March 22, 1748; April Court, 1749; Wife: Mary (in England) Sisters: Susannah Wilkins, Mary, Elizabeth Other legatees: Elizabeth Wilkins (niece), Mary Wilkins (niece), Gabriel Johnston, Dr Wm Cathcart, George Gould, Thomas Barker, Benjamin Hill, John Ashton (1000 acres of land on So. side Nuse River on Greens past.), Sarah Graves, Robert Halton, Jr, son of Sarah Graves ("my seat called Halton's Lodge"; two tracts in New Hanover Co known as "Laban" and "Brown Marsh," Laban lying on Mill Creek and Brown Marsh "on the North East River of Cape Fear") Executors: Gabriel Johnston, Wm Cathcart, Thos Barker Witnesses: Saml Ormes, Wm Churton, Dan. Weldon Clerk of the Court of Chowan County: Will Mearns.