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COL William McGuffie Rives 5th GGF 1712–1786 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1712

Birth Location: Dinwiddle Co., VA

Death Date: 1786

Death Location: Bath Parish, VA

Father: Col Rives

Mother: Elizabeth Foster

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In 1712, COL William McGuffie Rives 5th GGF entered the world in Dinwiddle Co., VA, born to Col William Cabel Rives And Elizabeth Foster. COL William McGuffie Rives 5th GGF passed away in 1786 in Bath Parish, VA.

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Biography

  • In 1712, COL William McGuffie Rives 5th GGF entered the world in Dinwiddle Co., VA, born to Col William Cabel Rives And Elizabeth Foster.
  • COL William McGuffie Rives 5th GGF passed away in 1786 in Bath Parish, VA.

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COL GGF's Ancestors

Self
COL GGF
1712–1786
Birth Place: Dinwiddle Co., VA
Parents
Col William Cabel Rives
1683–1746
Prince George, Prince George, Virginia, United States
Elizabeth Foster
1683–1759
Prince George, Prince George, Virginia, United States
Grandparents
William (Rives) Reeves
1636–1695
Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England
Mary (Elizabeth Pegram, (Reeves) DESC KING HENRY) VIII
1645–1702
Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Benjamin (Foster) Col.
1665–1700
Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts, United States
Elizabeth Scott
1665–1720
Virginia, United States
Great-Grandparents
Timothy Ryves)
1588–1643
Mary Steward\Stewart
1602–1643
George I
1622–1668
Pollyanna brother)
1625–1702
Isaac 8thGG
1630–1691
Mary Jackson
1639–1677
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Lady Bagshawe
1551–1592
John Stewart
1572–1603
Elizabeth Brierley
1571–1603
Geo Pegrum
1590–1642
Eliza Hunt
1600–1674
Richard Lantone
1590–1646
Eliza Hunt
1600–1684
Reginald Sr
1595–1681
Edward IMMIGRANT
1604–1681
Joanna\Joane Broone\Brown)
1610–1680

COL GGF's Timeline

2 Records

1712
1712
Birth of COL William McGuffie Rives 5th GGF in Dinwiddle Co., VA
Dinwiddle Co., VA
1786
1786
Age 74
Death of COL William McGuffie Rives 5th GGF in Bath Parish, VA
Bath Parish, VA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1712
    Event Place: Dinwiddle Co., VA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1786
    Event Place: Bath Parish, VA

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