Similiter parietes junioris Ecclesiae S. Petri. Tempore ejus constructæ fuerunt Coll. S. S. Trinitat, Dublin studuit alumnus Obiit Die V mensis Januar Anno Salut MDCCLXII ÆT. LXXV Si puræ Religionis honestæ Veritatis benevoli animi Exemplum Velis Hunc Christianæ fidei Vindicem Probitatis Cultorem Respice, Sequere, imitare Juxta hoc etiam marmor sepulta Jacet The Last Will and Testament of Mrs. Jenney.* (L. S.) delivered by the sd Jean Elizabeth Jenny for and as her last Will and Testament in presence of us John Ross Jno Kearsley the above as sure of the two last lines being first made Be it Remembred that on the 13th of Recorded at the Register's office, Philadelphia, Pa. INTERIOR OF CHRIST CHURCH, PHILADELPHIA, PA. The white stone in the aisle in front of the chancel covers the remains of the Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Jenney January 1762 Before me William Plumstead Esqr Regr Genl for the Probate of Wills & granting Ires of Adminion in & for the Province of pennsylvania personally appeared Doctor John Kearsley and John Ross both of the City of Philada Gentmn being sworn on the holy Evangelist of Almighty God did depose declare and say as follows the sd John Kearsley for himself doth depose declare and say that on Monday morning last being ye eleventh day of this Instant January this deponent went to see Mrs. Jean Elizabeth Jenney and found her in Bed very ill and thought she could not live long that this depont ask'd her if she was not desireous to settle her affairs by making a will to which she answered she was desireous to make a Will that this depont then called for the Revd Mr George Craig who was then in the House and requested him the sd Craig to go or send for Mr Ross for the purpose afsd that the sd John Ross accordingly speedily came and Questioned the sd Jean Elizabh who should be her Executors to which she answered the afd George Craig and the sd Jean Elizabt was further asked by the sd John Ross and this depont and also Mrs Mary Franks then also in the room with her who should be her Heir or to whom she would give her Estate to which the sd Jean Elizabt repeatedly answered her relation Mary Valleau should be her Heir & Enjoy her Estate that divers Questions were asked to the sd Jean Eliza. in favour of divers persons as well Relations as others whether she would not give them some part of her Estate to which she continually answered in the Negative that she was asked concerning her Library of Books whether she would not give the same for the use of the Minister of Christ's Church to which she then agreed & soon after refused that thereupon the sd John Ross put the same in writing & acquainted her with the contents thereof in manner it now stands save that when she signified she would not give the Library to the use of the Minister of the sd Church afd the sd John Ross was asked whether she would Sign & Seal the same to which she answered yes and was raised up for that purpose & the pen & Ink offered to her but she could not take or hold the pen in her fingers & soon after Expired And the sd John Ross for himself saith that he was requested on Monday last the Eleventh day of this Instant January by the revd Mr George Craig & the afd Doctor John Kearsley to attend the afd Jean Eliza Jenny to make her Will that the sd John Ross Immediately went and found her in bed sick as before set forth that all and singular the matters & things before related by the sd Doctor John Kearsley [Author's Notes.-The Mary Valleau mentioned in the above Will was a daughter of Peter Theodorus Valleau, a nephew of Mrs. Jenney. At the time of her Great Aunt's death, Mary was in her thirteenth year. Her history is given in the article upon Peter Theodorus Valleau. John Ross, who drew up the Will, and was a witness to it, was a prominent lawyer of Philadelphia at that time. He was a son of the Reverend George Ross, Rector of Immanuel Church, Newcastle, Del., and a brother of George Ross, a signer of the Declaration of Independence from Pennsylvania. Dr. John Kearsley, the physician of Mrs. Jenney, married her sister, Anne Magdalene, in whose history is given an account of the Doctor. The Reverend George Craig held the position of Missionary to the three churches, St. Paul's, Chester; St. Martin's, Marcus Hook; and St. John's, Concord, Pennsylvania, from 1758 to 1783, through the troublous times preceding and during the Revolution, a fact which speaks volumes for his ability, discretion and personal character. He was buried under St. Martin's Church, in Marcus Hook, and the memorial tablet may still be seen in the floor of the basement of the present edifice. Mrs. Mary Franks, most likely belonged to a Hebrew family of this name, then prominent in Philadelphia.] 8. Anne Magdalene Fauconnier Anne Magdalene, the eighth child of Pierre Fauconnier and Madeleine Pasquereau, was their youngest daughter. There are no known records of her birth, baptism or marriages. In regard to the last it is family history that she was twice married, the name of her first husband being Theophilus Caillé; and that she was quite young when she became the wife of Dr. John Kearsley, Sr., of Philadelphia, |