Person:Jacob Lingafelter (1)

Will Transcript

In the Name of God Amen

I Jacob Lingafelter of Berwick Township, Adams County and State of Pennsylvania, being advanced in years but of a sound Mind, Memory & Understanding blessed be God for the same, Do make & Publish this to be my Last Will & Testament, as follows Viz:

Principally & first I recommend my Body to the Earth to be Buried in a Christian like manner at the discretion of my Executors hereinafter mentioned and as such Estate wherewith God blessed me with I Give & direct that all my just Debts & Funeral Expenses be first paid out of my Estate.

Then I do order direct & devise unto my daughter Eve that was intermarried with Ulrich Hoover the just sum of Two Hundred Pounds.

Item, I then give unto my daughter Elizabeth intermarried with Philip Hull the sum of Eighty Five Pounds to that which they have already got.

Item, I give unto my third daughter Catherina intermarried with George Kerbangh the sum of One Hundred & Twenty five pounds to that she hath already.

Then next I give unto Ann Mary intermarried with John Hull the sum of fifty Pounds to that they have already gotten,

Then next I give unto my son John Lingafelter the sum of one hundred & forty two Pounds to that he hath already,

Then next I give unto my son Jacob Lingafelter the sum of forty two Pounds fifteen shillings to that he hath already.

Next I do give unto my son Daniel Lingafelter the sum of one hundred pounds to that he hath already and unto my son Daniel Wife for Satisfaction of her trouble I Give unto her all my Bead [Bed] and Bedding apperal and all my Furniture & Clock for her Satisfaction to atend me in my last days,

Then next I give unto my daughter intermarried with Michael Wollett the sum of one hundred and fifty two pounds to that she have already got

Then next & last of my children I give unto my son Nicholas Lingafelter the sum of one hundred & thirty pounds to that he hath already got.

It is my will that my said children should have their said Shares in Robation [?] as they as they are here set down beginning at the oldest first then to the second & so on to the last out of the first moneys that will come in the hands of my Executors, and then after this Divide is made and there should a Balance remain in the hands of my Executors It is my will that it should be equally divided among all my children Share & Share alike; and lastly I do nominate and appoint my friend John Slagle to be the Executor of this my Last Will & Impowering my Executor in as full a manner to sew & recover an part of my estate in as full a manner as I myself might or could ware I personally present.

In witness wareof I Jacob Linafelter do sign seal publish and declare this to be my last will and Testament, hereby Revolking & making Nole & Void all former Wills & Legacies by me heretofore made.

Witness my Hand the Seventh day of July A.D. One Thousand Eight Hundred and Seven.

(Signed) Jacob Lingafelter [His X Mark]

Signed, Sealed published and declared by the said Testator to be his Last Will & Testament in Presence of us at his request.

Samuel Lamp [Bouser?]

Richard Kitchen

Adams County

Before James Duncan Esqr., Register for the Probate of Wills and Granting Letters of Administration in and for the County of Adsms in the State of Pennsylvania, Personally came Samuel Bouser and Richard Kitchen then subscribing witnesses to the foregoing Instrument of writing and on their Solemn Affirmation & Oath do severally say that they were personally present and saw & heard the within named Jacob Lingafelter sign his mark unto & Seal & Publish the foregoing Instrument of writing as & for his last will & Testament and at the time of doing thereof the said Jacob Lingafelter was of a sound & disposing mind, memory & understanding to the best of their knowledge & Belief and that they subscribed their names thereto as witnesses in the presence of said Testator, and at his request and also in the presence of each other at the same time.

Affirmed, Sworn & Subscribed before me at Gettysburg the 18th day of Sept. 1807.

Samuel Bauser

Richard Kitchen

James Duncan Test.

Memorandum.

Letters of Administration were this day granted unto John Slagle the Executor of the Estate of Jacob Lingafelter desceased - Inventory to be exhibited into the Register's Office at Gettysburg on or before the 18th day of October next, and an account or Reckoning on or before the 18th day of September 1808 or when thereunto legally required.

Witness my Hand this 18th day of September A.D. 1807.

(Signed) James Duncan, Regtr.

Probate Records

From "Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994: Adams County, Pennsylvania":

Will Index:

Name of Decedents, When Proved or Granted, Name of Executor, Inventory Filed, Accounts Settled, Fees

Lingafelter, Jacob, Will, September 18, 1807, John Slagle, October 7, 1807, January 2, 1810, $460 Pd.

Notes

From "The Centennial", Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, pub. 6 December 1809:

Register's Office

Adams County, Dec. 2, 1809.

NOTICE is hereby given, to Legatees, Heirs, Creditors, and others to whom it may concern - That the following ADMINISTRATION ACCOUNTS have filed in the Register's Office, at Gettyburg, for the Probate of Wills and Granting Letters of Administration, in and for the County of Adams and State of Pennsylvania; and the same will be presented to an Orphan's Court, to be held at Gettysburg, for the said County, on Tuesday, the 2nd day of January next, to wit:

The account of John Slagle, Esq., executor of the last will and testament of Jacob Lingafelter, late of Berwick township, deceased.

James Duncan, Register.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Ancestry.com. Public Member Trees: (Note: not considered a reliable primary source).

   http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/7836283/person/-452194042

2.   .

   The Linckefelder (Lingenfelter) name also shows up. Jacob Lingenfelter was a neighbor of Ulrich Huber [2][6] for some years and Ulrich’s third wife was his daughter, Maria Eva.[7] Görg Linckefelder, a possible sibling of Jacob, was a baptismal sponsor for Anna Maria Huber, daughter of Ulrich Huber [1].[8] Abraham Keller, possibly father of John Philip Keller, was the sponsor for Elisabetha Barbara Linckefelder, Jacob’s daughter.[9] Johannes and Magdalena (__) Keller were sponsors for Johannes Linckefelder, Jacob’s son,[10] and also Anna Magdalena Runck, daughter of Peter and Anna Catharina (___) Runck.[11]
   
   The multiple connections between the Kellers and Lingenfelders was curious and made me wonder about the relationship. In 1774, Jacob Lingefelter was named as guardian for Valentine, Margaret, Magdalena, and Anna Maria Runck, children of Peter and Catharina Runck.[12] As guardians are usually relatives or people of standing in the community, this pointed to the possibility that Catharina was Jacob’s sister.
   
   I believe that they most likely were siblings. An Anna Catharina Lingenfeldter, daughter of Michael and Maria Barbara Lingenfeldter, was born on 30 May and baptized 31 May 1722 in Rohrbach-Steinweiler, Pfalz, Germany.[13] Michael and Maria Barbara Lingenfeldter also had a daughter Magdalena, born 30 Jan 1713,[14] a son named Johan Jacob, born 5 May 1725,[15] and a son Georg, born 13 May 1730,[16] among others, all baptized in Rohrbach-Steinweiler, Pfalz, Germany.
   
   Searching the FamilySearch Germany indexes, I also found a marriage between Johannes Keller, son of Hans Michael Keller, and Magdalena Lingenfelder, daughter of Hans Michel Lingenfelder, on 20 Jan 1736 in Rohrbach-Steinweiler.[17]
   
   http://www.krishocker.com/ulrich-hoover-visualizing-connections/

3. ↑ Germany. Germany Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898: index. (FamilySearch MyHeritage).

   Johann Jacob Lingenfeldter baptism, 7 May 1724

4.   Pennsylvania, United States. Pennsylvania, Probate Records, 1683-1994: Images. (FamilySearch).
5.   .

   Johann Jacob Lingenfeldter baptism, 7 May 1724, “Germany, Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898.” ↩