Will of Fisher Clendennin

Fisher Clendennin named pregnant Ann, five sons, daughter Sarah and apprentice William Izzel; his wife and William Bradshaw were executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Fisher Clendennin (printed FISHER CLENDENNIN)

Dated

19 April 1811

Proved

November 1815 court

Family named

Ann (wife; is pregnant); Thomas (oldest son; age under 21 years); Joseph (my five sons); William (my five sons); James (my five sons); Fisher (my five sons); Sarah (daughter; age under 18 years)

Also left something

William Izzel (my apprentice)

Executor

William Bradshaw Jun’r

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 D, page 452.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 67.
• 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).