William B. Sherrill (1723-1786) | WikiTree FREE Family Tree

Capt. William B. Sherrill

Born 1 May 1723 in Conestoga, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Ancestors

Son of Adam Sherrill and Elizabeth (Corzine) Sherrill

Brother of Samuel Wilson Sherrill Sr., Uriah Sherrill, Adam Sherrill, Aquilla Sherrill, Isaac Sherrill, Jacob Sherrill Sr, Moses Sherrill, Mary Sherrill, Elizabeth Sherrill and Ruth Sherrill

Husband of Sarah Agnes (White) Sherrill — married 12 Apr 1743 in Augusta Co., VA

Descendants

Father of Elizabeth (Sherrill) McDaniel, Mary Ann (Sherrill) Perkins, Sarah (Sherrill) Simpson, Jacob Sherrill, William J. Sherrill, Joshua White Sherrill, Agnes (Sherrill) Lowrance, Elisha Sherrill, Moses S Sherrill, Elizabeth Sherrill and Ruth Ann (Sherrill) Holtzclaw

Died 31 Dec 1786 at age 63 in Lincoln, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

Capt. William Sherrill performed Patriotic Service in North Carolina in the American Revolution.

William Sherrill is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A103445.

William was born in 1723. He passed away in 1786.

William is mentioned in his father’s will. ^[1]

Sources

↑ Will dated 5 March 1772, published 4 May 1774, Source--Rowan County North Carolina Wills Book A, pg 167 GSf 019733 mentions sons Adam, Quillar and William, but not his wife. General sources: "Annals of Lincoln County" "Carolina Cradle", North Carolina Colonial Records, Vol. 9, pg 257; Vol 22,

Murtie June Clark 1986, Colonial Soldiers of the South: 1732-1774 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co, Inc, 1983), p. 877.

https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A103445
Wikipedia Adam Sherrill (lists William B as son)
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16238012/william-sherrill

William L. Sherrill, Annals of Lincoln County, North Carolina: containing interesting and authentic facts of Lincoln County history through the years 1749-1937 (Charlotte, NC: The Observer Printing House, Inc., 1937), Ch. II 1759-1774, p. 16.

North Carolina, Church Records, 1700-1970", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WZZK-ZYZM : 12 August 2019), William Sherrill in entry for Moses or Mode Sherrill, 1759.

North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q21B-FJNP : 21 July 2021), William Sherrell in entry for David Lourance and Agnes Sherrell, 16 Jan 1760; citing Rowan, Bladen, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm .

North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q21B-FJNP : 21 July 2021), William Sherrell in entry for David Lourance and Agnes Sherrell, 16 Jan 1760; citing Rowan, Bladen, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm .

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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:

~1.56% Louise (Cunningham) LeCroy : Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T331087 [compare], FTDNA kit #88292
~1.56% John Doster : Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T967505 [compare], FTDNA kit #305325
~1.56% Estelle (Hunter) Smith : Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch ER8940848 [compare], FTDNA kit #427830
~0.78% Betty Cashion : 23andMe, GEDmatch M052879 [compare] + Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch M052879 [compare], FTDNA kit #B353770
~0.78% Charles Tollett : 23andMe
~0.78% C (Rector) Walls : 23andMe + AncestryDNA
~0.78% Susan (Williams) Duralde : 23andMe
~0.78% Diana (Welch) Norton : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A692325 [compare], Ancestry member diancer1 + Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #242075
~0.78% Anita Moore : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch T630372 [compare], Ancestry member quilterwannabe14 + Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch R1b1a2 [compare], FTDNA kit #206322
~0.78% Pat (Parfitt) Rodgers : AncestryDNA + Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T967505 [compare], FTDNA kit #305325
~0.78% Virginia B Lee : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A054825 [compare], Ancestry member virginiawilson79
~0.78% Hugh Lee : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A558398 [compare], Ancestry member blakesims2001
~0.78% Gail (Satterwhite) Woods : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch GS30511 [compare], Ancestry member Laura2013
~0.78% Steve Nesbit : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A111704 [compare], Ancestry member SNesbit2
~0.78% Tim Treadwell : AncestryDNA, Ancestry member tim11132
~0.78% Michael McCarthy : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch AZ3369886 [compare], Ancestry member mccarthysmodela + Autosomal DNA Test, GEDmatch AZ3369886 [compare]
~0.78% Wayne Penn : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch WM9898610 [compare], Ancestry member jtrichardson280 + Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #910207
~0.78% Don Holden : Family Tree DNA Family Finder
~0.78% Charles Cashion : Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch Z985918 [compare], FTDNA kit #567753
~0.39% Eric Green : 23andMe, GEDmatch M843343 [compare] + Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch M843343 [compare], FTDNA kit #408457
~0.39% M Boucher : 23andMe, GEDmatch AK1099222 [compare] + AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A773017 [compare], Ancestry member merryme_jw + MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch H418070 [compare]
~0.39% Robert Richardson : 23andMe, GEDmatch M085437 [compare]
~0.39% John Cork : 23andMe + AncestryDNA
~0.39% Dave Woodward : 23andMe
~0.39% Ronald Burgin : 23andMe, GEDmatch A837436 [compare], yourDNAportal RONNec56b20 + AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A837436 [compare], yourDNAportal RONec56b20a, Ancestry member ronaldburgin34
~0.39% Shafiqua (Vanderpool) Gist : 23andMe, GEDmatch EF9208332 [compare]
~0.39% Frena (Williams) Hokans : 23andMe + AncestryDNA
~0.39% Zemo Trevathan : 23andMe
~0.39% Linda (Shearer) Murtaugh : AncestryDNA + Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T149707 [compare], FTDNA kit #256891
~0.39% ~0.78% Dolores (Reese) Crowe : AncestryDNA
~0.39% Jan Harrill : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A212552 [compare], Ancestry member janalysonharrill
~0.39% Earl Willey : AncestryDNA, Ancestry member earl_willey93
~0.39% Yvonne (Watkins) Clark : AncestryDNA, Ancestry member YWClark
~0.39% Anne Calhoun : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A631743 [compare], Ancestry member pennymuffin2011
~0.39% Misty (Holsclaw) Girard : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch HV1171782 [compare], Ancestry member mistygirard3168
~0.39% Jason Sanchez : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch UQ5172438 [compare], Ancestry member Jason_sanchez190997
~0.39% ~1.56% Paige (Lethcoe) Turner : AncestryDNA + Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch TJ3428578 [compare], FTDNA kit #683941
~0.39% Sheila Smith : AncestryDNA
~0.39% ~0.39% Laura (Pruitt) Brown : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A409259 [compare], Ancestry member lapruittbrown
~0.39% Jen (Fisher) Thompson : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A629279 [compare], Ancestry member jenfisha77
~0.39% Anthony Miller : AncestryDNA
~0.39% David Calhoun : AncestryDNA, Ancestry member 1_dcalhoun75
~0.39% Jeff (Franklin) Loomis : AncestryDNA, Ancestry member jloomis007
~0.39% ~0.78% Rachael Winslow : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch GF8691407 [compare], yourDNAportal RAC05b41e05, Ancestry member homeuser_1992
~0.39% Jennifer Bohannon : AncestryDNA, Ancestry member jenniferbohannon1983
~0.39% Edwin Bridges : AncestryDNA, Ancestry member euphorbia153
~0.39% Linda (Billingsley) Johnson : AncestryDNA
~0.39% Andrew Miller : AncestryDNA, Ancestry member AndrewIMiller
~0.39% S Smith : AncestryDNA + Living DNA
~0.39% Carol White : Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #946844
~0.39% John Voss : Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #621021
~0.39% Josh Holsclaw : MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch H131042 [compare]

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Sherrill Family Cemetery

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Doug Leeper Jr.

This may be your William Sherrill's Land grant 12 April 1752 for 200 Acres on Broad River:

https://www.familysearch.org/records/images/image-details?page=1&place=392914&endDate=1800&startDate=1740&rmsId=TH-1961-32966-3174-32&imageIndex=200&singleView=true

posted Dec 31, 2022 by Doug Leeper Jr.

Doug Leeper Jr.

Keep in mind for these areas, it was first Anson, which became Lincoln, some of it became Mecklenburg, Tryon, and Gaston counties, depending on the date and area, this area was going through lots of county changes during that period.

posted Dec 31, 2022 by Doug Leeper Jr.

Bob Nichol

Sherrill-266 and Sherrill-406 appear to represent the same person because: Same person. Catawba County, NC was part of Lincoln County when this person lived there.

posted Jul 04, 2014 by Bob Nichol

Rejected matches › William Brian Sherrill › William Mury Sherrill (abt.1839-) › William P. Sherrill › William Sherrill (1666-1719) › William Sherrill (abt.1705-1774) › William Sorrell (abt.1725-abt.1780) › William Sherrill (1613-1693) › William Sorrell › William Henry Sorrell (1856-)

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William B. Sherrill (1723 - 1786)

Biography

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