Will of Alexander Larkin

Alexander Larkin named wife Mary, two sons, four daughters and son-in-law Mordecai Moor; his wife and son Thomas were executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Alexander Larkin (printed ALEXANDER LARKIN)

Dated

19 August 1772

Proved

Date not given

Family named

Mary (Wife); Thomas (son); William (son); Mary (daughter); Margaret (daughter); Sarah (daughter); Elizabeth Boring (daughter); Mordecai Moor (her husband)

Executor

Thomas (son)

Witnesses

John Tinnin; Jane Tinnin; William Anderson

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 117.
• 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).