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Facts and Events
| Name[1] |
Michael Hiestand |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth? |
7 Apr 1794 |
Rockingham County, Virginia |
| Marriage |
12 Feb 1821 |
Licking Co., Ohioto Grace Pickering |
| Other[3][6] |
14 May 1842 |
Lancaster, Fairfield Co., OhioWillText |
| Death[2][5] |
29 Sep 1847 |
Fairfield Co., Ohio |
| Burial[2] |
Oct 1847 |
Hiestand cemetery, Summerfield subdivision, Violet twp., Fairfield Co., Ohio |
| Probate[4] |
7 Sep 1849 |
Lancaster, Fairfield Co., Ohio |
| Reference Number? |
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23389 |
References
- ↑ Jerry Ferren. Hiestand family information, Recipient: Kristina Kuhn Krumm, AuthorE-mail: Jferren1 at cs.com.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Tombstone, Record Type: Photograph of tombstone, Subject: grave marker.
- ↑ Probate Court records, Fairfield County, Ohio.
- ↑ Probate Court records, Fairfield County, Ohio
packet #2291 we have copies of all documents in this packet.
- ↑ 53y 5m 22d
- ↑ In the name of God. Amen. I Michael Hiestand of the County of Fairfieldand State of Ohio being now in ill health of body but of sound anddisposing mind memory and understanding, blessed be almighty God for hismercy and goodness towards me in this and in all other particularsconsidering the certainty of Death and the uncertainty of the timethereof: and being desiring to settle my worldly affairs and to make aproper disposition of the Estate both real and personal which by thegood will and pleasure of the lord hath been acquired by me do thereforenow make ordain and publish this my last will and testament in mannerand form following that is to say.
First I command my soul by the maker of Heaven and Earth and my body tothe Dust out of which it was formed to buried in a decent and Christianlike manner.
Second - I give and bequeath to my beloved wife Grace two cows and oneheifer, her choice of the best cattle, one horse her choice, six sheepher choice and fifteen hogs her choice. Also the clock, cupboard, allthe bedsteads and bedding with all the household and kitchen furnitureas long as she continues to be my widow, but provided she should bemarried it (the property) shall be equally divided into four parts andfor my wife, Luranney, Mary, and Susanna shall cast lots which is tohave first choice and the balance not mentioned herein shall beappraised and sold (that is all the personal property) at public vendue,and of the sum it shall sell for my said wife shall have the third partafter my just debts are paid out of it and the balance be equallydivided between my three daughters.
Thirdly - My will is that Mary and Susanna shall be furnished with thesame amount of personal property that my daughter Lurrany got from homewhen she commenced housekeeping that they will be sat out or furnishedwith those goods when they need it or before the property is divided.
Fourthly - I will and bequeath to my aforesaid wife Grace the easteighty acre lot of the farm in Fairfield County she is to have fullpossession thereof as long as she likes it being the place where we nowlive on.
And fifthly, I will to my youngest child Susanna the West Eighty acrelot also in Fairfield County and as soon as she arrives at the age oftwenty one or whenever she shall be married to take full and solepossession as long as she lives. And the East Eighty acres willed to mysaid wife after he death shall also fall to Susanna and she and her (ifany) to have full possession and control of the aforesaid farm as longas they or either of them shall live. After their deaths it shall fallinto the hands of her bodily heirs if she has any, if she has nochildren it shall fall into the hands of my daughters named Lurrany andMary and their heirs.
Fifthly - I will to my daughter Lurrany and her husband the two hundredacre farm lying in Licking County as long as they or either of themshall live to have full possession and control thereof with theexception that as long as my wife remains my widow they if she desireshall give her the third of all the grain that is raised on their farm.And after their deaths it (the farm) shall fall to Luranny's bodilyheirs if she has any then living, if none, if shall fall to Mary andSusana and their heirs. They shall however not pay or give the third ofthe grain the first five years from this date.
Sixthly - I will that my daughter Mary shall have when twenty one or ismarried the two hundred acre lying in Franklin County as long as she andher husband (if any) live shall have full possession and control as longas they or either of them shall live, with exception that my wife ifstill my widow is to have the third of all the grain that is raised ontheir farms if she desire it, if she be no more my widow she is not tohave any share from Mary or Lurrany farms then as before Mary's bodilyheirs if any shall have the farm: after their deaths if she has nochildren, Lurrany and Susanna shall posses the farm and their heirs.
And lastly - I hereby constitute and appoint my beloved wife GraceHiestand to be the executrix of this my last will and testament herebyrevoking and annulling all former wills and testaments formally made byme. In testimony which I have herewith set my hand and seal thisfourteenth day of May in the year of Our Lord One thousand eight hundredand forty two Michael Hiestand.
Signed, sealed and published and declared by the said witnesses totestator as and for his last will and testament in presence of us who athis request and in his presence have signed our names the same - TobiasHiestand, Jacob Pickering, Jacob Hampton Pickering, David H. Pickeringand Jacob Pickering and Jacob Hampton Pickering of the subscribingwitnesses of said will being duly sworn in open Court deposed any saidthat at the time said will was executed said testator was of sound anddisposing mind memory and understanding of full age and under norestraint. That he fully understood the tenor and purpant thereof: thatthey attested said will at the request of said testator in his presenceand in the presence of each other. Where upon their testimony beingreduced to writing and filed it was ordered that said will and probatebe duly recorded. And Grace Hiestand the Executrix in said will namedcame into open Court and declines taking upon herself execution of saidtrust and on motion David Hiestand is appointed of said MichaelHiestand. The nephew came said David and gave bond in the sum of $2,000with Jacob Pickering and George Tussing as sureties and the Courtappointed Jesse Middleton, Samuel Boyle and Jacob Mash Allen appraisersof the Goods and chattels of the decedent. And Grace Hiestand the widowand nelict of said Michael Hiestand deceased came into open Court andelected to take under the will after said husband
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