William
"William the Carpenter"
May
Born about in Virginia
[uncertain]
[uncertain]Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Lucy (Davis) May
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Died
at about age 66
in Pendleton District, South Carolina
Profile last modified
| Created 12 Jul 2012
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Biography
His year of birth is an educated guess.
In 1773 the will of Philip May (relationship unknown) was presented in Anson County, North Carolina court.[3]
A William May served on an Anson County jury in 1775.[4] This may or may not be the same William may because more than one lived in Anson County at that time.
The US Census for Anson County, North Carolina enumerated him in 1790 [5] and 1800[6].
In 1794 he added 150 acres to his property that also adjoined Lewis May; Daniel May and John May served as chain bearers.[1]
He also may have served as a sheriff of Anson County that year.[7]
William wrote his will 12 Nov 1807 and he must have died soon thereafter because it was presented to the court on 1 December 1807.[2]. He names:
- wife Lucy
- son William May
- son Philip May
- son John May
- son Daniel May
- daughter Judith Byrd
- daughter Mary Pace
He named all four sons as executors and directed them to sell his two tracts in North Carolina. He left his 370 property on Thompsons Creek to his son William and he left the land on James Creek and the upper side of Stanfills Big Branch where it joined McCray and Adams spring branch to his sons John and Daniel. His will also named enslaved persons named Fillis, Charles, George, Amey, Laney, and Harry.
His memorial on Find-A-Grave transcribes his will.[3]
His self-reference in his will and in other documents as William May, Carpenter, has made it possible for researches to distinguish him from other William Mays:
- Signd. Sealed and published and pronounced and declard, by me William May, Carptr to be my last will and Testament in Presence of AndW Harris, J. C. Kilpatrick, Jas Bennett
Sources
- ↑ North Carolina Land Grants, Anson County, #0564, 23 Oct 1794[1]
- ↑ Virginia Alexander, Colleen Morse Elliott & Betty Willie, Pendleton District and Anderson County, S.C. Wills, Estates, Inventories, Tax Returns and Census Records p 36 citing Will Book A: 88-90
- ↑ Find-A-Grave Memorial #186226783 [2]
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/186226783/william-may
- Will of William May of Pendleton District, South Carolina abstracted by Virginia Alexander, Colleen Morse Elliott & Betty Willie, Pendleton District and Anderson County, S.C. Wills, Estates, Inventories, Tax Returns and Census Records p 36 citing Will Book A: 88-90
- North Carolina. County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions (Anson County)
- Virginia Alexander, Colleen Morse Elliott & Betty Willie, Pendleton District and Anderson County, S.C. Wills, Estates, Inventories, Tax Returns and Census Records
- Find-A-Grave Memorial #186226783
- US Census
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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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~0.78%
Edward Newton
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~0.39%
TC Duran :
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~0.39%
Shelley (Newton) Arnold :
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May-16295 and May-1624 appear to represent the same person because: This profile did not appear as a possible when the second profile was created
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May-16295 and May-1624 do not represent the same person because: Individuals were born over two hundred years apart.
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