Will of Adam Roger

Adam Roger mentioned his unnamed pregnant wife, daughter Mary and nephews William and John; brother Hugh Roger and Irabel or Isabel Roger were executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Adam Roger (printed ADAM ROGER)

Dated

As printed: “Dated --”

Proved

May 1767 court

A second reading

Mark Chilton’s index of the will books gives the testator as Adam Rogers. Check the will book to settle it.

Family named

Mary (daughter); John (brother); William (brother John's children); John (brother John's children)

Executors

Hugh Roger (brother); Irabel or Isabel Roger

Guardians

Hugh Roger (brother; Guardian over this my estate); Robert Rea (Guardian over this my estate)

Witnesses

John Patton; Elinore Rogers; Eleanor Rogers (Proved by)

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 64.
• 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).