Good afternoon from the suburbs of Philadelphia, PA. My name is Greg Davis and I am attempting to decipher a last will and testament that has been in my family's possession for a very long time. About a year before my father died in 1997, he asked me to be the keeper of our family records. They contain old books, letters, photographs, heirlooms, and my great-great grandfather's military records (and items) from his years as a field and staff officer in the Union Army (before and during our American Civil War). Among the many items passed down through the years, is a hand-written (in beautiful script) last will and testament of one Joseph Sager. It was written in 1796 by Joseph on writing paper which has a water mark and which seems to be of high quality...high cloth content. The paper is still in excellent condition. The will specifically states he lived in Richmond in the County of York and that he was (at the time of the writing) a head master at a school. It has been a couple of years since I last looked at the will and I don't remember if the school is named. Joseph lists his children individually. Some from his first marriage...some from his second. He states in the will that his children from his first marriage had, by the time of the writing, already received their inheritances. Further...it seems from the wording in the will that the children from his second marriage had not yet received their inheritances but would receive certain personal items and sums of money. (Please bear with me...I'll get 'round to the connection to my family.) The will is a wonderful piece of personal history to read...even if I weren't connected to Joseph in any way. However, I do believe I am related (although, distantly) to him. During research in the census archives in the City of Philadelphia, PA, many years ago, I noticed that my great-great grandfather married one Jane Weir...also (I'm guessing) of Philadelphia. Jane's father (Charles Weir) is the son of one of Joseph Sager's daughters (Mary Jane Sager), who married into the Weir family (when