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Col WILLIAM I OVERTON 1638–1697 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 03 Dec 1638

Birth Location: Easington, Yorkshire, England

Death Date: Sep 1697

Death Location: Jamestown, James, Virginia

Father: GOVERNOR Cromwell

Mother: Mary Gardiner

Spouse(s): Mary Waters

Children(s): Anne Overton

Col WILLIAM I OVERTON was born in 1638 in Easington, Yorkshire, England, the child of Governor Maj Gen John Robert William Overton Gentleman Gov Of Hull Under Cromwell And Mary Anne Lady Gardiner. Col WILLIAM I OVERTON married Mary Elizabeth Waters, and had children including Anne Elizabeth Overton. Col WILLIAM I OVERTON passed away in 1697 in Jamestown, James, Virginia.

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Biography

  • Col WILLIAM I OVERTON was born in 1638 in Easington, Yorkshire, England, the child of Governor Maj Gen John Robert William Overton Gentleman Gov Of Hull Under Cromwell And Mary Anne Lady Gardiner.
  • Col WILLIAM I OVERTON married Mary Elizabeth Waters, and had children including Anne Elizabeth Overton.
  • Col WILLIAM I OVERTON passed away in 1697 in Jamestown, James, Virginia.

Immediate Family

Parents

GOVERNOR Cromwell
1609–1679
Birth Location: Easington Manor, Easington, Holderness, Hull, Yorkshire, England
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Mary Gardiner
1613–1668
Birth Location: St Andrew Holborn, London, London, England, United Kingdom
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Spouses(s)

Mary Waters
1654–1697
Birth Location: London, London, England
MW

Children(s)

Anne Overton
1672–1730
Birth Location: Hanover, Louisa, Virginia
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Col OVERTON's Ancestors

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Col OVERTON
1638–1697
Birth Place: Easington, Yorkshire, England
Parents
GOVERNOR Maj. Gen. "John" ROBERT William OVERTON, Gentleman, Gov. of Hull under Cromwell
1609–1679
Easington Manor, Easington, Holderness, Hull, Yorkshire, England
Mary (Anne (Lady)) Gardiner
1613–1668
St Andrew Holborn, London, London, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
*Joane ((OVERTON)) Snawsell
1581–1656
Alveley, Shropshire, England
William (Henry Jeremiah) GARDINER^
1582–1665
Stratford Lebow, London, London, England, United Kingdom
Lady (Anne Mary) Potticary
1585–1647
Bow, Middlesex, England
Great-Grandparents
Richard Palmer
1556–1647
Sarah Lady
1563–1653
Sir Potticary\Poticary\Poticard\Poticardi\Poticari
1557–1613
Elizabeth Saunders
1542–1597
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Waters
1536–1577
Sarah Jones
1539–1601
Sir Potticary
1523–1590
John Toppe
1523–1605
Baron Rothwell
1510–1555
Elizabeth Kittewell
1515–1611

Col OVERTON's Descendants

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Col (WILLIAM I) OVERTON (03 Dec 1638–Sep 1697) m. Mary (Elizabeth) Waters (30 Dec 1654–29 Sep 1697)
  1. 1. Anne (Elizabeth) Overton 1672–1730 m. John (Dabney) Pettus 1672–1730
    1. 1. Thomas (Pettus "The) Burgess" 1712–1780 m. Amy Waker 1674–1778
      1. 1. Thomas (W.) Pettus 1741–1797
      2. 2. Overton Pettus 1739–1749
      3. 3. Virginia (Anne (Annie)) Pettus 1749–1831
      4. 4. John (Reginald) Pettus 1736–1799
      5. 5. Samuel (Overton) Pettus 1751–1819
      6. 6. Anne Pettus 1738–1781
      7. 7. Catherine (Pettus (died) young) 1739–1841
      8. 8. Capt (James O) Pettus 1762–1820

Col OVERTON's Timeline

2 Records

1638
03 Dec 1638
Birth of Col WILLIAM I OVERTON in Easington, Yorkshire, England
Easington, Yorkshire, England
1697
Sep 1697
Age 59
Death of Col WILLIAM I OVERTON in Jamestown, James, Virginia
Jamestown, James, Virginia

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 03 Dec 1638
    Event Place: Easington, Yorkshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Sep 1697
    Event Place: Jamestown, James, Virginia
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