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Cambria County, Pensylvania
Ebensburg, Pennsylvania
Will Book 2
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Last Will & Testament of Nicholas Noel
In the name of God amen, I Nicholas Noel of the township of Washington
in the county of Cambria and State of Pennsylvania, do make and publish
this my last will and testament. I give my soul to Almighty God,
and my body to the earth to be buried in a christian like manner, at the
discretion of my Executors, and as touching such worldly goods as it hath
pleased Almight God to bless me with, I give and bequeath as follows Viz
I give and bequeath unto my daughter Mary intermarried to Anthony Behe
the sum of two hundred dollars and I give and bequeath unto my son John
Noel the sum of two hundred dollars. I also give and bequeath unto
my daughter Elizabeth intermarried to Conrad Behe the sum of eight dollars.
I give and bequeath unto the heirs of my daughter Catherine who was married
unto Edward Burk the sum of eighty dollars to be equally divided among
them. I give and bequeath unto the heirs of my daughter Margaret
who was married unto John Rainey the sum of eight dollars, but it is my
will that William Rainey the eldest son of my said daughter Margaret is
to only receive five dollars out of the said eighty and the balance of
the said eighty to be equally divided among the other five of my said daughters,
Margarets children, I give and bequeath unto my daughter Teresa intermarried
with Joseph Christ the sum of eight dollars, I give and bequeath unto my
daughter Susan intermarried with Daniel Skelly the sum of eight dollars,
I also give and bequeath unto my said daughter Mary, in addition to the
above bequest the balance of what ever money or property may remain at
my death and not hereinbefore mentioned. And I do hereby constitute
and appoint my son Joseph Noel my Executor of this my last will and testament
hereby revoking and making void all wills by me heretofore at any time
made. In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this
seventeenth day of June A D one thousand eight hundred and fifty two.
Nicholas (his mark) Noel (seal)
Signed, sealed and declared by the testator for his last will and
testament in the presence and at whose request in the persence of each
other we have subscribed our names as witnesses.
George Kern (in German)
M. Leavy
Cambria County, ss
Before me Wm. Hapon Register for the probate of Wills and granting
letters of administration personally [unreadable] George
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Kern and M. Leavy, the subscribing witnesses to the foregoing
instrument of writing who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that they
were present and saw and heard the testator Nicholas Noel sign, seal, publish
pronounce and declare the foregoing as his last will and testament and
at the time of his so doing he was of sound mind memory and understanding
to the best of their knowledge, observation & belief.
George Kern (in German)
M. Leavy
Sworn & Subscribed this 22d day of Aug.t 1859
M. Hapon, Reg.
Registered 22d August A.D. 1859 M. Hapon, Registor
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Cambria County, Pensylvania
Ebensburg, Pennsylvania
Will Book 2
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Last Will & Testament of Blausius Noel, dec'd.
In the name of God, Amen, I, Blausius Noal, of the Township of Carroll,
in the County of Cambria and state of Pennsylvania, being of sound memory
and understanding praise be Almighty God for the same, And knowing the
certainity of death. Do make and publish this as my last Will and
Testament, hereby revoking and making void all former wills by me made
at any time heretofore. First, I give my immortal soul to Almighty
God who gave it. Second, I desire that after my death, that my Body
be decently intered in a Christian like manner, and as to such worldly
goods as it has pleased Almight God to bless me with. I do dispose
of them as follows, First, I direct my Executor herinafter appointed to
pay all my just debts and funeral expenses out of the first money that
shall come into his hands from my Personal Estate. Item, Second,
I will and bequeath unto my beloved wife Sophiah Noal, all my money, notes,
Bonds, Debts, due and coming to me, with all my household and personal
property of all kinds I possess. Together with one front room and
one room in the kitchen, in the house I now live in, and, the one half
of the Garden, also one third of the hay, and one fourth of all the grain
raised on the farm, each and every year. Item, Third, I will and
bequeath unto my Son William A. Noel, the farm I now reside in situate
in Carroll Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania adjoining lands of Richard
Nagle on the North ---- William Douglass on the West, and [?] Bruce &
Nagle on the East Containing Fifty Six Acres be the same more or less,
I nominate, constitute, make, and appoint my trusty and worthy son William
A. Noal, my Executor of this my last Will and Testament, In Witness Wehreof,
I have hereunto set my hand and seal this fifth day of May Anno Domini
One thousand eight hundred and sixty.
B. Nol (seal)
Signed and sealed in our presence and in the presence of each other
and declared as the last Will and Testament by the Testator, at whose request
We have hereunto set our names as Witnesses the 5th day of May A. D., 1860
John Flick
Henry Scanlan
Cambria County, ss
Before me Geo. W. Oatman, Register for the Probate of Wills and
granting Letters of Administration in and for said County, personaly comes
John Flick and Henry Scanlon, the subscribing witnesses to the foregoing
Will, who being duly sworn according to law, do depose and say they were
present and saw and heard B. Noel, the within named testator, sign, seal,
publish, pronounce and declare the forgoing instrument of writing as and
for his last Will and Testament, and at the time of so doing, he was of
sound mind, memory and understanding to the best of their knowledge, observation
and belief.
Sworn and subscribed this 14th
day
John Flick
of December AD,
1870
Henry Scanlan
Geo. W. Oatman, Register
Registered, Dec. 14, 1870
Geo. W. Oatman, Register
[Transcriber's NOTE: spelling of NOEL varied throughout document
-- Noal, Nol and Noel]