Will of Robert Ray

Robert Ray named his wife Hannah, three sons, eight daughters, a stepdaughter and a granddaughter; his wife Hannah and William Clendennin were executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Robert Ray (printed ROBERT RAY)

Dated

2 March 1792

Proved

February 1793 court

Family named

Hannah Ray (wife); Hannah (wife); Robert (son); John (son); Matthew (son; (under 21)); Isabella (eldest daughters); Fanny (eldest daughters); Margaret (eldest daughters); Silly (eldest daughters); Mary (eldest daughters); Martha (eldest daughters); Nancy (eldest daughters); Kassey (daughter; under 21); Rebecca (granddaughter, daughter of Robert); Ann Massey (step-daughter)

Executors

Hannah (wife); William Clendennin

Witnesses

Jas. Freeland; Joseph Pindar; Matthew Hunter

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 B, page 220.
• 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).