Orange County NcArchives Wills.....Pendexter, John October 23, 1772 ************************************************ 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 A, page 127 Written: October 23, 1772 Recorded: unknown date Testator: John Pendexter [Will Book Volume A, page 127] In the Name of God Amen I John Pendexter being Sick and weak of Body ~~~ Tho of a Sound and Disposing Mind I bequeath my Soul to God and my Body it have a Desent Burial ~~~ Item I bequeath all my Estate Good and Chattles wheather Real or Personal to be Equally divided and Shared by Equall dividends between my loving wife & my Children that is to Say Elizabeth Pendexter my Lawfull wife William Pendexter my Eldest Son and John Pendexter Lovel Pendexter and Chapman Pendexter Thomas Pendexter Frannie Pendexter all the Lawfull Hairs of my Body that they and Each of them Shall and May enjoy all My Estate after Paying Such Lawfull debts as is due by me to any creditors ~~~ I do here by declare that James McCan and John Hart Both of Orange County ot be my Lawfull Exrs. dated this 23th day of Octobr. 1772 his Sealed & Delivered in } John (I) Pendexter (seal) Presents of us } mark his Abraham (A) Whittiker mark hir Nelly (X) Reily mark hir Elizabeth (X) Tate Mark Proved by the Oath of James McCan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Test F. Nash C.C. Additional Comments: Will Book Volume A, page 127 Recorded unknown date No loose will found. No estate papers found.