Thomas Moore’s Genealogy Site - Person Sheet
Thomas Moore’s Genealogy Site - Person Sheet
NameWilliam Roane 
Deathabt 5 Jul 1770
Documentation
On 11 May 1753, a William Roane was named in the will of James Jones of Southfarnham Parish and Essex County as an executor of the will. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 9, pages 317–320.]
On 29 July 1753, a Major Wm Roane was named in the will of George Coleman of South Farnham Parish, Essex County, as co-executor of the will. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 9, pages 260–261.
On 20 November 1753, a William Roane, Dinah Coleman, Richard Upshaw and Thomas Dix were bound £200 sterling for William Roane’s and Dinah Coleman’s execution of the last will and testament of George Coleman. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 9, pages 262–263.]
On 4 December 1755, a Major Wm. Roane received four votes, including that of Ephm. Pagett, in a vote of freeholders for burgesses of Essex County. [Essex County, Virginia, Deed Book 27, pages 248–252.]
On 15 June 1756, a William Roane witnessed a deed from John Upshaw of the Parish of Southfarnham and County of Essex to Philip Gatewood of the same. [Essex County, Virginia, Deed Book 27, pages 217–220.]
On 17 November 1757, a William Roane of the Parish of Southfarnham and County of Essex, Gentleman, wrote a will mentioning sons Thomas, William and John, daughters Mary Ritchie, Sarah Roane and Lucy Roane, and loving wife Sarah Roane. Signed WRoane. Witnesses: Jno Clements, John Upshaw, James Upshaw. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 11, pages 28–30.]
On 17 December 1759, James Edmondson, a William Roane, John Roane and John Latane were bound £10,000 for James Edmondson’s execution of the last will and testament of Thomas Edmondson. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 11, page 232.]
On 22 April 1769, a WRoane witnessed the will of John Farguson of Essex County. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 12, pages 82–83.]
A William Roane was named a co-executor in the 6 June 1791 will of Hugh Campbell of Essex County. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 14, page 257.]
Data from Middlesex, Virginia, Daniel Descendants, by Robert Neville Mann and Cathrine Cleek Mann of Cedar Bluff, Alabama, published by Whitener’s Lettershop of Rome, Georgia, in 1959. See page 22.
He was of Gloucester County, Virginia.
Death date from Virginia Colonial Abstracts, Volume II, Beverley Fleet, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1988, page 219.
On 29 July 1753, a Major Wm Roane was named in the will of George Coleman of South Farnham Parish, Essex County, as co-executor of the will. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 9, pages 260–261.
On 20 November 1753, a William Roane, Dinah Coleman, Richard Upshaw and Thomas Dix were bound £200 sterling for William Roane’s and Dinah Coleman’s execution of the last will and testament of George Coleman. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 9, pages 262–263.]
On 4 December 1755, a Major Wm. Roane received four votes, including that of Ephm. Pagett, in a vote of freeholders for burgesses of Essex County. [Essex County, Virginia, Deed Book 27, pages 248–252.]
On 15 June 1756, a William Roane witnessed a deed from John Upshaw of the Parish of Southfarnham and County of Essex to Philip Gatewood of the same. [Essex County, Virginia, Deed Book 27, pages 217–220.]
On 17 November 1757, a William Roane of the Parish of Southfarnham and County of Essex, Gentleman, wrote a will mentioning sons Thomas, William and John, daughters Mary Ritchie, Sarah Roane and Lucy Roane, and loving wife Sarah Roane. Signed WRoane. Witnesses: Jno Clements, John Upshaw, James Upshaw. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 11, pages 28–30.]
On 17 December 1759, James Edmondson, a William Roane, John Roane and John Latane were bound £10,000 for James Edmondson’s execution of the last will and testament of Thomas Edmondson. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 11, page 232.]
On 22 April 1769, a WRoane witnessed the will of John Farguson of Essex County. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 12, pages 82–83.]
A William Roane was named a co-executor in the 6 June 1791 will of Hugh Campbell of Essex County. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 14, page 257.]
Data from Middlesex, Virginia, Daniel Descendants, by Robert Neville Mann and Cathrine Cleek Mann of Cedar Bluff, Alabama, published by Whitener’s Lettershop of Rome, Georgia, in 1959. See page 22.
He was of Gloucester County, Virginia.
Death date from Virginia Colonial Abstracts, Volume II, Beverley Fleet, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1988, page 219.
Spouses
Birth12 Jan 1731/1732, Middlesex County, Virginia
Death1779/1780
FatherWilliam Daniel (-1746)
MotherAnn Watts (-<1767)
Marriage15 Feb 1754