MySource:Quolla6/Will of Hugh Porter of Cumberland County, PA, 1785

Ad Adams County, PA D Delaware County, PA Ce Cecil County Md Ch Chester County, PA Cu Cumberland County, PA NC New Castle County, DE We Westmoreland County, PA Yo York County, PA

Item 1
From: Lucy Gunthorpe

1785 will for Hugh Porter said to exist in Cumberland County, PA. Dated 22 March 1785 Proven 21 April 1785 (Will Book E).

Item 2
From: Genforum 29 Oct 2002 Joe PORTER, HUGH.

March 22, 1785. April 21, 1785.

Wife Mary.

Sons William, Hugh, Robert and Joseph Porter.

Land in Westmoreland County.

Exs: Sons William Porter and Hugh Porter.

Wit: Jas. Blair, William Kerr, Hugh McCutchen, William Blain. E. 22-23.

Item 3

From:PA Roots

Hugh Porter; will dated 22 March 1785; probated 21 April 1785. Wife Mary Porter. Sons: William Porter, Hugh Porter, Robert Porter, Joseph Porter. Executors: sons William & Hugh Porter Witnesses: James Blain, William Kerr, Hugh McCutcheon. (Source: Cumberland County, PA Wills; pages 87-88; Will Book 2 (part of D, E & F all bound together))

Item 4
A somewhat different extraction, perhaps based on a portion of the probate record is given at

Rootsweb

Chester County, Pennsylvania Wills, 1713-1825 Book Page: B:86
Surname: Bready
Given Name: Joseph
Title:
Description: Executor
Residence:
Date:
Prove Date: 25 Mar 1771
Remarks: Alexander Porter of Hopewell, jobber. 2 Mar 1771. Father Hugh Porter, if alive in the Kingdon of Ireland, County of Down. Land in Ligonier settlement, adjoining land of Samuel Smith, John McCullan and James McCardy. Four youngest bros., William, Hugh, Robert, and Joseph. Bro. James. Sister Margret, married to Samuel Alexander. Exs., John Montgomery and Joseph Bready.

Commentary

Item 4 appears to be a description of the will drawn from the executors (Josepy Bready) probate record , and contains slightly different information. In prticular,

• rather than saying his father Hugh was from Wyllysland" it places him in County Down.^[1]
• It also notes that he owned land in the Ligonier settlement.
• Most significantly, the will is apparently being probated in Chester County, not Cumberland. Other data seems identical.

What is presumed to have occurred is that the original executors, sons William and Hugh, declined to serve, or were unable to serve, and John Montgomery and Joseph Brady were appointed executor by the estate, and administration of the estate was transferred to Chester County. Presumably this is where the majority of the heirs were living at te time.

Footnotes

1. ↑ Wyllysland is presumably in County Down, but has not yet been located.