William Needham (Bedingfield) Benefield (abt.1740-abt.1800)

William Needham Benefield formerly Bedingfield

Born about 1740 in Wake County, North Carolina

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Ancestors

Son of William Henry Bedingfield and Susannah (Bradley) Benefield

Brother of Solomon Bedingfield

Husband of Susannah Nancy (Rogers) Bedingfield — married [date unknown] [location unknown]

Descendants

Father of Sarah Jane (Benefield) Bynum, Willis (Bedingfield) Benefield, William Hardy Bedingfield, Needham Bedingfield, James Bedingfield and Mary (Bedingfield) Hudson

Died about 1800 at about age 60 in Wake County, North Carolina, United States of America

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Profile last modified 9 Jan 2023 | Created 19 Aug 2014

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Biography

1st decendant from England

William was born about 1740. William Bedingfield ... He passed away about 1800.^[1] biography in memorial

children:

Solomon Benefield 1760-1776. (this son would require William have a first wife before Susannah Rogers)
Sarah Jane Byrum 1770-1823 m Jessie Byrum
Willis Benefield 1773-1822
William Hardy Benefield 1777-1878
Winifred Benefield 1777-1803 m. Jacob Cobb
Needham Benefield 1778-1850
James Benefield. 1780-1835

If he is "said to have 7 sons", we are missing 2

Sources

↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #171683510

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/171683510/william-benefield : accessed 19 March 2022), memorial page for William Benefield (1740–1800), Find a Grave Memorial ID 171683510, ; Maintained by Emily Benefield (contributor 48330352) Burial Details Unknown, who reports a Unknown burial site possibly.
FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch Family Tree, FamilySearch, "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XHKB-B9S : accessed 26 June 2017), Wm Bedingfield, Wake, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 244, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 7; FHL microfilm 568,147.
Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Ancestry.com, Source number: 3143.004; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1. Record for William Beddingfield. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=WorldMarr_ga&h=86681&indiv=try.
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/sources/K4ZB-Q97

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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:

~0.78% Jose Box : 23andMe
~0.78% Mona Young : 23andMe, GEDmatch BV2043977 [compare]
~0.78% Ron Duvall : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A944318 [compare], Ancestry member rduvall1979
~0.78% Jerry Nelson : AncestryDNA, Ancestry member jvnelson49
~0.78% Susan Bailey : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch T986110 [compare], yourDNAportal SUS909fe601, Ancestry member Sbailey424 + Family Tree DNA Family Finder + MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch T986110 [compare]
~0.78% Billy Bailey : Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A709974 [compare], FTDNA kit #B186855
~0.78% jd Layton : Family Tree DNA Family Finder
~0.78% Michael Bailey : Autosomal DNA Test, GEDmatch T364904 [compare]
~0.78% Teresa (Cameron) Smith : MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch LN7006541 [compare]
~0.59% Melissa Kennedy : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch GL4714627 [compare]
~0.39% Susan Dodd : 23andMe, GEDmatch ZM2497169 [compare] + AncestryDNA
~0.39% Brian Beck : 23andMe, GEDmatch M195233 [compare] + AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A004069 [compare], Ancestry member BrianBeck38 + Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch M195233 [compare], FTDNA kit #B1730
~0.39% ~3.12% Gabriel Rivera : 23andMe, GEDmatch TR1124448 [compare], yourDNAportal GABdf00c01b + AncestryDNA, Ancestry member gabrielrivera991
~0.39% Janice (Merrill) Johnt : AncestryDNA, Ancestry member janice_johnt
~0.39% John (Reed Sr) Reed : AncestryDNA, Ancestry member thedeboe
~0.39% Sabrina (Woodward) Whitney : Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A323823 [compare]
~0.39% James Bailey : Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch H214317 [compare], FTDNA kit #871182 + MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch H214317 [compare]