William Stroud Jr. (1729 - 1786)

Born 22 Feb 1729 in Sturgeon Run, Brunswick, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Estridge) Stroud — married 1751 in Granville, North Carolina

Descendants

Died 9 Aug 1786 at age 57 in Orange, North Carolina

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William Stroud is an American Patriot (see sources below)

DNA

Several people have had their autosomal DNA tested and are part of a triangulated group that traces their ancestry to William Stroud Sr. and Margaret Rose. They are sharing a 18.2cM segment on chromosome 9 from position 32.5 to 78.6. (Posted by Darlene Athey Hill, who you may contact for additional information.

Will and Estate

William made his will on 4 Aug 1786 in Orange, NC. Leaves 5 shillings current money each to daughters Margaret Douglass, Mary Thrift and Salley King and son John Stroud. Leaves wife Elizabeth Stroud one "negroe girl named Clorice and her increase". Leaves the residue of estate in possession of wife on the following terms "to wit, that she keep possession of the plantation whereon I now live together with the use of one hundred acres of wood land adjoining the same to the northwest of the same during her natural life and that she retain possession of the residue of my estate real and personal for the purpose of educating and raising my youngest children until they arrive at full age and then to be equally divided amongst my sons Anderson Stroud, William Stroud, Marshal Stroud, Thomas Stroud, and Dickson Stroud, and my daughters Fanney Howeland, Elizabeth Stroud in the following manner to wit, each child is to receive his or her equal share twelve months after they arrive at full age of all my estate real and personal except the plantation and land afsigned to my beloved wife but after her death the said plantation and one hundred acres of land to be divided between my sons . . . and daughters . . . in the same proportion as above . . ." He appointed his wife as Executrix and 'trusty friend' John Hogan as Executor. Signed in presence of William Willis, Mary Buckner and William Buckner.

A note is written on the original copy of his will that "Wm. Stroud died 9th day of Aug. 1786."

Inventory was taken on 26 Aug 1786 and filed for probate on 21 Nov 1786 in Orange, NC. The value of the estate was estimated to be in excess of 686 English pounds.

Birth

22 Feb 1729

Sturgeon River, Brunswick, Virginia, USA^[1][2]

Death

04 Aug 1786

Granville, Warren, North Carolina, USA^[3]

Note

Patriotic Service North Carolina Revolutionary War STROUD, WILLIAM Ancestor #: A111795 Service: NORTH CAROLINA Rank(s): CIVIL SERVICE Birth: CIRCA 1732 BRUNSWICK CO VIRGINIA Death: 8-9-1786 ORANGE CO NORTH CAROLINA Service Source: REDDEN, ABSTRACTS OF THE MIN OF THE INFERIOR CT OF PLEAS & QTR SESSIONS OF ORANGE CO NC, PP 5, 22, 36, 37 Service Description: 1) GRAND JUROR & JUROR

The surname STROUD can also be founded in records as STROWD.

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S-1791585737 Note: Data: Text: Birth date: 1732 Birth place: Sturgeon Run, Brunswick, VA, USA APID: 1,5769::4362489
2. ↑ Source: #S-1791585740 Page: Birth year: 1730; Birth city: Brunswick; Birth state: VA. Note: Data: Text: Birth date: 1730 Birth place: Brunswick, Brunswick CO, VA Death date: 1786 Death place: Orange, Sampson CO, NC Marriage date: 1755 Marriage place: Warren, NC APID: 1,4725::4801432
3. ↑ Source: #S-1791585740 Page: Birth year: 1730; Birth city: Brunswick; Birth state: VA. Note: Data: Text: Birth date: 1730 Birth place: Brunswick, Brunswick CO, VA Death date: 1786 Death place: Orange, Sampson CO, NC Marriage date: 1755 Marriage place: Warren, NC APID: 1,4725::4801432

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 16 Mar 2021), "Record of William Stroud", Ancestor # A111795.
• Documents from: Parsons Family Organization, 346 Lariat Lane, Pocatello, Id 83201.
• Orange County, NC Book of Wills, pg 6, Will of William Stroud, Jr., 4 Aug 1786.
• A Saga of Strouds & Strodes by Octavia Jordan Perry, Pg 71, in possession of Mrs. Marjorie T. Fjeldsted, 6301 Ramport Dr., Carmichael, CA 95608.
• Orange County Estate Box, William Stroud 1790 folder
• http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=8531262&pid=1853
• U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Original data: Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=111372775&ref=acom
• Source: S-1791585737 Repository: #R-1798358171 Title: Family Data Collection - Births Author: Edmund West, comp. Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2001. Note:
• Source: S-1791585740 Repository: #R-1798358171 Title: Family Data Collection - Individual Records Author: Edmund West, comp. Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000. Note: