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Will of Robert Porter of Drumore Twnshp, Lancaster Co, PA, 1745.


Based on: :Wills of Lancaster County 1729-1819

Wills: N-R Surnames: Will Abstracts 1729-1819: Lancaster Co, PA

See: Notebook:Porter Family on the Octoraro#Wills The following is a temporary summary of the will, to be replaced by a transcription once one has been transcribed Will of Robert Porter, recorded 9 Sep 1745, Lancaster Co, PA, provides for wife, Mary, and 5 children: 1) Robert Porter [Jr], 2) John Porter, 3) James Porter, 4) Samuel Porter, and 5) Jannet Porter. [Ref: Lancaster Co. Will Book Abstracts] (from Patricia Stark

Stark (above) notes that "In 1733/34, Robert Porter filed two separate lawsuits against William Fulton [ffulton] and Walter Denny. [Ref: Lancaster Co. Appearance Dockets.] Fulton and Denny acquired adjacent tracts of land on the Conowingo Creek in Drumore Township, Lancaster County, formerly West Nottingham Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania.

From ben Porter: Robert Porter of Drumore (1745)

wife Mary, 

children

Robert
John
James
Samuel
and Jannet.

Witnesses Robert's friends Andrew Gregg and William Richy.