The Last Will and Testament of Henry Keppel

 The Last Will and Testament of Henry Keppel

In the name of God Amen I Henry Kepple of Upper Salford Township in the County of Montgomery and State of Pennsylvania being weak in Body considering the uncertainty of this Mortal Life but being of sound and perfect mind and memory Blessed be Almighty God for the same Do make and publish this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following that is to say First I will that all my just Debts and funeral Charges and just Debts shall be paid by my hereafter named Executors.

Item it is my will that after my decease all my Real and Personal Estate shall be appraised and sold at Public Vendue to the best advantage the can and pay of the Debts what is left unpaid after my decease. Then it is my will that the residue of my Estate shall be equally divided amongst my six Children Vizt. namely Peter, Catharine, Elizabeth, Martin, Margaret & Christiana or their Heirs and Assigns and it is further my will that the three Children which my Daughter Margareth got by her first husband (named Jacob Fry) shall have the sum of ten pounds each of them paid by my Executors or to their Heirs or Assigns out of her the said Margareth's share after the residue is fully and Lawful as the names are Henry, Catharine & Elizabeth, and lastly I nominate and appoint my youngest son Martin and Jacob Daub my son in Law to be the sole Executors of this my last Will and Testament and give them full power and authority at the demand of them to sign, seal, execute and deliver a good Deed or Deeds to be Lawful to the purchaser or purchasers of my Land and Plantation as good and ample as I myself could do if when personal Present hereby Revoking all former wills by me made and heretofore whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the Eleventh Day of November in the Year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and One.

Signed sealed Published and declared by the above named Henry Kepple to be his last will and Testament in the presence of us who have here unto subscribed our names as witnesses in Presence of the Testator

                                                                                                    Henry Kepple (seal)

Philip Gable

Jacob Tillman

Personally Appeared each of the Witnesses to the foregoing will and being duly sworn according to Law did say that they were personally present and did see Henry Kepple the Testator within named sign and seal and heard him pronounce and declare the same to be his last will and Testament and at the doing thereof he was of a perfect sound disposing mind and memory and understanding to the best of their knowledge and that they subscribed their names as witnesses thereto at the request of the Testator in his presence and in the presence of each other.

Be it remembered that on the 12th day of February 1802 the foregoing will of Henry Kepple was proved in due form of Law and Letters Testamentory granted unto Martin Kepple and Jacob Dubs Executors therein named they having first sworn well and truly to perform the same and render an account according to Law. Given under my hand & seal of Office and Registered the 12th day of February A.D. 1802.

For Register

Geo W. Oppy (or Otts).

Henry Keppel is the Husband of my 5th Great GrandAunt Margaretha Elizabeth Derr. Their children are my 1st Cousins 6X Removed. 

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1. Montgomnery County, Pennsylvania,#2, pages 214 & 215 The Last Will and Testament of Henry Keppel; Register of Wills, Norristown, Montgomnery County, Pennsylvania.