Henry Shaffer

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  General Notes:

Fourth Census of 1820. Vol 3, Cambria County, Micro Copy M33, Roll 98

Henry Shaffer shown as head of household on the census with the followi ng list of members shown.

1 Male under 10 Free White
1 Male 10-16 " "
2 Male 10-18 " "
4 Male 16-26 " "
1 Male 26-45 " "

1 Male 45 Head of Household
3 Female under 10
1 Female 10-16
1 Female 16-26
1 Female 26-45 Head of Family

I believe there are too many children shown, but the census at the ti me is not that reliable anyhow, so it remains to be seen as to the accurac y
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Will of Henry Shaffer

Int the name of God, Amen, I, Henry Shaffer of the Township of Conema ugh,County of Cambria, and State of Pennsylvania, being very sickly and we ak of body, but of Perfect mind and memory, thanks be to God, cawling (si c) unto mind the mortallity of my body and knowing that it is appointed f or all men to die, Do make and ordain this my Last Will and Tesament, th at is to say, Principally and first of all I give and recommend my sole in to the Hand of Almighty God that gave it and my body I recommend to the Ea rth to be buried in Decent Christian manner at the Discriction of my Execu tor and as ____ such ______ estate wherewith it has pleased God to ble fs me in this life, I give Desire and Dispose of the same in the followi ng manner and Form. I allow the Family to Live together in the Place f or one year after my Death with all the Property excepting my Executor sho uld find it ____ to make a small ____late next fall. First, I give and beq ueath to Catherine my Dearly beloved Wife, one bed and bedding, one __ a nd Stove. Also, after my lawfull Debts is Paid, one third of my Estat e. Also, I likewise constitute my beloved son Jacob to be my sole Execut or and to make Sale of all my Personal real Property by Publick Sale one y ear after my Death. Each and every Chird to have an equal Part excepti ng my beloved son John, he is to have the Bay mare and give extra to himse lf each of the three youngest girls to have _____[not shown]_______ thi er _____ I have my beloeved Daughter Susanna to have my Black _____ to he r. I have ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my Last Will a nd Testament, in Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal th is Thirteenth Day of March in the year of our Lord, one thousand Eight Hun dred and Twenty four.

Signed Sealed Published Pronounced Henry Shaffer
and Declared by the said Henry
Shafer as his Last Will and Testament
in the Presence of us who in his
Presence and in the line of each other
have here to subscribed our names

Wm Slick
William Stull
her
Susannah X Stull
mark
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Cambria County, Pa
On this 29th day of March A. D. One thousand eight hundred and twen ty four, personally came before me Philip Noon, Esquire, Register for t he probate of wills and granting letters of administration in and for sa id county. William Slick & Wm Stull, two of the subscribing witness es to the foregoing will of Henry Shaffer and on their solomn oath dispo se and say that they were personnaly present and heard and saw the befo re mentioned Henry Shafer did publish and disclose, sign and ____ ?_______ for his last will and testament that at the time of doing thereof he the s aid Henry Shaffer was of sound and
disclosing mind and memory according to the best of the knowledge and beli ef of the said defendants and that the said William Slick and Wm Stull, su bscribed and ____?___ by a witness for thereto together with Susannah Stu ll who also subscribed as a witness by making her mark in the presen ce of Each other and in the presence of the said Henry Shaffer and at h is request
Swore and Subscribed before Wm Slick
me the day and year
first before written William Stull
Phillip Noon
Register

Henry married Catherine Weaver, daughter of Jacob Weaver and Susannah Eitner, about 1791 in Washington, MD?.⁴ (Catherine Weaver was born about 1770 in Maryland ⁸⁴ and died on 20 Aug 1847 in Richland Township, Cambria Co, PA ⁸⁵.)