In the Name of God, Amen. I Valentine Climmer (Klemmer) of Petersburg Township of Germany County of York of the State of Pennsylvania, being sick and weak of body, but of sound mind of disposing memory calling to mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die, do this seventh day of October in the year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty-Five, make and publish my last will and testament in manner and form following: (that is to say) Principally and first of all I commend my soul to Almighty God who gives it immortality, my body to the earth to be buried after my decease in a Christian, decent manner at the discretion of my executors and as touching and concerning such worldly goods God in his providence hath bestowed upon me, I order, will, and allow that immediately after my decease that all my estate real and personal missuage tenements and four lots of ground and personal goods be sold by executors by public venue or otherwise and after sale of the missuage tenements and four lots of ground aforesaid in the town of Petersburg to convey and make over to the purchases together with the lot of ground already sold to Jacob Miller for which I received full satisfaction to be conveyed to him by my executor after my decease if not by me before my decease. Also I order, will, and allow that out of the sale aforesaid my just debts to be well and truly paid, Item (2) I give, devise, and bequeath to my dearly beloved wife Margrett Climmer (Margaret Klemmer) one third part of the residue of the money arrising from the sale aforesaid after my just debts and other charges is paid and discharged. Item (3); I give, devise, and bequeath to my well beloved children Johan, Ludwig, and George Climmer, Elizabeth and Susannah Climmer and each of them respectively an equal dividend and share of the revinue of money arrising from the sale aforesaid after paying the legacy aforesaid to my wife and my just debts and other charges for their use and behalf, for the purpose of maintaining clothing and schooling them until the males are fit to go to trades and the females to be worth their maintenance and clothing and then the males to be put to trades of their choosing with the consent of my executors or their nearest relation. I also order, will, and allow that if any of my children shall die before they have exfunded their share aforesaid that then their remainder or otherwise share shall be equally divided and taken for the use of all my surviving heirs. Provided also and I order and allow that if their or either of their legacies have not exfunded their shares before my male children be put to trades or my females to be worth their maintenance and clothing, the remainder of each of their legacies is to be put in a trust until they be of age and then to be paid to the legacy to whom it is before bequeathed. And lastly I constitute, ordain, and appoint my dearly beloved wife Margrett Climmer executor, and Adam Wintrott executor jointly, whole, and sole of this my last will and testament. I trust to execute the same agreeable to the true intent and meaning thereof ratifying and confirming this to be my last will and testament. In witness whereof I George Valentine Climmer have to this my last will and testament let my hand and seal of the day and year aforesaid. Notice the words (residue of the) was underlined in the 23rd line before signing, signed, sealed, published, pronounced, and declared by George Valentine Climmer as for his last will and testament and those present who were in presence of each other and witnesses at the testator's request, R.W. Krimy, Jacob Sell, Jacob Long.