William
McGuffy
Rives
Born in Bath Parish, Dinwiddie County, Colony of Virginia
Ancestors 
Son of Thomas Henry Rives
and Eleanor (Neal) Rives
Brother of
Joanna (Rives) Turner, Thomas Rives [half], Martha (Rives) McMath [half], Mary (Rives) Wilkinson [half], Edwards Rives [half], John Franklin Rives [half] and Reuben Rives [half]
Husband of
Mary Catherine (Turner) Rives
— married
1 Jan 1788 in Mecklenburg, Virginia, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Stephen Turner Rives Sr., William Buchanan Rives, Sarah Ann (Rives) Moss, James Rives, Rebecca (Rives) Southall and Susan T. (Rieves) Cunningham
Died
at age 71
in Chatham, Warren, North Carolina, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 19 Nov 2012
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Biography
William was born in 1767. He passed away in 1839.
Family members named in his Will:
- Wife - Mary Reaves
- Daughter - Susan T. Rives
- Child - Thomas Rives
- Child - William Rives
- Child - Robert Rives
- Child - James Rives
- Child - Nancy Mabry
- Child - Sally Moss
- Child - Rebecca Southall
- Surviving children of son Stephen Rives
- Grandchild - Frances Ann Watkins
- Grandchild - James Rives Watkins
Sources
- Alabama, Surname Files Expanded, 1702-1981:
- Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current:
- Mecklenburg, Virginia, Marriages Index, 1765-1810:
- North America family histories, 1500-2000:
- North Carolina Heads of Families at the first census of the United States taken in the year 1790. North Carolina, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890:
- North Carolina, Marriage Index, 1741-2004:
- North Carolina, Marriage Records, 1741-2011:
- U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current:
- U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970:
- Virginia, Compiled Marriages, 1660-1800
- All these records can be found on Ancestry Records.
- Ancestry.com. Mecklenburg, Virginia, Marriages Index, 1765-1810 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 1999. Original data: Nottingham, Stratton. Marriage License Bonds of Mecklenburg County, Virginia from 1765 to 1810. Onancock, VA, USA: Stratton Nottingham, 1928.
- Will image: "North Carolina Probate Records, 1735-1970," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-LGHG-9JMD?cc=1867501&wc=32GS-K66%3A170078601%2C170856301 : 21 May 2014), Warren > Wills, 1838-1841, Vol. 37 > image 160 of 346; county courthouses, North Carolina.
- Will Transcription: Kelly Bembry Midura."Will of William McGuffey Rives of Warren County, North Carolina, 24 Nov 1836," A Long Way to Tennessee, 23 Jun 2020, accessed 17 Jan 2022.
Acknowledgments
Entered by Gina Proctor, Nov 18, 2012.
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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. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
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. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- David Ryves
:
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~1.56%
Lisette (Dozier) Dolehanty :
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~1.56%
Kristen Boxley :
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~1.56%
Sharen (Fairbank) Lininger :
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~1.56%
Edwin Jordan :
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~1.56%
Jason Lancaster :
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~0.78%
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Living DNA
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~0.78%
Grover Fuller :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A150172 [compare]
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~0.78%
Lee Hale :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member leehale61
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~0.78%
James Hutcherson :
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~0.39%
Lee Rives :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A747864 [compare]
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~0.39%
Emily Lair :
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~0.39%
Judi (Fuller) Wild :
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