William
Edsall
Born in Sussex County, New Jersey, United States
Ancestors 
Son of John Edsall
and Elizabeth (Wilcox) Edsall
Brother of
Hannah Edsall and Abigail (Edsal) Perrine
Husband of
Isabelle Heard
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of
Lydia H (Perry) Edsall
— married
19 Dec 1848 in Illinois, United States
Descendants 
Father of
John Heard Edsall, Sarah Elizabeth Edsall, Mary Matilda Edsall, Maria Mann (Edsall) Nichols, Adaline Elizabeth Edsall, Harriet Celinda Edsall, Molly Ann Edsall, William Montgomery Edsall and Corydon P Edsall
Died
at age 71
in Jersey County, Illinois, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 8 Dec 2017
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Biography
William was born in 1797. He passed away in 1869.
Sources
- "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q292-TQ7X : 4 March 2016), William Edsall in entry for Croydon P. Edsall and Catherine M. Shaffer, 06 Apr 1879; citing , Jersey, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 1,317,903.
- Edsall family bible
- Argument for William as son of John Edsall & Elizabeth Wilcox: Secondary sources. In A History of Greene and Jersey Counties, Illinois (Springfield, 1885; WorldCat #3306452), John Edsall of Cayuga County, New York is listed as Coe Edsall’s father. Coe Edsall is William’s brother. Given William’s date of birth from the Edsall/McVey Bible, he could only be the son of Elizabeth.
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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:
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%
Michael Olason 
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A658310 [compare], Ancestry member Olason128
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Erin (Olason) Moore :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A437313 [compare], Ancestry member erinm82026
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Jonathan Trumble :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A950845 [compare], Ancestry member jontrumble57
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Rowan Moore :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch UY3446604 [compare]
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