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Mathews-Williams Family Genealogy
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William Cochran was killed by Indians on the Ohio River, opposite East Liverpool, Ohio.
James Buchanan was enrolled sometime during the period 1780-1783 as a Private, Sixth Class, Captain William Johnston's third Company, Tenth Battalion, Lancaster (PA) Militia, and "marched" according to evidence of an undated return, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth Classes. (source: William H. Work, Chief, Division of Public Records, Commonwealth of PA, PA Historical and Museum Commission. authority: Military accounts (Militia), Records of the Comptroller General, at the Division of Public Records. certificate dated: January 11, 1966.)WILL OF JAMES BUCHANAN: February 22, 1810;
In the name of God Amen I James B. Buchanan of township of Halifax county of Dauphin State of Pennsylvania being very sick and weak in Body but of sound mind memory and understanding blessed be God for the same do make and publish this my last will and testament in manner follwoing to-wit --
Principally and first of all I commend my soul into the hands of God who gave it, and my Body to the earth to be buried in Christian and Decent like Manner at the direction of my Executors herinafter named--and as to such worldly estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this life I give and Dispose of in the Following Manner.
I give and Devise to my dearly beloved wife HANNAH four acres of land which I purchased fro Peter Herb (sp?) and also one small corner of my other plantation supposed to be three-quarters of an acrejoining said four acres on which my present dwelling house stands, the said house with said four acres and three-quarters shall be hers during her Natural life, and from and immediately after her discease I giveand Devise the same to my two youngest children ANN BUCHANAN and ROBERT BUCHANAN or the survivor or survivors of them Equally to divide between them, and I also give to her my wife the sum of ninety pounds to be paid out of my estate a portion yearly to be paid in proportion with the rest of the heirs herinafter mentioned agreeable to the income of said estate to the aforesaid sum of Ninety poundsbetween my two Daughters MARY and HANNAH must have the __________ of my Present dwelling house as a home so long as they may think proper or remain unmarried.
And as touching the rest residue and remainder of my estate real my plantation shall be rented for Money from year to year to the highest bidder and the profits arising divided equally amongst my heirs paying each one a part of their Respective shares, the plantation must not be sold to my youngest son ROBERT BUCHANAN comes to the years of twenty one and then it must be sold and the heirs _______
there must be an equal Distribution made of over ________ if any then it is my Desire that my two youngest children be Raised on the place to ROBERT is fit to choose for himself a trade.I bequeath to the heirs of my eldest son ROBERT BUCHANAN dicease the sum of twenty four pounds four shillings to be paid to them in three yeaars after my Discease --- and to my second son NATHANIEL BUCHANAN I bequeath the sum of twenty four pounds four shillings to be paid to him three years after my Discease ----- I bequeath to the heirs of WILLIAM BUCHANAN Disc. the sum of twenty four pounds four shillings to be paid three years after my Discease ----- I Bequeath to JAMES BUCHANAN my fourth son the sum of twenty four pounds four shillings to be paid to him three years after my Discease ---- I Bequeath to SAMUEL BUCHANAN my fifth son the sum of twenty four pounds four shillings to be paid to him in three years after my Discease ----------- I bequeath to NATHAN BUCHANAN my sixth son the sum of fifty two pounds Nine shillings, twenty four pounds four shillings a part thereof to be paid three years after my Discease and the remainder of the fifty two pounds nine shillings must be paid as the yearly profits arising from my estate will admit of, giving each of their heirs an equal chance ------- I Bequeath to my seventh son JOSEPH BUCHANAN the sum of eighty punds four shillings, twenty four pounds four shillings a part thereof shall be paid to him three years after my Discease and the Remainder as the yearly profits of the estate will admit of ------ I Bequeath to JANE HUNTER my eldest daughter the sum of one hundred and fourteen pounds four shillings, twentyb four pounds four shillings a part thereof to be paid to her three years after my Discease and the Remainder as the yearly income will admit of or when the estate is sold alowing each heir an equal chance ------ I Bequeath to SARAH FRONK my second daughter the su of Forty three pounds fifteen shillings and four pence, twenty four pounds four shillings to be to her three years after my Discease and the remainder to be paid her as the yearly income will admit of as her elder sister ------ I Bequeath to my third and fourth daughters MARY BUCHANAN and HANNACH BUCHANNAN to each of them separately the sum of one Hundred and fourteen pounds four shillings, to each of them shall be paid as a part of the aforesaid sum twenty four pounds four shillings in three years after my Discease and the Remainder as the yearly income of the estate will admit of as the other heirs -------- and to my youngest daughter ANN BUCHANAN I Bequeath to her the further sum of one Hundred and fourteen pounds four shillings to be paid to her out of my estate when she shall arrive at the years of Eighteen.
----- I do also Bequeath to my youngest son ROBERT BUCHANAN the further sum of one Hundred and four pounds four shillings to be paid to him when he shall arive at the years of twenty one to be paid out of my estate ---------And lastly I nominate and appoint my son JAMES BUCHANAN and John Jones to be the executors of this my last will hereby revoking all other wills legacies and bequests by me heretofore made and Declaring this and none other to be my last will and testament. I witness whereof I have hereunto set my sign and seal dated this 22nd day of February 1810 --------
Signed sealed published pronounced and Declared
by the said testator to be his last will and testament
in the presence of us who in his presence and at his
request have subscribed as witnessesGeorge Taylor
William JohnstonDauphin County, Pa
On the fifth day of March AD 1810 Before me Henry Beader Esquire Register for the Probate of Wills. Ye for the County Personally came the George Taylor & William Johnston the two subscribing witnesses to the written will and being duly sworn according to Law doth depose and say that they were personally present and saw and heard JAMES BUCHANAN the Testator sign seal publish pronounces & declare the written Instrument of writing as signed for his last will and testament and at the time of so doing that he was of sound mind memory and understanding to the best knowledge and belief.
Henry Beader Regt.
Last will and testament of James Buchanan Dis. No. 2 5 Mar 1810
James Buchanan was enrolled sometime during the period 1780-1783 as a Private, Sixth Class, Captain William Johnston's third Company, Tenth Battalion, Lancaster (PA) Militia, and "marched" according to evidence of an undated return, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth Classes. (source: William H. Work, Chief, Division of Public Records, Commonwealth of PA, PA Historical and Museum Commission. authority: Military accounts (Militia), Records of the Comptroller General, at the Division of Public Records. certificate dated: January 11, 1966.)WILL OF JAMES BUCHANAN: February 22, 1810;
In the name of God Amen I James B. Buchanan of township of Halifax county of Dauphin State of Pennsylvania being very sick and weak in Body but of sound mind memory and understanding blessed be God for the same do make and publish this my last will and testament in manner follwoing to-wit --
Principally and first of all I commend my soul into the hands of God who gave it, and my Body to the earth to be buried in Christian and Decent like Manner at the direction of my Executors herinafter named--and as to such worldly estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this life I give and Dispose of in the Following Manner.
I give and Devise to my dearly beloved wife HANNAH four acres of land which I purchased fro Peter Herb (sp?) and also one small corner of my other plantation supposed to be three-quarters of an acrejoining said four acres on which my present dwelling house stands, the said house with said four acres and three-quarters shall be hers during her Natural life, and from and immediately after her discease I giveand Devise the same to my two youngest children ANN BUCHANAN and ROBERT BUCHANAN or the survivor or survivors of them Equally to divide between them, and I also give to her my wife the sum of ninety pounds to be paid out of my estate a portion yearly to be paid in proportion with the rest of the heirs herinafter mentioned agreeable to the income of said estate to the aforesaid sum of Ninety poundsbetween my two Daughters MARY and HANNAH must have the __________ of my Present dwelling house as a home so long as they may think proper or remain unmarried.
And as touching the rest residue and remainder of my estate real my plantation shall be rented for Money from year to year to the highest bidder and the profits arising divided equally amongst my heirs paying each one a part of their Respective shares, the plantation must not be sold to my youngest son ROBERT BUCHANAN comes to the years of twenty one and then it must be sold and the heirs _______
there must be an equal Distribution made of over ________ if any then it is my Desire that my two youngest children be Raised on the place to ROBERT is fit to choose for himself a trade.I bequeath to the heirs of my eldest son ROBERT BUCHANAN dicease the sum of twenty four pounds four shillings to be paid to them in three yeaars after my Discease --- and to my second son NATHANIEL BUCHANAN I bequeath the sum of twenty four pounds four shillings to be paid to him three years after my Discease ----- I bequeath to the heirs of WILLIAM BUCHANAN Disc. the sum of twenty four pounds four shillings to be paid three years after my Discease ----- I Bequeath to JAMES BUCHANAN my fourth son the sum of twenty four pounds four shillings to be paid to him three years after my Discease ---- I Bequeath to SAMUEL BUCHANAN my fifth son the sum of twenty four pounds four shillings to be paid to him in three years after my Discease ----------- I bequeath to NATHAN BUCHANAN my sixth son the sum of fifty two pounds Nine shillings, twenty four pounds four shillings a part thereof to be paid three years after my Discease and the remainder of the fifty two pounds nine shillings must be paid as the yearly profits arising from my estate will admit of, giving each of their heirs an equal chance ------- I Bequeath to my seventh son JOSEPH BUCHANAN the sum of eighty punds four shillings, twenty four pounds four shillings a part thereof shall be paid to him three years after my Discease and the Remainder as the yearly profits of the estate will admit of ------ I Bequeath to JANE HUNTER my eldest daughter the sum of one hundred and fourteen pounds four shillings, twentyb four pounds four shillings a part thereof to be paid to her three years after my Discease and the Remainder as the yearly income will admit of or when the estate is sold alowing each heir an equal chance ------ I Bequeath to SARAH FRONK my second daughter the su of Forty three pounds fifteen shillings and four pence, twenty four pounds four shillings to be to her three years after my Discease and the remainder to be paid her as the yearly income will admit of as her elder sister ------ I Bequeath to my third and fourth daughters MARY BUCHANAN and HANNACH BUCHANNAN to each of them separately the sum of one Hundred and fourteen pounds four shillings, to each of them shall be paid as a part of the aforesaid sum twenty four pounds four shillings in three years after my Discease and the Remainder as the yearly income of the estate will admit of as the other heirs -------- and to my youngest daughter ANN BUCHANAN I Bequeath to her the further sum of one Hundred and fourteen pounds four shillings to be paid to her out of my estate when she shall arrive at the years of Eighteen.
----- I do also Bequeath to my youngest son ROBERT BUCHANAN the further sum of one Hundred and four pounds four shillings to be paid to him when he shall arive at the years of twenty one to be paid out of my estate ---------And lastly I nominate and appoint my son JAMES BUCHANAN and John Jones to be the executors of this my last will hereby revoking all other wills legacies and bequests by me heretofore made and Declaring this and none other to be my last will and testament. I witness whereof I have hereunto set my sign and seal dated this 22nd day of February 1810 --------
Signed sealed published pronounced and Declared
by the said testator to be his last will and testament
in the presence of us who in his presence and at his
request have subscribed as witnessesGeorge Taylor
William JohnstonDauphin County, Pa
On the fifth day of March AD 1810 Before me Henry Beader Esquire Register for the Probate of Wills. Ye for the County Personally came the George Taylor & William Johnston the two subscribing witnesses to the written will and being duly sworn according to Law doth depose and say that they were personally present and saw and heard JAMES BUCHANAN the Testator sign seal publish pronounces & declare the written Instrument of writing as signed for his last will and testament and at the time of so doing that he was of sound mind memory and understanding to the best knowledge and belief.
Henry Beader Regt.
Last will and testament of James Buchanan Dis. No. 2 5 Mar 1810
WILL OF ROBERT CHINN - 1820: proved 19 may 1821, Lancaster Co., VA:
In the name of God Amen, I Robert Chinn of the County of Lancaster, being of sound mind and siposing memory do make and ordain this to be my last will and testament.
Item The first I give and bequeath hereby devise unto my niece MATILDA ANN ELZABETH JEFFRIES, the wife of Mr. JOHN F. B. JEFFRIES my tract of land whereon I now live to her and her heirs forever. I also give the said MATILDA A. E. JEFFRIES my negro woman Lucy and her three children - Judiah, Peter and Anna and all my horses, cattle, hogs together with all the plantation, utensils of every description, as also my clock and chimes and I also give unto my said niece all the grains and provender of every kind which may be unsold at the time of my death.
Second It is my will and desire that my woman Cate for her extraordinary merit and for her faithful conduct together with her children - Henry, Addison, Frederick and Maria be free and manumated and I do hereby will forever. It is my will and desire that said Cate shall live in my quarter on the said land together with her children and be furnished annually be the said MATILDA A. E. JEFFRIES or her heirs with eight barrels of corn and one hundred weight of pork and be permitted to raise yearly two hogs in the pen to be fed from her own means. She, the said Cate and children if they choose to remain in the said quarter during her life. But as soon as Henry and Addison shall be bound apprentices (or as herein mentioned) the said Cate shall have only six barrels of corn and fifty pounds of pork yearly.
I also give unto the said Cate my knifes, forks, plates, dishes, spoons, cups, saucers, pitchers, mugs, bowls and the things of that kind, also three tables and my handy case and all my kitchen and dairy furniture of every description. Should the said Cate get a husband the said annuities and the reserves before charged upon my niece aforesaid shall cease and be no longer payable or permitted.
It is further my will and desire that my said niece MATILDA A. E. JEFFRIES shall have Henry and Addison before mentioned taught to read, write and cypher as far as the rule of three in Arithmetic and immediately thereafter to have them sent to Baltimore and have Henry bound to a tayler if it can be effected upon reasonable terms, if not, then to a shoemaker coverently in the usual manner with their master or masters to have the said Henry and Addison perfected in their trade or mystery.
It is also my will and desire that my said niece MATILDA A. E. JEFFRIES and her heirs pay to the said Henry as he arrives to the age of twenty one years the sum of six hundred dollars and to Addison if he attains the same age five hundred dollars and to be paid exclusive of interest for no interest is intended to be given when each shall severally arrive to a full age. I also give to Henry one bed and iron bound trunk now in the house. I give to Addison one bed and iron bound trunk now in the house.
Item I give to RICHARD M. SYDNOR of Frederick Co. my negro boy named Allen my aforesaid niece MATILDA A. E. JEFFIRES is to take care of my unfortunate son JOHN during his life, furnished with good strong clothes, suited to the seasons, supported with good wholesome diet, furnished with decent lodging and taken care of.
Item I give to my said son John the bed his mother brought with her and said bed to be furnished for his lodging.
My debts contracted since 1817 and not paid at my death are to be paid by my said niece. All my estate of every kind not before devised I do hereby give unto my said niece.
JOHN F. B. JEFFRIES and WILLIAM B. MITCHELL my esteemed friends I do appoint executors of this my last will and testament, hereby revoking and annulling all will or wills heretofore by me made. As witness my hand this 8th day of May 1820.
Signed in the presence of Aug. Neale, Thomas Sydnor, Jr., Samuel Yerby.
I ROBERT CHINN being in perfect senses and of sound mind do make this my codicil to the foregoing to be taken as a part of my last will and testament.
First It is my will and desire that my niece MATILDA A. E. JEFFRIES shall have the future increase of the female slaves before bequeated to her. It is also my will and desire that in case my woman Cate whom I have left, should have a child or children before my death or afterwards that they also shall be free and emancipated.
ROBERT CHINN
Signed in presence of - Aug. Neale, Thomas Sydnor, Jr., Samuel Yerby.
At a court held for the county of Lancaster the 19th day of March 1821 this last will and testament and codicil of ROBERT CHINN dec'd was proved in open court by the oaths of Augustine Neale and Thomas Sydnor Jr. two of the witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded.
Teste: Benjamin M. Walker C of C
March 16, 1783, Lancaster Co., 15, p. 142, Robert Chinn apprenticed himself to David Gallaway and George Key of Northumberland Co. until of age to learn mercantile pursuits.
This John Chinn must have had some type of disability, based upon reference to him in his father's will which states: "...my aforesaid niece Matilda A. E. Jeffries is to take care of my unfortunate son John during his life, furnished with good strong clothes, suited for the seasons, supported with good wholesome diet, furnished with decent lodging and take care of."
Other sources refer to her as Elizabeth Ann Chinn.