CLICK on the photos for more family history.
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AGNES HATHORN
Agnes Hathorn deced 8/ 4/ Ext. Cit.
AT THE INSTANCE and request of John Noble and William Scott Executors of the last will and Testament of Agnes Hathorn deceased who was a Legatee under the last will and Testament of Samuel Hathorn deceased IT IS ORDERED that a Citation do issue to John Hathorn Executor of the last will and Testament of the said Samuel Hathorn deceased to appear at the Orphan's Court to be held at Lancaster for the County of Lancaster on Tuesday the Third day of March next (1772) then and there to Settle and Pass the Account of his Executorship on the Estate of the said Samuel Hathorn deceased that distribution be made thereon Agreeable to his last will and Testament of the said Samuel Hathorn deceased
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SAMUEL HATHORN (data March 3, 1772 - Bro John Hathorn)
Paid (son) Samuel Hathorn his legacy
Paid William Scott intermarried with Agnes Hathorn one of the Legatees
Paid John Noble intermarried with Margaret Hathorn
(Son James was to young, under 21.)
Exhibited into the Registor's Office Lancaster March 3 1772
John Hathorn (This may be his signature) (Brother John Hathorn also signed on 11 October 1765)
(Robert Thompson mentioned.)
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AGNES HATHORN'S WILL
(was written on the same day as her death, January 21, 1772.)
.......... and Twelve Plates of Pewter Also I give and bequeath unto my son James my Horse & a feather Bed Boulster & pillows A pair of half worn Blankets red and whit overlid and Sheet Also Six yards & a half of Eleven hundred Linen the big Pot and mixt Gray Cloth for a Jacket ........... & Eight Pounds for puting up four Grave Stons to Samuel & mine ....... John Noble & William Scott executors and appoint them put up the Stones.
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(Why four grave stones to Samuel and mine? Were there two deceased children?)
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Agnes the wife of Samuel Hathorn was most likely Agnes Steen Hathorn. Daughter of John Steen of East Nottingham Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania.
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COMPARING MRS. SAMUEL HATHORN (AGNES) OF LANCASTER COUNTY (next door to Chester Co.) AND THE JOHN STEEN DAUGHTER AGNES.
Samuel Hathorn's wife name was Agnes.
. John Steen's daughter Agnes married a Samuel Hathorn.
1765 Samuel Hathorn's eldest living son was Samuel, meaning there must have been a son older than Samuel who died before 1765.
. In John Steen's will 1740/41 Samuel & Agnes Hathorn had a son named John.
Samuel and Agnes Hathorn bought the 200 acres in Lancaster Co. in 1744/45.
. In John Steen's will it appears as if this Samuel Hathorn may have lived next to the Steens. Samuel had a four year interest free obligation to live on the John Steen land from 1740/41, or 40/41 + 4 years = equals 1744/45.
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John Steen (other information)
Born ?
Married Margaret before or around 1724
Died 1740/41
Three children:
Agnes m. Samuel Hathorn
Mary
Martha
grandson in 1740/41 named John Hathorn
Philip Tanner – overseer of wife & children
________
(John Steen's Will - 1/40 Will Book B or 2, page 77
. In 1983 I opened and copied this document. There was a wax seal still attached to the paper. I "translated" this document that is written in old, old, old English. That was quite an interesting time consuming but fun experience. As I did that I kept wondering what the people looked like, what their village looked like, how they lived, and did they have Indian problems? I also wondered if I could have easily understood their spoken language or would it be as difficult to understand as their writing was to read or should I say translate.)
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THE WILL OF JOHN STEEN THAT MENTIONS SAMUEL AND AGNES HATHORN, Chester County, Pennsylvania
1740 Will Book B or 2, page 77
In the name of god amen this seventh Day of march/
in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and/
forty forty one - 1740=41 I John Steen of East nottingham/
and County of Chester pennsylvania being very sick and/
weak in body but in perfect mind and memory thanks/
be to god therefore calling to mind the mortality of my/
body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once/
to Die Do I make and ordain this my Last will and/
testament that is to say principally and first of all I give/
and Recomend my soul unto god that gave it for my/
body I recomend it to the Earth to be buried in a Christian/
Like and Decent manner at the Discretion of my Executors/
nothing Doubting but at the general resurection I shall/
receive the saim (same) again by the mighty power of god and/
as touching such worldly Estate wherein it hath pleased/
the Lord to bless me in this world./
I I order and ordain that my funeral charges with all/
my Legal and just Debts be paid of the whole of my estate/
Itm (item) I give and bequeath to marget my Dearly beloved wife/
the third part of all my Effects bills and bonds with all/
just Debts Due to me and the remainder is to be Equaly/
Devided betwixt my two Daughters mary and martha/
and if any of them be removed by Death before they Com/
of age the surviving Daughter is to have two parts of/
her patremonie (patrimony) and the third part is to be given to my/
(TRY TO READ THIS PART OF THE 1740/41 WILL THAT IS IN THE PHOTO TO THE RIGHT, IT STARTS HERE.)
Daughter agnes hathorn/
Itm I Do order that my Dear wife and two Daughters shall/
have ten bushels of wheat now in the barn with the ingen (indian)/
Coarn (corn) now in the hous for their summer bread/
Itm I Do give to my suninlaw samuel hathorn five shilling/
in monies/
Itm I give to my grand son John hathorn two pounds in monies/
Itm I Do order that my sunninlaw samuel hathorn at my/
Decay (decease) shall have my right of my plantation together with/
all my improvements and the wheat now in the ground/
in Leu wherof the aforsaid samuel hathorn shall pay/
four score pounds in Current monies of penceilvania
for the use of my Dear wife and Children mary and Martha/
Itm I Do order that the aforesaid samuel hathorn shall pay said/
monies within or at the End of four years Comencing my/
Decay and said monies is to bear no interest for the term of four/
years and if any part of the said monies shall remain not paid/
at the End of four years is to bear Laful interest/
Itm I Do order that the aforesaid samuel hathorn shall give to/
my Dearly beloved wife two acres of land yearly plowed/
at the Cost of the aforesaid Samuel/
Itm I Do order that my Dearly bloved wife and sun Samuel/
hathorn shall live both together in my Dweling hous I now/
Live in During Either of their Liftims or term of widow hood/
and if she alters her state the privilig of hous and two acres/
of Land shall then belong to the aforsaid samuel hathorn/
Itm I Do order that my two Daughters mary and martha be/
Educated and Clothed in a Christian and Decent manner/
at their own expences by which I mean the intrist of their/
patrimony/
Lastly I order constitut and appoint my trusty and well beloved/
frend Daniel McClelland and samuel hathorn to be my/
executors of this my Last will and testament and Philip tanner/
to be overseer to my wife and Children mary and martha/
and Do heareby utterly disalow revoke and Disanull all and/
every other former testaments wills and Legacies rights/
and executors by me in any way before this named Willed/
and bequaithed ratifying and confirming this and no other/
to be my Last wil and testament In Wittness where of I have/
herunto set my hand and seal the year and day mention-/
ed at the beginning hereof his ... his/
signed sealed published ...... John steen =/
pronounced and Declared by.... mark/
the said John steen as his/
Last Will and testament/
In the presents of us the subscribing viz/
Robert Brown april 30th: 1741 ..d by both witness & on oath/
Inventory to Exhibit .. June 2 ....../
John Marlin ..sualt/
Chester April 30: 1741
Then Personally appeared Robert Brown & John/
Marlin the witnesses to the within will who on/
their oath did declare and Say that they were present/
and saw the Testator therein named Sign Seal –/
publish pronounce and Declare the sd (said) writing to/
be his Last Will and Testament & that at the doing/
thereof he was of Sound mind and memory to the/
best of their understanding./
Jurat C Jo Parker De Peg./
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Thank you for reading and learning about Colonial Agnes Hathorn who probably was also the daughter of John Steen who married Samuel Hathorn.
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AGNES HATHORN
Agnes Hathorn deced 8/ 4/ Ext. Cit.
AT THE INSTANCE and request of John Noble and William Scott Executors of the last will and Testament of Agnes Hathorn deceased who was a Legatee under the last will and Testament of Samuel Hathorn deceased IT IS ORDERED that a Citation do issue to John Hathorn Executor of the last will and Testament of the said Samuel Hathorn deceased to appear at the Orphan's Court to be held at Lancaster for the County of Lancaster on Tuesday the Third day of March next (1772) then and there to Settle and Pass the Account of his Executorship on the Estate of the said Samuel Hathorn deceased that distribution be made thereon Agreeable to his last will and Testament of the said Samuel Hathorn deceased
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SAMUEL HATHORN (data March 3, 1772 - Bro John Hathorn)
Paid (son) Samuel Hathorn his legacy
Paid William Scott intermarried with Agnes Hathorn one of the Legatees
Paid John Noble intermarried with Margaret Hathorn
(Son James was to young, under 21.)
Exhibited into the Registor's Office Lancaster March 3 1772
John Hathorn (This may be his signature) (Brother John Hathorn also signed on 11 October 1765)
(Robert Thompson mentioned.)
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AGNES HATHORN'S WILL
(was written on the same day as her death, January 21, 1772.)
.......... and Twelve Plates of Pewter Also I give and bequeath unto my son James my Horse & a feather Bed Boulster & pillows A pair of half worn Blankets red and whit overlid and Sheet Also Six yards & a half of Eleven hundred Linen the big Pot and mixt Gray Cloth for a Jacket ........... & Eight Pounds for puting up four Grave Stons to Samuel & mine ....... John Noble & William Scott executors and appoint them put up the Stones.
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(Why four grave stones to Samuel and mine? Were there two deceased children?)
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Agnes the wife of Samuel Hathorn was most likely Agnes Steen Hathorn. Daughter of John Steen of East Nottingham Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania.
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COMPARING MRS. SAMUEL HATHORN (AGNES) OF LANCASTER COUNTY (next door to Chester Co.) AND THE JOHN STEEN DAUGHTER AGNES.
Samuel Hathorn's wife name was Agnes.
. John Steen's daughter Agnes married a Samuel Hathorn.
1765 Samuel Hathorn's eldest living son was Samuel, meaning there must have been a son older than Samuel who died before 1765.
. In John Steen's will 1740/41 Samuel & Agnes Hathorn had a son named John.
Samuel and Agnes Hathorn bought the 200 acres in Lancaster Co. in 1744/45.
. In John Steen's will it appears as if this Samuel Hathorn may have lived next to the Steens. Samuel had a four year interest free obligation to live on the John Steen land from 1740/41, or 40/41 + 4 years = equals 1744/45.
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John Steen (other information)
Born ?
Married Margaret before or around 1724
Died 1740/41
Three children:
Agnes m. Samuel Hathorn
Mary
Martha
grandson in 1740/41 named John Hathorn
Philip Tanner – overseer of wife & children
________
(John Steen's Will - 1/40 Will Book B or 2, page 77
. In 1983 I opened and copied this document. There was a wax seal still attached to the paper. I "translated" this document that is written in old, old, old English. That was quite an interesting time consuming but fun experience. As I did that I kept wondering what the people looked like, what their village looked like, how they lived, and did they have Indian problems? I also wondered if I could have easily understood their spoken language or would it be as difficult to understand as their writing was to read or should I say translate.)
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THE WILL OF JOHN STEEN THAT MENTIONS SAMUEL AND AGNES HATHORN, Chester County, Pennsylvania
1740 Will Book B or 2, page 77
In the name of god amen this seventh Day of march/
in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and/
forty forty one - 1740=41 I John Steen of East nottingham/
and County of Chester pennsylvania being very sick and/
weak in body but in perfect mind and memory thanks/
be to god therefore calling to mind the mortality of my/
body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once/
to Die Do I make and ordain this my Last will and/
testament that is to say principally and first of all I give/
and Recomend my soul unto god that gave it for my/
body I recomend it to the Earth to be buried in a Christian/
Like and Decent manner at the Discretion of my Executors/
nothing Doubting but at the general resurection I shall/
receive the saim (same) again by the mighty power of god and/
as touching such worldly Estate wherein it hath pleased/
the Lord to bless me in this world./
I I order and ordain that my funeral charges with all/
my Legal and just Debts be paid of the whole of my estate/
Itm (item) I give and bequeath to marget my Dearly beloved wife/
the third part of all my Effects bills and bonds with all/
just Debts Due to me and the remainder is to be Equaly/
Devided betwixt my two Daughters mary and martha/
and if any of them be removed by Death before they Com/
of age the surviving Daughter is to have two parts of/
her patremonie (patrimony) and the third part is to be given to my/
(TRY TO READ THIS PART OF THE 1740/41 WILL THAT IS IN THE PHOTO TO THE RIGHT, IT STARTS HERE.)
Daughter agnes hathorn/
Itm I Do order that my Dear wife and two Daughters shall/
have ten bushels of wheat now in the barn with the ingen (indian)/
Coarn (corn) now in the hous for their summer bread/
Itm I Do give to my suninlaw samuel hathorn five shilling/
in monies/
Itm I give to my grand son John hathorn two pounds in monies/
Itm I Do order that my sunninlaw samuel hathorn at my/
Decay (decease) shall have my right of my plantation together with/
all my improvements and the wheat now in the ground/
in Leu wherof the aforsaid samuel hathorn shall pay/
four score pounds in Current monies of penceilvania
for the use of my Dear wife and Children mary and Martha/
Itm I Do order that the aforesaid samuel hathorn shall pay said/
monies within or at the End of four years Comencing my/
Decay and said monies is to bear no interest for the term of four/
years and if any part of the said monies shall remain not paid/
at the End of four years is to bear Laful interest/
Itm I Do order that the aforesaid samuel hathorn shall give to/
my Dearly beloved wife two acres of land yearly plowed/
at the Cost of the aforesaid Samuel/
Itm I Do order that my Dearly bloved wife and sun Samuel/
hathorn shall live both together in my Dweling hous I now/
Live in During Either of their Liftims or term of widow hood/
and if she alters her state the privilig of hous and two acres/
of Land shall then belong to the aforsaid samuel hathorn/
Itm I Do order that my two Daughters mary and martha be/
Educated and Clothed in a Christian and Decent manner/
at their own expences by which I mean the intrist of their/
patrimony/
Lastly I order constitut and appoint my trusty and well beloved/
frend Daniel McClelland and samuel hathorn to be my/
executors of this my Last will and testament and Philip tanner/
to be overseer to my wife and Children mary and martha/
and Do heareby utterly disalow revoke and Disanull all and/
every other former testaments wills and Legacies rights/
and executors by me in any way before this named Willed/
and bequaithed ratifying and confirming this and no other/
to be my Last wil and testament In Wittness where of I have/
herunto set my hand and seal the year and day mention-/
ed at the beginning hereof his ... his/
signed sealed published ...... John steen =/
pronounced and Declared by.... mark/
the said John steen as his/
Last Will and testament/
In the presents of us the subscribing viz/
Robert Brown april 30th: 1741 ..d by both witness & on oath/
Inventory to Exhibit .. June 2 ....../
John Marlin ..sualt/
Chester April 30: 1741
Then Personally appeared Robert Brown & John/
Marlin the witnesses to the within will who on/
their oath did declare and Say that they were present/
and saw the Testator therein named Sign Seal –/
publish pronounce and Declare the sd (said) writing to/
be his Last Will and Testament & that at the doing/
thereof he was of Sound mind and memory to the/
best of their understanding./
Jurat C Jo Parker De Peg./
__________
Thank you for reading and learning about Colonial Agnes Hathorn who probably was also the daughter of John Steen who married Samuel Hathorn.
CLICK on the photos for more family history.
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AGNES HATHORN
Agnes Hathorn deced 8/ 4/ Ext. Cit.
AT THE INSTANCE and request of John Noble and William Scott Executors of the last will and Testament of Agnes Hathorn deceased who was a Legatee under the last will and Testament of Samuel Hathorn deceased IT IS ORDERED that a Citation do issue to John Hathorn Executor of the last will and Testament of the said Samuel Hathorn deceased to appear at the Orphan's Court to be held at Lancaster for the County of Lancaster on Tuesday the Third day of March next (1772) then and there to Settle and Pass the Account of his Executorship on the Estate of the said Samuel Hathorn deceased that distribution be made thereon Agreeable to his last will and Testament of the said Samuel Hathorn deceased
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SAMUEL HATHORN (data March 3, 1772 - Bro John Hathorn)
Paid (son) Samuel Hathorn his legacy
Paid William Scott intermarried with Agnes Hathorn one of the Legatees
Paid John Noble intermarried with Margaret Hathorn
(Son James was to young, under 21.)
Exhibited into the Registor's Office Lancaster March 3 1772
John Hathorn (This may be his signature) (Brother John Hathorn also signed on 11 October 1765)
(Robert Thompson mentioned.)
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AGNES HATHORN'S WILL
(was written on the same day as her death, January 21, 1772.)
.......... and Twelve Plates of Pewter Also I give and bequeath unto my son James my Horse & a feather Bed Boulster & pillows A pair of half worn Blankets red and whit overlid and Sheet Also Six yards & a half of Eleven hundred Linen the big Pot and mixt Gray Cloth for a Jacket ........... & Eight Pounds for puting up four Grave Stons to Samuel & mine ....... John Noble & William Scott executors and appoint them put up the Stones.
_____
(Why four grave stones to Samuel and mine? Were there two deceased children?)
__________
Agnes the wife of Samuel Hathorn was most likely Agnes Steen Hathorn. Daughter of John Steen of East Nottingham Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania.
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COMPARING MRS. SAMUEL HATHORN (AGNES) OF LANCASTER COUNTY (next door to Chester Co.) AND THE JOHN STEEN DAUGHTER AGNES.
Samuel Hathorn's wife name was Agnes.
. John Steen's daughter Agnes married a Samuel Hathorn.
1765 Samuel Hathorn's eldest living son was Samuel, meaning there must have been a son older than Samuel who died before 1765.
. In John Steen's will 1740/41 Samuel & Agnes Hathorn had a son named John.
Samuel and Agnes Hathorn bought the 200 acres in Lancaster Co. in 1744/45.
. In John Steen's will it appears as if this Samuel Hathorn may have lived next to the Steens. Samuel had a four year interest free obligation to live on the John Steen land from 1740/41, or 40/41 + 4 years = equals 1744/45.
_____
John Steen (other information)
Born ?
Married Margaret before or around 1724
Died 1740/41
Three children:
Agnes m. Samuel Hathorn
Mary
Martha
grandson in 1740/41 named John Hathorn
Philip Tanner – overseer of wife & children
________
(John Steen's Will - 1/40 Will Book B or 2, page 77
. In 1983 I opened and copied this document. There was a wax seal still attached to the paper. I "translated" this document that is written in old, old, old English. That was quite an interesting time consuming but fun experience. As I did that I kept wondering what the people looked like, what their village looked like, how they lived, and did they have Indian problems? I also wondered if I could have easily understood their spoken language or would it be as difficult to understand as their writing was to read or should I say translate.)
__________
THE WILL OF JOHN STEEN THAT MENTIONS SAMUEL AND AGNES HATHORN, Chester County, Pennsylvania
1740 Will Book B or 2, page 77
In the name of god amen this seventh Day of march/
in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and/
forty forty one - 1740=41 I John Steen of East nottingham/
and County of Chester pennsylvania being very sick and/
weak in body but in perfect mind and memory thanks/
be to god therefore calling to mind the mortality of my/
body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once/
to Die Do I make and ordain this my Last will and/
testament that is to say principally and first of all I give/
and Recomend my soul unto god that gave it for my/
body I recomend it to the Earth to be buried in a Christian/
Like and Decent manner at the Discretion of my Executors/
nothing Doubting but at the general resurection I shall/
receive the saim (same) again by the mighty power of god and/
as touching such worldly Estate wherein it hath pleased/
the Lord to bless me in this world./
I I order and ordain that my funeral charges with all/
my Legal and just Debts be paid of the whole of my estate/
Itm (item) I give and bequeath to marget my Dearly beloved wife/
the third part of all my Effects bills and bonds with all/
just Debts Due to me and the remainder is to be Equaly/
Devided betwixt my two Daughters mary and martha/
and if any of them be removed by Death before they Com/
of age the surviving Daughter is to have two parts of/
her patremonie (patrimony) and the third part is to be given to my/
(TRY TO READ THIS PART OF THE 1740/41 WILL THAT IS IN THE PHOTO TO THE RIGHT, IT STARTS HERE.)
Daughter agnes hathorn/
Itm I Do order that my Dear wife and two Daughters shall/
have ten bushels of wheat now in the barn with the ingen (indian)/
Coarn (corn) now in the hous for their summer bread/
Itm I Do give to my suninlaw samuel hathorn five shilling/
in monies/
Itm I give to my grand son John hathorn two pounds in monies/
Itm I Do order that my sunninlaw samuel hathorn at my/
Decay (decease) shall have my right of my plantation together with/
all my improvements and the wheat now in the ground/
in Leu wherof the aforsaid samuel hathorn shall pay/
four score pounds in Current monies of penceilvania
for the use of my Dear wife and Children mary and Martha/
Itm I Do order that the aforesaid samuel hathorn shall pay said/
monies within or at the End of four years Comencing my/
Decay and said monies is to bear no interest for the term of four/
years and if any part of the said monies shall remain not paid/
at the End of four years is to bear Laful interest/
Itm I Do order that the aforesaid samuel hathorn shall give to/
my Dearly beloved wife two acres of land yearly plowed/
at the Cost of the aforesaid Samuel/
Itm I Do order that my Dearly bloved wife and sun Samuel/
hathorn shall live both together in my Dweling hous I now/
Live in During Either of their Liftims or term of widow hood/
and if she alters her state the privilig of hous and two acres/
of Land shall then belong to the aforsaid samuel hathorn/
Itm I Do order that my two Daughters mary and martha be/
Educated and Clothed in a Christian and Decent manner/
at their own expences by which I mean the intrist of their/
patrimony/
Lastly I order constitut and appoint my trusty and well beloved/
frend Daniel McClelland and samuel hathorn to be my/
executors of this my Last will and testament and Philip tanner/
to be overseer to my wife and Children mary and martha/
and Do heareby utterly disalow revoke and Disanull all and/
every other former testaments wills and Legacies rights/
and executors by me in any way before this named Willed/
and bequaithed ratifying and confirming this and no other/
to be my Last wil and testament In Wittness where of I have/
herunto set my hand and seal the year and day mention-/
ed at the beginning hereof his ... his/
signed sealed published ...... John steen =/
pronounced and Declared by.... mark/
the said John steen as his/
Last Will and testament/
In the presents of us the subscribing viz/
Robert Brown april 30th: 1741 ..d by both witness & on oath/
Inventory to Exhibit .. June 2 ....../
John Marlin ..sualt/
Chester April 30: 1741
Then Personally appeared Robert Brown & John/
Marlin the witnesses to the within will who on/
their oath did declare and Say that they were present/
and saw the Testator therein named Sign Seal –/
publish pronounce and Declare the sd (said) writing to/
be his Last Will and Testament & that at the doing/
thereof he was of Sound mind and memory to the/
best of their understanding./
Jurat C Jo Parker De Peg./
__________
Thank you for reading and learning about Colonial Agnes Hathorn who probably was also the daughter of John Steen who married Samuel Hathorn.
_________________
AGNES HATHORN
Agnes Hathorn deced 8/ 4/ Ext. Cit.
AT THE INSTANCE and request of John Noble and William Scott Executors of the last will and Testament of Agnes Hathorn deceased who was a Legatee under the last will and Testament of Samuel Hathorn deceased IT IS ORDERED that a Citation do issue to John Hathorn Executor of the last will and Testament of the said Samuel Hathorn deceased to appear at the Orphan's Court to be held at Lancaster for the County of Lancaster on Tuesday the Third day of March next (1772) then and there to Settle and Pass the Account of his Executorship on the Estate of the said Samuel Hathorn deceased that distribution be made thereon Agreeable to his last will and Testament of the said Samuel Hathorn deceased
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SAMUEL HATHORN (data March 3, 1772 - Bro John Hathorn)
Paid (son) Samuel Hathorn his legacy
Paid William Scott intermarried with Agnes Hathorn one of the Legatees
Paid John Noble intermarried with Margaret Hathorn
(Son James was to young, under 21.)
Exhibited into the Registor's Office Lancaster March 3 1772
John Hathorn (This may be his signature) (Brother John Hathorn also signed on 11 October 1765)
(Robert Thompson mentioned.)
______________
AGNES HATHORN'S WILL
(was written on the same day as her death, January 21, 1772.)
.......... and Twelve Plates of Pewter Also I give and bequeath unto my son James my Horse & a feather Bed Boulster & pillows A pair of half worn Blankets red and whit overlid and Sheet Also Six yards & a half of Eleven hundred Linen the big Pot and mixt Gray Cloth for a Jacket ........... & Eight Pounds for puting up four Grave Stons to Samuel & mine ....... John Noble & William Scott executors and appoint them put up the Stones.
_____
(Why four grave stones to Samuel and mine? Were there two deceased children?)
__________
Agnes the wife of Samuel Hathorn was most likely Agnes Steen Hathorn. Daughter of John Steen of East Nottingham Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania.
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COMPARING MRS. SAMUEL HATHORN (AGNES) OF LANCASTER COUNTY (next door to Chester Co.) AND THE JOHN STEEN DAUGHTER AGNES.
Samuel Hathorn's wife name was Agnes.
. John Steen's daughter Agnes married a Samuel Hathorn.
1765 Samuel Hathorn's eldest living son was Samuel, meaning there must have been a son older than Samuel who died before 1765.
. In John Steen's will 1740/41 Samuel & Agnes Hathorn had a son named John.
Samuel and Agnes Hathorn bought the 200 acres in Lancaster Co. in 1744/45.
. In John Steen's will it appears as if this Samuel Hathorn may have lived next to the Steens. Samuel had a four year interest free obligation to live on the John Steen land from 1740/41, or 40/41 + 4 years = equals 1744/45.
_____
John Steen (other information)
Born ?
Married Margaret before or around 1724
Died 1740/41
Three children:
Agnes m. Samuel Hathorn
Mary
Martha
grandson in 1740/41 named John Hathorn
Philip Tanner – overseer of wife & children
________
(John Steen's Will - 1/40 Will Book B or 2, page 77
. In 1983 I opened and copied this document. There was a wax seal still attached to the paper. I "translated" this document that is written in old, old, old English. That was quite an interesting time consuming but fun experience. As I did that I kept wondering what the people looked like, what their village looked like, how they lived, and did they have Indian problems? I also wondered if I could have easily understood their spoken language or would it be as difficult to understand as their writing was to read or should I say translate.)
__________
THE WILL OF JOHN STEEN THAT MENTIONS SAMUEL AND AGNES HATHORN, Chester County, Pennsylvania
1740 Will Book B or 2, page 77
In the name of god amen this seventh Day of march/
in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and/
forty forty one - 1740=41 I John Steen of East nottingham/
and County of Chester pennsylvania being very sick and/
weak in body but in perfect mind and memory thanks/
be to god therefore calling to mind the mortality of my/
body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once/
to Die Do I make and ordain this my Last will and/
testament that is to say principally and first of all I give/
and Recomend my soul unto god that gave it for my/
body I recomend it to the Earth to be buried in a Christian/
Like and Decent manner at the Discretion of my Executors/
nothing Doubting but at the general resurection I shall/
receive the saim (same) again by the mighty power of god and/
as touching such worldly Estate wherein it hath pleased/
the Lord to bless me in this world./
I I order and ordain that my funeral charges with all/
my Legal and just Debts be paid of the whole of my estate/
Itm (item) I give and bequeath to marget my Dearly beloved wife/
the third part of all my Effects bills and bonds with all/
just Debts Due to me and the remainder is to be Equaly/
Devided betwixt my two Daughters mary and martha/
and if any of them be removed by Death before they Com/
of age the surviving Daughter is to have two parts of/
her patremonie (patrimony) and the third part is to be given to my/
(TRY TO READ THIS PART OF THE 1740/41 WILL THAT IS IN THE PHOTO TO THE RIGHT, IT STARTS HERE.)
Daughter agnes hathorn/
Itm I Do order that my Dear wife and two Daughters shall/
have ten bushels of wheat now in the barn with the ingen (indian)/
Coarn (corn) now in the hous for their summer bread/
Itm I Do give to my suninlaw samuel hathorn five shilling/
in monies/
Itm I give to my grand son John hathorn two pounds in monies/
Itm I Do order that my sunninlaw samuel hathorn at my/
Decay (decease) shall have my right of my plantation together with/
all my improvements and the wheat now in the ground/
in Leu wherof the aforsaid samuel hathorn shall pay/
four score pounds in Current monies of penceilvania
for the use of my Dear wife and Children mary and Martha/
Itm I Do order that the aforesaid samuel hathorn shall pay said/
monies within or at the End of four years Comencing my/
Decay and said monies is to bear no interest for the term of four/
years and if any part of the said monies shall remain not paid/
at the End of four years is to bear Laful interest/
Itm I Do order that the aforesaid samuel hathorn shall give to/
my Dearly beloved wife two acres of land yearly plowed/
at the Cost of the aforesaid Samuel/
Itm I Do order that my Dearly bloved wife and sun Samuel/
hathorn shall live both together in my Dweling hous I now/
Live in During Either of their Liftims or term of widow hood/
and if she alters her state the privilig of hous and two acres/
of Land shall then belong to the aforsaid samuel hathorn/
Itm I Do order that my two Daughters mary and martha be/
Educated and Clothed in a Christian and Decent manner/
at their own expences by which I mean the intrist of their/
patrimony/
Lastly I order constitut and appoint my trusty and well beloved/
frend Daniel McClelland and samuel hathorn to be my/
executors of this my Last will and testament and Philip tanner/
to be overseer to my wife and Children mary and martha/
and Do heareby utterly disalow revoke and Disanull all and/
every other former testaments wills and Legacies rights/
and executors by me in any way before this named Willed/
and bequaithed ratifying and confirming this and no other/
to be my Last wil and testament In Wittness where of I have/
herunto set my hand and seal the year and day mention-/
ed at the beginning hereof his ... his/
signed sealed published ...... John steen =/
pronounced and Declared by.... mark/
the said John steen as his/
Last Will and testament/
In the presents of us the subscribing viz/
Robert Brown april 30th: 1741 ..d by both witness & on oath/
Inventory to Exhibit .. June 2 ....../
John Marlin ..sualt/
Chester April 30: 1741
Then Personally appeared Robert Brown & John/
Marlin the witnesses to the within will who on/
their oath did declare and Say that they were present/
and saw the Testator therein named Sign Seal –/
publish pronounce and Declare the sd (said) writing to/
be his Last Will and Testament & that at the doing/
thereof he was of Sound mind and memory to the/
best of their understanding./
Jurat C Jo Parker De Peg./
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Thank you for reading and learning about Colonial Agnes Hathorn who probably was also the daughter of John Steen who married Samuel Hathorn.
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