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Dorcas Williams 1636–1704 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1636

Birth Location: Hempstead, Queens, New York Colony

Death Date: 1704

Death Location: Hempstead, Nassau, New York, United States

Father: Michael Williams

Mother: Anne Pankhurst

Spouse(s): Richard Gildersleeve

Children(s):

Dorcas Williams was born in 1636 in Hempstead, Queens, New York Colony, the child of Michael Moyles Williams And Anne Valentine Pankhurst. Dorcas Williams married Richard Gildersleeve. Dorcas Williams passed away in 1704 in Hempstead, Nassau, New York, United States.

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Biography

  • Dorcas Williams was born in 1636 in Hempstead, Queens, New York Colony, the child of Michael Moyles Williams And Anne Valentine Pankhurst.
  • Dorcas Williams married Richard Gildersleeve.
  • Dorcas Williams passed away in 1704 in Hempstead, Nassau, New York, United States.

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Dorcas Williams's Ancestors

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Dorcas Williams
1636–1704
Birth Place: Hempstead, Queens, New York Colony
Parents
Michael Moyles Williams
1610–1664
Hartfordshire, England
Anne (Valentine) Pankhurst
1617–1675
Iford, Sussex, England
Grandparents
Nycolas Paraste
1589–1623
Eccles, Lancashire, England
Barbara Geere
1590–1623
Rottingdean, Sussex, England
Great-Grandparents
Richard Parkhurst
1565–1596
Joan Roscowe
1567–1616
Thomas Sr.
1559–1625
Barbara Beard
1558–1632
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sandar Bearde
1533–1601
Joan Jeffery
1532–1601

Dorcas Williams's Timeline

2 Records

1636
1636
Birth of Dorcas Williams in Hempstead, Queens, New York Colony
Hempstead, Queens, New York Colony
1704
1704
Age 68
Death of Dorcas Williams in Hempstead, Nassau, New York, United States
Hempstead, Nassau, New York, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1636
    Event Place: Hempstead, Queens, New York Colony
    Record Source: Millennium File

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1704
    Event Place: Hempstead, Nassau, New York, United States

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