Will of Thomas Lindley

Thomas Lindley named wife Ruth, children and three younger relatives, distributed land and money, and left two acres to Spring Meeting.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Thomas Lindley (printed THOMAS LINDLEY)

Dated

15 March 1780

Proved

August 1782 court

In the court minutes

• Will proved, August 1782 term

Family named

Ruth Lindley (wife); William (son); Jonathan (son); Jonathan Lindley (son); Katherine White (daughter); Thomas Lindley (All my other children); Ruth Hadley (All my other children); William Lindley (All my other children); John Lindley (All my other children); Elinor Marriss (All my other children); Deborah Newlin (All my other children); Thomas Lindley (grandson, son of Thomas Lindley; a minor); Thomas Lindley (grandson, son of William Lindley; a minor); Thomas Lindley (son of James Lindley, dec’d)

Executors

William (son); Jonathan Lindley (son)

Witnesses

Zacharias Dicks; John Carter; John Newlin

Deeds that cite this paper

Deed Book 5, page 326

Land

200 cares; remainder of land; two acres of land whereon the Meeting House now stands.

Money and goods

£ 20; £ 20 each; £ 10

Places

Spring Meeting

Also named

James Lindley (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 252.
• 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).