Will of Adam Marley

Adam Marley named wife Rosanah, sons, grandsons and other beneficiaries; Samuel Marley was executor.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Adam Marley (printed ADAM MARLEY)

Dated

15 March 1789

Proved

Date not given

Family named

Rosannah (wife); Robert (son); Adam (son); Samuel Marley (son); Adam Marley (my beloved son); Robert Marley (grandson, son of Adam); Adam Marley (grandson, son of Robert); Adam (Robert Marley's son); Robert (my son Adam Marley's son)

Also left something

Mary Douglas; Hannah White; Nancy Hall

Executor

Samuel Marley

Witnesses

Arthur Lovins; John Stark; Alexander Robbs

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 65.
• 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).