(Printed with names written in)
Register's Office, Bucks County  April 20th, 1809

The heirs, creditors , and other persons interested are desired to take
notice, that George Weisel Administrator of Jacob Weisel last of the township
of Bedminster deceased has filed in this Office the accounts of his
Administration to the Estate of the said deceased, and that the same will be
presented, for approbation and allowance, to an Orphans Court, to be held at
Newtown, in and for the said County of Bucks, on the thirtieth day of May
next at 10 o'clock A.M.
                            Register

In the name of God amen, I John Weisel of St. Clair Township, Bedford County
and State of Pennsylvania being advanced in years and infirm of body, but of
sound and disposing mind, memory and understanding, do make & publish this my
last will & testament in manner and form following, viz.  First I order and
direct that all my just debts be fully paid by my executors as soon after my
decease as may be - and if after the payment of my debts there should be a
surplus of personal property, I order & direct the same to be divided as is
hereinafter mentioned.


Secondly It is my will and I hereby order & direct my executors hereinafter
named to sell and dispose of my real estate, consisting of two contiguous &
adjoining tracts of land, being the properties I now occupy, and I hereby
authorize & empower my executors to make a deed or deeds therefor, & convey
the same to the purchaser or purchasers thereof in fee simple.  Said sale to
be made by my executors as soon after my decease as they may in their
discretion, deem prudent & advisable and the sale to be made either privately
or by publicly xxxxx or outcry as will be to the best advantage of which my
executors are to be the judges and the proceeds of said sale I order & direct
to be divided as follows:


Viz. the whole to be divided into eleven equal parts, and one equal part
thereof to be paid by my executors to pay to my son John Weisel, one other
equal part to my son David Weisel, one other equal part to my son Abraham
Weisel, one other equal part to my son Philip Weisel, one other equal part to
my son Isaac, one other to my son Michael, two equal parts to my son Samuel,
one equal part to my daughter Mary, intermarried to Jacob Michtly?, one other
equal part to the children of my deceased daughter Elizabeth intermarried
with Adam Bowers in the following proportions viz. Sophia the sum of twenty
dollars, John the sum of twenty dollars, and the residue of said equal part
to Elizabeth Bowers.  And the other equal part of my estate I give and
bequeath to the four children of my deceased daughter Sarah Michtly.


It is also my will that the two shares which I have directed to be paid to my
son Samuel by my executors, are to remain in the hands of my executors for
six years after the sale of  my place, they paying to him the interest
thereof annually but none of the principal until after the said six years.
And I hereby appoint my executors trustees to hold the same for my said son.


It is also my will that the residue of my personal estate should there be any
after the payment of my debts shall be divided and paid over in the same way
as I have directed my real estate to be divided & paid only that Samuel shall
have his portion at once.


And I also order &  it is my will that my wife Barbara shall have her third
according to the intestate laws of Pennsylvania, and when my executors sell
my place, I hereby direct that they shall sell the same so as to secure her
third in as according to law.


Lastly, I hereby constitute & appoint my two sons John Weisel & Philip Weisel
the executors of this my last will and testament, hereby declaring this & no
other to be my last will & testament and revoking all wills & testaments by
me heretofore made.


In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this 30th day of April
AD 1844.



                    Johannes Weisel  seal


Signed sealed published
xxxxx & declared by
the testator to be his last
will & testament in our
presence who have signed
the same at his request


William U. Watson
E. L. Andersons
Jno. Mower

Will of John George Weisel

The last will and testament of George Weisel of Hepburn Township, Lycoming 
County.  I, George Weisel, considering the uncertainties of mortal life and 
being of sound mind and memory, blessed be to Almighty God for the same, do 
make and publish this my last will and testament in manner and following: 
First I give and bequeath to my beloved wife Elizabeth Weisel the house that 
I now live in for her lifetime with all the household furniture, beds, 
bedsteads, chairs, clock and case stove and one cow and pasture and that 
meadow west of the Grist Mill and north of the crick and it is my will that 
my executor shall cut and make alive to her the hay in the barn and apples 
and cider made and delivered to her.  For the support for her lifetime, I 
give and bequeath to my wife ten bushels of wheat and ten bushels of rye and 
ten bushels of buckwheat and ten bushels of corn, from the total received in 
the mill and the garden by the mansion house.

For her lifetime, I give and bequeath to my wife Elizabeth Weisel the sum of 
one thousand dollars cash which shall be left in care of my executor for her 
support and the interest to be paid every year and the interest for her 
support that heir shall pay I bequeath to my granddaughter Nancy xxx hundred 
dollars cash I will and order to her be paid in two years after my decease 
and she should depart this life before her husband, it shall be left to her 
heirs then.  My will is that all the residue of my goods, chattels: Grist 
Mill, saw mill, carding machine and the surplus of money if there is any 
shall be indifferently appraised and after such appraisement made that the 
same shall be divided into three equal parts, one equal third part whereof I 
give and bequeath unto my daughter Katherine Ball, one other equal third part 
thereof I give and bequeath unto my daughter now Margaret Thompson, one other 
equal third part I give and bequeath unto my son John Weisel and it is my 
will that the water and water courses shall always and forever remain for the 
Grist Mill, saw mill and carding machine, and it is my will the money goods 
and chattels which I left to my wife what should remain after her decease 
shall be equally divided share and share alike to my three children - 
Katherine , Margaret and John.

I give and bequeath the stove that now is in the school house near the mill 
for the benefit of the school for ever and ever.  William Ball, Samuel 
Thompson and John Weisel whom I hereby appoint my sole executors of this my 
last will and testament hereby revoking all former wills by me made.  In 
witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the twenty first day of 
April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty five.  

                                                                              
                 John George Weisel  seal 

Signed, dated published and declared by the above named George Weisel to be 
his last will and testament in the presence of us, who at his request, and in 
his presence have subscribed our names as witnesses thereunto, John Hannah, 
seal, Charles Weis  seal, Jacob Weisel  seal   Lycoming County this sixteenth 
day of June Anno Domini 1835.  Before me John Vanderbilt Register for the 
probate of wills and granting letters of administration in and for the County 
of Lycoming personally came John Hannah, Charles Weis, and Jacob Weisel the 
subscribing witnesses to the foregoing will and being duly sworn according to 
law, did depose and that they were present and saw and heard John George 
Weisel the Testator sign seal publish pronounce and declare the foregoing 
instrument of writing as and for his testament and last will and that at the 
time of so doing he was of perfect and sound mind, memory and understanding 
to the best of their knowledge, observation and belief.  John Vanderbilt, 
Register

Letters testamentary granted to William Ball, Samuel Thompson and John Weisel 
xxx in the above will named executors sworn and affirmed and will registered 
June 16th, 1835

[In margin] Alien patent to Jacob Wisel

Thomas Penn and John Penn Esquires true and absolute proprietaries and
Governors in Chief of the province of Pennsylvania & Counties of New Castle,
Kent & Sussex on Delaware.  To all to whom these presents shall come,
Greetings.  Whereas John Penn, Thomas Penn & Richard Penn Esquires late
proprietaries of the said province by their Patent or Grant dated the
Seventeenth Day of February 1743 did for the consideration therein mentioned
give, grant, release & confirm unto Michael Wisel his Heirs & Assigns Two
certain tracts of land.  One of them situate in Bedminster Township Bucks
County & Beginns at a small white oak marker thence by other land of Michael
Wisel south west one hundred & fifty perches to a post, thence by vacant land
north west one hundred & seventy two perches to a stone, thence by Michael
Freilick north east seventy perches to a post, thence by James Kilpatricks
land the two [compasses]? & distances next following nigh south east forty
four perches to a stone, thence by John Woomans land south east one hundred &
twenty eight perches to the place of beginning.  Containing one hundred &
thirty one acres and allowance of six percent for roads.
And the other of them situate on a branch of Perkiomen Creek in the said
County & beginns at a marked white oak sapling & extending thence by vacant
land south west one hundred & fifty perches to a post thence by vacant land
south east one hundred & seventy perches to a post thence by William Allen's
land north east one hundred & fifty perches to a post thence by vacant land
north west one hundred & seventy perches to the place of beginning,
Containing one hundred & fifty acres & allowance aforesaid.  Together with
the appurtenances to hold to him the said Michael Wisel his Heirs & Assigns
forever as by the said patent records at Philadelphia in Patent Book AA vol
13 page 369 more fully appears.  And Whereas the said Michael Wisel did on
the eighteenth day of February 1743 for the better securing the payment of
the consideration in the said patent mentioned with the interest then thereon
due, mortgage the said tracts of land unto the said proprietaries which said
sum of money and the interest thereon due hath been since fully satisfied &
discharged by the said Michael Wisel as appears by Lynford Gardners the then
Receiver General's receipt endorsed on the said receipt mortgage and Whereas
the said Michael Wisel & Susanna his wife by their deed dated the tenth day
of February 1757 did for the consideration therein mentioned, grant & convey
the said tracts of land with their appurtenances unto their son Jacob Wisel
of Bedminster Township aforesaid Yeoman to hold to him his Heirs & Assigns
forever.  And Whereas the said Jacob Wisel hath now represented to us that
the said Michael Wisel was an alien born out of the Dominion & Allegiance of
his Britannic Majesty at the time of our granting to him the said letters
patent and that the said Jacob Wisel is a native of this province and hath
therefore humbly besought us to release and confirm to him all the estate
rights and title which hath, may or can accrue to us, our Heirs and
Successors in or to the said two above described tracts of land by reason of
the said Michael Wisel's being an alien as aforesaid and we being desirous on
all occasions to show our willingness and reasonableness to encourage the
cultivation and improvement of our said province and to favor the settlers
thereof, have graciously condescended & agreed to release & relinquish such
advantages as hath, can or may accrue to us, our Heirs or Successors thereby
and fully to grant the said petitioner's request.  Now therefore know ye that
for and in consideration of the premium and of the sum of Five Shillings
lawful money of our said province to our use paid by the said Jacob Wisel
(the script whereof we hereby acknowledge) and of the yearly quit rents as
before and herein reserved and [expressed?], we have granted, released,
remised, relinquished, quit claimed and confirm unto the said Jacob Wisel his
heirs & assigns all the estate rights, titles, interest, property claim and
demand whatever, both at law and in equity which hath, may or can accrue or
appertain to us, our Heirs or Successors in or to the said two above
described tracts of land by reason or means or on account of the said Michael
Wisel's being an alien as aforesaid or anything relating thereto.  To hold
unto the said Jacob Wisel his Heirs and Assigns to and for the proper use and
behoof of the said Jacob Wisel his Heirs and Assigns forever under and
subject and yielding and paying nevertheless unto us, our Heirs and
Successors at or upon the first day of March in every year forever at our
manor of Pennsbury in the said county one half penny sterling for every acre
of the same or value thereof in coin current to such person or persons as
shall from time to time be appointed to receive the same.  Witness Richard
Penn Esquire Lieutenant Governor or the said province who by virtue of
certain powers and authorities to him for this purpose [inlocalia?] granted
by the said proprietaries hath hereunto set his hand and caused the Great
Seal of the said province to be hereunto affixed at Philadelphia this
seventeenth day of September in the year of our lord one thousand seven
hundred and seventy two and in the twelfth year of the reign of King George
the Third over Great Britain.

                                                    Recorded  6th Day

                         of February 1773

In the name of God, Amen. I, George Weisel, of the township of Richland and the county of Bucks, Being weak in body but of sound mind and memory, blessed be Almighty God for the same, do make & publish this my last Will & Testament in manner & Form following, (that is to say) First, I give & devise my Plantation whereon I now live to my 2 sons, Peter Weisel & Joseph Weisel, their heirs and assigns forever, never the less it is My will & I do order that my said Plantation shall be valued by 3 Independent Persons at the end of one year after my decease, of which valuation my said two sons Peter & Joseph Weisel shall pay the same as follows, that is to say the sum of two hundred pounds, part thereof forthwith at the time of valuation and the remainder in yearly payments of the sum of One Hundred & Fifty Pounds each payment until the whole amount is fully paid, each of them paying his equal share of the said valuation, and shall have equal shares & rights in the said Plantation.

And further it is my will that the said 2 sons Peter and Joseph shall have the use and Profits of all my stock & household furniture for term of One Year after my decease & at the end of one year after my decease that the same shall be sold to the best advantage & the money therefrom arising, with what shall be coming out of my Real Estate to be divided amongst all my children in manner following: that is to say, first my son Peter Weisel to have the sum of Thirty pounds over & above his equal share and also my son Joseph to have a horse worth 20 pounds of 20 pounds in money over and above an equal share with the rest of my children and also my two daughters, to wit, Mary & Sarah Weisel, Each of them to have a good Cow and a Heifer together with their beds & what Household Furniture they now have to over & above their equal share with the rest of my children. And it is further my Will and I do order that after the said several sums above mentioned tot he aforementioned legatees are deducted out of my Estate, that then the Residue & Remainder of all the money arising out of my Lands & Personal Property be equally Devised amongst all my children as well those who are not named as those named in this my Will; each & everyone of them to have Equal share & share alike out of Estate as before mentioned.

N.B. Before signing & sealing, my son Joseph is to have the sum of ten pounds over & above his Equal share, and lastly, I do hereby Constitute & Appoint my son Peter and my friend Jacob Cressman sole executors of this my last Will & Testament, hereby revoking and dissolving all former Wills by me made. In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this Sixth day of November in the year of our Lord 1789.

                                       George (X) Weisel

Wm. Hart, Dy. Reg. Bucks Co., Pennsylvania

WILL OF GEORGE WISEL OF CAMBRIA CO., PA.

EBENSBURG, PA, Ninth of May, 1848

IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN.

        I  George Wisel of the county of Cambria in the State of Pennsylvania,
Farmer, being weak in body and of Sound mind, Memory and understanding but
considering the uncertainty of this transitory life do make and publish this my
last will and testament in manner & form to wit:

First:  It is my will and I do order that all my Just debts and funeral
expenses be duly paid and satisfied as soon as conveniently can be after my
decease.

        I give and bequeath unto my said wife the use and occupation of my
plantation until her death situated in Conemaugh Township Cambria County,  Then
I give and devise the said plantation unto my son John Wisel his heirs and
assigns forever or the amount of money which will be due on the above mentioned
plantation which is situated in Conemaugh Township County and State aforesaid
containing one hundred and twenty acres or thereabouts.

        I give and bequeath unto my daughter Mary Yunt the sum of two hundred
dollars to her heirs and assigns forever.

        I give and bequeath unto my daughter Elizabeth Wisel four hundred
dollars for her services and attendance to her father and mother and a one year
old heifer to her heirs and assigns forever.

        I give and bequeath unto my daughter Sarah Mixel ten dollars to her
heirs and assigns forever.

        I give and bequeath unto my daughter Catherine Goughnour ten dollars to
her heirs and assigns forever.

        And, as touching all the rest residue and remainder of my Estate real
and personal, of what kind or nature whatsoever the same may be in the County
of Cambria foresaid or elsewhere, I give and devise the same unto my said wife
Margaret during her natural life and from and emediately after her decease, I
give and devise the said unto my son John Wisel and Joseph Wisel and my
daughter Elizabeth Wisel and their heirs and assigns forever to be equally
divided among them.

        I direct that all my stock in trade be sold at public vendue or outcry
for good current money or on such credit in such a manner as is usual in like
cases to insure the full and punctual payment thereof, and to effect this may
intention, I do hereby vest in my executor full power and authority to dispose
of in every respect as I could do myself if living.

        And I do hereby make and ordain my Esteemed neighbor George Murray
Executor of this my last will and testament reposing full confidence in his
integrity to perform the trust thus committed to him.

        In witness whereof George Wisel the Testator have to this my Will
written on one sheet of paper, set my hand this twenty ninth day of May, in the
year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and forty eight.  

Signed and delivered in the 
presence of us who have 
subscribed in the presence 
of other.

        Thomas McConnell (Seal)                         George Wisel (Seal)
        George Murray (Seal)                                    (Signed in
German)

The following information is based on the notes of Willis L. Weisel b. 1897 in Warrington Township, d. 1991 in Hatboro, PA at the age of 94. Willis L. was the son of H. Phares (1861-1934) who married Mary Clymer. H. Alan Weisel is the son of Willis L. Weisel.

In Colonial times there was situated a great plantation of 315 acres owned by 
a Welsh family named Reese.  The lands of this plantation are now subdivided 
into the families of Adam Martin, Samuel Weisel, and Charles Haldeman and the 
Selner estate besides a portion belonging to the Larzelere farm.  Previous to 
1768, there was but one house where now there are eight.

In 1722, Joseph Kirkbridge, a land speculator of colonial times, sold 250 
acres to Thomas Reese.  In 1729, a contiguous tract of 65 acres was purchased 
from John Humphrey making 315 acres in all.  In 1768 a son, David Reese, 
began to divide and sell the plantation.  Robert Flack in 1768 bought 85 
acres.  This part was lately included in portions of  farms of Henry and 
Aaron Weisel.  In 1773, Reese sold the remainder of 237 1/4 acres to Henry 
Darrah.  James Darrah, a son of Henry, came into possession of 170 acres in 
1789 by purchase from his father's estate.  This included the present farm of 
Samuel Weisel and the mill site while his brother, William acquired the 
Haldeman farm.  In 1794 James Darrah moved to Warminster and sold the farm to 
Michael Moyer.  He divided this 170 acres between his two sons, Michael and 
Abraham, the latter received 91 acres.

George L. Weisel bought of Michael Moyer in 1828.  The Weisels are 
descendants of Geo. Michael Weisel, who emigrated in 1732 from Alsace. Three 
sons came with him, Michael, Jacob and Frederick.  They were redemptioners, 
or those who having no money to pay their passage, were sold into servitude 
for a time to pay that debt.  Michael settled in Bedminister where he married 
Mary Trach in 1750 and bought land near Hagersville.  His son, Henry served 
in the Revolutionary Army.  His son George was born in that township in 1773 
and only came to Warrington Township when an elderly man where he lived to be 
89 when he died in 1862 and was buried in Hilltown Reformed Church Cemetery.  
He built a saw mill on his purchase.  In 1831 he moved to Montgomery County 
after conveying his lands to his sons, John George and Michael.  In 1840, 
John George became the owner of the whole.  Flack conveyed in 1848 his land 
to John George Weisel.  In 1849, Henry Weisel, brother of Samuel and Aaron 
Weisel became the owner.

                   This Book the Property of
              Samuel Weisel  April 1st, 1888
                     Warrington Township
            Bucks County   State of Pennsylvania


    [All writing appears to be by the same person except for
               a few annotations and the last two entries]


Marriages

George L. Weisel to Margaret Scheib          April 19, 1796

John George Weisel to Catherine Scheib     September 15, 1822


Births

George L. Weisel   March 11, 1773

Margaret Weisel    June 8, 1775    [conflicts with date in notebook]

John George Weisel    November 8, 1799

Catherine Scheib Weisel   August 22, 1802

Henry Weisel         September 21, 1823

Mary Ann Weisel   October 3, 1825    [conflicts with year in notebook]

Samuel Weisel    April 12, 1828

Aaron Weisel      February 25, 1831

Catherine Ann Kober Weisel    September 15, 1829 [different writing]
    (wife of Samuel Weisel) [different ink and writing]


Deaths

George L. Weisel   April 23, 1862  Aged 89 y, 1 m, 12 d

Margaret Scheib Weisel   May 27, 1858   Aged 82 years, 11 month, 19 days
[Scheib in pencil]

Mary Danehower nee Weisel  February 6, 1868  Aged 70 years, 5 month, 11 days

Michael Weisel was born 18th day of February 18, 1802, died 27th day of March
27, 1872  aged 70 years, 1 month and 9 days

John George Weisel  February 23, 1881  aged 81 years, 3 months, 15 days

Mary Ann Weisel was born 3rd day of October 1825, died 20th day of February
1878 aged 52 years, 4 month, 17 days

Catherine Scheib Weisel  February 14, 1888  Aged 85 years, 5 month and 22
days [Scheib in pencil]

Samuel Weisel died May 26, 1916  aged 88 years, 1 month, 14 days    [not in
same hand]

Catherine Ann Kober Weisel died August 22, 1914  aged 85 years  [not in the
same hand]
   wife of Samuel Weisel

Transcription of family records from Bible belonging to Samuel Weisel by H. Alan Weisel March 2002.

Samuel Weisel was a greatgreat grandson of immigrant George Michael Weisel.
Geo Michael->Michael Jr. (1720-1796)->George L. (1773-1862) ->John George (1799-1881)->Samuel (1828-1916)

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