General Notes

REFN: 262AN
REFN: P262
This is an exact transcription of the Will of Philip Cable dated January 2
9, 1780, recorded on March 28, 1780 in the York County Court House, York,
Pennsylvania (Warrington Township, E-78):
IN THE NAME OF GOD AMAN
I Philip Cabel of Warendton Township and County of York and Provenies of P
ennsylvan ia being wick in Body butt in perfect Mind and Memory I do make
this my last W ill and Testament in Manner and form folling   I Commi
tt my Soul into the Hand s of Almighty God who gave it and my Body to t
he Earth
to be Bured in a Desa nd manner at the Discrechen of my Excutor hier in af
ter Named and Theing much Worly Estates as it has pleased God to Blees mee
with I do Dispose of it as follows to wit; First I order that all my Ju
st Depts and funeral Charges be pa id by my Executor as son hee convene
nt can after
my Desese.  Secondly I give devise and bequeth unto my Well Beloved Wife M
ary Cable twoo Mares and Twoo C ows Twoo Hogs and all the Sheepe   Item, a
nd ict is my Will that my Wife Mary Cable is to have the Bed and Bedste
ed and all the Bedclose and all the House hold Furneture for Ever. Ite
m, I give and
bequeath to my Son Abraham Cabel my Clock and Clockcase and my Son Abrah
am is to give a Meel or Supper to the Bre derhen and  Congregation of
Epheretha and my Son Abraham is to have said Clock in Leve of Forthen poun
ds five Shillings and ict is my Will that Teen Pound s Hard Mond
ey is to be paid to my Childeren out of my Estaed by my Excutor her aft
er named wich is to be paid to them a Twelfe Month after my Deseis, Th
at i s to say to my Son
Abraham Cabel the Som of Forth Shillings, Item, I give and bequeth to my T
houther Barbera Bysel the Sum of Forth Shillings.  Item, To my Son
Benjaman Cabel the Sun of Forth Shillings and a Bible and all my Wering Ap
perels. Items, I gave and bequeath to my Son Jacob Cabel the Sun of Forth
Shillings. Item, I give and bequeth to my Thauther Salome Neele the S
um of For ty
Shillings and I do hierby Revock and Void all former Wills and Testamen
ts herefor Maed her by Tastyfing and  Confirming this my last Will and Tes
tament and I do hereby Certitute and appoint my Frend Michael Miller of t
he Township of Huntington to be my Excutor of this my last Will and
Tastament, In Wittnis whereof I have hereunto Set my Hand & Seal this Twen
ty Ninth Day of January One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty.
Sined Sealed pupliched and delivered by )
The said Phillip Cabel as and for his   )
Last Will and Testament in the Presents   )
Of us who have supscribed ouer Names   ) Fille Kobell  here
Unto in the Pressants of the   )     (SEAL)
Testater as Wittnis ouer Hands
George Ihle
His
Henry   (X)   Firster
Mark
(Comment:  Philip's death has been noted as January 16, 1780; however, he
must have died between the date of his will on January 29, 1780 and March
28, 1780 when the Will was recorded.  RLC)
Philip was born in about 1710. Philip and his wife Maria fled from the Pal
atinate, County of Wittgenstein, Germany during the great persecutions fol
lowing the treaties of Westphalia.
This period of time from 1700 to 1750 was much unsettled in Government a
nd religion of Western Europe from which many migrated to the freedom of A
merica. That part of Germany West of the Rhine River, then known as Palati
nates was especially disturbed because of rival claims and possessio
ns by Germany and France. Protestants were persecuted and exiled. At th
is time many Cable (Cobell) families migrated from Wuertenberg and Weste
rn Europe to the colonies of America. Amsterdam and Baltimore were the ea
sy ports of exit and entry.
Philip and his wife, Maria, arrived in America on September 11, 1732 on t
he ship, Pennsylvania Merchant, Master John Stedman, and settled in German
town, in 1732. Philip and Maria on arriving at Germantown soon were attrac
ted to the Brethren in the Germantown Church. In 1735, Philip and Maria we
re attra