Posted on: Wayne Co. Pa Wills Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Pa/WayneWill/8 Surname: BEELER, BEEHLER, BUEHLER, BUHLER, SIMPSON ------------------------- THIS WILL WAS WRITTEN IN OLD GERMAN No. 112 Last Will and Testament In the name of God of Michael Buehler decd Last Will I, Michael Bühler, being still of sound mind and having also had the witnesses summoned who signed at the end of this document, hereby declare my last will and intention as to how my assets left after my death shall be handled and disposed of. Currently I still own one hundred forty acres of land in two lots, the first consisting of fifty and the second of ninety acres. A lien exists on this property for a debt of four hundred twenty dollars, subject to interest, owed to Brother Goeb[?] in Bethlehem,which must be repaid at his request. Since I am now in my second marriage and brought into this marriage a daughter named Louise from my first marriage, and in my last marriage have left two sons and two daughters in addition to my wife, Christine née ... [Daste, Daisse, Daiste?], this is my last will: 1. My wife Christina shall become the owner of half of all the real estate, as long as she remains a widow. But if she should remarry, she shall own, from that time on, only one third. 2. My daughter Louise from my first marriage shall have the same right of inheritance as my four children from the second marriage. 3. My five children shall then become owners of the other half of my estate as well as the portion my wife must give back in the event that she remarries. My wife and five children shall also have the right to live in the existing house as long as they live, with the proviso that, as long as my wife remains a widow, she keep everything in good order and raise the children in the Christian faith. 4. My wife shall also receive half of all my personal property, but under the condition stated in point 1. My five children shall then receive the other half of my personal property. All this I have considered carefully and, being still of sound mind, have signed personally after it was clearly read aloud to me. Sterrling, December 7, 1835 Michael Bühler Witnesses Adam Katz[?] (seal) Adam Walz (seal) Christof Schneider (seal) Carl Katz (seal)