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I, John Conrad, of New Haven, Allen County, State of Indiana, do make and publish this last will and testament.
Item 1. I give, devise, and bequeath unto my daughters Catherine and Elizabeth Conrad the house in which I now reside together with the lot on which it is built and the adjoining lot to theirs and their heirs in equal shares forever.
Item 2. I give, devise and bequeath to my sons John and Peter and George and Joseph and to my daughter Emily and to their heirs forever in equal shares, my farm situated in Adams Township, Allen County, Indiana, containing (50) fifty acres of land together with all the privileges and appurtenances to the same belonging: it being the farm on which my son Casper now resides.
Item 3. I have already given unto my two sons Mathais and Casper, twenty (20) acres of land in Adams Township by Warrantee Deed in fee simple which I then considered to be their share of my estate, real and personal.
Item 4. It is my will that my just debts and charges be paid out of my Estate. After these are paid the residue of my personal effects, including household furniture, money, etc. I give and bequeath to my daughter Catherine. I make and appoint my nephew Peter Conrad executor of this my last will and testament. In testimony hereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this ninth day of January in the year 1873. John x Coonrad his mark
Signed and acknowledged by said John Coonrad, as his last will and testament in our presence and signed by us in his presence. John x Trautuer his mark Peter Coonrad
Filed by William S. Edsall, Clerk of Court of Allen County,
Indiana, January 16, 1873 Recorded on pages 314 and 315 of the Record of Wills No.3.

June 2002 (Pat Comiskey Email )
Land records show that Caspar Sr. along with Peter and Elizabeth Fesselbrandt bought 64 acres in Manlius on June 21, 1834. Details of the acreage split were not spelled out, but other land transactions followed. The Fesselbrandts sold one-half of the tween their properties to Caspar Sr. for $1.00, and later Caspar Sr. sold 10-14 acres to sons John and Caspar Jr. and transferred by deed 11 acres to both Peter Fesselbrandt and Mathias. In the 1840 census covering Onondaga County, I found Peter Fezlebrant and family. In 1850, Peter Feaslebont and Elizabeth are listed, and they had among other children a son John, 16, listed as born in Germany. In 1860, Peter Fesenblant was still in Manlius, but I have not found him anywhere since. When John sold his farm in April 1862, it was described as bordering on St. Mary Catholic Church on the east and land owned by Peter Fesselbrandt on the west. If the Conrads and Fesselbrants came over on the same ship, it appears to me that they arrived in Manlius in early 1834.

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