|
a.
|
Note: Alias:<ALIA> Christian /Dawald/ The baptism of Christian Dewalt appears in the records of Tohickon Union Church in Bedminster Twp., Bucks Co., PA. ( 7 Feb 1762 Tohickon, German Reformed Church, Bucks, Pennsylvania IGI Record Batch #C507551). The sponsors were Christian Groos and his wife. No evidence has been found to indicate tht Christian's parents ever lived in Bucks Co. Therefore, it is believed that the minister who performed the baptism served several churches and congregations in both Bucks and Northampton Counties and entered the record in the Tohickon Union church book. Christian succeeded his father to the family homestead in Bethlehem Twp. and followed the vocation of farming. In 1790, he was listed the the first Federal census in Bethlehem Twp. as Christian "Daywolt" with one male over the age of 16, two males under the age of 16 and one female. He was still living in Bethlehem Twp. at the time of the 1800 and 1830 census. By 1800 her household had grown to three males under the age of 10, two males aged 10 to 16, one femaile aged 25 to 45. In 1820, Christian was still living in Bethlehem Twp. At the time of the 1830 census, his son George and his wife and family were living in the same household. In 1840, Christian was still listed in the Bethlehem Twp. Christian died in Bethlehem Twp. and was buried in the old cemetery at Dryland Union Church at Hecktown. LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF CHRISTIAN DEWALT In the Name of God, Amen. I Christian Dawald of the Township of Bethlehem, in the County of Northampton, and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Yeoman, being sick and weak in body, but of sound and disposing mind memory, and understanding (blessed be God for the same) and considering the uncertainty of this mortal life, and being desirous of settling my worldly affairs, do make and publish this my last will and testament in manner and form following, to wit: Principally, and first of all, I commend my immortal soul into the hands of God, who gave it, and my body to the earth, to be buried in a decent and Christian like manner, at the discretion of my executors herein after named. And as to such wordly estate, wherewith it has pleased God to bless me in this life, I give and dispose of the same in the following manner, to wit: I give to my loving wife Susan, for as long as she shall continue single and unmarried after my decease, the yearly sum of sixty dollars lawful money of the United States, to be paid to her by my son Abraham, and chargeable upon the messuage, tenement and tract of land hereinafter devised to him. And I also give to my said wife two cows which are to be fed and pastured by my sons John and Abraham and I also give to her all the household goods and furniture that she may stand in need of, and I give to her, and for her use the room I now live in, that is the lower room in the west end of my house, and as much room in the seller as she shall stand in need of, and one third of my garden, and she shall at all times have the liberty of raising and keeping as many fouls as she may need and of taking as much fruit as she may want for her own use. I give to my wife Susan yearly, two hundred pounds good pork, six bushels of good wheat, eighteen bushels of good rye, and twenty five bushels of good potatoes, and ten lb clean flax, and 5 lb wool to be paid or given to her by my sons John and Abraham, and chargeable upon the messuages tenements and tracts of land hereinafter devised to them, and also to provide firewood for her as much as she may want, and do all her milling. And I give to my Daughters Elizabeth and Hannah each the sum of three hundred dollars money as aforesaid to be paid to them or their heirs by my executors within three years after my decease. And I give to my daughter Susan the sum of six hundred dollars money as aforesaid, to be paid to her by my son John in the following m
|
