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... The will of Roger Evans of London Britain, in the County of Chester and Province of Pennsylvania, dated January 3, 1738. (Will book B page 34)
Item. - I give and bequeath to my well beloved daughter Eleanor (now married to Morgan Jones) the sum of five shillings.
Item. - I give and bequeath to my well beloved daughter Lettice (now married to Thomas Morgan) the sum of five shillings.
Item. - I give to Mary, my well beloved wife, whom I likewise constitute my executrix, all and singular my lands, tenements, goods and chattels by her freely to be possessed and enjoyed while she continues my widow. Provides for a possible unborn child.
I constitute my well beloved friends John Jones and William Sample supervisors of this my last will and to stand as guardians.
Letters granted to Mary Evans, February 6, 1738.
Appraisal made by Richard Whitting and John Rankin, L 105-3-1.
In an account filed May 31, 1740, an allowance is claimed for cash paid Moses Scott for a coffin, six shillings.
