Last Will and Testament of Anna Maria Loeffler, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

Last Will and Testament of Anna Maria Loeffler, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania I n the name of God, Amen! I Anna Mariah Loeffler (formerly Leyanberger) from Wytville, in the Canton of Argau, in Switzerland, daugh¬ ter of Andrew Leyanberger Melcher, of the same place, being sick and weak in Body, but of sound mind and Memory, and understanding, praised be god for it, considering the certainty of death, and the uncer¬ tainty of the time thereof, and to the end I may be better prepared to leave this world, whenever it shall please God to call me hence, do there¬ fore make and declare this my last Will and Testament in manner fol¬ lowing, That is to say: First and principally I commend my Soul into the hands of Almighty God my Creator, and as to my worldly property, I order that all my Just debts, funeral expenses, and charges of proveing this my will, be in the first place fully paid and satisfied, and after payment thereof and every part thereof, I give and bequeath to my beloved Husband John Michael Leffler, formerly of Nufrengen, Canton of Herberg, Kingdom of Wertemburg, the sum of Three Hundred and Seventy five Guilders, being the portion belonging to me from my said Father’s Estate; also one Bed and Bedding, one Copper Kettle, and all other personal property belonging to me, and all the rest, residue and remain¬ der of my goods and Chatties; and I do hereby Nominate my husband John Michael Leffler and constitute and appoint him, now of the Bor¬ ough of Pottsville, County Schuylkill, and State of Pennsylvania, in the Editor's note: The “Last Will and Testament” of Anna Maria Loeffler is recorded in the Schuylkill County Will Book 3:59. The photograph on the following page and a transcription of the deed was furnished by James M. Beidler, Executive Director of Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania. 365 366 The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine * S ear (ZAK* « ■ yjÿr -Zi "X* *i- / # -*r ~7" p/ v-pj' .ÿ *6 ~7 1 *> y u* / A#* **ÿ * z '2ÿ6ÿ', •nr *v4 s *$r*%A Fÿ**' ; 'Acpr r> /£ xÿr *y '' 'ÿy #r _~ÿ ** V_ÿX «c- T" -*? / v*ÿ //*r #5*ÿ /< t XÿJ ✓ ?** z x # Last Will of Anna Maria Loeffler Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine 367 United States of America, my Executor of this my Will, hereby revoking and making void all former and other wills, by me at any time heretofore made, and declare this only to be my last will and Testament. In Witness whereof, I the said Testatrix, have to this my last will and Testament set my hand and seal at Pottsville, in the county of Schuylkill, State of Penn¬ sylvania, in the United States of America, this sixteenth day of Decem¬ ber, in the year of our Lord A.D. 1850. An Maria Loffler, gb. Leunberger (seal) Signed, sealed, published and declared by the said Testatrix, as and for her last will and Testament in the presence of us, who in her presence and at her request, and in the presence of each other, have subscribed our names as Witnesses thereto. Sami. Hartz J.Jacob Kopp