William
H
Burris
Sr.
Born in , , Virginia, United States
[uncertain]
[uncertain]Son of Unknown Burris
and [mother unknown]
Brother of
Mary Polly Burris, John Riley (Burris) Burrows Sr, Thomas Burris, James Burris and Robert Burris
Husband of
Maria (Bellows) Burris
— married
7 May 1829 in Watertown, Washington, Ohio, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Emily M Burris, Bernard H Burris, Rufus D Burris, Melissa Mehala (Burris) Brabham, Thirsa Chamberlin Burris, Reuben B Burris, Cynthia A (Burris) Riley, William H Burris Jr and Maria Elizabeth Burris
Died about
at about age 81
in , Washington, Ohio, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 15 Mar 2015
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Biography
This Was in the Family Bible of Melissa, M Burris-Brabham and that of Maria Elizabeth Burris-Brabham
In early times our Great Grandfather Burris ran away from his parents and home in Ireland, at the age of 15 yrs. to go to America to find his two brothers who had gone before. He got on a boat thinking it an American vessel and that he would soon find his brothers, but instead he was aboard an English Man of war fighting against America. They put him at firing a Cannon where they kept him at the breech of a cannon for seven yrs. before he was allowed to land, during this time he had all the flesh shot from his right-hip by a cannon ball and carried the scar the rest of his days. He finally got to America and settled in Washington County, Ohio, but he never found or heard tell of his two Brothers. He married here an reared a large family.
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- Research of Dawn K for Global Family Reunion
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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:
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:
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~3.12%
~12.50%
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