Person:Thomas Lapsley (1)

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Thomas Lapsley
b.Abt 1725
d.Abt 1781
  1. Elizabeth Lapsley - Aft 1818
  2. Jane LapsleyBet 1745 & 1747 - 1773
  3. Thomas LapsleyAbt 1757 -
  4. David LapsleyAbt 1764 -
  5. James LapsleyAbt 1766 - Bet 1818 & 1821
Facts and Events
Name Thomas Lapsley
Alt Name Thomas Lapslie
Gender Male
Birth? Abt 1725
Marriage to Charity Anderson
Death? Abt 1781


Post by Michael Witherspoon on a message board on genealogy.com:

Thomas and Charity Lapsley came from Virginia to Orange County, North Carolina around 1754. In 1755 and 1761, they bought land near the Armstrongs and the James Birds and the Samuel Allens in the Hillsborough District.

Abstracts of wills recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1752-1800 : and (202 marriages not shown in the Orange County marriage bonds) and Abstracts of wills recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800-1850 Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1972, 446 pgs.

Page 39. A-220 Will in Archives Dated 21 June 1780 Proved Aug 1781 Thomas Lapslie wife: Charity

son: Thomas Lapslie gets aland "on waters on Back Creek" . . . and "tract he now lives on . . . Dodson's Cabin . . ."

Daus: Elizabeth and Charity, both minors sons: David and James, both minors

Executors: wife Charity, son Thomas, friend Wm. Anderson. Witnesses: Francis Wikinson, David Anderson, Robert Anderson.