Person:Christian Hynaker (1)

Will Transcript

In the Name of God Amen I Christian Hynecker of the County of Pendleton & State of Virginia being very weak in body but of Perfect mind & memory knowing that it is appointed for all Men Once to die do make & Ordain this my last Will & Testament that is to say principally & first, I Recommend my Soul into the hand of Almighty God that gave it my Body I recommend to the Earth to be buried in decent Christian Burial at the discretion of my Executors nothing doubting but at the last day I shall receive the same by the mighty Power of God & touching the temporal Estate that the Lord has pleased to bless me with in this Present World.

I give & dispose of the same in the following manner. Viz.___________

I give & bequeath to my beloved wife Nancy the full third of my lands that I now live on to hold during her natural life & the full third of my moveable property likewise the Grain that is now growing, the large Kettle, the dutch oven, the loom, Plough & frying pan.

2ndly. I give & Bequeath to my only son George my lands & Tenements to have & to hold to him & his heirs forever.

3rdly. I give to my Eldest daughter Elizabeth one young black horse, one Cow four year old red with a white face, three Sheep formerly claimed by her.

4thly. I give & Bequeath to my second daughter Eve One black Mare Cole, one bridled heifer, One sheep formerly claimed by her.

5thly. I give to my Son George the Gun I now own.

And the remainder of my moveable property it is my Will that it shall be sold and equally divided amongst them my son excepted. I likewise Appoint John Mitchell my sole Executor of this my last Will & Testament, hereby disallowing disannulling & revoking all former Wills declaring this & this only to be my last Will & Testament.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my had this Twenty fifth day of december One Thousand eight hundred & One in the Presence of us.

[Signed] Christian Hynecker [His X Mark] [Seal]

Witness: Samuel Teter, Elizabeth Hedrick [Her X Mark], Sophrona Teter [Her X Mark]

At a Court held for Pendleton County on Tuesday the 2nd day of February 1802.

This last Will & Testament of Christian Hynecker deceased was produced in Court & proven by the Oaths of Samuel Teter & Sophrona Teter two of the witnesses thereto & ordered to be recorded.

Teste: L [or Z?]. Dyer

1.   West Virginia. Wills and Probate Records, 1724-1985.

   Name Chris Hyneker
   Probate Place Pendleton, West Virginia, USA
   Inferred Death Place West Virginia, USA
   Item Description Wills, Vol 2-4, 1801-1858

2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 Ancestry.com. Public Member Trees: (Note: not considered a reliable primary source).

   https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/11041734/person/6014136630/facts