Below is a Will from Northnumberland Co., PA, 1791, with mention of Susannah (Neuman [Neiman]) married to Jacob THOMAS. I believe this is my Neuman/Neiman family but also trying to figure out who this THOMAS could be. I do have an ancestor, Jacob THOMAS from Northnumberland Co., PA., that married a Margaret, according to Will information, that migrated to Knox Co., probably by 1790, maybe a little earlier or a little later?, then Blount Co., TN. Their son Jacob THOMAS, Jr. b. c1780 PA married Margaret Elizabeth NEIMAN b. c 1787, married in 1812 in Blount Co., TN. The THOMAS in the Will info may or may not be of the same THOMAS Line. So very confusing. Is there anyone who may know about Jacob THOMAS who married Susannah NEUMAN? (NEIMAN) :****************************************************************** : : :JACOB'S NEUMAN'S WILL (Translated from German) : :In the name of the Holy Trinity, Amen, Whereas God Almighty has ordered me :upon my sick bed, and I not knowing when the Lord will call me out of this :world, I therefore commit my last Will and Testament to the work of such to :my estate to be disposed of as follows: First, Weigand is to pay to his :parents 20 bushels of wheat besides 10 bushes of rye of my place, and if :one or the other should die then he is only to give the half. 2nd, 200 :pounds of pork, besides a quarter of beef, 3rd, there shall be two new milk :cows given to them every Spring they to have their choice. 4th, if they :should stand in need of horses for riding, they shall not be refused. 5th, :there is annually to be delivered to them 30 lbs. of swingled flax and 10 :lbs of hatcheld hemp, besides 3 sheep whereof they are to have their choice :for clipping among the flock. 6th, they are to have their residence in the :house as long as they live and they shall also have their share of the :orchard when it yields. 7th, they shall have one forth part of the cooking :garden and of the cabbage garden. 8th, every year two pair of shoes. 9th, :such sinnen as shall be wove of their flax and hemp, shall be wove free and :clear for them. My youngest son, Jon, shall until he goes to a trade, gets :his education and is admitted to the sacrament remain on the place until he :gets to the age of 21 years. He shall like my other sons have two horses :and giers and plow and utensils when he comes to his age. My daughter, :Gertraut shall have two cows, clothing and bedding out of my estate the same :as my other daughters. My daughter Eve shall get a cow or a bearing heifer :in the Spring 1792. Elizabeth who is married to Jacob Kopy shall get a cow :in the year 1795. Item, Susanna, wife of Jacob Thomas, shall have a cow in :the year of 1796. My daughter Ann, shall have a cow or a heifer with calf :against next April 1791 at her choice. Inconsequence of which, they will :all share alike as them being all my children which God has given me. My :son, Weygand, shall keep my place for 250 (pounds) lawful money of :Pennsylvania which sum is to be equally divided among my remaining heirs. :My son, Weygand is to have an equal share, all moveable property on my :planatation shall belong to him and shall not be divided. My eldest son, :Michael, shall share alike with the other of my children of my estate and :over and above this he shall have 5 pounds which is to be deducted in the :account against him. And respecting the land, there should be any trouble :concerning it if it's should be last sold or surveyed for some other person, :then such damages shall be appraised by some impartial men and if there is :none, then the (L)250 stands good to be divided as aforesaid. There is no :demand to be made until after the death of both of the parents. And after :their decease the eldest by relation has to make demand for legacy _____ , :of the estate of these two old persons who ever lives the longest and bears :the name of the first marriage (or he or she should be married) shall live :in the full enjoyment of all and singular the premises above mentioned and :if the party should marry the said party should not look to any share of the :estate. Respecting of the moveable property which the parents have :bequeathed unto him the said Weygand they dare not sell any of his property :or sign it away. This is my last Will and Testament, and justly and :honestly the 7th March A_ D_ 1791. Jacob Neuman sealed and delivered in the :presence of Jon Frederick Mink, Michael Hahn, Abraham Philips, North :Umberland County __ . : : :Before me the subscriber registerer general for the county aforesaid in the :21 day December (AD) 1791 personally came Michael Hahn, Abraham Philips, two :of the persons being witnesses to the within Will or instrument of writing :and made oath on the holy evangelists of Almighty God that they saw Jacob :Neuman, subscribe with his own hand his name, the same and heard him _______ :declare it to be his Last Will and Testament and that they together with :John Frederick Mink subscribe their names as witness to the same that this :happened in the sickness of the said Jacob Neuman and that he was at the :same time of so doing for sound and disposing memory. In testimony :whereof I have hereto set my hand the day and year aforesaid. J. Simpson, :Registrar. : :BE IT REMEMBERED : :That on the 21st day of December in the year of our Lord, 1791 the Last Will :and Testament of Jacob Neuman, deceased, was duly approved before me , of :which, the foregoing record is a true translation as only the oath of Henry :Douty, it is registered and Letters of Administration aforesaid were by me :granted unto Weygand Neuman and Michael Hahn. Who have given surety to wit :Christropher Zimmerman and Henry Reiner. The deceased, Jacob Neuman by the :said Will not having appointed an executor thereto. Witnessed my hand the :same day and year. Jacob Simpson, Registrar. : :******************************************* :Barb (Thomas) Fitzmaurice - Michigan :BLFITZMA@prodigy.net : : : :