Will of Thomas (x) Bruce

Thomas Bruce named wife Martha, four sons, daughter Jannet and five other beneficiaries; Martha and son John were executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Thomas (x) Bruce (printed THOMAS (x) BRUCE)

Dated

1 June 1783

Proved

February 1784 court

Family named

Martha (wife); Richard (son); John (son); Robert (son); William (son); Jannet Robeson (daughter)

Also left something

James Bruce (no relationship stated, possibly grandchildren); Martha (his sister; no relationship stated, possibly grandchildren); Thomas Bruce (William's son; no relationship stated, possibly grandchildren); Martha Robison (no relationship stated, possibly grandchildren); Rachel Robison (no relationship stated, possibly grandchildren)

Executors

Martha (wife); John (son)

Witnesses

Joseph Allison; John Berks

Names and places are given as the abstract writes them, spelling and all. This record has not been checked against the will book.

Where to find it

• Orange County Will Book A, page 296.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded 1752 through 1800 in Orange County, North Carolina, Will Books A, B and C (Davie Poplar Chapter NSDAR, revised edition 1966).
• Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 80001, “Record of Wills, 1752–1795, Vols. A, B” (State Archives film).