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CHRISTIAN HERSHEY:::
!.
Ist I
give
1768- 1843.
Willoughby.
Will:: :
1846
:
to my son Christian all my
Reg.
real estate in
ship of Willoughby, containing by admeasurement
2.
---
3.
I
6.
I
sum
of
90 fl..
8.
to my da ugh ter
200 ac�es.
10 shillings
Elizabeth S h erks children,
5 shillings and four pence.
give to my da ugh ter Esther Sherk the
four
sum
of
98
£,
0
1
shilling�
pence.
I
gi ve and bequeath to my d a u ghter Sussannah Knisley the
88
� 19
I
give
shillings and
and be que ath
a
pen ny .
to my daughter Margaret Dunn the sum of
I
give and bequeath to my daughter
7
shillings and
I
give and bequaeath to my daugh te r
10
Nar t ha
pence ....
Hary
Hershey the sum
give and bequeath to
shillings and
10.
I
give
�ennedy
11.
I
four
my
son John
Hershey
the sum of
the sum of
21-£
71·-t
15
124�
�
sum
of 20
£,
15 shillings
pence.
give and bequeath to my son C hris ti an
700$,
�
pence.
and be queath to my son Abraham the
and four
73
of
5 shillings and four pence.
I
of
sum
and four pence.
15 shillings
7.
87l,
da ugh t er Catherine Lapp
and bequeath
give
and
5.
give to my
townÂ
& four pence currency.
the
4.
I
2nd.
the
the ba lan c e of
t he - s a i d
after he has paid other sums stated.
12.
I
bequeath tha t
13·
alotted shall go to their chi ldr e n .
i will and or d e r th� remainder of my
in
the death
of
any
of my children,
e st a t e real,
the money
and personal
shall be equally devided among all my children that have
serÂ
vi ved me.
14.
I appoint my brother Henry Hershey, and my son-in-law Joseph Sherk
as my
executors.
Bertie
1842.
�1-7 6 8, d •
CHRISTIAN HERSHEY:::
b
son of Benjamin&
marr.
•
1.
Mar •
10 ,
1843
Elizabeth Schynder? not
bur.
Hershey Cemetery:
/.
b.
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.. /JJ�
/JI/:;;;:'µ// �
Christian:::
Catherine
�
Centralia.
were surrou ded by s
stones miss ing:
!.
verified
19, 1771-Jan.30/1854
2. Mary ( Ayker?) .Dec.
Catherine:
Children of
•
wall.
•
�
-
1197 d.
marr.
bur.
b.
Lapp Cemetery:
179&.d
marr:
•
Willoughby
1856.
Anna Lapp
( 1795- 1864)
bur:
3.
Elizabeth
b.
1799.
marr.
d. 1842.
Joseph Sherk.
bur.
4.
Esther
b.
1801. d. 1879.
marr:
bur:
5. Christian
b.
Benjamin Sherk
Minn.
Cemetery:
( 1796-1873)
Sherkston.
1802. d. 1862.
�
marr. Christianna1. Margaret. son David�Cfi�istian ·
bur. Hershey plot-Mi--11er-Rd. -Wrr-loughby/missing
•
G.
Susannah
b.
'
1805. d.
marr.
John Knisley
bur:
7. Margaret
b.
1809. d. 1879
marr.
Henry Dunn
( 1806- 1852)
bur:
8. Martha
b.
1811. d.
marr:
bur:
9.
Mary
b.
1813. d.
Kennedy
marr;
bur:
10. Abraham
b.
1815. d.
marr.
bur:
Ellen Spillane.
Sept.
15,
1840
(l
�1846.
Lot
15,
con.
No.
2975.
1 & 2
:
Townshi p of Willough by .
. ' . �"
Probate of the Will of Christian Hershey:::
A Memorial to be registerd persu ant to the statute
in such case made.
of the p robate of the last wil and testament of Christian
and
Hers hey of the Towns hip of Bertie
Province of Canada Yeoman:
of Our Lor d ,
of the district of Niagara and the
being dated the ninth day of Dec.
one thousand and forty three:
in the year
whereby he gave and bequ eat he d
unto his son Christian Hershey all his real estate in the township of
Willoughby:
composed of lot
#
fifteen in the first and second concessions
of the said Township of Wolloughby,
hundred acres
,
Containing by a d measu rement twoÂ
the same more or less:
provided he pay the sum .of seven
hundred pounds lawful money of the Province;
m anner and
and
primas therein mentioned and specified:
ordained that it was his-desire,
either of his children,
over to his
to the several Legaties in
ex ecut ors,
before
that in the event of the death of
the said several legacees should be pa id
to be paid by them to the children of
ceased child: to be equally d evided among s t them,
of age.
and he further willed
his deÂ
and paid as they became
He further willed and ordered and it was his desire that the
residue of his · estate and effects
real and pers onal:
should by his exÂ
ecutors be equally devided am9ngst all his children who
might servive
him and his wife: and he did therefore nominate and appoint,
brother Henry Hershey of Bertie aforesaid,
will and Testament ;
yeoman:
his beloved
executor of his las t
and his son in law,Joseph Sherk of the same place
executor of this last will
and testament,
whixh s aid will and last
test ament if witnessed by Edmund Riselay of the Township of Bertie in
the Niagara District,
esq uire .
Christian Hers hey
"
( 1768- 1843)
to his son Christian.
�1
I
ONT.
1801:
REGISTER
Oct.
:
page
16. Vol. 1.
Ro. 1968.
23rd.
C:romwell Willson Esq. of »ertie and Hannan his wife:: : :
to Christian "e:rshey of the same place 280 aares, be ing part
lot 5 • . Con. 9 and lot 5 & 6 Con. 10 ..
Witnesses: Edward Carney: '.8ertie
Yoeman.
Luke :Bond: Washington County: state of
�aryland2 farmeP.
Registered
:tan. 25th. 1803.
Wit. Edward Carney
�e:njamin 1'owen.
of
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