MySource:Quolla6/Will of James Porter, West Nantmeal, Chester Co, PA, 1775

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MySource Will of James Porter, West Nantmeal, Chester Co, PA, 1775
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Will of James Porter, West Nantmeal, Chester Co, PA, 1775.
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Porter Family in Southwest Virginia
Misc. Porters in Upper Southwest Virginia
Porter Family in Guilford County, NC
Porter Family in Old Augusta County Virginia
Porter Family in Old Chester County
Porter Family on the Octoraro
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Porter Family of Cecil County
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From: Ancestry, Mary Lu Porter and others

Extract

PORTER, JAMES, Blacksmith, West Nantmeal[1] Will: March 27, 1775 West Nantmeal, Chester, PA:

Provides for wife Elizabeth.
To son William $20.
to my 5 daus viz Rebecca, Isabela, Elizabeth, :Elinor and Violet $20 each.
To son Nathaniel all rem. of est. on paying above legacies & $15 additional to dau Isabela. wife Elizabeth & son Nathaniel Exs.
Letters to Nathaniel the other renouncing. Wm Porter. Francis Gardner wit. [are the letters to "Nathaniel the other" renouncing William Porter, or is William Porter being identified as a witness? probably the later but extract not clear.]

Commentary

Ancestry lineages consistently identify a Hugh Porter as a son of Nathaniel Porter and Violet Ogelby of Adams County.

The MySource:Will of William Porter of Drumore Twnshp, Lancaster Co., PA identifies his brother Hugh Porter as excutor, and brotherinlaw Rees Price as witness. William is commonly identified as a son of Nathaniel Porter and Violet Ogelby of Adams county.