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William {Williams} WAY 1809–1860 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 21 February 1809

Birth Location: Chatham County, North Carolina, United States of America

Death Date: 1860

Death Location: Orange County, Indiana, United States of America

Father: Solomon Williams)

Mother: Margret Way)

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William {Williams} WAY was born in 1809 in Chatham County, North Carolina, United States of America, the child of Solomon I Taylor Way M Margaret Williams And Margret Peggy Williams Way M Solomon Way. In 1850, William {Williams} WAY resided in Paoli, Orange, Indiana, USA. William {Williams} WAY passed away in 1860 in Orange County, Indiana, United States of America.

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Biography

  • William {Williams} WAY was born in 1809 in Chatham County, North Carolina, United States of America, the child of Solomon I Taylor Way M Margaret Williams And Margret Peggy Williams Way M Solomon Way.
  • In 1850, William {Williams} WAY resided in Paoli, Orange, Indiana, USA.
  • William {Williams} WAY passed away in 1860 in Orange County, Indiana, United States of America.

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William WAY's Ancestors

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William WAY
1809–1860
Birth Place: Chatham County, North Carolina, United States of America
Parents
Solomon I {Taylor} WAY (m Margaret Williams)
1782–1851
Chatham County, North Carolina
Margret ("Peggy" {} Williams (Way) (m Solomon) Way)
1783–1846
Chatham, North Carolina, USA
Grandparents
Nathaniel (II {Matthews} WAY (m Sarah) Taylor)
1731–1790
Pennsylvania
Sarah ({} Taylor (Way) (m Nathaniel II) Way)
1738–1796
Pennsylvania
Great-Grandparents
Nathaniel Matthews)
1709–1760
Mary Way)
1712–1785
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Robert Hickman)
1668–1725
Hannah Way)
1673–1727
George Matthews
1690–

William WAY's Timeline

3 Records

1809
21 February 1809
Birth of William {Williams} WAY in Chatham County, North Carolina, United States of America
Chatham County, North Carolina, United States of America
1850
1850
Age 41
William {Williams} WAY resided here in Paoli, Orange, Indiana, USA
Paoli, Orange, Indiana, USA
1860
1860
Age 51
Death of William {Williams} WAY in Orange County, Indiana, United States of America
Orange County, Indiana, United States of America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 21 February 1809
    Event Place: Chatham County, North Carolina, United States of America
    Record Source:
    [1] 1850 United States Federal Census, The National Archives in Washington, DC; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Paoli, Orange, Indiana; Roll: 163; Page: 452a
    [2] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1850
    Event Place: Paoli, Orange, Indiana, USA
    Record Source: 1850 United States Federal Census, The National Archives in Washington, DC; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Paoli, Orange, Indiana; Roll: 163; Page: 452a

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1860
    Event Place: Orange County, Indiana, United States of America
    Record Source: Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

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