Will of Susana Ray

Susana Ray directed her unnamed mother to raise and educate Mary Ray; unnamed siblings would inherit if Mary died; two brothers-in-law were executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Susana Ray (printed SUSANA RAY), of Orange County, N.C.

Dated

11 October 1794

Proved

Date not given

Family named

Mary Ray (daughter)

Executors

William Ray (two brothers-in-law); Joseph Buckner ? (or Brecken ?) (two brothers-in-law)

Witnesses

Jno. Baker; Agnes (x) Few ?; Margaret Baker

Reading note: Executor printed Joseph Buckner ? (or Brecken ?); witness Agnes (x) Few ?.

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

• The original is in the State Archives of North Carolina; it was never recorded in the Orange County will books.
• 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 3.