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William Gatewood (abt. 1720 - abt. 1785)

William Gatewood
Born about in Essex County, Virginia Colonymap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 1741 in Spotsylvania, Spotsylvania, Virginiamap
Descendants descendants
Died about at about age 65 in Amherst County, Virginia, United States of Americamap
Profile last modified | Created 11 Apr 2012
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Contents

Biography

Origin

William Gatewood was born c. 1720 at Essex County, Virginia, a son of Henry Gatewood and Dorothy Dudley.[1]

This birth date is the estimated birth date proposed by Carol Gothberg.

Marriage

William married in 1742 in Spotsylvania County, as her 2nd, to Ann (Ransone) Boswell, widow of John Boswell and daughter of (poss) Richard Ransom or Ransone of Gloucester County.[1]

Property

William also lived in Albemarle County.[1]

Ransom Boswell and his wife, Mary, sold to William's brother, Peter Gatewood of Spotsylvania Co., on 3 Oct 1752, 100 acres for £40.[1]

Death and Legacy

William died after 1780 at Amherst County, Virginia.[1]


Family

Henry Gatewood (father)

Will of Henry Gatewood[2]
Written: 21 January 1771
Proved: 18 September 1777
Spotsylvania County, Virginia
wife Tabitha
sons Dudley and Henry
son William and his wife Ann and their sons William, Austin and Ambrose Gatewood
sons Peter, Larkin and Richard Gatewood
daughters Keziah Sandidge and Dorothy Foster
Executor: son Richard Gatewood
Witnesses: Edward Herndon, Edmund Foster; John Frazer, Henry Crutcher; and Anthony Frazer


Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Gothberg, Carol J., (1987) John and Amy Gatewood and their Descendants 1666-1986. Baltimore: Gateway Press, FamilySearch.org (Pages 211-13).
  2. Spotsylvania County (Va.), William Armstrong Crozier, and Clayton Torrence. 1905. Spotsylvania county, 1721-1800 being transcriptions from the original files at the county court house, of wills, deeds, administrators' and guardians' bonds, marriage licenses, and lists of revolutionary pensioners. New York: Pub. for the Genealogical Association by Fox, Duffield & Co.

Acknowledgements – Cousins

  • WikiTree profile Gatewood-117 created through the import of The Gatewoods _ Lovings of Vir.ged on Apr 10, 2012 by Richard Gatewood.
  • GEDCOM import. Gatewood-375 was created by Jerry Smith through the import of FullTree.ged on Aug 23, 2014.
  • GEDCOM WLGraham.ged on May 24, 2013 by William Graham

Willam was born in 1720. He passed away in 1785.





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Data Doctor - This profile is on the Suggestion List with error code 811 Uncleaned profile after merge. Please clean the profile using WikiTree formatting.
posted by Stuart Awbrey
Before marking a parent as 'confirmed with DNA,' please ensure that the necessary DNA test matching information is included in the profile for at least two testers, including where the DNA tests were matched, the amount of shared DNA, and the estimated relationships. Also include the MRCA and how the testers relate to each other.

You can see what is required under the DNA Confirmation (click) topic of WikiTree's Help pages, as well as examples.

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posted by John Kingman
Gatewood-584 and Gatewood-117 appear to represent the same person because: dates seem the same
posted by Tom Pettus
Regina Pettus (jane gatewood) autosomal hit with kkwilson123 (ambrose gatewood) with predicted 5th-8th cousin on ancestry.com
posted by Tom Pettus
Gatewood-117 and Gatewood-491 appear to represent the same person because: Birth and death dates similar, spouses the same, children the same, parents the same
Gatewood-117 and Gatewood-324 appear to represent the same person because: Similar profiles.
posted by Linda Plummer

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