Will of Joseph Buckingham

Joseph Buckingham named his wife, brothers and their sons, relatives by marriage and Barbara Carter and appointed two executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Joseph Buckingham (printed JOSEPH BUCKINGHAM)

Dated

21 February 1793

Proved

November 1795 court

Family named

Margery (wife); James (brother); William (brother); James Buckingham (my brother); William Buckingham (my brother); Joshua Buckingham (my brother James Buckingham’s son); William (my brother William Buckingham’s son); Jeremiah Piggott (brother-in-law); Jeremiah (brother-in-law’s son Jeremiah Piggott’s son); Rachel (brother-in-law Jeremiah Piggott’s daughter)

Also left something

Barbara Carter

Executors

Margery (wife); Joshua Buckingham

Witnesses

Benj. Piggott; Mary Piggott; John Piggott

Money and goods

half of estate; 40 sh.

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 C, page 61.
• 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 80002, “Record of Wills, 1794–1822, Vols. C, D” (State Archives film).