William Elder (1717 - aft. 1754)

Born 8 Oct 1717 in Farnham, Richmond, Virginia

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Biography

BIRTH

William Elder

Birth: 08 Oct 1717 in Richmond Co., Virginia, per North Farnham Parish records

FamilySearch.com, Virginia, Births and Christenings, 1853-1917

Name: William Elder

Gender: Male

Christening Date: 08 Oct 1717

Christening Place: NORTH FARNHAM PARISH,RICHMOND,VIRGINIA

Father's Name: William Elder

Mother's Name: Ann

Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C50538-1 , System Origin: Virginia-ODM , GS Film number: 975.523 V2K

DEATH

Death: after 1754, when William was listed in his father's will.

Note: The 1782 Land Tax list for Dinwiddie County does NOT show a William Elder with 280 acres of land. This is the amount of land that William patented in 1746.

Note: There are several William Elders in Land Tax and Personal Property Tax lists for Dinwiddie County from 1782 on.

PARENTAGE

Parents: William Elder and Ann (maiden name unknown)

William's parents are listed in his Christening record (see birth)

William was named in his father's Will.

His father William Elder's Will, written 24 Apr 1754, proved 3 Feb 1755.

[Reference profile of father, William Elder, for entire Will transcript.]

Son William was given five shillings.

MARRIAGE

unknown

LAND

William lived in Richmond County and (presumably) in Prince George (later Dinwiddie) County, where he patented 280 acres in 1746.

1746: Patent Abstract: William Elder Junior

Land Office Patents No. 25, 1745–1747, pages 183–184;

Microfilm Reel 23 – Library of Virginia.

Patenter: William Elder, Junior

Date: 28 August 1746

Terms: 30 shillings

Description: 280 acres in the County of Prince George (now Dinwiddie) on the South side of Butterwood Swamp; “beginning on Peter Wynne’s old line where Samuel Moore adjoins the same near a branch thence along the said Wynne’s old line West forty five poles to his corner thence North eighty four poles along his line to Robert Poythress’s corner in the same thence West two hundred and fourteen poles to a corner Spanish oak thence South one hundred and twenty poles to a corner pine thence South East one hundred and fourteen poles to a corner shrub white oak thence East five degrees North one hundred and ninety nine poles to Samuel Moore’s line thence North one hundred and two poles to the beginning.”

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Acknowledgments

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