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Facts and Events
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Wills, v. I, K, 1748-1757, in Philadelphia County (Pennsylvania). Register of Wills. Wills, 1682-1916; indexes to wills, 1682-1924. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1947, 1981-1982)
Vol. I, p. 4 (loose papers).
[Note: photographed will is badly damaged and incomplete; names below are as they are written in the will]
Extraction:
7 November 1748
Frederick ...halk of Franckonia Township, County of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania Husbandman
- unto my loving wife Anna Mary Godtschalk the third part of all my Estate both Real and Personal after all my just Debts (are) paid
- and after her Death my to Children to Witt
Agnes Panneak, wife of Yost Panneak
Andrew Godtschalk,
Mary Crout wife of Johan Crout
Ann Alleback wife of Christian Alleback and
Elizabeth Myer wife of Henry Myer to have share and share alike of the aforesaid third part
- Son Andrew Godtchalk shall receive Thirty Pounds more out of the Rest of my Estate then any of the other Children
- the Remainder Equally to be Divided Between my five Children
Agnes , Andrew , Mary , Ann and, Elizabeth
- my Son in Law Johan Crout 25 acres where he now dwelleth, and to pay 10 pounds
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, Will Index, 1682-1819 : [database on-line]. (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2000).
Fredrick Godtschalk, Husbandman, Decedent
Residence: Franconia, Philadelphia Co.
Will Date: 7 Nov 1748; Will Proved: 8 Dec 1748
Comments: Goatschalk, Fredrick, Franconia, Co. of Philadelphia. Husbandman. Nov. 7, 1748/9. Dec. 8, 1748. Wife: Ann Mary. Children: Agnes, Andrew, Elizabeth, Mary Ann. Son-in-Law: Johan Crout. Exec: Ann Mary Godtschalk, Youst Panncak.
Page: J:4
Persons named:
Johan Crout
Elizabeth Goatschalk
Mary Ann Goatschalk
Ann Mary Goatschalk
Agnes Goatschalk
Andrew Goatschalk
Fredrick Goatschalk
Ann Mary Godtschalk
Fredrick Godtschalk
William Nash
Youst Panncak
William Tennes
[Note: whoever did the indexing appears to have been unfamiliar with handwriting of the time, indexing what is clearly "Godtschalk" as "Goatschalk", and "Panneak" as "Panncak"]
- Gudgel, Vivian. "Frederich Gottshall's Signature". TS (with photocopy of signature). Attached to Frederick Gottshall in Gudgell Family Tree by sugarhorses
accessed 30 Oct 2018.
"Cousin Adriana Potts had a copy of [Frederick Gottshall's] original handwritten Last Will and Testament."
"The body of the document is obviously written by someone else", with the family name spelled Godtschalk (with one exception, spelled Gotschalk), but the signature, in the "old German" script, appears to be Friedrick's.
[Analysis of signature follows, with comparisons to an example of "Sutterlin" script.] Both the photocopy of the signature and the analysis show his actual signature to be Frederick Gottshall
- ↑ Gottshall appears to be the original spelling of the family name.
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