Will of Henry Maynor

Henry Maynor mentioned his unnamed wife and named five daughters; friends Anthony Chamness and John Marshal were executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Henry Maynor (printed HENRY MAYNOR)

Dated

3 March 1760

Proved

March 1760 court

Family named

Rachel (daughter); Mary (daughter); Elizabeth (daughter); Susanna (daughter); Betty (daughter)

Executors

Anthony Chamness (friends); John Marshal (friends)

Witnesses

Charles Davis; John Pike; William Marshall

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 12.
• 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).