Proved October term 1806 Duplin Co. North Carolina
(Recorded Book A, pg.121) Will of William Dunkan, 7 Oct. 1806, of Duplin Co. NC. (Excerpts) To my son Edmond Dunkan . . . . son Jacob Dunkan . . . .son William Dunkan . . . . son Isaac Dunkan . . . . son Stephen Dunkan . . . . my beloved wife Anne Dunkan for her natural life and then to be equally divided between my three youngest sons Lewis, Joseph and John Charles. . . . dau. Elizabeth Bourden . . . . dau. Rochsellaery Chery . . . . dau. Catharine Pipkin . . . .dau. Anne . . . .My son Edmund has received of me what I estimate at $140; son Jacob has received of me what I estimate at $152. Residue to be sold and money appropriated ... lands devised to sons to be estimated . . . . after my wife's decease the land be sold and equally divided among all my children, and as my wife is now pregnent if she should be delivered of a living child, it should (whether son or daughter) be made equal with the rest of my children. Extrs. wife Anne Dunkan, eldest son Edmund Dunkan. Wit. Fran R. Oliver, John Roberts, William Dunkan Junr. Proved October term 1806 on oaths of Francis Oliver and John Roberts; Edmond Dunkan qualified as executor.
Sources
Mary Ann Duncan Dobson "Duncan Research Files" (Consolidated, sourced and acknowledged); and the many Duncan Researchers that have provided information. The Genealogy Bug
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