Orange County NcArchives Wills.....Currie, Mary Ann September 20, 1759
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Source: Will Book Volume A, page 11
Written: September 20, 1759
Recorded: Nov 1759
Testator: Mary Ann Currie

[Will Book Volume A, page 11]
In the name of God amen I Mareyan Currie
tho Week of Body, yet of Sound Memory Blessed be
God, do make my last Will & Testament which is as ~~
follows & first to my Daughter Margeret, I do beque[a]th &
leave the some of five Pounds Penselvania Currency my
black Gown & black hood & to my Daughter Mary I do
Bequeath & leave five pounds Penselvania Currency & my
Quilted Petticoat, & to my sone John I do Bequeath ["my" x-out]
& leave one Black horse of four Years old. & to my sone
James, I do Beque[a]th & leave all & every of my other worldly
Substance & Goods

As Evidence of this my last Will I do hereunto set my
hand
                                     her
Witnesses Present           Mareyan (C) Currie
                   Sept 28th 1759   Mark
Edward Nash

At an Inferior Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions ~~~
begun & held for the County of Orange at the Court house in Childsburg
on the Second Tuesday in November in the Year of our
Lord One thousand Seven hundred & fifty nine Present his
Majesties Justices &c This Will was Duly proved
by the Oath of Edward Nash & Ordered to be Recorded
                       Test
                             James Watson CC

Additional Comments:
Will Book Volume A, page 11
Recorded Nov 1759

No loose will found.

Current town of Hillsborough named for the Earl of Hillsborough in 1766, was previously known for a time as Childsburgh, named after Thomas Child.

No estate papers found.