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William Sample 1715–1853 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 8 Dec 1715

Birth Location: Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland

Death Date: 22 Dec 1853

Death Location: Fulton, Itawamba, Mississippi, USA

Father: James Semple

Mother: Jane Speir

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William Sample was born in 1715 in Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland, the child of James Of Cartside Semple And Jane Speir. William Sample passed away in 1853 in Fulton, Itawamba, Mississippi, USA.

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Biography

  • William Sample was born in 1715 in Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland, the child of James Of Cartside Semple And Jane Speir.
  • William Sample passed away in 1853 in Fulton, Itawamba, Mississippi, USA.

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William Sample's Ancestors

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William Sample
1715–1853
Birth Place: Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Parents
James "of Cartside" Semple
1735–1784
Cartside, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Jane Speir
1740–1795
Cartside, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Grandparents
James Semple
1706–1758
Kilbarchan, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Jane ("Jean") Stevenson
1714–
Renfrewshire, Scotland
James Spier
1710–1795
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Sussana Dickie
1710–
, Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
James Balgreen
1676–1758
Janet Cochrane
1695–1730
Constantine Speir
–1711
Agnes Tod
1674–1760
2nd-Great-Grandparents
James Balgreen
1644–1758
Margaret Blair
1648–
William Cochran
1651–1710
Jonet King
1667–1724

William Sample's Timeline

2 Records

1715
8 Dec 1715
Birth of William Sample in Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland
1853
22 Dec 1853
Age 138
Death of William Sample in Fulton, Itawamba, Mississippi, USA
Fulton, Itawamba, Mississippi, USA

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 8 Dec 1715
    Event Place: Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 22 Dec 1853
    Event Place: Fulton, Itawamba, Mississippi, USA

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