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William Presley 1608–1655 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1608

Birth Location: Dorchester, Dorset, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 12 December 1655

Death Location: Northumberland, British Colonial America, Virginia, USA

Father: William II

Mother: Winifred Griffin

Spouse(s): Jane Newman

Children(s): William Presley

William Presley was born in 1608 in Dorchester, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, the child of William Presley Ii And Winifred Griffin. William Presley married Jane Newman, and had children including William Presley. William Presley passed away in 1655 in Northumberland, British Colonial America, Virginia, USA.

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Biography

  • William Presley was born in 1608 in Dorchester, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, the child of William Presley Ii And Winifred Griffin.
  • William Presley married Jane Newman, and had children including William Presley.
  • William Presley passed away in 1655 in Northumberland, British Colonial America, Virginia, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

William II
1562–1655
Birth Location: London, Middlesex, England
WI
Winifred Griffin
1561–1655
Birth Location: London, Middlesex, England
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Spouses(s)

Jane Newman
1613–1655
Birth Location: Hornton, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
JN

Children(s)

William Presley
1630–1684
Birth Location: Northumberland, Virginia, USA
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William Presley's Ancestors

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William Presley
1608–1655
Birth Place: Dorchester, Dorset, England, United Kingdom
Parents
William Presley II
1562–1655
London, Middlesex, England
Winifred Griffin
1561–1655
London, Middlesex, England
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

William Presley's Descendants

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William Presley (1608–12 December 1655) m. Jane Newman (1613–12 December 1655)
  1. 1. William Presley 1630–1684 m. Elizabeth Mottrom 1634–1659
    1. 1. Jane Presley 1652–1710 m. Charles (Rowland) Morehead 1609–1692
      1. 1. John Morehead 1682–1768 m. Mary Armistead 1696–1768
        1. 1. John (Morehead) II 1745–1821 m. Mary Wheatley 1730–1821

William Presley's Timeline

2 Records

1608
1608
Birth of William Presley in Dorchester, Dorset, England, United Kingdom
Dorchester, Dorset, England, United Kingdom
1655
12 December 1655
Age 47
Death of William Presley in Northumberland, British Colonial America, Virginia, USA
Northumberland, British Colonial America, Virginia, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1608
    Event Place: Dorchester, Dorset, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 12 December 1655
    Event Place: Northumberland, British Colonial America, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index
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