Person:Roger Delke (1)

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Roger Delke
m. 1629
  1. Frances DelkeAbt 1630 - 1690
  2. Roger DelkeAbt 1633 - 1693
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Name Roger Delke
Gender Male
Birth? Abt 1633 of Lawnes Creek, Surry, VA
Will? 28 Oct 1692 Surry County, Virginia
Death? 1693 Surry County, Virginia
Probate? 4 Jul 1693 Surry County, Virginia

In 1673 Roger Delk took part in an incipient mutiny in Surry Countyagainst the taxes in an incipient mutiny in Surry County against thetaxes laid by the justices in their levy for their expenses for "Dramsand Cyder." (Quarterly III., 123.) In 1687 he was one of a company ofhorse for Surry County. His will, dated October 28, 1692, proved July4, 1693, names legatees: Eldest son John, daughter Rebecca (a largesilver cup, two gold rings and a silver bodkin), youngest sons, Rogerand Joseph, wife Elizabeth. There is a deed recorded in Surry fromJoseph Delk, dated 1735. Virginia Magazine of History and BiographyIII., 277. Infromation from William and Mary College QuarterlyHistorical Magazine, Volume XVIII, p. 66.