Jefferson County Wills

343 The State of Ohio, Jefferson County, ss Court of Common Pleas Samuel Page's Will In the name of God Amen. I, Samuel Page, of Steubenville, Jefferson County, Ohio, being of sound mind but weak in body, do make and publish this my last will and testament, as follows, to wit; First, I desire all my just debts and funeral expenses to be paid. Second. I give and bequeath to my beloved wife all my household furniture of every kind and description. Third. To my son Benjamin Franklin Page I give and bequeath all my carpenter, mason, cabinet maker, and gardener tools of every kind, together with two grind stones and a straw cutting knife and every other kind of tool of which I may die possessed. Fourth. To John A. Page my son I give and bequeath my gold lever watch. Fifth. To my son Goram A. Page I give and bequeath my shot gun and accoutrements. Sixth. I give to my grand daughter Mary Jane Hoge whenever she gets married if she lives so long, the sum of one hundred ($100) dollars. Seventh. I give to my grand son Samuel Page, son of Wm. W. Page, one Hundred dollars to be paid him when he arrives at the age of twenty one years. Eighth. It is my will and desire that my executors (during the life time of my wife) lease all my real estate in the Town of Steubenville and out of the proceeds of the rents and profits thereof, first pay the taxes on the property, and keep the same in good repair, and out of the balance of said rents and profits pay my wife yearly during her life the sum of Two Hundred Dollars and if there be a residue still remaining, whatever it may be, I desire it to be paid the one half to my daughter Mary Jane Boggs and the other half equally to Benjamin F. Page, Goram A. Page and John A. Page. Ninth. To my daughter Emily Evans wife of George M. Evans, and to her childrn and heirs I give devise and bequeath the north half of the north half of Lot number 105 in the Town of Steubenville, to have and to hold the same (after the death of my wife) to her and her heirs forever. Tenth. To my daughter Mary Jane Boggs widow of George Boggs, deceased, I give devise and bequeath (after my wife's death) the South half of the North half of Lot No. 105, during her natural life, and at the death of my daughter Mary Jane, I give, devise and bequeath the same to her daughter Georgeanna Boggs, if she be then living , and in the case of the decease of said Georgeanna before her mother, I will that said property at the death of Mrs. Boggs go to my three sons Benjamin F. Page, Goram A. Page and John A. Page. Eleventh. To Benjamin F. Page, Goram A. Page and John A. Page my three youngest sons, and to their heirs, I give, devise and bequeath (after the death of my wife) Lot number ninety (90) in the Town of Steubenville. Twelfth. It is my will and desire that my Executors in renting my real estate shall give my wife the refusal of the property or premises on which I now live at the rate of forty eight ($48) per annum or of one of th frame tenements (as she may choose) on Lot No. 90 to live in at the rate of thirty six dollars per annum. Thirteenth. I hereby appoint my friends James M. Kenney and James M. Thomas Esqrs. Executors of this my last will and testament hereby revoking and annulling any will by me heretofore made. On witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 17th day of January A. D. 1847. Samuel Page (seal) Signed, sealed published and declared by Samuel A. Page as and for his last will and Testament in our presence, and in the presence of each other this 17th day of January A. D. 1847 M. L. Richmond (NOTE: from probate sig, Morgan L) Jno. H. Sutherland NOTE: Following text of will was the probate record of court of common pleas 23 Feb. 1847 including: . . .Oral examination of John H. Sutherland. . .He was considered very low-to my knowledge he had been sick about two weeks before. . .you speak of a will previously executed by him on the 6th of January. . .During the writing of the first will, he remarked that all his first wife's children were well enough provided for , except Mrs. Boggs. . . .Erasures were in relation to two mahogany framed looking glassses. . .Question 6th. To whom were the looking glasses in the first will devised and what was said regarding them? Answer. One was devised to Coffin Otis Page and the other to William W. Page, children of his first wife. He spoke of them as being in the family during the lifetime of their mother and may have said that they belonged to their mter. I do not recollect his language precisely. One of the looking glasses was in the room; he pointed it out to me and said the other was just like it. When the first will was hand ed back to me those devise of the looking glasses were erased and nothing was said about them at all on that occasion.. . .

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