Orange County Indexed
Will of Michael Synnott
Will Book A, page 217 · dated 31 March 1779 · proved August 1781
Michael Synnott left land to servant Mary Humphreys and nephew Richard Synnott, mentioned bonds and goods, and appointed William Johnston executor.
- Kind of paper
- Will
- Testator
- Michael Synnott (printed MICHAEL SYNNOTT)
- Dated
- 31 March 1779
- Proved
- August 1781 court
- Family named
- Richard Synnott (nephew; of St Catherine's Parish in Wapping, London)
- Also left something
- Mary Humphreys (Servant)
- Executor
- William Johnston
- Witnesses
- R'd Bennehan; Mich'l (x) McGee
- Land
- land on Gooseberry Mountain; on Crooked Run, the Waters of Eno River.
- Money and goods
- bond on wearing apparel & books
- Places
- Gooseberry Mountain; St Catherine's Parish in Wapping, London; Crooked Run; Eno River
- Also named
- Thomas Barefield; Arthur Brown; Benjamin Cotton; Thomas Burke (Dr.; bond & inventory in the care of)
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 217.
- 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).
