Ahnentafel Report - Southern Illinois University

Ancestors of Roy Melvin Bearden-Whiteand personal in general during her natural life and after her decease my Will and desire is that the whole ofmy Estate both real and personal to be sold by my Executors here after in as much to the best advantageand the money arising the estate sale as so consist by at law. Divided Equally among my sons Jacob SowerJr., John Sower and Daniel Sower and my Daughters Elizabeth Campbell and Susanna Williams and if itshould happen that if anyone of my aforesaid sons and daughters should die before the decease of my saidBeloved wife that these and in that case my Will and desire that the children of my decease son or daughtershall be entitled to the share of my estate which would have follow to their Father or Mother had they beenliving and the said share to be equally divided among and Lastly I do constitute the..... ...... ordain my wellbeloved sons Jacob Sower Jr., and John Sower executor of this Last Will and Testament and do herebyutterly disallow invoke and disannul all and every other former Testament and Will before this time namedwilled and Bequeath Ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my Last Will and Testament. Inwitness where of this I have set my hand and seal this twenty sixth day of May one thousand & sevenHundred and seventy seven. Signed & Seal Published and Delivered by the said Jacob Sower this to be hisLast Will and Testament in the presence of us.Jacob SowerDavid KennedyJames McDowellyThomas WoodAt the Court and held for Frederick County that 7th day of March 1781. This Last Will andTestament of Jacob Sower deceased was proved by the oath of David Kennedy a witness whereto andordered to .....for further and on the notion of Jacob Sowers and John Sowers the executors thereon andwhereon should be certification granted them for obtaining a probate there of in due form giving security towhere upon they with security inters in to and acknowledge Bond...... ...... as the law direct and at a courtconverse and held for the said county of the 9th day of June 1785. This and was Further Proved by theoath of James McDowelly a witness there so and ordained to be recorded.By the HandJa Keith C.C.• He was a member of the Reformed Church in 1753 in Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia. 78 "TheReformed Church was organized in this place at an early day. Two lots were deeded by Lord Fairfax, thedeed hearing date 1753 (These were lots 82 and 84 now lying toward the northwest corner within theenclosure of the Mt. Hebron Cemetery. They were granted to the "Trustees of the Church of the ReformedCalvinists.") The trustees were Daniel Bush, Phillip Bush, Henry Brinker, Jacob Sowers and FrederickConrad. The earliest record was commenced in German by the Rev. Bernhard Willey. Subsequent entrieswere also made by Rev. G.W. Schneyder. The last entry in German is in the hand-writing of Rev. Dr. JohnBrown, made on the 16th of October, 1804, and on a sacramental occasion. From that period thecongregation seems to have gone out of existence for many years. About 1816, the church was used byRev. Robert Sedwick, a Baptist, who preached in it for eight or nine years."Jacob married Mary. 24 Mary was born in 1720 24 and died in 1781 24 at age 61.Children from this marriage were:i. Jacob Sowers Jr. was born in 1742 in Frederick County, Virginia 24 and died in 1822 inFrederick County, Virginia 24 at age 80.ii. John Sowers was born in 1744 in Frederick County, Virginia 24 and died in 1813 in FrederickCounty, Virginia 24 at age 69.112 iii. Daniel Sowers (born in 1748 in Frederick County, Virginia - died in 1815 in Frederick County,Virginia)iv. Elizabeth Sowers was born in 1750 in Frederick County, Virginia 24 and died in 1809 inFrederick County, Virginia 24 at age 59.v. Susanna Sowers was born in 1752 in Frederick County, Virginia. 2438