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LAST WILL & TESTAMENT  ADAM FADELY - 1828  

In the name of God amen.  I Adam Fadely of Elklick township, Somerset 
county and state of Pennsylvania being sick and weak in body but of sound 
mind and understanding and considering the certainty of death and the 
uncertainty of the time thereof and to the end I may be the better 
prepared to leave this world whenever it shall please God to call me hence 
do therefore make and declare this my Last Will and Testament in manner following 
that is to say, first and principally I commit my soul into the hands of Almighty God my Creator 
and my body I request to be committed to the earth in a decent Christian like manner at the 
discretion of my executors, herein after named and I give all my plantation lands and tenements 
with all my stock of horses, horned cattle and other live stock belonging to me with all my 
farming utensils and all my household and kitchen furniture unto my wife Mary during her natural 
life or as long as she remains my widow (except as herein after mentioned) provided she pays one 
hundred dollars which along with my outstanding dues and demands, I direct to be collected and 
distributed among my children in the manner following that is to say to my two sons: Jacob and 
Adam two hundred dollars each more than any of my other children to be put into the hands of 
a person herein after to be named as their guardian because they are not blessed with a sound 
understanding and the residue of my outstanding demands I direct to be equally divided among all 
my children and those of them that have already received any cash or other thing of me it is to 
be deducted and further I direct and will that my son John make and mow the hay upon the upper 
meadow on the Haloes and have the use of wagon for his own halling provided he helps his mother 
to get or halling her harvest to and unto my daughter Mary I will one more colt to be kept on 
the farm until it is three years old exclusive of her equal share alike with the others and 
further I will that after the death of my wife Mary I will that my plantation be equally divided 
among my children in the most easy and best manner they can agree upon and I do also hereby will 
and direct that my wife Mary and my son John have the sole direction and guardianship and 
management of the persons and property of my two sons Jacob and Adam before mentioned and 
further I do by these presents nominate constitute and appoint my wife Mary and my son 
John Fadely to be my executors of this my will and I do now declare this to be my last will and 
testament hereby making void and of no effect all former wills.  
In witness whereof I have hereto set my hand and seal this eleventh day of February in the year 
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight.

sealed signed and declared			Adam Fadely in presence of us.
Baltzer Meese, Jonathan Miller, Jonathan Griffiths Pennsylvania, Somerset County  
SS  Personally appeared before me A___ Ogle Jr register for the probate of wills and granting 
letters of administration in and for the county of Somerset, Baltzer Meese, Jonathan Miller and 
Jonathan Griffiths.  The subscribing witnesses of the forgoing will and after being duly sworn 
and affirmed according to law deposes _____ that they were personally present and saw Adam 
Fadely the testator sign seal publish pronounce and declare the within testament of writing as 
and for his last will and testament and that at the time of so doing he was of perfect and sound 
mind memory and understanding and that same Adam Fadely signed to this instrument in his own 
proper hand writing and that our names as witnesses to the forgoing as signed is _____ ______ 
proper handwriting.

sworn and subscribed		Baltzer Meese before me this				
Jonathan Griffiths 27 July 1828				Jonathan Miller A___ Ogle Jr    
Register___________________________________________________________
2 Filename is FADELYA.  Information pertains to Adam Fadely.