Will of Joseph Allen

Joseph Allen named wife Sarah, two daughters, five sons and four other children; sons William and Daniel and friend Wm. Clark were executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Joseph Allen (printed JOSEPH ALLEN)

Dated

25 August 1750

A second reading

Mark Chilton’s index of the will books gives the date as 25 August 1770. Check the will book to settle it.

Family named

Sarah (Wife); John (son); William (son); Daniel (son); George (son); Joshua (son); Elizabeth (daughter); Sarah (daughter); Solomon (other children); Samuel (other children); Elisha (other children); Joseph (other children)

Executors

William (son); Daniel (son); Wm. Clark (friend)

Witnesses

Daniel Allen; William Allen; Joshua Allen; George Allen; William Clark

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 122.
• 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).