Dear All: These are abstracts of Chester Co. wills. I have the full texts for all of them, I think. The one for Robert is somewhat garbled; date is 1738, and it's a grant of administration to Mary, presumably his widow. Nothing about "marry" there. I also don't know what the numbers are. Best, Howard V. Jones LCManica@aol.COM wrote: > A cousin on another line watches for EDMs for me as she makes genealogy > trips. She found these in Chester Co. PA records. (I don't know what the # > followed by a number indicates. This is a "copy-paste" from what she sent > me.) Charla Manica > *********** > > These are abstracts of wills and administrations Chester Co, PA Book 2 > > William Edmiston - Oxford > Mar 22, 1769 May 31 1769 > > Provides for wife mary. To oldest son James #6. To David Edmiston #5. > To James Tammer #5 on condition that he pa the #5 that Wm Edmiston is bound > for him. To dau Jean Edmiston 40f. To dau Elizabeth Edmiston #5. To > grandaughter, Rachel Edmiston #3 cow and calf when of age. To grandson, > Abrham Edmiston calf and 2 sheep. To sons Moses and William all real and > personal est. paying leg.Son Moses and Broin law John Templeton exs. > > David Edmeston West Nottingham > Feb 19, 1770 June 24, 1772 > > Provides for wife Margaret A Edmeston alias Donal. To dau Mary Steveston > 5/. To son David my plantation - paying egacies. To dau Sarah Edmeston #2 > and furniture to #36. To dau Hannah Edmeston #20. > > Below is Book 1 > John Edmeston West Nottingham > Mar 26, 1748 Apr 12, 1748 > not rec p. 298 > > Plantatin and all other 4est to be sold and proceeds div in equal shares > between wife Jane and daus Martha and Mary allowing to son William 2/6. > Exts. David Edmeston Hugh Edmeston and John Steel to be overseer. Will not > rec. but account filed Mar 22, 1749. Witness Josite McNeely. Jas Garrett. > Robert Hynman > > Robert Edmonston Jun 9, 738 > Adm to marry Edmonston > > ==== EDMONDSON Mailing List ==== > To email to the list, send your message to: EDMONDSON-L@rootsweb.com. > To subscribe or unsubscribe, email to: EDMONDSON-L-request@rootsweb.com > or to EDMONDSON-D-request@rootsweb.com, if you get digests. > > ============================== > Ancestry.com now has more than 200,000 subscribers! To celebrate, > access to ALL of Ancestry.com will be free from July 18 to July 31! > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/freepromo.asp?sourcecode=A11AM