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

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.