William was born in 1776 in Washington County, Kentucky to parents John Moses Burnett and Rachel Morley Burnett. He was married twice. His first wife was Mary Polly Springer. They married in 1802 and had at least nine children together. She passed away in 1851. He then married Abigail (Unknown) Burnett about 1852.
He passed away in 1863 in Sullivan County, Indiana.
Source: "Memorandum of the Burnett Ancestry" written by Harvey Burnett
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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: