Will of Joseph (x) Fennell (or Ferrell ?)

Joseph Fennell or Ferrell left one dollar each to five daughters and his estate to daughter Patience F. Fennell, whom he appointed executrix.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Joseph (x) Fennell (or Ferrell ?) (printed JOSEPH (x) FENNELL (or FERRELL ?))

Dated

7 November 1837

Proved

May 1838 court

A second reading

Mark Chilton’s index of the will books gives the testator as Joseph Fennel. Check the will book to settle it.

Family named

Betsy Williams (my five daughters); Patsy Lester (my five daughters); Nancy Kelley (my five daughters); Catherine W. Castleberry (my five daughters); Sally S. Lewter (my five daughters); Patience F. Fennell (daughter)

Executor

Patience F. Fennell

Witnesses

Henry Moring; John S. Moring

Money and goods

$1 each

Reading note: Maker surname FENNELL (or FERRELL ?) as printed.

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 F, page 10.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 180.
• 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 80003, “Record of Wills, 1822–1851, Vols. E, F” (State Archives film).