the Estate after my Death, that he or they Shall Reckon the Same among the moveable Effects that everything Shall & may be Brought to Rights to true Intent & Meaning hereof
In Witness Whereof I have hereto Set my Hand & Seal the 26th Day of April 1782.
Frantz Krick (Seal)
Signed, Sealed by Frantz Krick as
his Last Will & Testmanet Declared in the presence for & upon his Request
Signed as Witnesses hereto:
Christian Ruth
Abraham Trostel