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Tri-Counties Genealogy &
History by Joyce M. Tice
Tri-Counties Legal Documents
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Bradford County PA
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Chemung County NY
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Tioga County PA
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Joyce's Search Tip - January 2008
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Do You Know that you can search just the
Legal
Documents on the site by using the Legal Documents button
in
the Partitioned search engine on the
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What's New Page? This section of the site includes wills, deeds,
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Joyce, I hope the following will be of use to your site. There
are a few words that I either didn’t understand or were difficult to read
the handwriting. There was no punctuation so it was harder but I
think I got it all ok. I would appreciate the disclaimer that you always
use for provided material and would appreciate the paragraph below added
to the will. Perhaps something will develop for Marcie.
The following will has been typed for your site’s use by Rose Schaer.
It is made available with the hope that anyone finding it useful any way
will contact Marcie VanDeren, rmhc@bigsky.net
More papers in the estate file provide further information about the
children named in the will and their children.
Marcie is especially interested in the Van Deren name.
Will of Elizabeth Boyer
November 1834
In the name of God Amen I Elizabeth Boyer of the town of
Big Flatt in the County of Tioga State of New York: being of good health
of body and of sound mind memory and understanding do make this my last
will and Testament as follows that is to say, my desire is to be buried
with as little expense as decency will permit and that all my debts and
funeral expenses be paid as soon after my decease as conveniently may be
And I give all my Messengens[?}, Lands and Tenements _kin suitaments whatsoever
lying and being in the County of Tioga, State of new York and Town of Big
Flatt with the appurtenances unto my Daughter Elizabeth Fritchey for and
during her natural life the said Elizabeth to live with and take care of
me for and during my natural life if she should so long live. But
the said Elizabeth is not to expend any of the said property hereby devised
in my maintainence [sic] nor any other property of hers to nurse and take
care of me in my old age. And from and after the decease of the said Elizabeth
I give and devise the same to my daughters Polly Barnes, Susan Vanderin,
Mary Ann Baiver, Catharine Gates and my Grand Daughter Elizabeth Fritchey
in Equal porpotions [sic] in fee simple Share & Share alike:
And it is further my will & desire and this is desire is made upon
that condition that if Either of my Daughters, Polly--Susan – Mary Ann
– Cartharine- or my Grand Daughter, Elizabeth or any one or all of them
or their representative should be desirous of selling or disposing
of their interest in the devise hereby made that in preference of purchasing
at the same price should be given to my sons Phillip and Samuel Boyer or___
or either of them provided they will pay the same price and upon the same
terms as a stranger or any other person besides the said Philip &
Samuel who may be desirous of purchasing the same.
In witness hereof I have here unto set my hand & seal this
third?? Day of November in the year one thousand and Eight hundred &
Thirty four
Signed ____in presence of: N.H. Purple, S.McDugull, R.L. Kilburn
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Bradford County PA
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Chemung County NY
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Tioga County PA
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Published On Tri-Counties Site On 20 MAR 2009
By Joyce M. Tice
Email: Joyce M. Tice
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