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CAPT. WILLIAM PORTER (Relatives: 9th President WH Harrison & 23rd President Benjamin Harrison) 6th GG 1680–1749 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1680

Birth Location: Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA

Death Date: 21 September 1749

Death Location: Cumberland, Adams, Pennsylvania, USA

Father: James GGF

Mother: Sarah Tudor

Spouse(s): Violet Oglebay

Children(s): Rev. Sr., James Porter, John Porter, Nathaniel Porter, Thomas Porter, William Porter

The story of CAPT. WILLIAM PORTER (Relatives: 9th President WH Harrison & 23rd President Benjamin Harrison) 6th GG began in 1680 in Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA. CAPT. WILLIAM PORTER (Relatives: 9th President WH Harrison & 23rd President Benjamin Harrison) 6th GG married Violet Dorothy Oglebay, and had children including James Porter, John Porter, Nathaniel Porter, Rev Hugh Smith Porter Sr, Thomas Porter, William Porter. CAPT. WILLIAM PORTER (Relatives: 9th President WH Harrison & 23rd President Benjamin Harrison) 6th GG passed away in 1749 in Cumberland, Adams, Pennsylvania, USA.

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Biography

  • The story of CAPT. WILLIAM PORTER (Relatives: 9th President WH Harrison & 23rd President Benjamin Harrison) 6th GG began in 1680 in Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA.
  • CAPT. WILLIAM PORTER (Relatives: 9th President WH Harrison & 23rd President Benjamin Harrison) 6th GG married Violet Dorothy Oglebay, and had children including James Porter, John Porter, Nathaniel Porter, Rev Hugh Smith Porter Sr, Thomas Porter, William Porter.
  • CAPT. WILLIAM PORTER (Relatives: 9th President WH Harrison & 23rd President Benjamin Harrison) 6th GG passed away in 1749 in Cumberland, Adams, Pennsylvania, USA.

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Spouses(s)

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CAPT. GG's Ancestors

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CAPT. GG
1680–1749
Birth Place: Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA
Parents
James Porter 9th GGF
1657–1727
Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Sarah Tudor
1652–1725
Felsted, Essex, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Mary Stanley
1633–1688
Ashford, Ashford Borough, Kent, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

CAPT. GG's Descendants

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CAPT. (WILLIAM PORTER (Relatives: 9th President WH Harrison & 23rd President Benjamin Harrison) 6th) GG (1680–21 September 1749) m. Violet (Dorothy) Oglebay (1678–1753)
  1. 1. Rev. (Hugh Smith Porter,) Sr. 1715–1795 m. Violet (Elizabeth Mackey - Porter (Immigrant) (Ire to) SC) 1717–1791
    1. 1. Mary (Margaret) Porter 1737–1824
      1. 1. David (Porter) Brown 1772–1851
        1. 1. William Brown 1813– m. Dicy Bynum 1820–
        2. 2. Taylor Brown 1800–1883
        3. 3. Flora Brown 1798–1886
        4. 4. Sarah (K.) Brown 1805–1871
        5. 5. William Brown 1794–1874
      2. 2. Mary ('Polly' Porter) BROWN 1774–1841
      3. 3. Francis Brown 1785–1857
        1. 1. Absolom (H) Green 1804–1860
        2. 2. Joseph Green 1814–1863
      4. 4. Stephen Brown 1791–1872
        1. 1. Robert (Charles) Brown 1820–1847
        2. 2. Martha Brown 1827–1906
        3. 3. William (Louis "Billy") Brown 1836–1907
        4. 4. Jane (Winston) Brown 1839–1920
        5. 5. George (Washington Brown) I 1846–1931
      5. 5. William Brown 1757–1818
        1. 1. William (BROWN 4th) great 1791–1875
        2. 2. Joseph Brown 1794–1859
        3. 3. William (S.) Brown 1799–1880
      6. 6. Captain (Hugh BROWN) Jr 1758–1832
  2. 2. James Porter 1693–1774
  3. 3. John Porter 1695–1796
  4. 4. Nathaniel Porter 1715–1765
  5. 5. Thomas Porter 1700–
  6. 6. William Porter 1695–1749

CAPT. GG's Timeline

2 Records

1680
1680
Birth of CAPT. WILLIAM PORTER (Relatives: 9th President WH Harrison & 23rd President Benjamin Harrison) 6th GG in Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA
Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA
1749
21 September 1749
Age 69
Death of CAPT. WILLIAM PORTER (Relatives: 9th President WH Harrison & 23rd President Benjamin Harrison) 6th GG in Cumberland, Adams, Pennsylvania, USA
Cumberland, Adams, Pennsylvania, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1680
    Event Place: Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 21 September 1749
    Event Place: Cumberland, Adams, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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