Will of James (x) Hutchinson

James Hutchinson named his wife and five children and appointed his wife and son James executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

James (x) Hutchinson (printed JAMES (x) HUTCHINSON)

Dated

2 September 1795

Proved

February 1796 court

Family named

Margaret (wife); Samuel (son); James (son); Ross (son); Margaret Kelly (daughter); Jane Lynch (daughter)

Executors

Margaret (wife); James (son)

Witnesses

William Mebane; John (x) McCrory; Judah (x) Griffith

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 76.
• 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).