Will of Joshua Hadley

Joshua Hadley named his wife, five sons and six daughters, left Benjamin Virginia land, and appointed wife Patience and son Joshua executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Joshua Hadley (printed JOSHUA HADLEY)

Dated

20 September 1760

Proved

November 1760 court

In the court minutes

• Will proved, November 1760 term

Family named

Patience (wife); Joseph (son); Joshua (son); Thomas (son); Simon (son); Benjamin (son); Ruth Marshel (daughter); Mary Piggott (daughter); Sarah Ford (daughter); Hannah (daughter); Deborah (daughter); Katherine ? or Hatherner ? (daughter)

Executors

Patience (wife); Joshua (son)

Witnesses

Simon Di......; Wm. Holmes; Francis Dorset

Land

land on James River in Virginia

Places

James River in Virginia

Reading note: Continues on PDF page 10. Daughter Katherine ? or Hatherner ?; witness surname printed Simon Di......, incomplete.

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 7.
• 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), page 7.
• 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).