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• Name: John MUSSER
• Sex: M
• Birth: 21 Feb 1762 ^b
• Death: 27 Nov 1851 in Leacock Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania ^d
• Burial: Groffdale Cemetery, New Holland, Pennsylvania ^u


Parents:

• Father:
  
• Henry MUSSER Birth: 1733 in Lampeter Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania Death: 4 Dec 1805 in Leacock Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania
Mother:

• Elizabeth RESH Birth: 10 Feb 1738 Death: 8 Feb 1820 in Leacock Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania

Family:
Marriage:

• Magdalena WISSLER .^m1
  
• Magdalena WISSLER Birth: 14 Aug 1766 Death: 21 Jan 1846

Children:

1. Veronica MUSSER
2. Elizabeth MUSSER Death: Before 15 Mar 1835
3. Mary MUSSER Birth: 1796 Death: 1852
4. Esther MUSSER Birth: 1798 Death: 1874
5. Henry MUSSER Birth: 6 Feb 1800 Death: 3 Jun 1881
6. Magdalena MUSSER Birth: 15 Sep 1805 Death: 18 Jun 1853
7. John MUSSER Birth: 30 Apr 1807 Death: 9 Jul 1883

Bibliography

Sources for birth and parent Information

date:

[Ref: MusserEA MUSSER p114, MusserEA MUSSER p115]

1762 [Ref: Davis Emigrants v1p261, Recker PeopleMarsh III#3p1, WengerSS WENGER p1088],

parents:

Henry MUSSER & Elizabeth ___ [Ref: Davis Emigrants v1p261, LancasterCoPA WillAbs2 p148, MusserEA MUSSER p114, MusserEA MUSSER p115, Recker PeopleMarsh III#3p1, WengerSS WENGER p1088],

father:

[Ref: LancasterCoPA Wills H-682]

Sources for death Information

date:

[Ref: MusserEA MUSSER p114, MusserEA MUSSER p115]

1851 [Ref: Davis Emigrants v1p261, Recker PeopleMarsh III#3p1, WengerSS WENGER p1088],

place:

[Ref: LancasterCoPA Wills V-60]

Sources for burial Information

place:

[Ref: Recker PeopleMarsh III#3p1]

Sources with Information about marriage to Magdalena WISSLER

names:

[Ref: Davis Emigrants v1p261, MusserEA MUSSER p114]

John MUSSER & Magdalena ___ [Ref: LancasterCoPA Wills V-60, Recker PeopleMarsh III#3p1],

child:

[Ref: MusserEA MUSSER p115A, MusserEA MUSSER p115B, MusserEA MUSSER p115, Recker PeopleMarsh III#3p1, WengerSS WENGER p1088]

Research Notes:
children listed in Will Book V-1-60 and V-1-439 [Ref: MusserEA MUSSER p114]

will dated 15 Mar 1835, with codicils dated 6 Feb 1846 and 6 Aug 1850, pro 8 Dec 1851. Mentions wife Magdalena (who died prior to first codicil), daughter Magdalena, son Henry, son John, daughter Mary who was married to Michael Hurst (deceased), daughter Esther married to Jacob Weaver, granddaughter Magdalena Hurst [Ref: LancasterCoPA Wills V-60]

----- Lancaster County PA Wills V-60, dated 15 Mar 1835, codicil 6 Feb 1846, codicil 6 Aug 1850, pro 8 Dec 1851:
In the Name of God, Amen. I John Musser of Leacock township, Lancaster County and State of Pennsylvania, yeoman, being in perfect health of body, and of sound mind, memory and understanding, blessed be God for the same, but considering the uncertainty of this transitory life, 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 life manner, at the discretion of my Executors hereinafter named, and as to such worldly estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this life, I give and dispose of the same in the following manner, to wit. Imprimis, It is my will and I do order and direct that all my just debts and funeral expenses shall be paid and satisfied by my Executors hereinafter named, as soon as conveniently can be done after my decease.
Item It is my will and do order and direct that my beloved wife Magdalena shall have the free right and privilege to live and dwell in the new built house in the yard of the place where I now live, together with as much of the cellar under the house wherein we now live with a right for herself and those of her family to pass and repass to and from the said cellar as often as occasion shall require or at her pleasure. Also my beloved wife shall have sufficient stable room in the barn for one cow and as much of the garden near the house where we now live as she chooses to have, with free and uninterrupted privilege to use the oven, pump, and passages to and from the same and Garden and Stable in the barn where her cow is kept, as occasion shall require which rights and privileges my said beloved wife shall have a right to enjoy and keep any person to live with her as she chooses for and during the term of her natural live. Further it is my will and I do order and direct that the owner and possessor of the Lands and Real estate hereinafter devised to my son John, being the plantation on which I now live, shall find and provide for my said beloved wife's use during the said term, fodder and pasture for one Cow as a milk cow ought to be kept, as many apples and good cider for all kinds of use, as my said wife shall reasonably want for herself and family, if the orchard bear fruit, and as much good butter and milk as my said beloved wife shall reasonably want for herself and family's use in case my wife should decline milking her cow, or in case her cow standing dray, also as many eggs and fowls as she shall reasonably want for herself and family from time to time during said term. Further it is my will and I do order and direct that the owner and possessor of the Land and real estate hereinafter devised unto my son John shall yield and deliver out of the said Lands unto my said beloved wife Magdalena annually during her natural life time Fifteen bushels of merchantable wheat, taken to mill, and after being ground back to her house again, Nine bushels of Indian corn, Nine bushels of oats, Five bushels of Potatoes, a living fat Hog weighing at least one hundred and fifty pounds, in the fall of the year (killing time), one hundred weight of good Beef, also in the fall of the year, Three pounds of wool, as much good firewood as my wife and her family shall want, ready made, split and laid to her door fit for all kinds of use. And it is my will and I do give and bequeath unto my beloved wife Magdalena for her use one Cow her choice, a ten plate stove and pipe, my house clock and case, three beds and bedsteads, her choice, all cloth linen and woolen, and yarn of all kinds, on hand at my death, with as much household and kitchen furniture of all sorts and kinds as she shall reasonably stand in need of, for her and her family's use; together with Eighty dollars lawful money of the United States, to be paid unto her yearly and every year on the first day of April for and during the term of her natural life, by my two sons Henry and John, their heirs and assigns, out of the Lands hereinafter devised unto them, that is to say each Forty dollars thereof. All which to be in lieu of my beloved Wife's dower in my Estate at common law.
Item It is my will and I do give and bequeath unto my Daughter Magdalena from and after my beloved wife's death the free and uninterrupted right and privilege for my said daughter Magdalena to live and dwell in the house wherein I now live, together with the use of the oven, pump and water and spring house and the garden next said house for and during my said daughter remaining a single woman and unmarried. My said Daughter Magdalena shall have a right to take as many apples out of the Orchard on the place where I live, as she and a female living with her shall reasonably want during said tem, if the Orchard bear fruit, with the free and uninterrupted right for my said daughter and the female living with her to pass and repass on and along the walks and paths to and from the pump, spring house, garden, oven and orchard, as will be useful, proper and necessary during said term and no longer, including a suitable place to put her firewood, somewhere near said house, and privilege of a road to haul her wood to the said house, my said daughter shall have a right to get as much good firewood out of the woodland on the place where I live, made at her expense and hauled to her house, during said term, as she shall reasonably want or have use for, of suitable timber, so as not to cut the best living timber, all which rights and privileges are to take place after my Wife's death. My said daughter will reasonably have a right to live with my wife during said period of my wife's lifetime. Further I do give and bequeath unto my said daughter Magdalena her heirs and assigns, absolutely, my house clock and case and my tenplate stove and pipe, after my wife's death.
Item I do give and devise unto my son Henry Musser, his heirs and assigns, All that the Messuage house and barn and plantation or tract of Land which I bought of the Administrator of Martin Sheaffer deceased, whereon my son Henry now lives, situate in East Earl township said County adjoining land of John Buchwalter, John and Henry Roland, and others, containing about one hundred and fifteen acres, be it the same more or less, TO have and to hold the same premises with the appurtenances unto my said son Henry Musser his heirs and assigns forever in fee. Subject to all and singular the water rights sold thereout heretofore. All the grain on the land so devised unto my said son Henry at my death in the ground in the straw or threshed shall be considered as my son Henry's property, with the land; which land so devised unto my said son Henry Musser, I do hereby make subject and charge the same with the sum of forty dollars, annually to be paid thereout by my said son Henry, his heirs executors administrators or assigns, on the first day of April in each year, unto my beloved wife Magdalena during her natural life as hereinbefore bequeathed unto her; the first payment thereof to be made on the first day of April next after my decease. My son Henry shall not be accountable to my estate for rents of the Land which he possesses in my lifetime it being my will that he should pay no rent for any estate which he may have had possessed in my lifetime.
Item I do give and devise unto my son John Musser his heirs and assigns all that the messuage houses and barns and plantation and Tract of land where I now live, situate in Leacock Township aforesaid, adjoining land of Christian Musselman, the heirs of Isaac Reiss deceased, and others, containing one hundred and seventy acres and seventy perches be it the same more or less, To have and to hold the same premises with the appurtenances unto my said son John Musser his heirs and assigns forever in fee, Subject to the yielding and performing of all and singular the articles privileges and allowances hereinbefore given and bequeathed unto my beloved wife Magdalena and directed to issue out of the same premises unto my said beloved wife during her natural lifetime yearly and every year. Further subject to the payment of the sum of forty dollars yearly and every year on the first day of April unto my said beloved wife during her natural lifetime, beginning with the first of the said payments on the first day of April next after my deceased. Further subject to all and singular the right and privilege for my Daughter Magdalena to live an dwell in the house wherein I now live from and after my widow's death during her continuing single and unmarried and enjoy all other the rights and privileges attached to the said dwelling as hereinbefore bequeathed unto my said daughter Magdalena during said term, and which is to issue out of the Lands and premises before devised to my son John Musser. All the grain on the land so devised unto my said son John at my death in the ground in the straw or threshed shall be considered as my said son John's property, with the Land. My son John shall not be accountable to my estate for rents of the land which he possesses in my lifetime, it being my Will that he should pay no rent for any estate which he may have had possessed in my lifetime. Further my son John Musser and the land devised to him shall be subject and charged with the payment of the sum of one thousand dollars lawful money on the first day of April next after my wife's decease, which sum will equalize my son Henry for the quantity of Land which my son John's place before devised to him contains more than the lands which I before devised unto my son Henry, which sum of one thousand dollars I consider to be in justice coming to my son Henry and his heirs estimating the one half of the difference of the quantity in acres of their lands at that at a moderate rate, which sum of one thousand dollars so to be paid by my son John his heirs and assigns unto my son Henry his heirs and assigns, I do hereby give and bequeath unto my son Henry Musser his heirs and assigns forever, without Interest being charged until payable as aforesaid.
Item It is my will and I do order and direct that my two sons Henry Musser and John Musser and their heirs shall not be liable or accountable to my Estate for any farming utensils, household articles or live Stock which I heretofore gave to them, but the same shall be considered as a voluntary give from me to them.
Item It is my Will and I do order and direct that my two sons Henry Musser and John Musser shall retain one thousand dollars lawful money out of my personal Estate, that is to say, out of outstanding moneys due to my estate, in their own hands, that is to say each of them five hundred dollars thereof, for and during the natural lifetime of my wife Magdalena, during which term from and after my death my said two sons shall not be accountable for any interest of the said sum of money, but the same shall be considered as an indemnification and refunding pledge to my said two sons and their heirs, executors and administrators for the forty dollars each made payable by them to my beloved wife Magdalena as before bequeathed to her. And further, that my said two sons Henry and John, their heirs executors or administrators shall at the death of my said wife Magdalena make themselves fully paid out of the said sum of one thousand dollars, allowing the use of the said sum to amount to (at a moderate rate to be taken in views) say fifty dollars per annum towards accomplishing said object from time to time during my said wife Magdalena's natural lifetime, also the funeral expenses of my said beloved wife's funeral shall be retained out of the said one thousand dollars, with this further explanation of my Will that if in case my said wife's necessities require to procure articles for her decent support of life including nurse hire will annually exceed the said sum of forty dollars by each of said two sons, in such case my said two sons, their heirs, executors and administrators, shall have a right to take such further outlayings from the principal of the said one thousand dollars, so as to completely reimburse my said two sons Henry and John for the payment of the said forty dollars each annually and for such further necessary payments by them made for the decent maintenance of my said wife Magdalena during her natural lifetime, and her funeral expenses after her death. And any balance of the said one thousand dollars which may be left after my wife's decease shall be paid by my said two sons as follows to wit, One equal sixth share of part of such balance shall be paid to my daughter Mary who was intermarried to Michael Hurst now late deceased, her heirs and assigns; One other equal sixth part or share of such balance shall be paid to my daughter Esther intermarried to Jacob Weaver, her heirs and assigns; one other equal sixth share or part of such balance shall be paid to my daughter Magdalena Musser, her heirs and assigns; one other equal sixth share or part of such balance shall be paid to my granddaughter Magdalena Hurst, only child of my deceased daughter Elizabeth who had been intermarried to David Hurst, her heirs and assigns; and my said two sons Henry and John their heirs and assigns shall retain each one equal sixth share or part of into and out of the said balance as their shares and parts thereof, which said balance of the said One thousand dollars, if any remains, I do give and bequeath unto my said last before named Children and Grandchild, their heirs and assigns in equal shares as aforesaid.
Item The residue and remainder of my personal Estate not hereinbefore specifically bequeathed and including all such articles of household and kitchen furniture and live stock herein before directed to be set apart for my Wife's use during her natural lifetime (except thereout the house clock and case and ten plate stove and pipe, before bequeathed to my daughter Magdalena after my wife's death, all such other my personal Estate including outstanding moneys and including all such sums of money with which I heretofore have, or with which I hereafter may advance my three living daughters, Mary, Esther, and Magdalena, and granddaughter Magdalena Horst and her mother Elizabeth deceased, in her lifetime, and for which I took receipts, shall be divided into four Equal shares and parts, and I give and bequeath the same as follows, to wit. One equal fourth share or part thereof I do give and bequeath unto my daughter Mary, her heirs and assigns forever. One other equal fourth share or part thereof I do give and bequeath unto my daughter Esther, her heirs and assigns forever. One other equal fourth share or part thereof I do give and bequeath unto my daughter Magdalena, her heirs and assigns forever. One other equal fourth share or part thereof I do give and bequeath unto my grand daughter Magdalena Horst, only child of my deceased daughter Elizabeth, her heirs and assigns forever. It being my Will that the advancements which I heretofore made to my daughters, or which I hereafter may make to them, for all which I have and will take receipts, and the moneys with which I had advanced my said Granddaughter's mother Elizabeth, and with which I may hereafter advance my said granddaughter Magdalena, and for which I have taken and will take receipts, respectively, shall all be taken in view in the distribution of the residue of my personal estate among my three daughters and grand daughter as aforesaid; my said Granddaughter's share in the residue of my personal Estate shall always include her deceased Mother's advancements, although my said granddaughter can not expect the same of her father as a matter of right. No interest shall be allowed or charged on any moneys with which I advanced my said Daughters or Granddaughter in my lifetime, such receipts shall be taken and considered nominally for the sum expressed therein.
Item It is my Will that none of my Daughters shall be accountable to my estate for any goods and chattels or effects with which I advanced them when they were married. I have provided my single daughter with the value of such marriage advances in household goods, effects and money, for which she shall not be accountable.
Item The moneys, share and part coming to me after the death of Veronica Resh, widow and relict of Henry Resh late of Strasburg township, Lancaster County, yeoman, deceased, out of the estate of the said Henry Resh deceased, I do give and bequeath unto my five Children, to wit, Henry Musser, John Musser, Mary Hurst, Esther Weaver, and Magdalena Musser, and unto my Granddaughter Magdalena Hurst, only child of my deceased daughter Elizabeth, and their heirs and assigns forever, to be divided amongst them after the said widow's death, in six equal shares and parts. And Lastly, I do hereby nominate constitute and appoint my two sons Henry Musser of East Earl township said County and John Musser of Leacock township aforesaid, yeomen, and the survivor of them, to be the Executors of this my Will hereby revoking all other wills legacies and bequests by me heretofore made, and declaring this and no other to be my Last Will and Testament. In Witness whereof I the said John Musser have hereunto set my hand and seal this Fifteenth day of march Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and thirty five. John Musser.
Signed, sealed, published, pronounced, and declared by the said Testator as his last will and testament in the presence of us, who in his presence and at his request have subscribed as witnesses. Jaob Musser, C. Carpenter, W. Carpenter.
Isaac Seldomridge, Roland Diller, 6 Febr 1846.
I John Musser the testator of the foregoing will and testament, do hereby make this codicil to and alteration of my said foregoing will and testament, as follows, to wit. The Legacy or share of my estate in the said Will and Testament bequeathed to my daughter Esther the wife of Jacob Weaver, I hereby revoke and make null and void, and in lieu and place thereof I give and bequeath unto my said daughter Esther the sum of Four thousand dollars, in which sum shall be included all advancements heretofore by me made and which I may hereafter make to my said daughter or her said husband, in money or goods and for which I have or may have bonds, notes, receipts or other evidences in writing form the said Jacob Weaver or my said daughter. She my said daughter Esther to receive so much more of my estate, as together with what I have already advanced or may advanced to her or her said husband will altogether amount to the sum of four thousand dollars.
Item All the rest and residue of the share of my Estate in the foregoing will and testament given and bequeathed to my said daughter Esther I give and bequeath unto my sons Henry Musser and John Musser and the survivor of them and to his heirs and assigns, In Trust to and for the uses intents and purposes following, to wit, That the said trustees and the survivor of them and his heirs or assigns shall during the life of my said daughter Esther place and continue the same out oat interest payable annually or oftener at the best interest they can reasonably obtain for the same, having due regard to the safety of the principal, and the said interest moneys from time to time as the same may be received after deducting therefrom all reasonable costs and charges of this trust, shall pay over unto my said daughter Esther into her own hands, for her own sole and separate use and upon her separate receipt, so as and to the intent that no part of the said interest monies shall be subject or liable to the debts, power, control or interference of her said husband or any other husband she may hereafter have or take. With power and authority also unto the said trustees and the survivor of them and his heirs and assigns, the said monies to call in, new place, change and again lend out upon interest form time to time during the life of the said Esther when and as often as they or he may think proper as aforesaid; and with this further power and authority that they the said trustees and the survivor of them and his heirs and assigns may at any time during the life of my said daughter Esther with the consent and approbation of the said Esther in writing under her hand invest the whole or any part of the said principal sum and interest thereon accrued in the purchase of such Real estate as the said trustees and the survivor of them and his heirs and assigns and the said Esther by her consent given in writing may agree to and be satisfied with. The deeds of conveyance for the said real estate to be to the said Henry Musser and John Musser and the survivor of them and to his heirs and assigns In trust for the uses intents and purposes as herein set forth and declared. And the said Trustees and the survivor of them and his heirs and assigns shall have full power and authority during the life of the said Esther to let lease and demise the said Real Estate and the rents issues incomes and profits thereof after deducting all reasonable costs and charges for necessary buildings improvements taxes repairs and all other proper and reasonable charges, pay over the same unto the said Esther into her own hands, for her own sole and separate use and upon her separate receipt, so and to the intent that no part thereof shall be in any wise subject or liable to the debts power control or interference of her said husband or any husband she may take or have. Or at the option, choice or discretion of my said daughter Esther the said trustees and the survivor of them and this heirs or assigns shall suffer and permit the said Esther to occupy use possess and enjoy the said Real estate during her life or in her own sold and separate name, to let and demise the same, and take and receive the rents, issues, incomes, products, growth and profits thereof and in her own sold and separate name to sell and dispose, sue for and distress for the same, and receipts releases and sufficient discharges to make and execute for the same, she paying all taxes which may accrue thereon, and to keep the premises in good order, repair and condition.
With this further power and authority also unto the said trustees and the survivor of them and his heirs and assigns, such Real estate or any part thereof at any time during the life of the said Esther and with her consent and approbation to sell and dispose of at public or private sale in such pieces or parcels and to such person and persons and for such price or prices as they may think proper, and good and sufficient deeds of conveyance for the same to execute and deliver to the purchaser thereof, without such purchasers being liable for the application or misapplication of the purchase money. And the monies arising from such sale again to place and continue out at interest or invest in the purchase of other Real Estate, and the said interest monies and the use possession and enjoyment of such Real estate or the rents, issues and incomes of such Real estate, subject to the deductions as aforesaid, and with the powers and authorities and subject to the limitations and restrictions as aforesaid to give, deliver and pay over unto the said Esther in manner and form as aforesaid, into her own hands, for her sold and separate use and upon her separate receipt so as to be in no wise subject or liable to the debts, power, control or interference of her present husband or any other husband she may hereafter have, and so on with like power and authority and upon the same trusts and in the same manner and form, when and as often during the life of the said Esther as the said trustees and the survivor of them and his heirs and assigns may think proper.
And upon this further trust that at and immediately upon the death of the said Esther, all and singular the said trust estate Real personal and mixed, shall descend to and vest in and be deemed and construed to have descended to and be vested in and shall be the absolute property and estate of the legal children of the said Esther living at the time of her decease and the legal issue of such of her children as at her death may be dead, and to their heirs and assigns as tenants in common in equal shares and parts, such issue however of the deceased children of the said Esther, if any, to take and be entitled, if one only solely, and if more than one in equal shares and parts, to the share, portion and interest of, in and to the said estate, which the deceased parent would have taken of be entitled to if then living.
Item And whereas since the publication of my before written will and testament I have sold and conveyed unto Levi Grabill in fee a certain four acres and ninety perches of land, part of the tract of land in my said Will devised unto my son John Musser, I hereby declare that the said sale was made by the consent of my said son John, and that the whole of the purchase money was with my consent paid to and received by him.
Item So much of my foregoing will and testament as is hereby changed, altered or supplied, and all that part thereof relating to my Wife who lately died, I hereby revoke and make null and void and all the other parts of my said will and testament I hereby republish and declare to be my last will and testament, and this Codicil thereto shall be deemed to be a part thereof.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the sixth day of February Eighteen hundred and forty six. John Musser
Signed, sealed,published and declared by the said John Musser as and for a codicil to be added to and considered as part of his last will and testament, in the presence of us who at his request and in his presence and in presence of each other have hereunto set our names as witnesses. Isaac Seldomridge, Roland Diller.
I John Musser the testator of the foregoing will and testament and codicil hereto Do hereby make and publish this my further codicil thereto, as follows, to wit, I Will, order and direct that in case my daughter Esther the wife of Jacob Weaver do survive or live longer than her said husband, then and in such case all the share, portion, and part of my estate in my foregoing codicil bequeathed to my sons in Trust for the use of my said daughter and her heirs and all the whole of my estate in my foregoing will and codicil bequeathed to my said daughter, or for her use and to her heirs, shall be paid to and I give and bequeath the same unto my said daughter Esther Weaver absolutely and to her heirs and assigns forever. And so much of my foregoing will and codicil as is hereby changed, and no more, I herby revoke.
Item And having this day executed to my son Henry Musser and to his heirs and assigns a deed for the plantation in my foregoing Will devised to him I direct that notwithstanding the said deed my son John Musser shall pay him, his heirs and assigns, the sum of One thousand dollars as is directed, and for the reason given in my foregoing Will.
In witness whereof I the said John Musser have hereunto set my hand and seal the sixth day of August, Anno Domini Eighteen hundred and fifty. John Musser.
Signed Sealed published and declared by the above named John Musser as and for a codicil to be added to and made part of his foregoing Will and Testament and Codicil, in the presence of us who at his request and in his presence and in presence of each other have hereunto set our names as witnesses. Roland Diller, Isaac Seldomridge.
Lancaster County SS. On the eighth day of December Anno Domini 1851, Before me the Subscriber personally appeared William Carpenter, one of the subscribing witnesses to the preceding Will, and on his solemn Affirmation did depose and say that he was present and saw and heard John Musser the testator therein named sign seal publish pronounce and declare the same to be his last Will and Testament, and that at the doing thereof he was of sound and well disposing mind, memory and understanding to the best of his knowledge observation and belief; and the said William Carpenter also declares that he saw his father C Carpenter, one of the other subscribing witnesses, who is now deceased, sign his name as a witness to this last will and testament in the presence and at the request of the Testator. W. Carpenter.
Affirmed and subscribed before me, Jas Ehrenfried, Dep Regr.
Lancaster County SS. On the eighth day of December Anno Domini 1851 Before me the Subscriber personally appeared Israel Seldomridge and Roland Diller, subscribing witnesses to the preceding Will and to the two Codicils annexed to the same, and on their solemn Affirmations did depose and say that they were present and saw and heard John Musser, the testator therein named republish, pronounce and declare the preceding instrument or writing, dated on the fifteenth day of March A.D. 1835, to be his last Will and Testament, that they were also present and saw and heard the said testator John Musser sign seal publish pronounce and declare the two Codicils annexed to his last will and testament as parts thereof and to be added thereto, and that at the doing thereof he was of sound mind, memory, and understanding, to the best of their knowledge, observation and belief. Jos Ehrenfried, Dep Reg.
December 8th 1851. Letters Testamentary granted to Henry Musser of East Earl, and John Musser of Leacock Township, the Executors they being duly affirmed well and truly to administer the goods and chattels rights and credits of said Testator according to law, and also that they will diligently and faithfully regard and well and truly comply with the provisions of the Law relating to Collateral Inheritances. Jos Ehrenfried, Dep Regr. [Ref: LancasterCoPA Wills V-60]



Pedigree of John MUSSER
                                                       /-----Ulrich MOSER
                                              /-----Galante MOSER
                                     /-----Peter MOSER
                                    |         \-----Dori HUNDSPERGER
                            /-----Peter MOSER
                           |         \-----Elsbeth LONGENEGGER
                   /-----Peter MOSER
                  |        |         /-----Christian TOMI
                  |         \-----Elsbeth TOMI
                  |                  \-----Elsbeth HOFER
          /-----Joseph MOSSER
 /-----Henry MUSSER
|        |                           /-----Jacob FUNK
|        |                  /-----Heini FUNK
|        |                 |         \-----Anna NAF
|        |         /-----Heinrich FUNK
|        |        |        |                  /-----Jacob MEILI
|        |        |        |         /-----Hans MEILI
|        |        |         \-----Katherine MEILI
|        |        |                  \-----Elsbeth HOCHSTRASSER
|         \-----Veronica FUNK
|                  \-----Veronica (FUNK)
John MUSSER
|         /-----Henry B RESH
 \-----Elizabeth RESH
          \-----Susanna (RESH)



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