This week's document for transcription is the 1772 bond of Michael Ruth to pay George Ruth his portion of Peter Ruth's real estate in Berks County, Pennsylvania Colony.
* Berks County, Pennsylvania, "Estates 1752-1799 Resher, Gabriel-Seitzinger, Nich.", folder "Ruth, Peter CU 1771", image 1535 of 2236:
The transcription of this document is (handwritten portions in italics, not aided by Artificial Intelligence):
[image 1535 of 2236]
Know all Men by these Presents, that We
Know all Men by these Presents, that We
Michael Ruth of the Township of Cumry in the County of Bercks
in the province of Pennsylania Yeoman Eldest Son and Heir at Law
of Peter Ruth late of the said County Yeoman deceas'd Valentine Eckert
of the same Township Blacksmith and Philip Spohn of the Township
of Heidelberg in the said County Yeoman ...
are held and firmly bound unto George Ruth of the Township of
Cumry aforesaid Yeoman one of the Sons of the said Peter Ruth deceased
in the Sum of Seven hundred and sixteen Pounds thirteen shillings and
four pence ...
... lawful Money of Pennsylvania
to be paid to the said George Ruth or to his ...
... certain Attorney, Executors, Administrators and Assigns
To which Payment well and truly to be made, We do bind ourselves,
our Heirs, Executors, Administrators, and every one of them, jointly and
severally, for and in the Whole, firmly by these Presents, sealed with
our Seals. Dated the Second Day of March in the Year
of Our Lord One Thousand seven hundred and Seventy Two.
Whereas such Proceedings were had the Fourteenth
Day of November last past and the Eleventh Day of February last past
in the Orphans Court of the said County of Berks, relating to the Real
Estates in the Townships aforesaid, whereof the said Peter Ruth deceased
was seized at the Time of his Death ...
That an Inquest awarded by the Court valued the said Real Estate at
the Sum of five thousand three hundred and seventy five Pounds
... lawful Money of Pennsylvania. And further, that the said
Valentine Eckert and Philip Spohn ...
were approved as Sureties, to enter into Bonds with the said Michael
Ruth eldest Son of the s'd Peter Ruth deced who died Intestate for the Payment of
the Shares and Dividends of the younger Children of the said Deceased;
upon Sealing and Delivery of which Bonds the said Michael Ruth ...
should hold and enjoy the said Real Estate
whereof his said Father died seized Intestate ...
valued as aforesaid, to him, his Heirs and Assigns for ever, according to
Law, &c. As by the Records of the said Court appears, &c.
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Now the Condition of this Obnligation is such, That
if the fore-bounden Michael Ruth, Valentine Eckert and Philip
Spohn ...
or either of them, their, or either of their Heirs, Executors, or Admi-
nistrators, or any of them, shall and do well and truly pay, or cause to be
paid unto the afore-named George Ruth his ...
certain Attorney, Executors, Administrators and Assigns, or any of them,
the just and full Sum of Three hundred and fifty eight pounds six shillings
and eight pence lawful Money aforesaid (his the said George's Share and purpart
of the said Money at which the Estate aforesaid is valued) in Manner following,
to wit, Two hundred and thirty eight pounds seventeen shillings & ten pence,
part thereof on or before the Eleventh Day of February next ensuing the
date of thyese Presents, and one hundred and nineteen Pounds eight shillings
and ten pence the Residue and in full Payment thereof, at and immediately
after the Decease of Catherine the Widow and Relict of the said Intestate Peter
Ruth deceased ...
without Fraud or further Delay, then this Obligation to be void and of
none Effect, otherwise to be and remain in full force and Virtue.
Sealed and delivered Michael Ruth {seal}
in the Presence of us. Germ. Char.
James Aishell Philip Spohn {seal}
Jn'o Price
Reccd July 25 1772 the Original Bond (from James Read Clerk of the Orphans Court of which
the above is a Copy ... pr ?????? ??????
Witness
William Recser
Francis Rood
The source citation for the entire probate folder is:
Berks County, Pennsylvania Probate Records, Michael Ruth's 1772 bond to George Ruth for part of Peter Ruth's estate, dated 2 March 1772, recorded 25 July 1772; imaged, "Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994," FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1999196), "#185 Berks County, Pennsylvania, "Estates 1752-1799 Resher, Gabriel-Seitzinger, Nich.", folder "Ruth, Peter CU 1771", images 1535-1536 (from images 1501-1570 of total estate folder). Original records in County courthouses, Pennsylvania, microfilmed and digitized by FamilySearch.
Peter Ruth (also Roudt, Roodt, Routh, Root, etc. in some records) owned significant land in Berks County, Pennsylvania Colony when he died intestate in 1771. The total acreage for the eight tracts of land in the estate is approximately 868 acres.
The probate folder contains 70 images concerning this estate administration for Peter Ruth. The real estate was subsequently apprised to be £5,375, and the personal estate was valued at over £1,300. Each of the heirs-at-law received a promissory note of £358-6s-8d each from the administrator, the eldest son Michael Ruth, who received all of the real estate. Two-thirds of the £358-6s-8d was to be paid by 11 February 1773 and one-third was to be paid after the death of Catherine, the wife of Peter Ruth.
Johann Peter Ruth (1704-1771) was born in 1704, perhaps in Wallhausen in Rhine Palatinate, emigrated to America in 1733, and died on 14 September 1771 in Cumru, Berks County, Pennsylvania Colony. He was married twice, firstly in 1724 to Anna Sophia Lauer (1702-before 1735) in Germany, and they had five children; secondly in 1735 to Eva Catherina Meyer (1715-1793) in Pennsylvania, and they had nine children. All fourteen children from both marriages are named in the petition.
Johann Peter and Eva Catharina (Meyer) Ruth are my 6th great-grandparents through their son Gorg Ruth (1740-1812) who married Anna Maria Benss (1751-1796) in 1766 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania Colony.
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