Aaron
Coffin, dec'd
Last Will and Testament
Filed February 17th
1847 J. Vernon, Ck
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The last will & testament of Aaron
Coffin of Shelby County Indiana witnessed by Jacob Mull
and doctor James W Trees
November 2nd 1843
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Know all men by these
presents, ---- That I Aaron Coffin of Shelby County, Marion township
& State of Indiana, (farmer) being advanced in years, & calling to mind
the uncertainty of this life, ---- and being of sound & disposing mind
and memory, do make and ordain this, as my last will and testament, ----
in manner & form following: ------ That is to say. ----Imprimis; ----
I commend my soul to God who gave it; and my body to be decently buried, at the
discretion of my Executors herein after named; ---- and that my funeral
expenses & all my Just debts be duly paid out of my personal estate within
convenient time after my decease. ---- as to the property I may die
possessed of; ---- my will is that my personal estate be sold, Except such
parts thereof, as my in the following disposition of this will, be otherwise
provided for. ---- That the money arising from the sale of my Chattel
property, together with what money may be on hand (if there should be any) &
such debts by note or otherwise as may be owing to the estate be collected.
---- this being done, I give unto my four daughters, Viz: Phebe
Pike, Ruth Coffin, Anna Jordan, & Mary
Barnard, all and the amount of the sales of my personal property to be
divided part & part alike among them; Except ten dollars to be reserved,
which (ten dollars) I give to my grand daughter Elvira Macy.
My Bound books & wearing apparel to be equally divided among my Children now
living in Indiana. My loose papers & manuscrips I give unto my son, George
Fox Coffin. There is a number of silver spoons among the reserved
property which derived to me from my ancestry which I wish to be divided among
my four daughters, not so much for their value, as to keep in remembrance and
line of ancestry from whence we descended, together with the antiquity of the
articles described. ---- I give unto my daughter Phebe Pike,
one silver tablespoon marked on the back E H, s g, the
first initials stands for Elizabeth Hussey my mother's maiden
name, the other stands for Sarah Gorham her Mother's Maiden
Name. ---- I give unto my daughter Ruth Coffin one
silver tablespoon, marked M C which stands for Mary
Coffin her grand Mother's maiden Name, Item, I give
unto Anna Jordan one silver table spoon, marked M
C, which stands for Mary Coffin her grand Mother
Barnard's maiden name. I give unto my daughter Mary Barnard
one silver table spoon, (which she has already received) engraved on the back at
large, Mary Barnard, which was her Mother's Maiden name. also the time of
her birth. ---- I give unto my grand Daughter Elvira Macy,
two silver teaspoons marked on the back thus (W B M)
which stands for William Barnard and Mary his wife, who
was great grandmother to said Elvira Macy. ---- Item I give &
bequeath unto George Fox Coffin my son, the farm or tract of
land on which I now reside provided he shall pay unto Abel Gardner
my grandson of NC ten dollars in favor of George Gardner deceased,
his father & ten dollars as a bequest from me to William Coffin
my son living in Guilford County North Carolina, and that he pay unto Benjamin
Coffin my son also living in north Carolina Stokes County the sum of
ten dollars as a bequest from me, as Moses Coffin my son,
late of Rush County in this State, is now dead. ---- I give & bequeath
unto Milton Coffin his son & my grandson the sum of ten
dollars, ---- all which amounting to the sum of forty dollars in the
aggregate, the George Fox Coffin said is to pay over to the
several legatees or their representatives, or secure the payment within twelve
months from the time of my decease, there stipulations being well & truly
performed, he the s'd George Fox Coffin is to hold the right & title to the
farm on which I now live, containing 80
acres lying situate in Shelby & Rush Counties I A and I hereby revoke
& disannul any will I heretofore may have made, and lastly I constitute &
appoint John Golding my nabor & John Macy (who
is married to my grand daughter Elvira) as executors jointly of this my last
will & testament. ---- In witness whereof I the said Aaron
Coffin have set my hand & affixed my Seal the second day of November anno
domino 1843
/s/ Aaron Coffin {{seal}}
Signed pronounced sealed, & declared by the said Aaron Coffin
to be his last will & testament in presence of
/s/ Jacob Mull
/s/ James W Trees
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State of Indiana Shelby County SS
Before me Jacob Vernon Clerk of the Probate Court of said county
personally came Jacob Mull and being by me duly sworn says he saw and heard
Aaron Coffin late of said county, who is now deceased, sign seal publish and
declare the foregoing instrument of writing as and for his last will and
testament that he verily believes he said Aaron was of sound mind and perfect
memory at the time of its execution, and not under restraint or coercion, and
that he signed his name thereto as a witness at the request of and in the
presence of said testator and in presence of James W trees the other subscribing
witness thereto, and further says not
Jacob Mull
Sworn to and subscribed before me
this 17th day of February A D 1847
/s/ J Vernon clerk
State of Indiana
Shelby County SS
I Jacob Vernon Clerk of the Probate Court of Shelby County in the
state of Indiana do hereby certify that the within will was on the Seventeenth
day of February AD 1847 duly admitted to Probate before me as such clerk, and
that a full and complete Record of the same together with the proof and
examination of Jacob Mull the witness by whom the same was proven is made, and
Recorded in Letters of Administration Book A. on pages 159 & 60
In testimony whereof I have hereunto Subs-
cribed my name and affixed the seal of
said Probate Court this 17th day of
February AD 1847
/s/ J Vernon ck
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