Will of William (x) Craige

William Craige named wife Abigail, a stepdaughter, five daughters and Rebecca Freeman; friend Samuel Freeman was sole executor.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

William (x) Craige (printed WILLIAM (x) CRAIGE)

Dated

11 January 1785

Proved

August 1785 court

Family named

Abigail Craige (wife); Joanna McMullin (daughter); Abigail Pasmore (Parmore ?) (daughter); Bathsheba Craton (daughter); Ruth Simmons (daughter); Mary Sheart (daughter); Elinor Black (step-daughter)

Also left something

Rebecca Freeman (relationship not stated)

Executor

Samuel Freeman (my friend)

Witnesses

James Thompson; Jacob Manhill

Reading note: Daughter Abigail Pasmore (Parmore ?) alternative uncertain.

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 329.
• 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).
• Also listed in Mark Chilton, “Wills Recorded in Orange County, NC 1756–1893” (Wandering through the NC Piedmont, 2019), an index of the will books with references to the court minutes.
• Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 80001, “Record of Wills, 1752–1795, Vols. A, B” (State Archives film).