Data: Porter Wills Supporting the SWVP

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The following wills, or extracts and abstacts of wills, were collected for use in evaluating family histories of persons present in Southwest Virginia during the colonial period, and during the Revolution. There are three major lines of such Porters in SW Virginia:

Patrick Porter on Fall Creek in modern Scott County
Samuel Porter at Castle's Woods in modern Russell County
Various Porters in the New River Settlements, including the Upper Clinch and Holston

The current belief is that all of these lines of Porters originate in Old Chester County, PA, from which they dispersed to Old Augusta, the Carolinas, and Southwest Virginia. This effort has been designed to collect relevant wills from these and other areas needed for assessing the family history of the Porters of SW Virginia.

Sources

These materials have been recovered from various sources, including in particular formal published abstracts, as well as in some cases complete transcriptions. Also included here are materials obtained from personal websites, and family trees published on Ancestry. Where possible both the intermediate sources, and the original sources are shown. A list of major sources includes:

Wills of Cumberland county 1750-1756
Wills of Cumberland County 1785-1795
Wills of Lancaster County 1729-1819
USGENWEB Lancaster
Source:Hitchcock, 1911 wills for New Castle CO DE
Source:Porter, 1984. Porter, Mary E . 1984. A Family History, William Porter, Jr., of Rockbridge County, Virginia (1740-1804) and Five Generations of His Descendants, (self published, El Reno, OK,
Source:Harrison, 1992 Research report for the Ewing Family Association
See Also: [1] for extensive data on the Ewing family, which includes data on a collateral line of Porters.

Delaware

NameLocationYODLink
Delaware
David 17New Castle co DE1750/51Will of David Porter 1750/51
New Castle1751/52Will of David Porter, 1751
JohnWhite Clay Creek1726Will of Christopher Huston, 1726
Jonas Red Lyon1794Will of Jonas Porter, 1794
JohnRed Lyon1763MySource:Will of John Porter, 1763
PatrickRed Lion1735Will of Jean Moore, 1735*
RobertRed Lion Hundred, DE1796Will of Robert Porter, 1796
Alexander New Castle HD, DE1784Will of Alexander Porter, 1784
PatrickRed Lyon Hundred, DE1765Will of Patrick Porter, 1765

Augusta

NameLocationYODLink
Augusta County, VA
WilliamAugusta County, VA1782Delijim's Notes

Philadel.

NameLocationYODLink
Philadelphia
RobertPhiladelphia1785Will of Robert Porter of Philadelphia, 1785

Lancaster

NameLocationDate Written/ProbateLink
Lancaster Co, PA
JamesLancaster 1786Will of James Porter 1786
RobertLancaster 1745Will of Robert Porter, 1745
JohnLancaster C1763Will of John Porter 1763
SamuelLancaster 1775Will of Samuel Porter, 1775

Chester

NameLocationYODLink
Chester Co, PA
WilliamChester 1749Will of William Porter, 1749
JamesChester 1775Will of James Porter, 1775
CharlesChester 1759Will of Charles Porter, 1759:87

Cecil

NameLocationYODLink
Cecil Co, MD
RobertCecil 1770Will of Robert Porter 1770
JamesCecil 1778Will of James Porter, 1778*
JamesCecil, Octoraro Hnd1775/1785Will of James Porter, 1775
SamuelCecil1796Will of Samuel Porter 1796|

Cumb'lnd

NameLocationYODLink
Cumberland Co, PA
AlexanderCumberland1771Will of Alexander Porter, 1771
HughCumberland 1785Will of Hugh Porter, 1785
DavidCumberland1785Will of David Porter, 1785
JamesCumberland1762Will of James Porter, 1762
JamesCumberland1763Will of James Porter, 1763

Misc.

NameLocationYODLink
Ewings
AlexanderCecil1738/9Will of Alexander Ewing, 1738/39
Orange County, VA
BenjaminOrange, VAMySource:Will of Benjamin Porter (7)