Will of John Pendexter

John Pendexter named wife Elizabeth and six sons; James McCann and John Hart were executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

John Pendexter (printed JOHN PENDEXTER)

Dated

23 October 1772

Proved

Date not given

Family named

Elizabeth (Wife); William (son); John (son); Lionel (?) (son); Chapman (son); Thomas (son); Francis (son)

Executors

James McCann; John Hart

Witnesses

Abraham Whittiker (signed with a mark); Nelly Riely (signed with a mark); Elizabeth Tate (signed with a mark)

Reading note: Son Lionel (?) uncertain. Compiler corrects witness Nelly Ruby to Nelly Riely and says all three witnesses signed with a mark.

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 127.
• 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).