Bucks County, Pennsylvania Orphan's Court Records, 1685-1852

Download or read book Bucks County, Pennsylvania Orphan's Court Records, 1685-1852 written by Thomas G. Myers and published by Heritage Books. This book was released on 2013-02-01 with total page 656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Pennsylvania, the Orphans' Court in each county had jurisdiction to approve the settlement of estates and sale of real estate of decedents and to discharge the executors and administrators from their duties once the estate was settled ... The Orphans' Court was also responsible for partitioning the real estate of intestate decedents and for appointing guardians of minors and subsequently overseeing the settlement of the guardian's accounts. These latter transactions tend to provide the greatest genealogical information since they generally contain complete information about the heirs of the decedent and the ages of birthdates of any children who were minors ..."