John Test, 1651-1706
• Father: Thomas Test | Mother: Elizabeth ?
• Will
• Source: L.G. Fryburg, "John Test 1651-1706, The Pioneer Ancestor of the American Family."†
In the name of God, Amen. The twenty and first day of the month called July in the year 1706. I, John Test, now of New Castle on Delaware, being weake of body yet of perfect mind and memory doe make and ordain this my Last Will and Testament in manner and formes as followoeth, viz:After my funeral Charges are defrayed and due debts paid As to the Remainder of my Estate I doe give and bequeath as follows: First I doe give unto my son John Test five shillings and the rest or other of my children five shillings to each to be paid by Executrix to each particular when they that be married or att the age of twenty and one years being in full of what any or either of them may Claim as to any part of my Estate Why I doe give and bequeath unto My beloved wife Grace Test all and every part of my Estate both reall and personal all whatt and wheresoever it may be to be holden for her use...
(signed)
John TestWitnesses: George Hogge, Joseph Griffith, Benja. Lovett.
Reference: Delaware Wills, Lib. B, p. 255, Wilmington, Delaware
Notes † Typewritten manuscript in the collection of the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania (1300 Locust St. Philadelphia, PA 19107) bearing the handwritten inscription "L.G.F. to H.N.W -- From - Collection of Helen N. Worst." The date of the manuscript is 1936. [Source of this date is Julian Ellis Mack, Mack Family (Chicago: self-published, 1961)].