George Yeakel wrote his Last Will and Testament on 19 July 1742. He died five days later, having survived his wife by five weeks. The Will was probated before Deputy Register Jacob Reiff on 1 August 1742 in Salford Township, in what was then Philadelphia and now Montgomery County. He also lived in that township. The will can be found in Philadelphia Will Book F, pages 310-311, will number 283, FHL microfilm 0021723. You should be aware that the microfilm was filmed in the negative.

He provided for his infant daughter Rosina. If she did not survive, or if she died a minor and without heirs (as she did, dying at age 13 months), the estate was to be divided equally between his mother and his mother-in-law, or their heirs. Both of them were widows, a fact he did not mention. They both survived to inherit, his mother Regina J�ckel living until August 1747 and his mother-in-law Anna Wagner until March 1749. He never mentions the names of his daughter, referring to her simply as "my Child" or those of his mother or mother-in-law. He appointed "my Trusty Friend Abraham Wagner & Casper Kirbele (sic)" as his executors; Abraham was his brother-in-law. He gave them full power to lease or to sell his property. They later sold his plantation. The witnesses were the Rev. Balthasar Hoffman and George Kerbell (sic). He signed the document as George Jeekels.

The 1923 G.R. does not mention his will but does provide the deed that his executors signed.

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