Craven County Wills – Devisor/Devisee Index – Y’s

by Sara Whitford | Apr 2, 2014 | 0 comments

Since I need to go back and re-photograph the Index for the B’s and C’s, I figured why not give those folks with surnames that begin with letters towards the end of the alphabet to have a chance to be towards the front of the line? There were no Z’s recorded in the Craven County Record of Wills Devisor/Devisee Index, so the first letter working backwards is “Y.”

The following is a transcription of those Craven County Record of Wills Devisor/Devisee Index for the letter Y. The devisor is the deceased person who left a will, and the devisees are those to whom the deceased person has bequeathed items in his or her estate.

An index such as this is of critical importance to genealogists, since it shows family connections that might not be obvious just based on one’s surname. For instance, if you’re trying to figure out the name of the wife of John Smith, and you only know her first name was Petunia, it can be helpful to have a Devisor/Devisee index in which it can be found that a Rupert Jones has bequeathed items to his daughter, Petunia Smith.

IMPORTANT! MANY NAMES THAT SHOULD BE IN THESE CRAVEN COUNTY DEVISOR/DEVISEE INDICES ARE NOT HERE! I have not left them out in my transcription of the Devisor/Devisee Index, but it appears they were left out when the indices were originally made. If you think your ancestor should or could appear as a devisee in one of these Craven County wills, but their name does not appear in the Devisor/Devisee Index, request a copy of the actual will and double-check for yourself. It’s entirely possible that your ancestor’s name was one of many that were left out of these indices. I know many of my ancestors are named in wills, but are not mentioned in the Devisor/Devisee Index.

Devisor	Devisee	When Probated	Book	Page
YATES, Daniel	Hester Yates	1793	A	299
	Sally Yates	1793	A	299
	Hester Yates (daughter)	1793	A	299
	Susannah Yates	1793	A	299
	Daniel Yates	1793	A	299
	Peter R. Yates	1793	A	299
	David Yates	1793	A	299
	Melchizeck Yates	1793	A	299
	John Yates	1793	A	299
	Abraham Yates	1793	A	299

YATES, Peter R.	Rebecca Yates	1836	A	389
	Daniel R. Yates	1836	A	389
	Alice Andrews	1836	A	389

YATES, Melchesidick	Charity Yates	1838	A	410
	David Yates	1838	A	410
	Abner Yates	1838	A	410

YATES, James*	Mary Yates	1750	5	146
*Recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds

YORK, Amos	Hannah A. Banks	1885	E	367
	Emily B. Powell	1885	E	367
	John Timothy York	1885	E	367
	James Cornelius York	1885	E	367
	William York	1885	E	367
	Desdemona York	1885	E	367

YORK, Augelinne	J.T. York	1905	G	188
YORK, Augeline	Ella Cassey	1905	G	188