Will of Thomas Breazier

Thomas Breazier named wife Hannah, five sons and daughters, distributed land and shilling legacies, and appointed John Pyle Sr. and William Cox executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Thomas Breazier (printed THOMAS BREAZIER)

Dated

17 May 1770

Proved

May 1784 court

Family named

Hannah (wife); Thomas (son); John (son); Aquilla (son); James (2youngest sons); Samuel (2youngest sons); Elizabeth Jones (daughter); Sarah Pyle (daughter); Hanah Teague (daughter); Mary (youngest daughters; Until they marry or come of age); Cassa (youngest daughters; Until they marry or come of age); Jean (youngest daughters; Until they marry or come of age); Rachel (youngest daughters; Until they marry or come of age)

Executors

John Pyle, Sen'r; William Cox

Witnesses

William Paine; Mary Paine; H. Black; Wm. Cox

Land

my land and plantation

Money and goods

1 shilling each

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 286.
• 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).