EAGLE, RICHARD
March 23, 1769. March 31, 1769. Son: JOSEPH ("House, plantation, saw and grist mills"). Daughter: SUSANNAH EAGLE. Wife: MARGARET HENRIETTA EAGLE (formerly BUGNION). Cousins: JEAN and ELIZABETH DAVIS. Sister: ELIZABETH DAVIS. Other legatees: JEANET MCFARLING, JOHN EAGLESON. Executors: JOHN GIBBS, ROBERT SHAW, JOHN ANCRUM and THOMAS OWEN. Witnesses: JOHN WALKER, JOHN FERGUS, MARY WALKER. Will proven before WM. TRYON. Codicil to this will, of even date. Confirms title to MR. WM. DRY in and to a tract of land "bought of my father, RICH'D EAGLES."
(Source: Abstracts of North Carolina Wills, By: J. Bryan Grimes, Secretary of State, 1910, Page 106)
IRBY, HENRY
January 30, 1733. February 12. 1733-1734. Sons: WILLIAM, HENRY ("plantation up North West and House and Lott in Cape Fair to hold in common with ELIZABETH, his sister, and FORTUNE HOLEDERLEY their mother"). Daughters: ANN and ELIZABETH IRBY. Executrix: FORTUNE HOLBDERLEY. Witnesses: JAMES ESPY, RORT. EATON, WILLIAM POWER. Will proven before GEP. BURRINGTON.
(Source: Abstracts of North Carolina Wills, By: J. Bryan Grimes, Secretary of State, 1910, Page 179)
JOHNSON, JOHN
March 1, 1750. February Court, 1752. St. Andrews Parish in Brunswick County. Son and Executor: WILLIAM ("my land and plantation"). Daughters: AMEY MITCHELL and ANN JELKS. Granddaughters: MARTHA and ANNE (daughters of WILLIAM). Witnesses: JOHN CARRELL, WILLIAM HOLLOWAY and WILLIAM MOSELEY. Clerk of Edgecombe Court: BENJ'N WYNNS.
(Source: Abstracts of North Carolina Wills, By: J. Bryan Grimes, Secretary of State, 1910, Page 188)
KINCE, CHRISTIAN
December 24, 1761. January 19, 1762. Sons: JOHN, EDWARD, WILLIAM. Daughter: ELIZABETH. Executors: JOHN and JOSEPH KINCE and EDWARD WILLIAMS. Wife: mentioned, but not named. Witnesses: JOHN FILLYAW, SAMUEL KINCE, JOHN HOWARD. Proven before ARTHUR DOBBS.
(Source: Abstracts of North Carolina Wills, By: J. Bryan Grimes, Secretary of State, 1910, Page 203)
MCDOWELL, JOHN
March 27, 1735. April 19, 1735. "Master of the scooner called the Jolly Batchelor, now riding at anchor in Cape Fear River, But of Brunswick * * *." Ten pounds is bequeathed to the Presbyterian church at Dover, Delaware, and five pounds to the Episcopal Church at the same place. Brother: JAMBS MCDOWELL. Sister: ELEANOR NISBETT. Friend: LYDIA JONES. Executors: HUGH CAMPBELL and JAMES ESPY, of Brunswick. Witnesses: STEPHEN MOTT, A. DELABASTIE, ANDW. BLYTH, MAGDALEN CAMPBELL. Proven before GAB. JOHNSTON. Provision in will that "a small brick wall be put around my grave wt two marble stones sett up, one att the head and the other att the foot, as is commonly us'd in such cases att Philadelphia."
(Source: Abstracts of North Carolina Wills, By: J. Bryan Grimes, Secretary of State, 1910, Page 229)