Will of Joseph Borrin

Joseph Borrin named wife Susannah, children, cousin Patty Clarke and another beneficiary; Charles Stephens and James Currie were executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Joseph Borrin (printed JOSEPH BORRIN)

Dated

11 January 1775

Proved

May 1775 court

Family named

Susannah (Wife); James (son); William (son); Isaac (son); Joseph Jr. (son); David (son; under age); Susan (daughter); Becky (daughter); Phebe (daughter); Sara (daughter); Patty Clarke (cousin); John (oldest brother; to be paid by oldest brother John when David comes of age)

Also left something

john Borrin (relationship not stated)

Executors

Charles Stephens; James Currie

Witnesses

James Culberson; James Currie

Reading note: John described as David’s oldest brother; separate john Borrin has relationship not stated. Preserved separate names and capitalization.

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 188.
• 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).