Renunciations are papers filed in the Orphans' Court by executors of an estate who do not wish to administer that estate. They show the name of the decedent, the decedent's place of residence, the name of the person renouncing administration, the name of the replacement administrator to be appointed, and date. The relationship between the decedent, the executor, and the administrator is usually shown. Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.
System of Arrangement
Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.
Signers of Petition: Daniel Miller, Daniel Rosch, J. J. Buckwalter, Jacob Weaver, Abraham B. Witmer, Jacob Rehm, B. B. Gonder, Jacob Rehm, Daniel Crider, Henry Spiehlman, Michael Book, Samuel Spielman, Conrad Litzmann.
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Signers of petition: John Reed, John R. Krider, Daniel M. Eaby, Adam D. Zook, Moses Eaby, Jacob K. Eckert, David T. Bair, Benjamin Hoover, George H. Skiles, Frederick Snyder, Joel Sharp, David Beam.
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Signers of petition: William Witman, Francis Gillespie Jr., George Miller, E. D. White, Coleman J. Bull, Hanson Jacobs, Jacob Albright, M. Bickham, B. F. Bunn, Davis Clemson, Peter H. Foland, [ ] Bickham, William Yohn, John Thomas, William Kurtz, Jacob Shirk, David Evans, William Ringwalt, Jacob Ax, Andrew Robeson, Isaac Evans, John Kurtz, Jacob [Westley].
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Signers of petition: M. Bickham, William Yohn, Philip Shingle, John Ringwalt, Peter Boffenmeyer, David Styer, Jacob Jameson, B. F. Bunn, John Zell, Lot Rogers, E. D. White, Hiram Evans, Andrew Robeson, George Miller Sr., Jacob R. Byler, Davis Clemson, Philip Kurtz, Jacob Westley.
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Signers of petition: Hiram Evans, David Styer, Frederick Yohn, B. F. Bunn, Joseph Spotts, David H. Sensenich, John Plank, E. D. White, H. B. Jacobs, Pharis Plank, John Kurtz, Isaac C. Evans, Jonathan Price, Edward Barkley.
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Signers of petition: Christian Herr, Elias Herr, Jacob Spring, Henry Ferrer, Jacob Keesy, Isaac Houser, John Kreider Jr., John H. Miller, John Krider, A. S. Mylin, Henry Gall, Isaac Pickel, [signature in German], John Herr.
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Signers of petition: John P. Long, Jacob Weidler, Isaac B. Miller, Jacob Diffenbaugh, Jacob Spring, Jacob Keesy, Amos Stauffer, Frederick [Dare], Christian Herr, Frank McCullick, Isaac Pickel, James McCurdy, John Williamson, Abraham Herr.
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