. A brief history of John and Christian Fretz and a complete genealogical family register to the fourth generation : with accounts and addresses delivered at the Fretz family reunions held at Bedminster, PA, 1888, 1893, 1898, and Apr. 26, 17S4. He evident-ly died some time in the early part of 1784, probablyin April of that year. The Will of Christian Fretz, Sr, reads as fol-lows, viz:— In the Name of God, Amen. I, Christian Fietz, Senior of theTowns^hij) of Tinicum in the County of Kufks in the ] rovince ofpennsylviinia, Yeoman, being weak of Body, but of sound andperfect Mind and Me
. A brief history of John and Christian Fretz and a complete genealogical family register to the fourth generation : with accounts and addresses delivered at the Fretz family reunions held at Bedminster, PA, 1888, 1893, 1898, and Apr. 26, 17S4. He evident-ly died some time in the early part of 1784, probablyin April of that year. The Will of Christian Fretz, Sr, reads as fol-lows, viz:— In the Name of God, Amen. I, Christian Fietz, Senior of theTowns^hij) of Tinicum in the County of Kufks in the ] rovince ofpennsylviinia, Yeoman, being weak of Body, but of sound andperfect Mind and Memory, blessed be Almighty (iod fi)r the same,considering the Uncertainty of this mortal Life, and that it is ap-pointed for all Men once to die. Do make and publish this my LastWill and Testament in Manner and Form following. Imprimis, 1 be-queath my soul to God who gave it, and my body^tothe Earth, to beburied in a decent and Christian Manner, at the Discretion of hereinafter named; And as Vouching all my Goods andworldly Estate, wherewith it has pleased God to bless me in thisLife, 1 do give, devise, bequeath and disi)ose of the same as follows,that is to say, Fii-st, It is my Will and 1 do hereby order, that al\. PHILIP K. FRETZ — 29 — my just debts and funeral Expenses thall be first and immediatelypaid; Item, 1 do give and bequeath unto my beloved Wife Elizabeth,all my Land and pilantation with the House &c. where I now live tohold unto her during her natural Life, for her Support and Main-tenance, together with ten Bushels of Wheat, and ten Bushels ofKie out of my last years Crop, and also two good Milch C^ows andone breeding Mare, and all my Winter Crops now in the Ground, aBed and Bedding, brass Kettle, four Chairs, Spinning Wheels <feReel, My Linen and Clock, My Chest & Tables, Doe Trough, sixbread Baskets, one Dozen Spoons, six pewter plates, two pewterBasons, an Iron Ladle, two Iron pans, an Iron Stove that must beleft in the House, a pestol & m
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