Will of William Baskett

William Baskett named wife Ruth, three daughters and two sons; trusty friends William White and John Baskett were executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

William Baskett (printed WILLIAM BASKETT)

Dated

17 July 1767

Proved

November 1767 court

Family named

Ruth Baskett (Wife); Thomas (son); William (son); Mary (my three daughters; as they marry or arrive to the age of twenty years); Elizabeth (my three daughters; as they marry or arrive to the age of twenty years); Ruth (my three daughters; as they marry or arrive to the age of twenty years)

Executors

William White (trusty and beloved friends); John Baskett (trusty and beloved friends)

Witnesses

Jane (x) Dael (?); Dianah (x) Collingsworth

Deeds that cite this paper

Deed Book 3, page 8; Deed Book Register of Orange, line 491

Reading note: Witness Jane (x) Dael (?) uncertain in source; daughters to receive shares on marriage or reaching twenty.

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 72.
• 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).