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William Featherston 1736–1769 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1736

Birth Location: Virginia

Death Date: 27 Apr 1769

Death Location: Amelia County, Virginia, USA

Father: Richard ❦🧬

Mother: Lucy Burwell

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William Featherston was born in 1736 in Virginia, the child of Richard Featherstone And Lucy Burwell. William Featherston passed away in 1769 in Amelia County, Virginia, USA.

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Biography

  • William Featherston was born in 1736 in Virginia, the child of Richard Featherstone And Lucy Burwell.
  • William Featherston passed away in 1769 in Amelia County, Virginia, USA.

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William Featherston's Ancestors

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William Featherston
1736–1769
Birth Place: Virginia
Parents
Richard Featherstone ❦🧬
1716–1795
Amelia County, Virginia, United States
Lucy Burwell
1717–1796
South Carolina, United States
Grandparents
Wiiliam (Featherston) II
1685–1720
Charles City, Virginia, United States
Frances (Cross) Howell
1699–1769
Virginia, Virginia, USA
James (Smith Burwell~) Major
1690–1718
Fairfield Plantation, Gloucester, Virginia, United States
Great-Grandparents
William I.
1642–1728
Mary Feathersone
1667–1688
Charles Howell
1650–1732
Elizabeth Surbey
1653–1750
Lewis II
1651–1710
Bacon
1656–1692
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Esquire
1603–1645
Elizabeth Fields
1606–1680
Daniel Pymbrough
1635–1688
John Howell
1624–1679
Mary Tatum
1628–1677
Phillip Surbey
1630–1700
Margaretta Alexander
1625–1696
Lewis I.
1621–1652
LUCY 8GG
1626–1675
Anthony Smith~
1626–1667
Martha Bacon
1630–1667

William Featherston's Timeline

2 Records

1736
1736
Birth of William Featherston in Virginia
Virginia
1769
27 Apr 1769
Age 33
Death of William Featherston in Amelia County, Virginia, USA
Amelia County, Virginia, USA

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1736
    Event Place: Virginia

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 27 Apr 1769
    Event Place: Amelia County, Virginia, USA

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