Chester County PA Archives Wills.....Job RUSTON, w. 1784 p. 1785

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RUSTON, JOB. Oxford.
January 17, 1784. February 1, 1785.
To wife Edith the £300 agreed upon by our marriage contract, etc. 
   and £200 over and above.
To son Thomas all the lands I live upon containing 425 acres with 
   mill and 40 acres adjoining, and the 1/2 of my tract in Penns 
   Manor, being 218 acres, paying to my executors £3000 (if my 
   son Thomas comes to America). Land to be sold if son does not 
   make the payments specified. 
To daughter Sarah £5. 
To daughter Louisa £200, also 3 slaves. 
To daughter Elizabeth £5 and 3 slaves. 
Of the remainder of my estate 1/10 to daughter Sarah, 1/10 to son 
Thomas and the remaining 8/10 to be divided equally between son 
John and daughters Louisa and Elizabeth. 
To Thomas Love and James Boyd £100 in trust for support of minister 
   at Faggs Manor. Mentions son-in-law John Evans Finley.

Executors: Wife Edith, Friends Robert Wallace of Newark, Delaware, 
           Major John Ramsey of Londonderry, James Gilliland of Oxford.
Letters to the 3 first named, Gilliland renouncing.
Wit: James Strawbridge, Samuel Finney, Joseph Strawbridge.





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