On 21 August 1733, On the petition of Edward Hayes & Alice his wife agst Thomas Dunn and William Dunn Executors of the last will & testament of William Dunn decd by the consent of both parties It is ordered that Henry Perkins, William Covington & Joseph Mann or any two of them do settle the sd Executors their account of the sd decedents Estate and proposition the sd petitionrs to get part of the sd Estate & report their proceedings therein to next court. [Essex County, Virginia, Order Book 8, page 378.]

On 19 October 1742, Mary Gray, William Dunn, Edward Hayes, and John Smith were bound £1000 sterling for Mary Gray’s execution of the last will and testament of William Gray, deceased. Signed Mary her M mark Gray, Wm Dunn, Edwd Hayes, John Smith. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 6, pages 389–390.]