Will of James Talbert

James Talbert named wife Mary, three sons and an unnamed daughter, protected his unnamed parents' residence, and arranged sons' apprenticeships with uncle Joseph.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

James Talbert (printed JAMES TALBERT)

Dated

5 October 1769

Proved

April 1770 court

Family named

Mary (wife); John (oldest son; to learn tailor's trade at age of fifteen); Benjamin (son; to be bound at fifteen till twenty-one); Loran (?) (son; to be bound at fifteen till twenty-one); Joseph (his uncle)

Executors

Abraham Miles (loving brothers); George Sea (loving brothers)

Witnesses

Thomas McNeil; George See (Possibly Lee)

Reading note: Son Loran (?) uncertain. Executor George Sea; witness George See (Possibly Lee). Sons to be apprenticed at fifteen until twenty-one; not current ages.

Names and places are given as the abstract writes them, spelling and all. This record has not been checked against the will book.

Where to find it

• Orange County Will Book A, page 112.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded 1752 through 1800 in Orange County, North Carolina, Will Books A, B and C (Davie Poplar Chapter NSDAR, revised edition 1966).
• Also listed in Mark Chilton, “Wills Recorded in Orange County, NC 1756–1893” (Wandering through the NC Piedmont, 2019), an index of the will books with references to the court minutes.
• Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 80001, “Record of Wills, 1752–1795, Vols. A, B” (State Archives film).