{"id":200,"date":"2014-05-22T14:15:43","date_gmt":"2014-05-22T19:15:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/?page_id=200"},"modified":"2014-06-15T20:27:46","modified_gmt":"2014-06-16T01:27:46","slug":"boyers-in-wills-and-administration-records","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/families\/boyer\/boyers-in-wills-and-administration-records\/","title":{"rendered":"Boyers in Wills and Administration Records"},"content":{"rendered":"

Index of Wills and Administration Records<\/h3>\n

Northampton County, PA 1752-1850 and Lehigh County 1812-1850 compiled by Richard and Mildred Williams and published by them in 1971. Original records are at the Register of Wills offices. The book I referenced was at the Chester County Historical Society library in West Chester, PA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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20<\/td>\n1825<\/td>\nBoyer, Frederick<\/td>\nBethlehem<\/td>\nWill<\/td>\n3668<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20<\/td>\n1760<\/td>\nBoyer, Henry<\/td>\nTowamensing<\/td>\nAdm.<\/td>\n221<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\u00a92007, Karen Furst. Please feel free to link to any of these pages. This information is for personal use only. Please do not copy, publish, or distribute it elsewhere.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Index of Wills and Administration Records Northampton County, PA 1752-1850 and Lehigh County 1812-1850 compiled by Richard and Mildred Williams and published by them in 1971. Original records are at the Register of Wills offices. The book I referenced was at the Chester County Historical Society library in West Chester, PA. 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