DANIEL, ELISABETH
March 1, 1752. June 9, 1752. Sons: ROBERT, THOMAS, JOHN ("my manner plantation"), WILLIAM, AARON, JOSIAH. Daughters: SARAH WILLSON, ELISABETH DANIEL, MARY WARD, RUTH DANIEL, PRICILAH DANIEL. Executors: THOMAS and JOHN DANIEL (sons). Witnesses: WM. WILLIS, JOHN BROWN, SENIOR, MARY WILLIS. Clerk of the Court of Beaufort County: WILL ORMOND.
(Source: Abstracts of North Carolina Wills, By: J. Bryan Grimes, Secretary of State, 1910, Page 91)

DANIEL, THOMAS
July 11, 1749. September Court, 1749. Sons: ROBERT LANIER DANIEL, THOMAS, JOHN, WILLIAM, ARON, JOSIAH. Daughters: SARAH WILLSON, ELISABETH DANIEL, MARY DANIEL, RUTH DANIEL, PRISILIA DANIEL. (To all of the above named is bequeathed one shilling.) Wife and Executrix: ELISABETH ("all my estate"). Witnesses: WM. WILLISS, JOHN WILLSON, JOHN BROWN. Clerk of the Court: EVAN JONES.
(Source: Abstracts of North Carolina Wills, By: J. Bryan Grimes, Secretary of State, 1910, Page 91)

DAVENPORT, JACOB
July 29, 1746. Wife: RACHEL. Daughter: ANN. Brothers: JAMES and JOHN DAVENPORT (Executors), WILLIAM DAVENPORT. Witnesses: EDWARD PHELPS, JOHN BROWN, JOHN DAVENPORT, SENIOR.
(Source: Abstracts of North Carolina Wills, By: J. Bryan Grimes, Secretary of State, 1910, Page 92)

DOWNING, WILLIAM
April 1, 1739. April 6, 1739. Sons: WILLIAM ("my plantation, except sawmill, which is bequeathed to CULLEN POLLOCK and STEPHEN LEE, proceeds to be applied to debt due SAMUEL HERRING of London, woolen draper). Brothers-in-law: EBENEZER SLADE (450 acres of land on Moratock River), HENRY SLADE. Son-in-law: THOMAS LEE. Executors: CULLEN POLLOCK, JOHN MONTGOMERY, STEPHEN LEE, PETER PAYNE. Witnesses: WM. MAXWELL, SAM SCOLLAY, DAVID COLTRANE. Codicil bearing same date as will provides for working slaves in mill. Will proven before W. SMITH, C. J.
(Source: Abstracts of North Carolina Wills, By: J. Bryan Grimes, Secretary of State, 1910, Page 102)

DOWNING, WILLIAM
February 24, 1748. March 7, 1748. Son: HENRY ("plantation whereon I now dwell"). Wife: ANN. Daughters: MARY, ELIZABETH. Friend: JOHN HUGHES. Executors: STEVENS LEE, JOHN BARROW. Witnesses: JACOB BLOUNT, JAMES JONES, MARY JONES. Clerk of the Court: EVAN JONES.
(Source: Abstracts of North Carolina Wills, By: J. Bryan Grimes, Secretary of State, 1910, Page 102)

DUGGAN, THOMAS
May 9, 1754. June Court, 1754. Sons: THOMAS, JESSE. Apprentice: JOHN SEALS. Wife and Executrix: MARY. Executor: CAPT. JOHN HARDISON. Witnesses: JNO. BENNET, HIGASON KING, WILLIAM KING. Clerk of the Court: EVAN JONES.
(Source: Abstracts of North Carolina Wills, By: J. Bryan Grimes, Secretary of State, 1910, Page 103)

DURRANCE, SAMUEL
November 21, 1756. December Court, 1756. Sons: WELLCOM, WILLIAM, FRANCIS ("all my land to be equally divided between them"). "Ungratefull wife, Late": ELIZABETH DURANT. Executors: WILLIAM SWINSON, FRANCIS WARD. Witnesses: ALEXANDER MACCLELEAN, MART COMBS, FR. WARD. Clerk of the Court: FR. WARD.
(Source: Abstracts of North Carolina Wills, By: J. Bryan Grimes, Secretary of State, 1910, Page 106)