1754 Willes Orr wrote his will on January 26. [1]
I Willes Orr Writer to the honourable the East India Company being in the Seventeenth year and ready to imbark for the Indies think it therefore fitting to make my last Will and Testament in manner following I leave to my Aunt Sophia Wilson all all my interest and Estate in houses or Leases or whatsoever else I am intitled to in Ireland To my Aunts Isabella Atkins and Martha Cottrell all the other effects I have excepting Fifty pounds which I leave to Mr. Samuel Mercer of London and appoint him Sole Executor of this my last Will Dated 26. Janry 1754. Willes Orr Signed in presence of Arthur Ward James Booth
1759 The Will of Willes Orr was proved on January 11. [2]
This Will was proved at London … on the Eleventh day of January in the year of our Lord One Thousand Seven hundred and Fifty Nine by the Oath of Samuel Mercer …
[1] Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858, [AncestryImage].
[2] Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858, [AncestryImage].