Jacob Will’s will

Excerpted from Background of Adams County, by B. F. MacPherson, No. 184 – Jacob and Elizabeth (Shriver) Will.

The will of Jacob Will is to be found in the local courthouse, Will Book “B” — Page 206 — No. 484. In this document he mentions the following members of his family:

Wife — Elizabeth Shriver “is to have the profits of my mill and lands.”
Brother — Andrew Shriver “is to live with my wife and be maintained by her so long as she shall live.”
Son — George Will.
Daughter — Rachel Will.
Daughter — Elizabeth Will.
Daughter — Catherine Will.
Daughter — Sarah Will.
Son — David Will.
Son — Andrew Will.
Granddaughters — “Eve Shriver and Mary Hoopert, daughters to my daughter Mary Hoopert.”
Granddaughters — Sarah and Evelina Will.
Son – Jacob Will.

Jacob Will’s will was written April 13, 1812, and entered into probate on November 12, 1812. Andrew Shriver and George Will were named executors, while R. McIlhenny, John Echrode, and Jacob Eckert added their names as witnesses.

Andrew Will, the son of Jacob Will and Elizabeth (Shriver) Will, was married to the widow Clemens (maiden name McSherry) of Littlestown. Another son, David Will, never married. Mary, one of the daughters of Jacob and Elizabeth (Shriver) Will, married Adam Rupert of Hanover, Pennsylvania.