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     Rev. Michael Ziegler was born circa 1680 in Germany.¹ He was a weaver.¹ He married Catherine Schrauger, daughter of Andrew Schrauger. In 1734 his name was also recorded as Michael Zeagler.² Michael Zeagler owned 100 acres of real property in 1734 in Parkiomen & Skippake Township, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, according to a return of the constables.² Michael was the executor of Ulrich Meyer's estate in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, on 1 March 1741.³ Rev. Michael Ziegler might well have been the Michael Ziegler who witnessed the will of Rev. Martin Kolb on 12 June 1749.⁴ Rev. Michael Ziegler left a will on 7 February 1763.^5,6 The transcript of the Will read:
IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN WHEREAS I Michael Zieger, Sen: of the Township of Perkiomen & Schiback in the County of Philadelphia, yeoman, am far advanced in age and thereby my usual health is frequently interrupted Therefore in consideration whereof I do this Seventh day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand and seven hundred and sixty-three hereby make my last Will and Testament in manner following vize: Imprimis I Will and comend my Soul unto God my Creator though the mercy of his beloved Son Jesus Christ my redeemer & my body unto the Earth to be decently buried according to the direction of my hereafter named Executors , and concerning my Worldly Estate I Will that all my legal debts and funeral charges be paid by them before anything Else. Item. I give and devise unto my loving Wife Catherine all and Singurall my Personal Estate (except what I have in Bills Bonds & Book debts) for her use and her heirs forever, and after payment of Several legacies hereafter devised I give unto her during her life all the Interest on the reminder of my Estate which Interest is to be paid to her annually by my Executors and in case the said Interest is not Sufficient for her maintenance then so much of the principall shall be taken as may fully suffice to maintain her, which said all my Personalities I give her besides the said Interest in Lew of her thirds or dowry. Item I give and bequeath to the poor of the congregation I confess myselve the sum of nine Pounds lawful money in Pennsylvania and to be paid to the Elders of the said Congregation of my Township wherein I now reside for that use within three months after my decease. Item I give and devise unto my nine children namely Andreas, Christopher, Michael, William, Gertrude, Susana, Margareth, Catherine and Michael Ruth (son of my deceased daughter Barbara) all the residue of my Estate in manner following that is to say ##### Whereas I have already given to each of my Sons to the amount of Seventy Pounds and to each of my daughters (except one) to the amount of Sixty Pounds of their Portion which they were to have after my decease allowing each of my Sons ten Pounds more (as advance before my daughters) but Whereas for reasons well known David Alleback as husband to my daughter Catherine hath already forty four pounds fifteen schillings and five pence more in hand than the s^d sixty Pounds given to his Wife my Daughter Catherine therefore it is my Will and I hereby ordaine & direct that my Executors hereof shall Make a true calculation of what each of these my Children hath received allowing each of my Sons at first Seventy Pounds and each of the daughters Sixty Pounds and afterwards pay or allow to them which are indebted to me to every one of them three months after my decease forty four Pounds fifteen Shillings & five pence which will bring them equal with my said daughter Catherina, and whereas my said deceased daughter Barbara received of me at her Marriage only to the amount of thirty five Pounds eight schillings & two pence therefore My Executors shall at the said time allow for her son Michael Ruth as my Grand Child sixty nine pounds seven & three pens which makes his share in consideration of his mother equal with the rest of my daughters and the said last sum my Executors shall put out on Interest for the use of my said Grandchild and pay it to him after he hath attained his lawful age of twenty one years but in case he happened to dye before that age then the same shall be paid in equall shares to all my children then in live or otherwise to their lawful Issue and after the payment of the sd equal Shares to each of my Sons and each of my daughters at the time above fixed the remainder of my Estate still outstanding in Bonds Bills Notes or otherwise as my legal demand or property shall be left or put out on Interest for my Wife's use as above directed, but after her decease the said Overplush shall be equally divided among all my nine children counting my Grand child Michael Ruth for one thereof, but my son William's share my Executors shall keep in hand and only allow or pay unto him annually the Interest thereof at the rate of five per Ct; but after his death they shall pay ye same to his Children in equal shares according as they attaine their lawful age likewise the said my Executors hereof shall keep my daughter's Catherine share of the said last dividend in hand and only pay or allow unto the said her husband David Allebach the Interest thereof at the rate of five pr:ct: during ye s^d my daughters his wife's natural life and no longer; but after her decease the same shall be paid to her Children in equal shares or to their lawful Issue after each of them hath attained his lawful age, and in case any of my above named children happened to die before the s^d last dividend is made then it is my Will that his or their Portion or equal share thereofshall devolve to the Issue of their Body in Equal shares and to nobody else. Likewise if my said Grand Child Michael Ruth happened to die before his age or without Issue lawfully begotten his portion of the said last dividend shall devolve in the same Manner as above directed about the Sum to be put out for his use three months after I am dead, And I do hereby appoint and constitute my loving sons Andrew and Michael sole Executors of this my last Will and Testament to wit either Joyntly or Severally as occasion may require and I do hereby revoke and annull all my former Wills & Testaments Ratifying these presents for my true & Absolute last Will and Testament. In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal dated the day and year abovesaid.
Signed Sealed and declared in his
presence of us Michael MZ Ziegler (SEAL)
John Kiter mark
Abraham Heiderich

Philad^a October 29^th 1765, Then personally appeared John Kiker and Abraham Heidrich, the two witnesses to the forgoing Will and on their solemn affirmation according to Law did declare they saw and heard Michael Ziegler the Tesator therein named Sign Seal publish and declare the Same Will for and as his last Will and Testament, and that at the doing thereof he was of Sound Mind, Memory and understanding to the best of their Knowldege. CORAM Benjamin Chew Reg Gen^l

BE IT REMEMBERED that on the 29th day of October, 1765, the last Will and Testament of Michael Ziegler dec'd in due form of Law was proved and Probate and Letters Testamentary were granted unto Andrew and Michael Ziegler, Executors in the same Will named being Solemnly affirmed well and truly to Administer the said deceds: Estate And bring an Inventory thereof into the Reg^r Gen^l Office at Philadelphia on or before the 29th day of November next, and make a true and Just Accou when thereunt Legally required. Given under the Seal of the said Office.
Benjamin Chew
Reg^r Gen^l He died in 1765 in Skippack Township, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.⁷ His estate was probated and his "loving" sons Andreas Ziegler and Michael Ziegler were appointed as the executors on 29 October 1765 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.^8,9

     Catherine Schrauger married Rev. Michael Ziegler. Her married name was Ziegler. Catherine Schrauger died circa 1765.¹ She was buried in Lower Skippack Mennonite Meeting-house Cemetery, Lower Skippack Township, Philadelphia County, later Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.¹

     John Pawling was baptized on 2 October 1681 in Kingston, Ulster County, New York. The sponsors at the baptism were Heyman Roos and Johanna Roos.^1,2 He married Aagje De Witt, daughter of Tjerck Classen De Witt and Barbara Andriessen van Amsterdam, on 23 August 1712 in Kingston, Ulster County, New York.^3,4 John Pawling married secondly, Ephia (?). The date and place of the wedding is unknown.⁵ John Pawling left a will on 5 May 1733.^6,3 The transcript of the Will read:
In the Name of God Amen. The Fifth of May in the year of our Lord One Thousand seven hundred and thirty three, I, John Pawling, of Beebber Township, in the County of Philada., and province of Pensilvania, Gent., being Very Sick and Weak of Body, but of perfect mind and memory, thanks be given to God therefor having under my Consideration the mortaility of my Body, and knowing that it appointed for all men once to Dye Do make and Ordain this my last Will and Testament, that is to say, principally and first of all I Give and Recommend my Soul into the hands of God that gave it, & for my body I recomend it to the Earth to be buried in a Christian like & deceant manner at the discretion of my exects., nothing doubting but at the general Resurrection I shall receive the same by the mighty power of God, and as touching such Wordly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this life I Give devise & dispose of them in the following manner and form.
Imprimus. My Will is that all my Just Debts both by private and public Contacts together with my funeral Charges be duly observed and paid by my exects.
Item. I Give and Bequeath unto my well beloved wife Ephia Pawling (in lieu of her Thirds or Dower from my Real Estate) the full and just sum of Fifteen pounds Current Lawful money in Pennsilvania to be paid to her yearly by my son Henry from the day of my decease for and during her Natural life together with my bed chamber with other necessary privileges in the Dwelling house that I now lives in, And the use of two acres of Land where she likes best in the plantation belonging thereunto with the yearly product of Twelve fruit trees of her own choice in the orchard thereof, And likewise three Negro women kind named (viz) Bettee, Peggee & Rose, all which above bequeathed with all the proper Rights and privileges thereof shall be & remain for my wife's use and behoof as above s'd during her natural life. And I do hereby further give and bequeath unto my s'd wife my best Feather bed & bedding, bed-stead & furniture thereof together with the Thirds of all the remainder part of my personal Estate to be freely & fully enjoyed & possessed by her, her heirs & Assigns forever. And likewise it is my will that Either and Everyone of the above named Nero women kind which doth or shall survive my s'd wife the same I do hereby Give and Bequeath with their issue born to them after my Decease for the use of my son Henry Pawling his heirs & assigns forever.
Item. I Give and Bequeah unto my Eldest Son the above named Henry Pawling Four Hundred & Fifty acres of land which I bought of Jost Height, Situate, lying & being on Perkyomy, together with all the buildings, Edifices, privileges, improvements & appurtenances thereof to be freely & fully injoyed & possessed by him his heirs & Assigns from the day of my Decease thence forward & forever.
Item. I Give and Bequeath unto my s'd son Henry Pawling all that part or share of the will & Land Tenements, Buildings, Edifices, privileges & appurtenances whatsoever properly belonging or in any wise appertaining unto me or mine with all the Rights, issues & profits thereof to be freely & fully held, injoyed & possessed by him his heirs & assigns from the day of my decease thence forward and forever.
Item. I Give & Bequeath unto my son Henry all the remainder part of my personal estate to be freely & fully injoyed & possessed by him, his heirs & assigns from the day of my decease thence forward and forever.
Item. I Give & Bqueath unto my son Henry the use of all my plantation whereon I now dwells (Except what privileges I have hereinbefore reserved for the use of my s'd wife) until my two sons (to wit) John & Joseph arrive to Twenty years of age and then my son Henry shall Quietly & Peaceably Surrender the premises in good repair unto his above named two Brothers in the manner and tenor that I shall herein bequeath the same.
Item. It is my will and I do Order the same to be observed that my Son Henry shall teach, or cause his aforenamed Brothers to be taught to Read perfectly the old and new Testament & also to write a Legal Hand with such Rules of Arithmetic that is necessary for Common business Aid likewise his s'd two brothers shall live along with him until they arrive to the age above s'd if they agree & their guardians approve thereof except they choose to learn a trade, or that their Guardians should judge it most advisable to dispose of their time another way. I likewise Constitute make & ordain my loving wife Ephia Pawling & my Son Henry Pawling to be my Sole Exects., of this my Last Will & Testament giving them hereby full power & absolute authority to Ask, Sue for, Levy & Recover all my Specialtys, Dues, Demands whatsoever in order to Enable them to pay & perform the contents thereof.
Item. I give & Bequeath unto my son John all the land lying & being the west side of Perkyomy belonging to the plantaion where on I now lives, butted in the middle of the said Creek & bound on the east end by the Several courses thereof from line to line together with all the privileges, improvements & appurtenances whatsoever to be freely held, Enjoyed & possessed from the time that he is twenty years of age, by him his heirs & assigns forever, othrwise if it should happen that my sd. son John dieth before he arrives to the age afd. & Leave lawfull issue to Survive him, he she or they shall enjoy the Land Bequeathed hereby to his, her or their father and possess the same by him her or them their heirs and assigns Forever.
Item. I Give and Bequeath unto my yougest son Joseph the other part of the Land & plantation whereon I now dwells which lies on the East bank of Perkyomy butted in the middle of the s'd creek Bounded West by the General Courses thereof with all the Buildings, Edifices, Improvements & Appurtenances whatsoever thereunto belonging or in anywise Appertaining to be frely held Enjoyed & possessed by him, his heirs & assigns from the time that he arrives to twenty years of age thence forward and forever otherwise if it should happen that my Son Joseph dieth before he arrives to the age afd. Leaving Lawfull Issue to survive him, he, she or they so surviving shall have the Land hereby Bequeathed to their thereof during her life as aforesaid.
Item. I Give & Bequeath unto my daughter Ellin One hundred pounds Current Lawfull money of Pensilvania to be paid her or her heirs by my son Henry his heirs, exects. Adminnts. in manner followeth (viz) Fifty pounds of money as afd. at or before the end of two years next from the day of my decease and Also Fifty Pounds of like money as afd. at or before the end of one year next from the day of my wife's decease.
Item. I Give & Bequeath unto my daughter Hannah One Hundred Pounds Current Lawfull Money of Pensilvania to be paid to her or her heirs by my son Henry or his heirs, Exects. Admnts. in manner as followeth (viz) Fifty pounds of money as afd. at or before the nd of three years next from the day of my decease and also Fifty Pounds of like money at or before the end of three years next from the day of my wife's decease.
Item. I Give & Bequeath unto my Daughter Deborah One Hiundred Pounds Current Lawfull Money of Pensilvania to be paid to her or her heirs by my son Henry or his heirs, exects. Admnt. in manner followeth (viz) Fifty Pounds of money as afd. at or before the end of four years next from the day of my Decease & also fifty pounds of the like money at or before the end of three years next from the day of my wife's decease.
Item. I Give & Bequeath unto my Daughter Rebeckah One Hundred Pounds Current Lawful Money of Pensilvania to be paid her or her heirs by my son Henry or his heirs, exects. Admnts, in manner as followeth (vizl. Fifty pounds of money as afd. at or before the end of Six years from the day of my Decease and also Fifty pounds of the like money at or before the end of four years next from the day of my wife's decease. I do likewise nominate & appoint my loving Brother Henry Pawling and my kind friend & neighbor Owen Evans of Limerick trustees hereof as well as Guardians over my children giving them full power to order, oblige and demand that this my Last Will and Testament be duly observed, paid & performed by my Execrs. and all others therein mentioned according to the purport, meaning tenor and true intent hereof and I do utterly disallow, revoke and disannul all & Every other former Testaments, Wills, Legacies & Exects., by me in any ways before this time named, willed or Bequeathed Ratifying & Confirmming this and no other to be my last Will & Testament.
IN WITNESS whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal the day and year first above written.
John Pawling (seal)

Signed, sealed, published, pronounced & Declared by the s'd John Pawling this to be his Last Will & Testament in the presence of the subscribers
Johannes Lisberne
Jacob Marcle
Robert Jones. He wrote a codicil on 5 May 1733.⁷ The transcript of the Codicil read:
I the within named John Pawling on the fifth day of May within mentioned being the day of the date thereof do Make and Publish this my Codicil to my Last Will and Testament in manner as followeth (viz.) whereas I & Isaac Dubois late Decd. are Joynt Purchasers in six hundred and twenty acres of land of Abraham Dubois it being now undivided so that I cannot herein so distinctly dispose the same, yet my right therein I freely devise as followeth (viz)
I Give & Bequeath my part thereof wch. lies on the west side of Perkyomy unto my Son John Butted on the east side in the middle of s'd creek bounded by the Several Coures thereof from the line of my other land to the dividing line between me & the s'd Isaac Dubois together with all the rights, privileges and appurtenances thereof to him, his heirs & aassigns from the time that he arrives to Twenty years of age (with the same provision that is Specified in my will for his issue) thence forward and forever.
Item. I Give & Bequeath my part of s'd land which lies on the east side of Perkyomy unto my Son Joseph Butted on the east side in the middle of s'd creek bounded by the Several Courses thereof from the line of my other land to the dividing line between me & the said Isaac Dubois together with all the rights, privileges & appurtenances thereof to him, his heirs assigns from the trime he arrives to Twenty Years of age (with the same provision that is Specified in my will for his issue) thence forward and forever and I do Desire that this present Codicil be made a part of my Last Will & Testament to all intents & purposes.
IN WITNESS whereof I have hereunto put my hand and seal the day of the date of the within written will. Whereas there is a Burying place upon the land that I bequeathed unto my Son Joseph where divers of my family & others are buried. It is my will that there shall be a quarter of an acre laid out commodious thereto which I do hereby Give & Bequeath for a burying ground from the time of my Decease thence forward and forever.
John Pawling

Signed, sealed, published by the said John Pawling as a Codicil to be Injoyned to his will in the presence of us.
John Marcle Johannes Lisberne
Robert Jones. The transcript of the probate affirmations reads:
Philad'a
June 5, 1733, Then personally appeared Jacob Marcle and Robert Jones two of the witnesses to the within written will and forgoing Codicil & on their solemn affirmation according to law do declare they saw & heard John Pawling the Testator before named sign seal publish & declare the same Will & Codicil to be his Last Will & Testament & at the doing thereof he was of sound of mind & memory & understanding to the best of their knowledge.
COMM (CORAM) Peter Evans

BE IT REMEMBERED that on the fifth day of June, 1733, the Last Will and Testament of John Pawling was proved in due form of Law & probated & Letters Testamentary were granted to Ephia Pawling & Henry Pawling Exects, therein named having first affirmed well & truly to administer the s'd Decdt's estate and bring an inventory thereof into the Regstr. Genl's office at Philad'a at or before the 5th day of July next & also to render an account when thereto lawfully required. Given under the seal of the s'd office.
Peter Evans, Regtr. Genl.⁸ He died in June 1733 in Perkiomen Township, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, at age 51 years and 7 months.¹ He was buried in the family burying ground, on the east side of Perkiomen creek, Bebber's Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.^3,4 His estate was probated on 5 June 1733 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.^9,6

     Ephia (?) married John Pawling, son of Capt. Henry Pawling and Neeltje Roosa. The date and place of the wedding is unknown.¹ Her married name was Pawling. Ephia (?) was living in 1733.²

     Aagje De Witt was baptized on 14 January 1684 in Kingston, Ulster County, New York.¹ She married John Pawling, son of Capt. Henry Pawling and Neeltje Roosa, on 23 August 1712 in Kingston, Ulster County, New York.^2,3 As of 23 August 1712, her married name was Pawling.² Aagje De Witt died after 1725.¹

     Tjerck Classen De Witt was born circa 1620 in Zunderland, Duchy of Westphalia. He married Barbara Andriessen van Amsterdam on 24 April 1656 in Dutch Reformed Church, New Amsterdam. Tjerck Classen De Witt was a bricklayer and a farmer. He left a will on 4 March 1698. He died on 17 February 1700 in Wiltwyck, Ulster County, New York.¹ He was probably buried in Old Dutch Reformed Church Cemetery, Kingston, Ulster County, New York.