Mecklenburg-Cabarrus-Union County NcArchives Wills.....Long, Catherine 1820 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: John B. Hagler johnblair69@msn.com March 12, 2008, 3:46 am Source: Nc Archives Written: 1820 In the name of god amain I Catherine Long of the county of Macklinburge and State of North Carolina do make & ordain this to be my last will and testament and being in a low condition but of perfect mind and memory and calling to mind the mortallity of my body knowing that it is appointed for all womans once to die I recomend my Soul to god Who gave it and my body to be buried in a deacent manner at the discretion of my Excutors which Shall be here after named as for what worldly Estate it had pleased god to bless me with I Dispose of it in the following manner first I order my funiral Expences and all my Just Debts to be paid out of the whole of my Estate also I bequathe to my Daughter Catey Clance an Equal Share of my Estate and also I bequathe to my Sons Jacob Long Henry Long Adam Long and John Long an Equal Share of my Estate and also I bequathe to my Daughter peggy Long and Equal Shere of my Estate and also I bequathe to my Daughter mary Long an Equal Shere Except one third I bequathe to hur Son Archibald Polk as for my Daughter moley hegler which is now dead has an Equal Sheare with the Rest of my children which Shere I Bequath Equaly with her Living Children the oldest child Henry hegler John, adam and phillip hun (Junior)& Daughters peggy Hegler Caty and Barberry hegler I order the following articles to be sold as Soon as convenient after my Death Such as I have not mentioned in my will Except my bed and firnitings Spinning Wheel and wearing Clothes these is not to be Sold by the will I Shall Dispose of them as see fit as for all the Rest of my property I order to be sold to the best advantage an soon as concenient after my DeceseI do hereby nominate and ordain Henry Long Executor of this my Lat will and testament and by it I Do hereby Revoke all other wills and testament heretoforemade by me In testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and Seal this 29th of March 1820 her Sigen Catherine X LongSeal sealed in presencemark of Wm. gilliam Archibald Polk ----------------- The call number for the will at the North Carolina Archives is CR065.801.164 and is the will of Catherine Long, wife of Henry, whose surname was anglicized Long from the German Lange. Catherine died in 1824. ----------------- It should be noted that the name moley up above is the nickname Mollie which Catherine called her daughter whose given name was Magdalene. It should be further noted that the writer of the will incorrectlyspelled Hagler as Hegler. Also, the name Catyis the shortened version of Catherine and Barberry should have been written as Barbara. According to microfilm R.016.607.2 which are some of the records of St. John`s Lutheran Church on Buffalo Creek in Cabarrus County as recorded by Rev. Adam Nicholas Marcard are the baptismal records of: Sponsors Henry born March 13, 1797 baptised December 31, 1797 parents Philip Hegler & wife Magdalene Henry and Catherine Lange (Long) John born March 4, 1799 baptised September 22, 1799 parents Phillip Hegler & wife Magdalen John and Catherine Hegler In Lutheran baptismal records sponsors are like god parents in other denominations. It should be noted that the child Henry was named for his maternal grandfather and the child John was named for his paternal grandfather who had died before May 1772. John Blair Hagler - johnblair69@msn.com This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ncfiles/ File size: 4.3 Kb