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Came to Conestoga Tp, York Co, PA, in 1715 from Switzerland [1]
Marriage Date (1716 or 1717).
John E. Keagy Will, Lancaster Co, PA, 8 May 1748: https://ia801408.us.archive.org/8/items/historyofkgyre00kaeg/historyofkgyre00kaeg_djvu.txt: Book A, page 156, in the Re- corder of Wills office, at Lancaster, Pa., will be found on file a copy of his will, of which the following is an exact copy, both in orthography and form of letters, as near as it was possible to reproduce them, to wit : JOHN KEGAY. I John Kegay in the County of Lancas- ter and province of Pena, Township of Conestogoe being very sick & weak in body but of Perfect mind and memory Thanks be unto God for it, do make this my Last Will and testament â'96 & desires it May be Recev d by all as such. Imprimis it is my Will and I do order that in Ye first Place All my Just Debts and funeral charges be pa d and Satisfied. Item. I give and bequeath unto my well beloved Son Abraham Kagey, my Plantation whereon I now Lives upon to Possesst by him & his heirs and assigns for Ever, Containing two hundred acres, Ye land & Plantation is to valued by two or three men chosen by Ye Elders of our Church or Meeting & whatsoever they shall value it at above a hundred Pounds he shall pay unto my Ex vs hereafter mentioned within four years after my Death. his Mother shall live with him dureing and he shall Provide firewood for her & he shall give fifteen Bushells of wheat every year & six bushels of malt. Three Barrells of Syder, half a Barrell of still' 1 Liqure, one hundred weight of meat, Either Beef or Pork at her choice to be paid to her yearly & every year dureing her pleasure to live with him, He shall Keep a Cow for her and give her her choise of Ye Cowes; Livery he Shall Keep a mare for her dureing Ye Term & shall give her four Apple trees Every year bearing fruite at her own Choice & give her half an acre of ground for flax and half Ye Garden. Item. I give and bequeath unto my Son Henry Kegay Two hundred Acres of Land to him his heirs and as- signs for Ever joining Ye Above s d Lands to be valued by our Elders as afores d & he to pay accordingly within four years after he shall Settle upon or ocquepie Ye Same. Item. I give & bequeath unto my Eldest Son Jacob & my Son Rudolph, my tract of Land Situate on Ye West side of Susquehanah River joyning Yorktown to be equall Divided between them to be valued by the Elders or Such men as they choose asaf sd & they to pay Each of them as above sd to. Item. I give and bequeath unto my daughter Susannah Ye Sum of one hundred pounds Lawful money to be paid within five years after my decease. Item. I give & bequeath unto my Daughter Anne the Sum of one hundred pounds Lawful money to be paid when she Comes of Eage. Item. I give unto my Daughter Barbara Ye Sum of one hundred pounds Lawful money, and I do appoint Jacob Myers & Jacob Beam my whole ancl Sole Executors of this my Last Will and Testa- ment. In witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and Seal this 8th day of May 1748 his Jho. J. R. X Kegay, [l. s.] mark Signed Sealed & Delivered in the Presence of us ye Sub- scribers Adam Prenneman, John Jones. Personally appeared before me Adam Prenneman & John Jones, the Witnesses to ye above Will, & the Said Adam Prenneman on his Solemn affirmation and the s d John Jones on his oath declared they were present & Saw and heard John Keagy the Testator Sign. Seal, publish and declare the Same as his last Will & Testament and that at the doing he was of Sound and disposing mind and memory according to Ye best of their Knowledge. 31 October 1748. Before Tho: Cookson From the above will we learn that Hans Kagy had four sons and three daughters, of whom Jacob was the eldest son and was b. Sept. 13, 1719; Henry, Nov. 11, 1728; the dates of birth of the others it not known; Abraham b. about 1723 and Rudolph, b. about 1725; Susannah, Barbara and Anna. [7]
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I have them married 13 September 1719 at Lancaster, Pennsylvania according to family records
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