Will of Thomas Meler or Miles, or Mills

Thomas Meler named wife Hannah, seven sons and daughters Hannah Slade and Pottiet; no executor was named.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Thomas Meler or Miles, or Mills (printed THOMAS MELER or MILES, or MILLS)

Dated

14 March 1766

Proved

May 1766 court

Family named

Hannah (wife); Aquilla (son); Moses (son); Abraham (son); John (son); Thomas (son); Peter (son); Jacob (son); Hannah Slade (daughter); Pottiet (daughter)

Witnesses

Lewis Bartow; Isaac (x) Robuck; Joseph Peterson

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 48.
• 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).