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Descendants of Heinrich Lyne

Generation No. 2

2. JOHN I³ LYNE (HEINRICH², HEINRICH¹ LEIN) was born 02 July 1665 in Ruppertenrod, Oberhessen, Hesse, Germany, and died 11 August 1746 in Leacock Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He married ELISABETHA RUDI 18 November 1690 in Weiler, Baden, Germany, daughter of HANS RUDI and BARBARA (GEISSER).

Notes for JOHN I LYNE:
(John Lyne was probably named Johannes Lein in Germany)

Last Will and Testament of John Lyne - 6 June 1746:

JOHN LYNE
Deceased

IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN, THE ELEVENTH day of August in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred Forty Six:

I John Lyne of Leacock in the County of Lancaster and Province of Pennsylvania Yeoman being very sick and weak in Body but of perfect Mind and Memory, Thanks be given unto God therefore calling unto Mind the MORTALITY of my Body and knowing that it is 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 and for my Body I recommend it to the Earth to be buried in a Christian-like and Decent Manner at the Discretion of my Executors nothing doubting but at the General Resurrection I shall receive the same again by the mighty Power of God. AND as touching such worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this Life I Give Devise and Dispose of the same in the followig Manner & form.

IMPRIMIS: It is my Will and I do order that in the first place all my just Debts and Funeral Charges be paid and Satisfied.

ITEM: It is my Will that Velton Hershelrod one of my Sons in Law who has received fifteen pounds in Money on Stead of the Ten Pistoles Which I promised my Daughter Eve to give to her by her Marriage shall give five pounds thereof to my Estate again.

ITEM: I bequeath to the Children of my Daughter Barbara Wife of John Jacob Weidlerf being in Germania yet Sixty Ducates to be pd. to them out of my Estate.

ITEM: It is my Will that the rest of my Estate shall become to my Grand Children in this Province (that is to say) to the Children of my Sons, vis. John Michel Lyne, John Lyne and Jacob Lyne and to the Children of my Daughter Dorothea (lately Wife of John Swope) deceased, and to the Children of my Daughter Eve (the wife of Velton Hershirod), and it shall be divided among them according to the following Manner, that is to say Each of my Grand Children shall have an equal Share of my Estate whatsoever one as much as the other, to them which are alive now, or shall or may be born in the Time to come and for this Reason my Estate must not be wholly Divided among my Grand Children soon after my decease but part thereof must be kept back by my Executors or Guardians to my Grand Children for such a Use till none to be expected more. And if one or more of my Grand Children shall come to marry and I should give some Money to them, then shall the same Grand Child or Grand Children pay Interest During my Life and the ad. Interest shall be put into my Estate. And if one or more of my Grand Children should Die without Children then shall such a Share of Shares fall to their Brethren & Sisters as Natural Heirs and not to all of my Grand Children.

ITEM: is my Will that if one of more of my Grand Children would not be Satisfied with the Share which shall become to him in Dividing of my Estate after the above ad. Manner and Dispute about it or should Quarrel Such one shall have only a Shilling Sterling which shall be to him in full of all Claims or Demands, and I do absolutely debarr Such one and cut them off from all and every other Claims to my Estate.

ITEM: My own Children names John Michel, John Lyne and Jacob Lyne as the Sons have already received what I was willing to give to them I gave to each of them Three hundred acres of Land and to the Daughters Dorothea, Barbara & Eve I gave their parts in Money to them (underlined in the original).

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(Note: Lived in Obergimpern, Germany in 1712, in Pennsylvania by 1715, bought 900 acres in Conestoga Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania 4 October 1728, naturalized in 1730)
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Therefore it is my Will that my Children shall be Satisfied by it.

ITEM: I give and bequeath to a poor blind Man named David living in Eiltown at Abraham Dears at present, my wearing Coat, and Three Shillings shall annually be given to him out of my Estate During his Life and I Nominate and appoint my two Sons in Law vis: John Swope, and Valentine Hershsirod to be the Executors of this my last Will and Testament and to be Guardians over my Estate And I do hereby utterly disallow revoke and disannul all the every other former Wills, Testaments, Legacies & Executors by me in any ways before this time Names willed and bequeathed Ratifying this and Confirming this and no other to be my last Will and Testament IN WITNESS whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal the Day and Year first above write.

JOHN LYNE (X) (His mark)

Signed Sealed and Published Pronounced and Declared by the s. John Lyne as his last Will and Testament in presence of us the Subscribers - F. Jacob Beyerle - James Koland.

LANCASTER COUNTY (to wit) 19th Aug. 1746. Personally appeared Jacob Beyerle one of the Witnesses to the within written Will & on his Oath declared he was present and saw & heard John Lyne the testator within named Sign Seal & Publish & Declare the within writing to be his last Will & Testament & that at the doing thereof he was of Sound & disposing Mine & Understanding to the best of his Knowledge.

Before me Tho. Cookson D. R.

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Children of JOHN LYNE and ELISABETHA RUDI are:

JOHANN MICHAEL (JOHN)⁴ LYNE, b. 07 May 1692, Kirchardt, Kraichgau, Baden, Germany.

Notes for JOHANN MICHAEL (JOHN) LYNE:
Taxed in Conestoga Township, Pennsylvania in 1722.

ii.

ANNA BARBARA LYNE, b. 07 June 1694; d. Hilsbach, Germany; m. JOHN JACOB WEIDLER, 21 January 1715/16; b. 30 September 1683.

Notes for ANNA BARBARA LYNE:
Confirmed as daughter of Johannes Lein of Obergimpern, Germany, at age 15 in 1713

3.	iii.	ANNA MARIA DOROTHEA LYNE, b. 16 May 1697; d. 1740.
	iv.	ANNA BARBARA LYNE, b. 11 June 1698.
4.	v.	JOHN LYNE, b. 16 June 1700, Obergimpern, Germany.
	vi.	CATHERINE (CAROLYN) LYNE, b. April 1701.
	vii.	JOHANN (JACOB) LYNE, b. 02 March 1701/02.
	viii.	MARIA DOROTHEA LYNE, b. 10 March 1702/03.
	ix.	ANNA MARGRETHA LYNE, b. 24 April 1706.
	x.	EVA LYNE, b. 23 September 1712, Obergimpern, Germany; m. (1) HANS VELTON HERSCHELROTH; m. (2) LORENTZ HERCHELROTH, 02 August 1763; b. 18 January 1737/38, Warwick Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; d. 1804, Warwick Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

Notes for LORENTZ HERCHELROTH:
Married by Rev. John Waldsmidt

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