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John Romich, born February 21, 1763, deceased,
July 25, 1822
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John ROMICH, deceased, July 25, 1822
Document #1: R-1822, Petition Inquest by Jacob ROMICH, Granted
Nov. 8, 1822
To the Honorable the Judges of the Orphan's Court of Berks County
The petition of Jacob ROMICH, eldest son and heir at law of John ROMICH,
late
of Douglass Township, in the county of Berks aforesaid, Yeoman and
deceased
Humbly showeth,
That his said father Jno. ROMICH died on the twenty fifth of July last
[1822]
intestate leaving a widow named Magdalena and issue in children namely,
Jacob
the petitioner, Hanna married to Samuel RHINEHART, John, Polly, Henry,
and
Sarah, the last named two of whom are yet in their minority [above
the age of
14 and below the age of 21 years] That the said intestate died
seized in his
demesne as of fee of and in a messuage plantation and tract of land
situate in
Douglass Township of aforesaid, bounded by lands of Jacob FISHER, David
RHINEHART, Geo PECK, Jacob WEIDNER and others and containing one hundred
and
ninety acres of land, - (on this property is a two story log house,
with a
cellar under it, and a well of good water with a pump in it, before
the [----?],
Also a large Switzer barn built of stone, containing in length 87 feet,
and 37
in breadth) 140 acres of which are clear. Also of and in
another messuage
plantation and tract of land situate in the same township, bounded
by lands of
Jacob VANREED, Geo RAHMICH, Jno VANREED and Daniel PILE and containing
forty
three acres (on this property is a two story stone house, to which
is attached
a spring house, through which flows a very fine spring - also a Switzer
barn
built of stone, 50 feet in length and 30 feet in breadth) Also
of and in about
ten and one half acres of mountain land, situate partly in the same
township
and partly in Colebrookdale Township, bounded by lands of Mathias RITTER
and
Jacob WERSTLER- Your petitioner therefore prays your honor to
award an Inquest
to make Partition of the said real estate with the appurtenances, to
and among
the children and representatives of the said intestate, in such manner
and in
such proportions as by the laws of this Commonwealth is directed, if
such
partition can be made without prejudice to and shorting the whole;
But if such
partition cannot be thereof made as aforesaid, then to value and appraise
the
same and make report of their proceedings herein according to law.
And he will pray TheeJacob ROMICH {signature}
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Document #2: Widow's renunciation of right to administer - Aug
23, 1822
To Peter AURAND Esq. Register of Berks CountySir,
The subscriber widow of John ROMIC late of Douglass Township in Berks
County
deceased do hereby renounce at my right of administering to the estate
of said
John ROMIC deceased and that I am satisfied that my two sons Viz Jacob
and
John ROMIC should administer to said estate in witness whereof I have
hereunto
set my name this twenty third day of August 1822.Magdalena ROMIGin
{signature}
Witnesses present: Tho. BOONE {Signature} and Henry ROMICH {Signature}
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Document #3: Order to the Sheriff of Berks County for Partition
and Sale
in response to the Petition of Jacob ROMICH.
Berks County, ss....The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania....Greetings.
WHEREAS: Jacob ROMICH, eldest son and heir at law of John ROMICH
late of the
township of Douglass in said county yeoman deceased, preferred
a petition to
the Judges of the Orphans Court of the said county, setting forth that
his said
father died intestate on the 25th day of July last [1822], leaving
a widow named
Magdalena and issue five children, namely to wit: Jacob the Pet.,
Hannah wife
of Samuel RHINEHART, John, Polly, Henry and Sarah, the last named two
of whom
are yet in their minority.
That the said intestate, at the time of his decease was seized in his
demesne
as of fee and in messuage, plantation, and tract of land situate in
Douglass
Township aforesaid, bounded by lands of Jacob. FISHER, David RHINEHART,
Geo.
PECK, Jacob WEIDNER and others, and containing one hundred and ninety
acres of
land - Also of in another messuage, plantation and tract of land, situate
in
the same Township, bounded by lands of Jacob. VANREED, Geo. RAHMICH,
Jno.
VANREED, and Daniel PILE and containing forty three acres - Also of
and in about
ten and one half acres of mountain land, situate in the same Township
and partly
in Colebrook Dale Township, bounded by lands of Mathias RITTER and
Jacob
WERSTLER----with the appurtenances; and therefore praying the court
to award
an inquest to view the same make partition, and which was accordingly
awarded
by the court
THEREFORE WE COMMAND YOU, that you forthwith summon an inquest of twelve
good and lawful men of your bailiwick and go to the said premises,
and then
there by their oaths and solemn affirmations make partition thereof,
with the
appurtenances to and among the widow and among all the children of
said de-
ceased, if the same can be done without prejudice to and spoiling of
the whole.
But if the same cannot be so parted and divided without prejudice to
and spoil-
ing of the whole, that the same inquest do view and inquire whether
the same
will conveniently accommodate more than one of the said children -
and if they
so find, that they then ascertain and report how many the same will
as aforesaid
accommodate, describing each purport by metes and bounds and returning
a just
valuation and appraisement thereof. But if the said inquest shall
find that the
premises aforesaid, with the appurtenances, cannot be parted and divided
to and
among the widow and all the children of the said deceased, nor accommodate
more
than one of the said children without prejudice and spoiling of the
whole, that
they then value and appraise the same agreeable to law. That
they estimate the
widows part therein and in each purport if divided. That due
and legal notice
of the time and place of holding such inquisition be given to all parties
inter-
ested, that they may be present if they think proper. And that
the partition
of valuation so made, you distinctly and openly have, under your hand
and seal
and under the hands and seals of those by whom the same shall be made,
before
our judges at Reading, at our Orphans Court, there to be held the tenth
day
of January next [1823]. And have you then there this writ.
Witness the
honorable Robert PORTER, Esquire, president of our said Court, at Reading,
the
eighth of November in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred
and
twenty two.By Order of the CourtWm. SCHOENER, {signature} Clerk O.
Court
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Document #4: R-1823, Petition for guardian of Henry ROMICH, Jan
10, 1823
This document declared that Henry was a minor above the age of fourteen
years
and asks the judges of the orphans court to permit Jacob HEPPENHEIMER
of Amity
Township to be his guardian. The petition was approved by the court.
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Document set #5: Volume 8 p. 105 and 278; Writ of Partition
and Valuation
on the Estate of John ROMICH, deceased. Jan. 10, 1823
Included with this set of documents was a plot plan showing a survey
of the
properties of John ROMICH, deceased and a statement of a fair division
of the
same which would accommodate three of his children, Jacob, John, and
the
third not named on the statement, but later to be Henry.
Property 1: Containing 24a 50 p, 93 1/2a 50p; 34a 118p, 3a 154p
valued at
$4,654.50 by Jacob, taken.
Property 2: Containing 13a 136p, 15a 42p, 40a 0p, 6a 43p valued
at
$2,312. Not taken [later adjudged to Jacob HEPPENHEIMER
guardian forHenry]
Property 3: Containing 30a 140p valued at $620.00 by John, taken.
Judges present, Robert PORTER and Gab. HIESTER,
Inquisition confirmed Jacob ROMICH eldest son appeared and accepted
the first
within described purport....at the same time John ROMICH accepted the
third
purport.
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Document #6: Petition of Jacob HEPPENHEIMER, guardian of Henry
ROMICH,
to accept purport No. 2 of the division of lands of Jno. ROMICH,
deceased.
for value of $2,312. Filed, Jan. 8, 1824 and approved Jan.
15, 1824.
Pennsylvania, Berks County, ss: In the Orphans Court of the said
County.
Whereas at an orphans court held at the Borough of Reading in and for
the
County of Berks on the eighth day of January A.D. one thousand eight
hundred
and twenty four, the second described purport of the real estate of
John ROMICH
deceased, consisting of four pieces or tracts of land, one of them
containing
thirteen acres and one hundred thirty six perches, another fifteen
acres and 42
perches, another 40 acres and the other six acres and 43 perches, together
or
in the whole valued and appraised at the sum of two thousand three
hundred and
twelve dollars lawful money of the United States by an inquest held
for that
purpose in pursuance of an order of the said court was adjudged to
Henry ROMICH
son of the said John ROMICH deceased who appeared by his guardian Jacob
HEPPEN-
HEIMER and accepted the same at the said valuation and appraisement,
upon his
paying or securing to be paid to the legal representatives of the said
deceased
their equal and proportional parts respective of and in the valuation
monies
aforesaid within one year with Interest from the ninth day of January
A.D. 1824.
And said court did then and thence decree that if any debt or debts
should
hereafter be sued or prosecuted or otherwise duly made to appear against
the
estate of the said deceased, that a deduction of a proportional part
of the
same shall be made from the valuation aforesaid, of the several purports
of
the said real estate.
Therefore I, the said Henry ROMICH, a son of the said deceased [John
ROMICH]
by my said guardian - acknowledge to - owe to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
in the sum of four thousand dollars - lawful money as aforesaid, of
the real
estate so accepted and adjudged to be made and levied of default be
made in the
following condition that it to say:
If the said Henry ROMICH his heirs, executors, administrators or assigns
shall
and do pay to the legal representatives of the said deceased, their
equal and
proportional parts of and in the said valuation monies agreeable to
the said
adjudication of the court aforesaid, then this obligation to be void,
otherwise
to be and remain full form and virtue. Taken and acknowledged
in open court
the 15th day of January A.D. 1824, by Mathias RICHARDS {signature).
Jacob HEPPENHEIMER {signature & seal}
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Document set #7: Promissory Notes from Jacob HEPPENHEIMER to
4 of the heirs
of John ROMICH, deceased, on behalf of Henry ROMICH.
To: Polly ROMICH, John ROMICH, Sarah ROMICH, and Samuel RHINEHART,
intermarried with Hannah ROMICH. [There being no note for Jacob].
Each note
promised to pay $800 to the heir of John ROMICH, further noting that
$256.90
was due in one year with interest from the date of the note and
the further
sum of $128.44 cents immediately after the decease of the widow of
the said
John ROMICH, deceased as part of their due for the second part of the
real
estate of John ROMICH. Sealed and delivered in the presence of
Mathias
Richards, and signed by Jacob HEPPENHEIMER.
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Document #8: R-1824, Grant of Petition for guardian of Sarah
ROMICH,
Jan 9, 1824
This document declares that on Jan. 9, 1824, the Judges of the orphans
court
granted guardianship of Sarah to her husband Jacob ROTH.
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Document #9: Administration Accounts of Jacob ROMIG and John
ROMIG
Administrators of John ROMIG, late of Douglass Township, Berks
County, yeoman
deceased.The accountants charge themselves with the amounts of the
sales of the
personal estate amounting to:...$1,460.00; Edward POTTS on note - $4.00,
Jno.
SCHWIENHARTZ on Bond - $65.33, Interest for 5 months - $1.63, George
SPOTZ
Bond - $150.98, Jacob SCHWINHARTS Note - $139.00, Interest to Jan 1,
1824 -
$12.92, Samuel REINARD on Bond - $266.67, Adam GRESH on Note - $98.00,
Advanced to Jno. ROMIG in the lifetime of said deceased - $252.35,
to Samuel
REINHARD furniture - $133.00.....Total $2,583.98
The said accountants crave allowance for the following disbursements
made out
of the estate aforesaid to wit: to register for letters of administration
-
$3.12, copy of inventory - $2.00, Survey wages - $24.00, Henry BETZ,
Esq.,
Sheriff - 412.75, Jacob LEVENGOOD -$12.18, Jacob FISHER - $3.50, Henry
BARE -
$4.92, George BECK - $3.45, Jno. MAUGER - $12.91, Jno. MALSBERGER -
$4.90 1/2,
Henry SCHWEINHARTZ - $15.00, Jno. STAUFFER - $15.00, Jno. STAUFFER
- $15.50,
Joseph RHOADS - $8.27, David LUDWIG & Jacob FISHER - $2.00, Frederick
DELICKER - $3.00, Jno RITTER - $0.28, Mrs. LEAVER - $4.33, Christian
BRYMAN -
1.12 1/2, Peter WEIDNER - $12.58, Jacob WEAVER- $0.46, Jno RITTER &
Co. -
$1.00, Henry RHOADS - $4.66, George ROMIG on Bond - $250.00, Frederic
DELICKER
- $4.00, Charles WHITMAN - $2.50 - $7.25 - $5.00, Jacob
KIRCHOFF - $1.00, Fred.
BEITENMAN - $4.00, Peter HOUGBERGER - $20.00, George MILLER - $14.94,
doctor Wm.
BRYAN - $6.62, Lincoln BOONE - $1.00, Jacob ROMIG book account - $92.98,
Work
done by Jacob ROMIG for his father after hew was of age - $75.00, Henry
ROMIG -
$5.75, Lost Debts - George SPOTZ - $150.98, Adam GRESH - $98.00, Paid
for
stating this account to - $2.50, Jacob FISHER for services -
$1.00, Register
and passing account - $6.00, Clerk of Orphans Court - $1.00, Administrators
charge for settling this estate - $100.00. ..... Total $1,567.65...
Error in
vendue - $122.01, Rent of Henry ROMIG - $50.00......Jan. 2nd, A.D.
1827 real
balance $1,495.64 1/2
Jacob ROMICH {signature}
John ROMICH {Signature}
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Document #10: R 1843 - Estate of Magdalena ROMICH, widow of JohnROMICH
Filed Nov. 6th, 1843, Jacob ROMICH of Douglass Township, Henry SHAEFFER
of
Exeter Township, and Jacob HERGOLD of Amity Township, all of Berks,
provided
a $3,000 bond to settle the estate of Magdalena ROMICH, "for any goods,
chattels
and credits...of said deceased, at the time of her death,....that shall
come into
the hands of Jacob ROMICH."
Filed Dec. 11, 1843 Accounting and just appraisement of all the
goods and
chatels rights and credits which were of Magdalena ROMICH (widow of
John
ROMICH) late of Douglass Township, Berks County deceased at the time
of her
death, to wit: Debits $111.14 , No credit list with document.
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With the death of Magdalena, widow of John ROMICH who died 1822, the
final
balance of the payments to John ROMICH's heirs, became payable. Payment
is
reflected in the remaining documents of the file.
Document Set #11: R 1844 - Recognizance Henry ROMICH by his guardian
Jacob
HEPPENHEIMER., containing releases from Hannah REINERT, Sarah RHOADS,
and Mary
the widow of John ROMICH, April 13, 1844.
No. 1. I Jacob RHOADS, in right of my wife Sarah, a daughter
of the within
named John ROMICH, deceased, do hereby acknowledge to have received
full
satisfaction on the within recognizance for the share of said Sarah,
in the sum
of six hundred sixty six dollars and sixty six cents, and do hereby
release the
written named acceptant, April 13, 1844.
Jacob RHOADS {signature}
Sarah RHOADS {signature}
No. 2. I Hannah REINERT, one of the daughters of the within named
John ROMICH
deceased, widow of Samuel REINERT, do hereby acknowledge to have
received full
satisfaction for the whole of my share on the within recognizance and
do hereby
release the within named Henry ROMICH. April 13, 1844.
Hannah (X-her mark) REINERT
No. 3. I, Mary ROMICH, widow of John ROMICH, deceased, a son
of the within
named John ROMICH, do hereby acknowledge to have received full satisfaction
of
all the monies due said John ROMICH my husband aforesaid, on the within
recognizance bequest to me by my said husband and do hereby release
the within
named Henry ROMICH, May 13, 1844.Mary ROMICH {signature}