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: Henry Hurst, John Varnz, John Reed, Isaac Groff, William Lightner, John Bitzer, Jacob Rutter, Jacob K. Eckert, John S. Hurst, Daniel McFadden, John Miller, Jacob Sheaffer, Isaac Eaby, Simpson [Ruth], Martin B. Stauffer, Gabriel Eckert, Thomas Himes, Thomas Downey, Isaac Bitzer.
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Signers of Petition: John Bitzer Jr., Isaac Bitzer, John Varnz, Jacob K. Eckert, [signature in German], James Lemmon, Henry Hurst, William Lemman, John L. Lightner, Jacob Eckert Jr., Robert Blackburn, Joel Lightner.
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Signers of petition for an eating house: J. F. Hershy, Harlan Baldwin, A. L. Henderson, B. F. Houston, David Kurtz, Oliver P. Wilson, Eli Rutter, Isaac Diller, John Mason, John Umble, Thomas W. Henderson, Henry Skiles, Henry Worst Sr.
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Signers of Petition: Henry Hurst, John Varnz, John Brubaker, Daniel McFadden, Martin B. Stauffer, Peter Hurst, Frederick Snyder, Jacob K. Eckert, Jacob Eckert Jr., Daniel M. Eaby, Thomas Himes, John Rhoads, Moses Eaby, [Jacob Rutter].
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Signers of Petition: John Varnz, Benjamin Seldomridge, Martin B. Stauffer, Jacob [Rutter], Moses Eaby, Isaac Groff, Peter Hurst, Jacob Eckert Jr., Henry Hurst, Jacob K. Eckert, Isaac Dunlap, John D. Miller, John Hurst, Thomas Himes.
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Signers of Petition: Benjamin M. Bitzer, Benjamin Seldomridge, James Lemmon, John [Verns], Isaac Bitzer, John Hasson, Jacob Rutter, William S. Blackburn, Robert Knox, Cyrus Miller, Peter Hurst, John Bitzer, Henry Hurst, Henry Hines.
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Signers of petition: Isaac Bitzer, Uriah Bitzer, John Reed, John Hurst, Daniel M. Eaby, John L. Lightner, Moses Eaby, George H. Skiles, Jacob Eaby, Joseph Eaby, Jacob K. Eckert, John S. Hurst, Henry Hurst.
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