Will of John Jenkins

John Jenkins named his wife, ten children and a granddaughter and appointed his wife and two friends executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

John Jenkins (printed JOHN JENKINS)

Dated

20 February 1790

Proved

November 1790 court

Family named

Mary (wife); Mary Jenkins (wife); Sanford Jenkins (son); John (son); Thomas (son); Mansfield Jenkins (son); Nancy Fennel (daughter); Patty Allen (daughter); Betsey (daughter); Polly (daughter); Patience (daughter); Catherine Jenkins (daughter); Higgerson (granddaughter; age under 18 years of age); Polly Higgerson (granddaughter; in duplicate record, per compiler note)

Executors

Mary Jenkins (wife); William Merritt (friends); Joseph Fennel (friends)

Witnesses

William Halliburton; Massey Chrismus Medearis; William Merritt

Reading note: Surnames printed only after final given names in grouped lists; retained as printed. Granddaughter given as Higgerson here, Polly Higgerson in compiler note.

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 B, page 105.
• 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).