Adam Rankin

Abt 1688 - Bef 9/21/1747

• Name	Adam Rankin
  Birth	Abt 1688	Sterlingshire, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Will	4 May 1747	Lancaster Co., PA
  	By the Mercies of God being in perfit understanding and composure of mind, do make this my last will and testament. And first of all I commit my Soul to God that give it (through the Merit of Christ) and my body to the Dust to be decently buried - and next I bequeath to my son James Rankin five pounds pencelvaney currency withthe place he is now in possession of being fully given over to him & also to my daughter Esther Rankin, alias Dunwoody, I bequeath five pounds pencelvaney currency, to my loving and dutiful wife I bequeath her full thirds of all my wordly substance, and to my two sons, William Rankin and Jeremiah Rankin all the Remainder of my worldly effects (including the plantation to be equally divided between them) And my dutiful wife and my son William Rankin to adminster and also to pay all debts of the whole substance before division be made. Sealed this 4th day of May, 1747 Signed and sealed in presents of us: James Pettigrew and John McMath
  Probate	21 Sep 1747	Lancaster Co., PA   [1]
  Death	Bef 9/21/1747	Lancaster Co., PA
  Person ID	I578	EC Roots
  Last Modified	29 Sep 2019

  
  

  Family	Mary Steele,   b. 1692   d. 1771 (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1721
  Children	1. James Rankin,   b. Abt 1721   d. 1795 (Age 74 years)   2. William Rankin,   b. Abt 1723, Chester Co., PA d. 30 Nov 1792, Antrim Twp., Franklin Co., PA (Age 69 years)   3. Esther Rankin,   b. 1728   d. 1796 (Age 68 years)   4. Jeremiah Rankin,   b. 1733   d. 1760 (Age 27 years)
  Family ID	F212	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Sep 2019

  
  

• Sources

  [S19] F. Edward Wright, Abstracts of Lancaster County PA Wills 1732-1785, (Westminster, MD: Family Line Publications, 1995), 186.