Jacob Deeto in the Orphan Court Docket record of Barbara Deeto, deceased, 29 May 1772, York Co., PA
From History of the Ditto Families 1700-2000, by Robert S. Riley
Extract of Orphan Court Docket, Book C, 29 May 1772, York County [PA], Page 67

CAME into Court Casper White, Administrator of all and singular the Goods and Chattels, Rights and Credits which were of Barbara Deeto, Deceased, and produced an Account of his Administration on the Estate of the said Deceased as settled with the Register of this County whereby there appears to be a Ballance of the said Estate in the said Administrator’s Hands of the sum of sixty—one Pounds, fourteen Shillings, and seven Pence, which being examined by the Court, it appeared that the said Administrator had been charged with two Articles twice in the said Account amounting to the sum of five Pounds and four Shillings, which being deducted from the former Ballance, Reduces it to the sum of fifty-five Pounds, seventeen Shillings, and ten Pence, which is the Ballance remaining in the hands of the said Administrator, which being allowed of by the Court. It is hereupon Ordered and Decreed: That the said Administrator pay unto John Deeto the sum of twelve Pounds, eight shillings and four Pence half—penny in full for his two shares of the said Ballance as eldest Son of the said Deceased; That he pay unto Jacob, Francis, Joseph, Peter, Anthony, Catherine, and Mary Deeto each, or to the Guardians of such of them as are Minors, the sum of six Pounds, four Shillings, and two Pence farthing in full for their respective shares of said Ballance which, with the Costs of this Court, is the full amount of the Ballance in the said Administrator’s Hands.
May the 29, 1772. Present Martin Eichelberger, David W. Conaughy, and Joseph Updegraff, Esquires, Justices &c. assigned &c. 

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