Keller & Walker Family Home Page:Information about Johan Jacob Keller, Jr.
Johan Jacob Keller, Jr. (b. 21 February 1779, d. 12 September 1835)
Notes for Johan Jacob Keller, Jr.:(all spellings are as noted from the hand writing on a copy of this document)
* Jacob Jr. gave the land to his eldest son John through his Last Will and Testament.
* Last Will & Testament, #253, Estate #2460, reads as follows with spelling and terms as best read:"Memorandum, that on or about the twenty sixth day of May one thousand eight hundred and thirty five, Jacob Keller of Potter Township, Centre County being sick of the sickness whereof he died and on about the twelfth of September following did at this dwelling house in said Township make and declare his last will and testament ... in these or the like following, John Keller my son is to have one hundred seventy five acres of land in the and of the place he now lives on for which he is to pay five thousand dollars for by paying to Thomas Huston six hundred twenty five dollars yearly, first payment to be made May 1, 1836.John is to have the land agreeably to a division line run by Oliver Kerr, the remainder of the land to remain in the hands of my wife as long as she lives, after her death the land to be sold and the money divided equally among all my children.These words or to the like effort the said deceased declared in the presence of the witnesses whose names are hereunto subscribed, with an intention that the same should stand for and be his last will and testament and he the said Jacob Keller be the witnesses on some of them bear witness thereunto. Witness our hands this 17th day of October 1835.Daniel Dobbins, John Keller Sr., Jas. Potter"
* "I do hereby announce my right to administer on the estate of my late husband Jacob Keller and do request that my friends John Stouffer and Jacob Keller administer on the estate of my late husband Jacob Keller deck.Witness my hand this 10th day of October 1835.Elizabeth (x her mark) Keller.Witness Jas. Potter, John Keller
*Centre County - "Before me Samuel Pettit, Deputy Registre for the probate of wills and granting Letters of Administration in and for Centre County personally appeared Daniel Dobbins, John Keller, son and James Potter subscribing witness to the foregoing instrument of writing who being duly sworn according to law saith that they were personally present with Jacob Keller now deceased at his dwelling house in Potter Township and during his last ... and sickness that in the presence and hearing of the said Daniel Dobbins, John Keller, son, and James Potter the deceased Jacob Keller did pronounce the words to the ... and meaning of the foregoing and called them to witness such as his Last Will, that at the same time the said Jacob Keller was of sound and disposing mind, memory and understanding and further saith not." Sworn and Subscribed the 17th day of Oct 1835 before Samuel Pettit.Witnesses Daniel Dobbins, John Keller and James Potter.
More About Johan Jacob Keller, Jr.:
Age at death (Facts Page): at death 56 yrs 6 mos 21 days.
Baptism: 14 March 1779, St. Jacob's Kimmerling's Reformed Church, Lebabon Cty, PA.
Baptism Sponsor: 14 March 1779, Casper and Barbara Schop.
Event 2: 17 October 1835, filed intestate LW&T.
Residence: Centre Cty/Old Red Mill in Potter Township.
Children of Johan Jacob Keller, Jr. and Mary Elizabeth Korman are:
- +David Keller, b. 25 January 1818, Cedar Springs, Pennsylvania, d. 27 June 1904, Boalsburg, Centre Cty, Pennsylvania13.