Will of Alexander Robbinson or Robertson

Alexander Robbinson named two sisters, two nephews and brother-in-law John Ceasey; Hugh McAden and William Prowell were executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Alexander Robbinson or Robertson (printed ALEXANDER ROBBINSON or ROBERTSON)

Dated

23 April 1774

Proved

May 1774 court

A second reading

Mark Chilton’s index of the will books gives the testator as Andrew Robinson. Check the will book to settle it.

Family named

Esthy Robeson (sister); Ellenor Ceasey (sister); James Ceasey (nephew); David Ceasey (nephew); John Ceasey (brother-in-law)

Executors

Hugh McAden; William Powell

Witnesses

Hugh McAden; Wm Powell; William Maxwell

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 147.
• 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).