 1724 - 1792 (68 years)
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| Name |
Sarah Schmetzer |
| Born |
1 Mar 1724 |
| Gender |
Female |
| Died |
13 Apr 1792 |
Upper Saucon, Northampton Co., PA  [1] |
| Person ID |
I227 |
Paul's Tree |
| Last Modified |
2 Jul 2018 |
| Family |
David Owen, b. 13 Mar 1713, Easton, Pennsylvania , d. 15 Jun 1790, Upper Saucon, Northampton Co., PA (Age 77 years) |
| Married |
Sep 1744 |
Northhampton County, PA |
| Children |
| | 1. Thomas Owen, d. 1783, Northhampton County, PA [natural] |
| | 2. Jesse Owen [natural] |
| | 3. David Owen, d. 1791, Upper Saucon, Northampton Co., PA [natural] |
| | 4. Jonathan Owen, d. Aft 1790 [natural] |
| | 5. Nathan Owen, d. Aft 1790 [natural] |
| | 6. Mary Owen, d. Aft 1790 [natural] |
| | 7. Sarah Owen, d. Aft 1790 [natural] |
| | 8. Abigail Owen, d. Aft 1790 [natural] |
| | 9. Lydia Owen, d. Aft 1790 [natural] |
| | 10. Rachel Owen, b. 1744, Northhampton County, PA , d. 10 Aug 1823, Clover Bottom, Sullivan Co., TN (Age 79 years) [natural] |
| | 11. Joseph Owen, b. 1760, Pensylvania , d. 1807, Sullivan Co., TN (Age 47 years) [natural] |
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| Last Modified |
2 Jul 2018 |
| Family ID |
F174 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- Will of Sarah Owen
In the name of God, Amen. I Sarah Owen of Upper Saucon Township in the County of Northampton and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Widow & Relict of David Owen late of the same Place Yeoman Deceased being advanced in Years and Very Infirm in health, but of Sound & disposing mind, Memory & Understanding, praised be God, for the same, and knowing the Mortality of my Body and that it is Appointed for all Man kind once to die, I do make and ordain this to be my last Will and Testament in Manner following (Viz) I Give and Recommend my soul into the hands of Almighty God, my Merciful Creator and Redeemer and my Body to be Buried in a Christian like and decent Manner And Touching such Worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to be bless me in this life, I Give and dispose of the Same in Manner following: I do order & direct that after my Decease all my goods and Effects & Whatsoever was left to my disposal by my late Husband, of what name and denomination they may be, be converted into money by way of Public Vendue which said money so praised by the said Vendue Together with all other Money or Monies which shall then be due and owing to me by Virtue of my said Late Husbands last Will and Testament or otherwise The Same I Give Devise and Bequeath unto my three Grand Children (the Children of my son Thomas Owen Deceased) named Owen Owen, Hanna Owen, & Sarah Owen to be Equally divided Amongst them Part and Share alike, to be put out on Interest and Paid thereon when they Respectively arrive at the age Called twenty One Years, or on the days of their Marriages which of them shall happen first. And if any of my said Described Grand Children should die before they arrive at the said age, or before Married. Then I do so order that the whole shall be the Property of those who shall survive, likewise Equally to be Equally divided amongst them and I do Ordain, Constitute and Appoint my Son Nathan and my Son in law Jonathan Scot to be the sole Executors of this my last will and Testament in trust for the Purpose above mentioned In Witness Whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and Seal the thirteenth day of August, In the Year of Our Lord, One thousand Seven hundred & ninety One.
Signed, Sealed, Established, Pronounced and declared by the said said (sic) Sarah Owen, as signed for her Last Will and Testament in presence of us
Henrich Schaeffer
John Stout
Read more: http://oldstonesundeciphered.blogspot.com/2010/07/amanuensis-monday-will-of-sarah.html#ixzz2Mj5hCPar
From
WILL ABSTRACTS OF NORTHAMPTON COUNTY, PA; 1752-1802.
Compiled by John Eyerman, 1897
http://files.usgwarchives.net/pa/northampton/wills/eyerabst01.txt
13 BACHMAN, Jacob Sr.:yeoman Weissenberg twp.
30/4/1787--27/0/1789
wife Catharine late widow of William
SCHMETTER of Albany twn., Berks.
sons Paul and Jacob
ex.: Laurence and Nicholas
dau.Christina iss., Elizabeth iss., Susanna iss., Ottilia iss.
and Mary-Elizabeth
wit. Jacob HORNER and Nicholas SCHWATZ
Could Sarah Schmetzer be a relative of William, though this Jacob Bachman was from a different family than the Bachman family Rachel Owen married in to.
262 HARTZELL, George Lower Saucon
31-3-1785 - 25-3-1789
wife Mary-Magdalena
son Henry
dau Mary
dau Margaret
son Solomon
step-son Adam SCHMETZER
step-dau Magdalena SCHMETZER
ex. John ROTHROCK
wit John BEYL, Philip BOEHM and Isaac SHIMER
Sarah might be related to Catherine Schmetzer who m. Hans George Hertzel in 1735 in Lehigh, PA. Sarah's son Joseph married Susanna Hartzell.
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| Sources |
- [S268] Will of Sarah Owen, 1791, Northampton Co., PA.
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