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    1. [PAFRANKL] Re: GELVIN
    2. Carolyn K. Shearer
    3. Franklin County Will Abstracts, 1784-1826, Books A-C. Book B, p222. Jeremiah Gelvin, Letterkenny Twp, yeoman, "being old and stricken in years" w/w 6 Dec 1803, w/p 8 Nov 1804. To the trustees of the Rocky Spring Church, 10 pounds. Daughter Hannah a bond of 200 pounds held by Andrew Dunlop Esq, and no part of my estate. Rest of the children: James, Joseph, Jeremiah, John, Mathew, Margaret now the wife of John Ralstone and Mary the wife of James Walker, and her children- Mary, William, Jeremiah, and Isabella Walker. Exec: George McClelland of town of Strasburg and James McConnell of Letterkenny Twp. Wit: John Henry, James Boyd, Adam Harbison, Samuel Culbertson. CAVEAT - Entered by John Scott, intermarried with Hannah, one of the daughters of the deceased . 1 Sep 1804 set as date for hearing. John Scott did not appear and the will was established by the court. [Note: No Gelvins on the 1794 List of Pewholders at the Rocky Spring Church that I posted on this board several months ago. I did find this - Burials in the Rocky Spring graveyard: GELVIN Mary, wife of James, and daughter of David and Mary ZIMMERMAN, b 10 Sep 1816, d 25 Sep 1845 Matthew, b 1771, d 6 Apr 1847 Hannah, wife of Matthew, b 1777, d 9 Jan 1852] Book B, p 411. Will of Archibald Cambridge, yeoman. w/w 23 Jul 1801, w/p 18 Aug 1809. Mentions daughter Hannah, wife of John Gelvin.

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