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William Woodrow McGinnis 1780 – 1866 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1780

Birth Location: Carlisle, Susquehanna

Death Date: 1866

Death Location: Hydetown, Pennsylvania

Father: John McGinnis

Mother: Sarah Woodbridge

Spouse(s): Hannah Staples

Children(s):

In 1780, William Woodrow McGinnis entered the world in Carlisle, Susquehanna, born to John L. McGinnis and Sarah Margaret Anne Woodbridge. William Woodrow McGinnis married Hannah Staples. William Woodrow McGinnis passed away in 1866 in Hydetown, Pennsylvania.

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Biography

  • In 1780, William Woodrow McGinnis entered the world in Carlisle, Susquehanna, born to John L. McGinnis and Sarah Margaret Anne Woodbridge.
  • William Woodrow McGinnis married Hannah Staples.
  • William Woodrow McGinnis passed away in 1866 in Hydetown, Pennsylvania.

Immediate Family

Parents

John McGinnis
1744 – 1813
Birth Location: Ireland
JM
Sarah Woodbridge
1750 – 1795
Birth Location: Elizabethtown, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
SW

Spouses(s)

Hannah Staples
1778 – 1869
Birth Location: Colchester, New London, Connecticut, United States
HS

Children(s)

William McGinnis's Ancestors

Self
William McGinnis
1780 – 1866
Birth Place: Carlisle, Susquehanna
Parents
John L. McGinnis
1744 – 1813
Ireland
Sarah (Margaret Anne) Woodbridge
1750 – 1795
Elizabethtown, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
Grandparents
James (Dennis) McGINNIS
1692 – 1750
Tyrone, Tyrone, Ireland
Nancy (Ellen) Kennedy
1718 –
Tyrone, Tyrone, Ireland
Deodatus Woodbridge
1716 – 1755
New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Mary Ward
1725 – 1813
Hampton Falls, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States
Great-Grandparents
John McGinnis
1690 – 1715
Shadrack Ward
1699 – 1747
Margaret
1699 –
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Ward
1666 – 1743
Sarah Dodge
1688 – 1763

William McGinnis's Timeline

14 Records

1780
1780
Birth of William Woodrow McGinnis in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
1780
1780
Birth of William Woodrow McGinnis in Carlisle, Susquehanna
Carlisle, Susquehanna
1781
17 Apr 1781
Age 1
Birth of William Woodrow McGinnis in Warren, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Warren, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
1781
17 Apr 1781
Age 1
Birth of William Woodrow McGinnis in Running Pump, Cumberland, PA, USA
Running Pump, Cumberland, PA, USA
1781
17 Apr 1781
Age 1
Birth of William Woodrow McGinnis in Running Pump, Cumberland, PA, USA
Running Pump, Cumberland, PA, USA
1781
12 May 1781
Age 1
William Woodrow McGinnis was baptized in Easton, Northampton, Pennsylvania, USA
Easton, Northampton, Pennsylvania, USA
1810
1810
Age 30
William Woodrow McGinnis resided here in Cumberland, Adams, Pennsylvania, United States
Cumberland, Adams, Pennsylvania, United States
1818
1818
Age 38
William Woodrow McGinnis resided here in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
1850
1850
Age 70
William Woodrow McGinnis resided here in French Creek, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA
French Creek, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA
1860
1860
Age 80
William Woodrow McGinnis resided here in Plum, Perry, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA
Plum, Perry, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA
1864
24 Dec 1864
Age 84
Death of William Woodrow McGinnis in Troy, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States
Troy, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States
1866
1866
Age 86
Death of William Woodrow McGinnis in Hydetown, Pennsylvania
Hydetown, Pennsylvania
1866
1866
Age 86
Death of William Woodrow McGinnis in Hydetown, Pennsylvania
Hydetown, Pennsylvania
1866
1866
Age 86
Death of William Woodrow McGinnis in Hydetown, Pennsylvania
Hydetown, Pennsylvania

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 17 Apr 1781
    Event Place: Warren, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: Massachusetts, U.S., Compiled Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1700-1850, Franklin P. Rice; Worcester, Massachusetts; Vital Records of Warren (formerly Western), Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 17 Apr 1781
    Event Place: Running Pump, Cumberland, PA, USA

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 17 Apr 1781
    Event Place: Running Pump, Cumberland, PA, USA

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1780
    Event Place: Pennsylvania
    Record Source: American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI)

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1780
    Event Place: Carlisle, Susquehanna
    Record Source: U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 12 May 1781
    Event Place: Easton, Northampton, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: Pennsylvania and New Jersey, U.S., Church and Town Records, 1669-2013

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1810
    Event Place: Cumberland, Adams, Pennsylvania, United States
    Record Source: 1810 United States Federal Census, Year: 1810; Census Place: Cumberland, Adams, Pennsylvania; Roll: 44; Page: 75; Image: 00045; Family History Library Film: 0193670

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1818
    Event Place: Pennsylvania
    Record Source: U.S., Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1850
    Event Place: French Creek, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: 1850 United States Federal Census, Year: 1850; Census Place: French Creek, Venango, Pennsylvania; Roll: 832; Page: 3b

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1860
    Event Place: Plum, Perry, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: 1860 United States Federal Census, Year: 1860; Census Place: Plum, Venango, Pennsylvania; Page: 452

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Pennsylvania, United States
    Record Source: U.S., Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900

    Genealogy Event 12
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 24 Dec 1864
    Event Place: Troy, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States

    Genealogy Event 13
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1866
    Event Place: Hydetown, Pennsylvania

    Genealogy Event 14
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1866
    Event Place: Hydetown, Pennsylvania

    Genealogy Event 15
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1866
    Event Place: Hydetown, Pennsylvania
    Record Source: U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
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