Will of Hugh Caine

Hugh Caine named four sons, daughter Ann, cousin Elizabeth McKinley and five younger relatives; sons William and Hugh Caine were executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Hugh Caine (printed HUGH CAINE)

Dated

21 June 1781

Proved

November 1781 court

Family named

William (son); Hugh (son); James (son); Allan (son); Hugh Caine (son); Ann Caine (daughter); John Caine (called nephews; son of my son William); James Caine (called nephews; another child of my son William); Ann Caine (called nieces; another child of my son William); Fanny (called nieces; twins of my son William); Margaret (called nieces; twins of my son William); Elizabeth McKinley (cousin)

Executors

William (son); Hugh Caine (son)

Witnesses

Moses Leathers; Wm. Johnston

Land

land and plantation whereon I at present reside

Money and goods

all her mother's and sisters' wearing apparel

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 235.
• 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).