Will of Christian (x) Huffman

Christian Huffman named brothers, beneficiaries and unnamed siblings, conditionally left Suffice Ingle a shilling, and appointed George Clap and Barney Troxler executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Christian (x) Huffman (printed CHRISTIAN (x) HUFFMAN)

Dated

29 March 1790

Proved

May 1790 court

Family named

Peter Huffman (brother); Jesse Acock (friend and brother)

Also left something

Elizabeth Huffman (no relationship stated); Suffice (?) Ingle (if her mother swears her to me)

Executors

George Clap (friends); Barney Troxler (friends)

Witnesses

Michael Charles; Jacob Clap

Money and goods

one shilling, if not nothing

Reading note: Suffice (?) Ingle uncertain; conditional paternity not assumed. Source duplicate on PDF75 omitted.

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 93.
• 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).