Orange County Indexed
Will of William Asten
Will Book A, page 52 · dated 16 November 1766 · proved February 1767
William Asten named wife Mary, two sons-in-law and three grandsons; his wife, Archibald McLeroy and George Finley were executors.
- Kind of paper
- Will
- Testator
- William Asten
- Dated
- 16 November 1766
- Proved
- February 1767 court
- A second reading
- Mark Chilton’s index of the will books gives the probate as February 1766. Check the will book to settle it.
- Family named
- Mary (wife); William Asten Downey (grandson); Thomas Stinky (?) McLeroy (grandson); William McBride (grandson); Peter Downey (son-in-law); Archibald McLeroy (son-in-law)
- Executors
- Archibald McLeroy; George Finley
- Witnesses
- David Fulton; Andrew Dark; Henry Cowden
Reading note: Grandson printed Thomas Stinky (?) McLeroy. Witness surname reads Codden on image.
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 52.
- 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).
