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William Fulwrler Rankin 1730 – 1786 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1730

Birth Location: Ireland

Death Date: Oct.20,1786

Death Location: Caswell, North Carolina, USA

Father: Rev Rankin

Mother: Mary Match)

Spouse(s): Victoria Alcorn

Children(s): Archibald Rankin, Adam Rankin, Betsy Rankin, William Rankin, William Rankin, David Rankin, William Rankin, Elizabeth Hatcher, James Rankin, Margaret Rankin, Victoria Rankin, Elizabeth Rankin, Sarah Rankin, Mary Mckey, Joseph Rankin

William Fulwrler Rankin was born in 1730 in Ireland, the child of Rev Adam Rankin and Mary Steele (7th GG) (DNA Match). William Fulwrler Rankin married Victoria Alcorn, and had children including Archibald Rankin, Adam Rankin, Betsy Rankin, William Jackson Rankin, William Rankin, David G. Rankin, William Rankin, Elizabeth Hatcher, James Rankin, Margaret Rankin, Victoria Rankin, Elizabeth Rankin, Sarah Rankin, Mary Mckey, Joseph Rankin. William Fulwrler Rankin passed away in 1786 in Caswell, North Carolina, USA.

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Biography

  • William Fulwrler Rankin was born in 1730 in Ireland, the child of Rev Adam Rankin and Mary Steele (7th GG) (DNA Match).
  • William Fulwrler Rankin married Victoria Alcorn, and had children including Archibald Rankin, Adam Rankin, Betsy Rankin, William Jackson Rankin, William Rankin, David G. Rankin, William Rankin, Elizabeth Hatcher, James Rankin, Margaret Rankin, Victoria Rankin, Elizabeth Rankin, Sarah Rankin, Mary Mckey, Joseph Rankin.
  • William Fulwrler Rankin passed away in 1786 in Caswell, North Carolina, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Rev Rankin
1688 – 1747
Birth Location: Stirling, Stirlingshire, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Mary Match)
1688 – 1747
Birth Location: Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
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Spouses(s)

Victoria Alcorn
1723 – 1787
Birth Location: Middleton, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States
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Children(s)

Archibald Rankin
1734 –
Birth Location: Antrim, Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States
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Adam Rankin
1739 – 1817
Birth Location: Antrim, Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States
AR
Betsy Rankin
1739 –
Birth Location: Antrim, Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States
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William Rankin
1743 – 1826
Birth Location: Martic, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
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William Rankin
1744 – 1804
Birth Location: Ireland
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David Rankin
1745 – 1802
Birth Location: Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania
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William Rankin
1748 – 1830
Birth Location: Frederick, Virginia, United States
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Elizabeth Hatcher
1748 – 1820
Birth Location: –
EH
James Rankin
1750 – 1827
Birth Location: King George, King George, Virginia, United States
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Margaret Rankin
1754 – 1842
Birth Location: Caswell, North Carolina, United States
MR
Victoria Rankin
1756 – 1793
Birth Location: Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States
VR
Elizabeth Rankin
1756 – 1809
Birth Location: –
ER
Sarah Rankin
1758 – 1858
Birth Location: Orange, North Carolina, United States
SR
Mary Mckey
– 1822
Birth Location: 1750
MM
Joseph Rankin
1788 –
Birth Location: Eustace Street Presbyterian, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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William Rankin's Ancestors

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William Rankin
1730 – 1786
Birth Place: Ireland
Parents
Rev Adam Rankin
1688 – 1747
Stirling, Stirlingshire, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom
Mary (Steele (7th GG) (DNA) Match)
1688 – 1747
Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
Grandparents
William ("John") Rankin
1658 – 1730
Ayrshire, Scotland
Dorothy Black
1668 – 1747
Londonderry, Derry, Ulster, Ireland
John Steele
1660 – 1698
Eliz Steele
1664 – 1739
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

William Rankin's Descendants

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William (Fulwrler) Rankin (1730 – Oct.20,1786) m. Victoria Alcorn (13 Jun 1723 – 1787)
  1. 1. Archibald Rankin (1734 – )
  2. 2. Adam Rankin (1739 – 10 Oct 1817)
  3. 3. Betsy Rankin (1739 – )
  4. 4. William (Jackson) Rankin (1743 – Apr 1826)
  5. 5. William Rankin (1744 – 09 Feb 1804)
  6. 6. David (G.) Rankin (1745 – 1802)
  7. 7. William Rankin (1748 – 22 Feb 1830) m. Rebecca Sutton (1756 – 28 January 1818)
    1. 1. Samuel Rankin (1777 – 1850)
    2. 2. Sarah Rankin (1778 – November 1833)
    3. 3. Abigail Rankin (1782 – 1860)
    4. 4. Rebecca Rankin (1783 – 1799)
    5. 5. Simeon Rankin (18 August 1789 – 20 April 1842)
    6. 6. William Rankin (1795 – 27 October 1845)
    7. 7. Abigail (Webb) Rankin (6 August 1810 – 29 December 1891)
    8. 8. Phoebe (Mahala) Rankin (4 November 1815 – 21 January 1881)
    9. 9. Ellen (Maria) Rankin (20 March 1820 – 21 January 1911)
  8. 8. Elizabeth Hatcher (25 Aug 1748 – 1820)
  9. 9. James Rankin (About 1750 – 25 Oct 1827) m. Hannah
    1. 1. Mary (Polly Jane) Rankin (26 Jul 1797 – 2 Sep 1865) m. Bennett (W) Moore (4 August 1792 – 17 February 1863) m. George (Wright Washington) Moore (7 May 1782 – 10 January 1845)
      1. 1. Luvang More (abt 1833 – )
      2. 2. Catharine More (abt 1835 – )
      3. 3. Eliza More (abt 1837 – )
      4. 4. Marion Moore (abt 1839 – ) m. Mary (J) More (abt 1840 – 21 Jun 1933)
        1. 1. Alla (B) Moore (abt 1866 – )
        2. 2. Cosby (B) Moore (26 January 1868 – 27 March 1947) m. Vandora Moore (27 October 1873 – 29 March 1956)
        3. 3. J (M) Talley
        4. 4. M (XL) Moore
        5. 5. M (E C) B
      5. 5. George (Wright) Moore (08 Jan 1831 – 29 October 1882) m. Eliza (Jane) Moore (11 April 1838 – 28 December 1928)
        1. 1. Mitchell (Joel) Moore (21 March 1854 – 21 February 1950) m. Lucy (Louie) Hall (16 January 1862 – 27 March 1913)
        2. 2. George (William) Moore (4 December 1855 – 3 May 1862)
        3. 3. Charlie Moore (12 Oct 1863 – 9 Jan 1865)
        4. 4. Georgeann Moore (5 Dec 1865 – 19 July 1874)
        5. 5. Thomas (Franklin) Moore (Abt 1868 – 3 Jul 1871) m. Sarah (Francis ‘fanny’) Stevens (27 December 1872 – 29 July 1949)
        6. 6. Mary (Elizabeth) Moore (13 April 1857 – 10 March 1960) m. William (Hugh) Moore (abt 1863 – 1 October 1928)
        7. 7. Sally Moore (18 Jul 1867 – 23 Jul 1867)
        8. 8. Martha (Jane) Moore (23 May 1869 – 06 Jan 1966) m. Robert (David) Crawford (9 Jul 1862 – 05 Aug 1931)
        9. 9. Robert (Henry) Moore (Abt 1869 – 18 January 1920) m. Betty Hicks
        10. 10. Lilian (V (Hicks)) Moore (Abt 1871 – 11 May 1896) m. Hicks
        11. 11. Frances (Etta "Fannie") Moore (2 Mar 1873 – 15 Aug 1964) m. Norris
        12. 12. Fleming Moore (06 May 1875 – 24 Sep 1888) m. Lula Smith
        13. 13. James (M.) Moore (26 Aug 1878 – 25 Aug 1899)
        14. 14. Pony (M "Piny") Moore
      6. 6. Lydia Wilkins (1835 – 1872) m. William (Henry) Wilkins (16 February 1824 – 23 February 1905)
        1. 1. Allen Wilkins (1846 – 24 July 1914)
        2. 2. William (D) Wilkins (abt 1854 – )
        3. 3. Henry (M.) Wilkins (1856 – 22 June 1914)
        4. 4. David (Washington) Wilkins (2 August 1857 – 15 May 1910)
        5. 5. Marissa (A) Wilkins (abt 1859 – )
        6. 6. Araminta (Pearlee) Holley (2 June 1861 – 19 December 1911)
        7. 7. Robert (Newton) Wilkins (15 September 1862 – 2 February 1935)
        8. 8. Dock (Bloodsaw) Wilkins (18 November 1872 – 25 January 1934)
      7. 7. Margaret (Ann) Dease (7 May 1838 – 18 May 1887) m. Laughlin Fannin
      8. 8. Priss Moore (aft 1851 – 1886)
  10. 10. Margaret Rankin (15 Dec 1754 – 13 Aug 1842)
  11. 11. Victoria Rankin (1756 – Jun 1793)
  12. 12. Elizabeth Rankin (1756 – Bef Nov 1809)
  13. 13. Sarah Rankin (1758 – 1858)
  14. 14. Mary Mckey ( – 1822)
  15. 15. Joseph Rankin (1788 – ) m. Ellen Bell (4 May 1790 – )
    1. 1. Joseph (David) Rankin (18 March 1817 – 23 September 1902) m. Mary (Ann) Marrows (1 Oct 1849 – 8 sep 1921)
      1. 1. Francis (Joseph) Rankin (29 July 1863 – 1932)
      2. 2. Alice (Jane) Rankin (16 Dec 1865 – 22 Oct 1948) m. Hugh Campbell (1860 – 3 August 1929)
        1. 1. Lucy (Margaret) Campbell (16 March 1887 – 31 December 1972)
        2. 2. Hugh (Rankin) Campbell (1888 – 1889)
        3. 3. Albert (Hugh) Campbell (25 January 1890 – 8 November 1967)
        4. 4. Daisy (Lexton) Campbell (22 March 1892 – 31 October 1969)
        5. 5. Eric (Rankin) Campbell (16 May 1894 – 14 January 1966) m. Beryl Bowden
      3. 3. Charles (Spurgeon) Rankin (1867 – 1950)
      4. 4. Lucy (Bell) Rankin (15 June 1870 – 8 June 1951)
      5. 5. Catherine (Maude) Rankin (9 July 1872 – 2 March 1950)
      6. 6. William (John (Will)) Rankin (12 September 1874 – 9 July 1949)
      7. 7. Frederick (George) Rankin (15 November 1877 – )
      8. 8. Emily (Ellen (Nell)) Rankin (24 November 1879 – 1958)
      9. 9. Albert (Hamilton (Bert)) Rankin (21 December 1881 – )
      10. 10. Leopold (John) Rankin (5 March 1884 – )
      11. 11. Walter (Beech) Rankin (5 September 1888 – 1951) m. Alice (Maud) Rutherford (abt 1896 – 27 May 1937)
        1. 1. Jack (Beech) Rankin (25 Jul 1919 – ) m. Kathleen Bragg (1919 – 22 July 2012)
        2. 2. Allan (Walter) Rankin (abt 1920 – Abt 1924)
    2. 2. Catherine Rankin (1826 – )
    3. 3. Emily Rankin (1829 – ) m. Richard Bryden

William Rankin's Timeline

3 Records

1730
1730
Birth of William Fulwrler Rankin in Ireland
Ireland
1786
Oct.20,1786
Age 56
Death of William Fulwrler Rankin in Caswell, North Carolina, USA
Caswell, North Carolina, USA
1846
29 Mar 1846
Age 116
William Fulwrler Rankin was baptized in Newville, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, USA
Newville, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1730
    Event Place: Ireland
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Source number: 2721.022; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 29 Mar 1846
    Event Place: Newville, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: Pennsylvania and New Jersey, U.S., Church and Town Records, 1669-2013, Historical Society of Pennsylvania; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records; Reel: 693

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Record Source: Pennsylvania and New Jersey, U.S., Church and Town Records, 1669-2013, Historical Society of Pennsylvania; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records; Reel: 693

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Oct.20,1786
    Event Place: Caswell, North Carolina, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index
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