transcribed exactly as printed
Lancaster County, Record Book #2 1654-1666 pages 1-394
September ye. 23th in ye year of our Lord 1663
p. 102
I Thomas Pettit of ye County of Rappa. and in ye parish of ffarnham being in a Weak Estate of body but in perfect mind & Inventory of Est. of Wm. Ireland. All personal items. Total 199 tob.
Memory make this my last Will & Testament, first I bequeath my soul unto Almighty God & my body unto ye ground to be buried signed Tho Pettitt Clemnell Trush (Clement)
with assured belief of the Resurection and that after this life my Soul & body shall be united in one & enjoy that Eternall bliss
“The praisers of this Estate hath been deposed before me Andrew Jellson”
where my Redemer liveth, First I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Dorothy** three ffemale Cattle, one Cow name Cherry, Rec. 6th June 1655
and two heifers Comonly called by ye name of Goodluck, & Slow them & their Increase, I give unto my aforesd, Daughter & p. 112
her heirs for Ever but ye Male to remaine to those that look after them until she come of age I do also give and bequeath all my Francis Goare sells 280 acres to Thomas Pettit
Land yt is Really mine yt is to say a pattent of one hundred acres adjoinging to ye Land I now live on ye which Land encludes two hundred & Eighty acres by conveyance specified this Land heretofore mentioned my aforesaid Daughter Dorothy** is to 321
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