William Beckham set his hand and affixed his seal to his Last Will and Testament on the 4th day of June 1776 making these bequests:
wife Phillis Beckham...son John Beckham...rest of my sons and daughters Thos Beckham, William Beckham, Simon Beckham, Phillis & Mary.[1]
The will was proven at November Court 1777 and and Executor Administration was granted to Thomas Beckham.
This biography is a rough draft. It was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import and needs to be edited.
WikiTree profile Beckham-50 created through the import of Murdock _ WarrenFamilies.ged on May 29, 2011 by Jerry Murdock. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Jerry and others.
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↑ Granville County, Will Book 1, Page 153-154, citing will of William Beckham. Digital images: Familysearch.org [database with images] Film #007653486 image 175 of 574. Accessed 19 September 2021.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William: