Sandra: Do you have a "sticky" key? I got this message about 40 times! -----Original Message----- From: Sandra Ferguson <ferg@intelos.net> To: PACHESTE-L@rootsweb.com <PACHESTE-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, July 19, 2000 2:20 PM Subject: Re: [PACHESTE] Amy SILL, William CALLAHAN >these are all I can find in Chester for a William and James Callahan; >(nothing in F&C), or for the Sill surname. > S. > >Pennsylvania Wills, 1682-1834 > >CHAMBERLIN, ISAAC. East Bradford. >August 5, 1825. September 6, 1825. >To sister Ann my watch and bureau. To sister Sarah my mare. >To Joseph Chamberlin saddle and bridle. >To William Callahan my rifle. >Executor: William Callahan. >Wits: James Gibbons, Caleb Strode. > >Pennsylvania Wills, 1682-1834 > >BAKER, JOSEPH. Edgmont. >August 27, 1731. March 10, 1735/6. A. 448. >Provides for wife Mary. To Francis Yarnall and his 3 children 5 >shillings each. To son Richard and his 3 children 5 shillings >each. To son Aaron £10. To daughter Ann and her husband James >Sill £10. To daughter Susanna £10. To daughter Jane and her husband >Thomas Thomas 5 shillings and their 4 children £3 each. To son Jesse >£10. To daughter Sarah and her husband 5 shillings. To son Joseph the >plantation. To daughter Rachel £10. To son Nehemiah £10. To son John >£10. Legacies to be paid by son Joseph. >Executors: wife Mary and Sons Richard and Aaron. >Witnesses: Evan Howell, Eph. Jackson, Sarah Howell. > > >Pennsylvania Wills, 1682-1834 > >MORRIS, WILLIAM. Willistown. >December 17, 1750. January 3, 1750/1. C. 260. >Provides for wife Mary including the plantation in tenure of Joseph >Sill during widowhood. To son Richard my plantation in Willistown and >Edgmont containing 260 acres at 21, with reversion to kinsman Benjamin >Hampton. Also to said Hampton £30. To 2 sons in law John Moor and >William Moor £10 each at 21. To Martha Stapleton £5. >Executors: Friends Joseph Pratt and Cadwallader Evans. >Wit: David Westherby, George Harris, William Clark. >* William Morris married widow of William Moore. See Orphans' Court >records. > > >Pennsylvania Wills, 1682-1834 > >Pennsylvania Wills, 1682-1834 > > SILL, JOHN. > March 27, 1752. >. Adm. to James Sill. > >Pennsylvania Wills, 1682-1834 > >SHELDON, RICHARD. Marple. >October 18, 1751. October 27, 1752. C. 378. >To wife Ann all estate during widowhood. At her death land to descend >to son Joseph during his life and then to his eldest son William and to >continue to the eldest of the male line forever. To grandsons William >and Jonathan Sheldon, articles named. To daughter Mary remainder of >household goods. Executors: Wife Ann and son Joseph. >Wit: Jonathan James, Joseph Sill, William Quin. > >Pennsylvania Wills, 1682-1834 > >SILL, JAMES. Edgmont. >July 3, 1772. April 15, 1774. >Provides for wife Ann. To son James plantation in Edgmont subject to >wife's life interest. To son Joseph £20. To son Richard £20, also all >interest due me at my decease. To sons George and Michael £20 each. >To daughters Mary Morris, Martha Holston and Ann Kennedy £20 each. To >grandson James Regester £20 for services he did for me. Executors to >sell plantation in Willistown. Remainder to wife Ann and son James, >also Executors. Wit: Nehemiah Baker, Lydia Baker, Nathan Baker. > >Pennsylvania Wills, 1682-1834 > >SILL, ANN. Edgmont. >September 2, 1779. No date of probate. >To daughter Ann Cannady £10 etc. To son George silver buckles and >sleeve buttons. To son Richard tea kettle. To daughter Mary Moris >pewter plates, etc. To daughter Martha Houlston arm chair, etc. To >granddaughter Ledy Sill my saddle. To granddaughter Sarah Cannady >chinaware. Executors: Brother Nehemiah Baker, son James. No record of >letters. Wit: Lydia Baker, Joseph Robins. > >Pennsylvania Wills, 1682-1834 > >SILL, THOMAS. Tredyffrin. >November 10, 1815. November 24, 1815. >Provides for wife Elizabeth. To bro. Caleb, wearing apparel. >Exrs. to sell plantation in Charlestown and rem. of est. to be applied >for use of 2 children, Sidney and Mary Ann until of age. >Executor: Friend John Philips (who renounced). >Widow Elizabeth elected to take adversely and renounced her right under >the will: also renounced her right of administration in favor of Oswald >Sill, her husband's brother. >Wits: Robert T. Evans, John Phillips. > >Pennsylvania Wills, 1682-1834 > > >SILL, MICHAEL. Willistown. >----, 1816. May 26, 1818. >Provides for wife Abigail, inc. profits of plantation where I now live, >during life, and after her December plantation to son Oswald Sill, he >paying legacies. To sons John & Michael $100 each. To son Caleb $200. >To dau. Ann Ramsey $100. To dau. Sarah Walker $1. >To dau. Mary $200. To gr.son Michael Ramsey $100. >To gr.son Thomas Sill, youngest child of son Thomas, December'd., $40, >& to his daus. Sidney and Mary Ann $20 each. >To gr.dau. Eliza Walker $40 at 18. >Executors: Wife Abigail and son Oswald Sill. >Wits: Daniel Abraham, Joseph Hamilton. > >Pennsylvania Wills, 1682-1834 > >SILL, ABIGAIL. Willistown. >April 20, 1820. September 4, 1820. >To dau. Sarah Walker $100. To dau. Mary Hampton $50. >To son Michael Sill $50. To gr.dau. Abigail Sill, dau. of Caleb, $50 at >18. To dau. Ann Ramsey $50. >Rem. to sons John and Oswald and gr.son Thomas Sill, son of Thomas. >Executor: Son-in-law Woodward Hampton. >Wits: Robert Andrews, John Valentine. > > > > > > > > > > > >----Original Message----- >From: fianna@fast.net <fianna@fast.net> >To: PACHESTE-L@rootsweb.com <PACHESTE-L@rootsweb.com> >Date: Wednesday, July 19, 2000 1:25 PM >Subject: [PACHESTE] Amy SILL, William CALLAHAN > > >>>>From Chester Co. court records: On Jan. 5, 1832, William Callahan was >>indicted for "fornication and bastardy on the body of Amy Sill." Bond >>was posted by Wm. and by James Callahan, yeoman. He pled not guilty, but >>was found guilty. He was fined $1, and ordered to pay $20 to Amy, and to >>contribute 50 cents a week until the child, a girl, was seven years old. >>Plus a $300 bond to the poorhouse. >> >>William may have married Amy soon after this, and may have died the same >>year. >>There is an 1832 will of a William Callahan of East Goshen Twp., naming >>a wife Amy. >> >>Can anyone tell me more about this couple? I remember that some people >>on the list are researching Sills. Do you know of any mention in Quaker >>records? My interest is finding out about this William and James >>Callahan. >> >>Thank you. >>Karen Barth >> >> >> >> >> >> >>==== PACHESTE Mailing List ==== >>Check out the searchable US GenWeb Project Archives! >>http://searches.rootsweb.com/usgwarch.html >> >> >> >> >> > > >==== PACHESTE Mailing List ==== >Stop by our associated website for Chester County Genealogy at >http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacheste/chester.htm > > > >