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This might be Alexander Boyd's father in law's will...
SHEPPARD, JAMES. E. Nottingham.February 9, 1796. November 28, 1798.To wife Mary all estate, real and personal, except following legacies. To daughter Lydia, wife of John Meckerry, daughter Mary, wife of Alexander Boyd, and daughter Ann, wife of John Boyd, 1 silver dollar each. To sons John, William and Isaac and daughter Jane Sheppard $1 each. To granddaughter Rebecca, daughter of Lydia $1, etc.Executors: Wife Mary, Jesse Begh. Letters to Mary.Wit: David Gatchell, James Erwin.
there are adm papers for an earlier Hugh, included below...you can obtain a copy of them from Records and Archives, Chester Co. Visit their online site to see how to do it.
BOYD, HUGH.November 12, 1747. Adm. to Robert Mackey.
There is no area will for Francis, although a Francis did appear as a witness in a couple wills in W. NOttingham in the 1760s.....Alexander left no will/adm papers, either.
this may be the will of Jean/Jane/Joan's father in law...another Robert Finley, with a son Robert.
Pennsylvania Wills, 1682-1834
FINLEY, ROBERT. W. Nottingham.October 10, 1739. November 24, 1741. B. 101.To wife Sarah £10. To son Robert £10, large bible, gun. Remainder to wife and every one of my children in equal shares, children not named. Refers to his son John Johnson and daughter Mary. Executrix: wife Sarah and Wm. Finley of Chestnut Level and Saml. Anderson of W. Nottingham, trustees. Witnesses: John Dick, John Johnson.
(many of the names in these wills are Scottish, so it might be good to be checking extant Presbyterian church records, concentrating on Nottingham twp, which seems to be where they all lived)
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