Will of Thomas Berry

Thomas Berry named his wife, three sons, three daughters, son-in-law and two grandchildren; no executor was named.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Thomas Berry (printed THOMAS BERRY)

Dated

10 April 1761

Proved

May 1761 court

Family named

Elizabeth (wife); James (son); Thomas (son); Benjamin (son); Elizabeth (daughter); Margaret Morrow (daughter); Nancy (daughter); William (grandchild, children of Wm Berry dec'd.); Jane Berry (grandchild, children of Wm Berry dec'd.); James Morrow (son-in-law)

Witnesses

Paul Harmon; Wm. McMath

Also named

Wm Berry (dec'd.)

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 19.
• 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).