Orange County NcArchives Wills.....Hanley, Daniel March 3, 1790 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ben Franklin ben.franklin.ffru@gmail.com May 2024 Source: Will Book Volume B, pages 262-263 Written: March 3, 1790 Recorded: Feb 1794 Testator: Daniel Hanley [Will Book Volume B, page 262] In the name of God Amane I Daniel Hanley of the County of Orange & State of North Carolina Being wake[weak] in Body but of sound and perfect mind and memorey and calling to mind the mortality of my body and Knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die I therefore make and ordain this my last will and Testament To witt I first and principally give and recommend my soul to God that gave it and my body I recommend to he Earth to be buried in a Christian manner at the Discration of my Executors nothing doubting but that at the Resurrection I shall receive the same again by the mighty power of God and as touching such worldly Estate whee with it hath Pleased God to bless me with in this life I give demise and dispose of in the following manner To Witt ~~ Itim I give and bequeath to my living wife the dwelling and out Houses with all the household furniture [??] that she is to give to my Daughter Ester and Susana as soon as the[y] Marry or come of Age Each the one third part of the said furniture ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ Itim I give and bequeath to my Daughter Catherine [?five?] shillings specia ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Itim I give and beque[a]th to my Daughter Ann Linn five Shillings Specia ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Itim I give and beque[a]th to my Daughter Elizabeth five shillings specia ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Item I give and beque[a]th to my Daughter Grace five shillings specia ~~ and to her son Daniel one Cow and Calf ~~ Itim I give and beque[a]th to my Daughter Ruth five shillings Specia ~~ Item I give and beque[a]th to my Daughter Ester twenty pound specia ~~~~~~~~~ [Will Book Volume B, page 263] Itim I give and beque[a]th to my Daughter Susanna twenty pound and one half of my Land on Cumberland Itim I give and beque[a]th to my son William all the Lands I possess after paying the above Legatees and d? ???? all my Just debts he receive my notes and Bonds my loving wife to have hir one third part of all the Lands I possess according [to] Quality and Quan[ti]ty During hir life or widowhood ~~~ Lastly my will is that Alexan- -der Mebane & James Mebane be whole and sole Executors to this my last will and Testament Given under my hand and seal this third day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and Ninety Test his William Allen Daniel (+) Hanley (seal) Daniel Wason mark Before the sealing and delivering of the above item[?] further my will is I have but the one son and heir at Law it is my will that if he should Mar[r]y and Die without having any Lawfull heir it is to be Distributed amongst my Daughters at the discretion of my Executors Signed sealed and acknowledged, In the presents of Test Henry Beason Jurat Daniel Wason Orange February Court 1793 The Execution of the last will and Testament of Daniel Hanley was duly proved in Open Court by the Oath of Henry Beason a Subscribing Witness thereto and was Ordered to be Recorded A. B. Bruce C.C. Additional Comments: Will Book Volume B, pages 262-263 Recorded Feb 1794 No loose will found. Estate Papers comprise 3 pages and are found in a folder labeled "Hanley, David (1794)", although the papers themselves reference the name Daniel Hanley. These are a summons to the executors.