Born: 1723 Wilmington, NC

Died: 1763 Wilmington, NC	Will of Joshua Grainger pg 1	Will of Joshua Grainger pg 2
	Will of Joshua Grainger pg 3	Will of Joshua Grainger pg 4
	Will of Joshua Grainger pg 5	Will of Joshua Grainger pg 6

FATHER

Joshua Grainger Sr.

MOTHER

Elizabeth Ann Toomer

WIFE

1st. Anne Watters

2nd. Catherine  b. Abt 1723

CHILDREN with Catherine

1. Ann Grainger b. 1742

2. Catherine Grainger b. 1743

3. Mary Grainger b. 1745

4. Elizabeth Grainger b. 1747

Dec 11, 1746 Joshua Grainger of Wilmington, New Hanover Co., carpenter & Catherine his wife to James Oram of same, carpenter. 100lbs. Lot of land in Town of Wilmington cont. 24' front on ye N side of Market St....where ye sd Grainger used to live the property now belonging to Caleb Grainger & Eastward by part of sd lot belonging to Jos. Price...Wit: Simon Player, Elizabeth Grainger p. 156

Joshua was one of the six sworn witnesses in the October 1765 trial of Captain Alexander Simpson, who was charged with murder of Lieutenant Thomas Whitehead in a duel fought at Brunswick, NC on March 18, 1765

Terms of Joshua Grainer's will to the following

    To wife Catherine
    To daughter Elizabeth 45 ft X 165 ft on Fourth and Princess
    To daughter Mary 45 ft X 165 ft on Fourth and Princess
    To daughter Catherine "the plantation whereon I now live cont. abt 330 acres after the decease of my wife, Catherine Grainger"
    To Ebenezer Bunting 26 1/2 ft X 330 ft running through block 167 from Princess to Market
     To daughter of James Long 30 X 165 ft on Market Street

Division of Property of Joshua Grainger
    To Joshua G. Wright 70 ft X 165 ft on Princess Street
    To heirs of Mrs. Yonge 58 ft X 165 ft on Princess Street
    To Henry Toomer 55 ft X 165 ft on corner of Third and Princess