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William Bledsoe 1715–1787 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1715

Birth Location: Lancaster, Essex, Virginia, USA

Death Date: 1787

Death Location: Wake, North Carolina, USA

Father: Abraham Bledsoe

Mother: Katherine Ball

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William Bledsoe was born in 1715 in Lancaster, Essex, Virginia, USA, the child of Abraham Bledsoe And Katherine Ball. William Bledsoe passed away in 1787 in Wake, North Carolina, USA.

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Biography

  • William Bledsoe was born in 1715 in Lancaster, Essex, Virginia, USA, the child of Abraham Bledsoe And Katherine Ball.
  • William Bledsoe passed away in 1787 in Wake, North Carolina, USA.

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William Bledsoe's Ancestors

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William Bledsoe
1715–1787
Birth Place: Lancaster, Essex, Virginia, USA
Parents
Abraham Bledsoe
1673–1753
Wicomico Parish, Northumberland, Virginia, USA
Katherine Ball
1684–1718
Northumberland, Virginia, USA
Grandparents
George Bledsoe
1635–1705
Dividing Creek, Northumberland, North Carolina, USA
Anne Jennings
1650–1692
Dividing Creek, Northumberland, Virginia, USA
Thomas Ball
1650–1700
Northumberland, Virginia, USA
Mary (Anne) Dodson
1665–
North Carolina, USA
Great-Grandparents
William Bledsoe
1601–1681
Agnes Cobb
1605–
Edmund Jennings
1626–1695
Lady Barkham
1625–1720
Jesse Dodson
1908–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Richard Bledsoe
1580–1680
Margaret Clarke
1582–1685
Thomas Cobb
1585–
Jonathan Jenings
1600–1649
Elizabeth Parker
1604–1700
Edward Barkham
1600–1667
Lady Barkham
1600–1700

William Bledsoe's Timeline

2 Records

1715
1715
Birth of William Bledsoe in Lancaster, Essex, Virginia, USA
Lancaster, Essex, Virginia, USA
1787
1787
Age 72
Death of William Bledsoe in Wake, North Carolina, USA
Wake, North Carolina, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1715
    Event Place: Lancaster, Essex, Virginia, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1787
    Event Place: Wake, North Carolina, USA

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