Notes for Sarah Ann Shircliffe

Notes for Sarah Ann Shircliffe

!Will of Sarah Manning: Dated 18 Mar 1844 Perry Co MO:
In the Name of God Amen
Know all men by these presents that I Sarah Manning widow of Joseph Manning deceased of the County of Perry in the State of Missouri being weak in body but of sound and disposing mind and not expecting long to live in this world am anxious to settle my temporal concerns
Do in the first place give and bequeath my soul to God who made it and my body to the.dust from whence it sprung .
And I also give and bequeath all my property consisting of the following articles
To Wit
one sorrell horse Two cows & their in crease Three bed steads, beds and bedding And also all my property of whatsoever nature or kind that I have at my death the property taken by me as my dower of my late husbands estate as also my absolute property
And do give and bequeath the same to the following named persons to wit
I do give and bequeath unto my daughter Mary Layton, widow of Zachariah Layton the one fourth part of all my property,
I also do give and bequeath unto my daughter Sarah Tucker the one fourth part of all my property
I also do give and bequeath unto Benedict Manning heir of Ezekiel Manning deceased the one fourth part of all my property
And I also do give and bequeath unto William Leander Brewer son of Mark Brewer and Fadelia Brewer decd the one fourth part of all my property & if I should dye before receiving the balance of my dower from Pius Manning, Executor of the estate of my last husband Joseph Manning, decd then in that case the amount to be paid to the four named Legatees afforesaid
And I also do constitute and appoint Francis Miles John Brewer my Executors to Execute this my Last Will and testament
And it is further my will and desire as there is but little property that the said Executors may be permitted to make partition of the same among the same Legatees namely Mary Layton, widow Sarah Tucker, Benedict Manning and William Leander Brewer and that each and every one of them have an equal shear of all my property And it is further my will if the said Executor do both refuse to act that the County Court may appoint two or more suitable persons to make partition of the said property among the said Leatees equally
I reserve enough of my property for my funeral expenses under the direction of my Executors
And it is further my will and desire that the County Court may and will permit the Executors aforesaid to make the said partition among the said Legatees without incuring the expence of taking out letter testamentary as it would go far towards consuming the estate and if the said Executors cannot agree in making partition afforesaid then they have power to call in a third person

(After her declaration, she signed with her mark X)

Delivered in presence of Mark Brewer

Sarah Ann Manning's will and estate settlement is in Perry County Probate File 1279. Thomas Edward Riney, son of Sarah Ann, was the administrator of the estate. The final settlement was dated 8 November 1848.

The ones listed in her will: Mary (Riney) Layton, widow of Zachariah was Sarah Manning's daughter by Thomas Riney her first husband. Sarah (Hayden) Tucker was her daughter by Clement Hayden. Benedict Manning was grandson of Joseph Manning. William Leander Brewer was grandson of Joseph Manning.
Sarah (Shircliffe) Riney, Hayden, Manning was 24 years old when her first husband Thomas Riney died in MD, leaving her with three children. She must have married Clement Hayden shortly after Riney died and they were married 22 years before his death in 1811. They had nine children that I have a record of. At the age of 46 she had lost two husbands and had twelve children. At the age of 69 she married Joseph Manning. They were married 9 years. She died the next year.