Appendix Will of Martin Pfeninger In the Name of God Amen. I Martin Pfeninger of the Town of Charles town Cabinet Maker, being in perfect Health of Body and of sound Mind and Memory, Thanks be unto God for the same; but calling to Mind the Uncertainty of this transitory Life, and knowing that it is appointed for all Men once to die, 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 Almighty God that gave it, and my Body I recommend to the Earth to be buried in a decent Christian Burial at the Discretion of my Executor, and as these troublesome Times will admit. 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 has pleased God to blefs me in this Life, I give demise and dispose of the same in the following Manner and Form. Imprimis. I give and bequeath to Hannah my dear beloved Wife one Negro Fellow named London, and a Negro Woman named Chloe to her own proper Use and Behoof for ever, the rest of my Property what remains, after my Son’s Share which I hereafter bequeath to him excepted, shall remain in the said Hannah’s Hands paying out of the same all my just and lawful Debts, not to be done by public Vendue, but only sell so much as is sufficient to pay said Debts, and do with the rest according as she may please. Secondly I give and bequeath unto my Son Daniel Conrad, a Negro Wench named Byna, and a Negro Girl named Hannah, also the House and Lott adjoining to Mrs. Burn’s near the Draw-gate in Charlestown, containing 150 feet in Depth, and 53 feet in front, also my Gildt Watch, my Riding Horse Hunter and black Colt, likewise my new Rifle and Shot Gun him and his lawful Heirs for ever. But in Case the said Daniel Conrad should happen to die before his Mother, then it is my Will and Desire that the aforesaid Hannah his Mother shall inherit what is bequeathed to him, and in the like Case if the Mother Hannah should happen to die before him, the said Daniel Conrad, then this is my Desire that he shall inherit all what the said Hannah his Mother is pofsefs’d of at the Time of her Decease. But should it happen that they both of them die in a single State of Life, in that Case it is my Desire that my Estate shall be divided in three Parts or Shares VIZ. Sarah Fowler one Share, Sophia West one Share and Martin West one Share, with this Provise that he retains the Name of Martin, otherwise that Share to be divided between Elizabeth west and the said Martin or her Brother. And I do hereby constitute make and ordain the aforesaid Hannah my Wife the sole Executrix of this my last Will and Testament. And I do hereby utterly Disallow, revoke and disannul all and every other former Testaments, Wills, Legacies Bequests and Executers, by me in any wise before named, willed and bequeathed, ratifying and confirming this, and no other, to be my last Will and Testament, in witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal, this twenty fourth day of March in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty, Martin Pfeninger (LS) Signed Sealed Published pronounced and Declared by the said Martin Pfeninger as his last Will and testament, in the Presence of us, who in the Presence of each other, have hereunto subscribed our Names, vizt. John Christian Smith George F. Dener James Carmichael Proved before Charles Lining Esq r O.C.T.D. April 2d 1783. At same Time qualified Hannah Pfeninger Exix. Examined 8 Co. Sh. ) C.L. Source: Charleston Will Book A, 1783–86, p. 64.