William
Porterfield
Born about in Pennsylvania
Ancestors 
Son of John Porterfield
and [mother unknown]
Brother of
James Porterfield [half], Robert Porterfield, John Porterfield [half] and Eliza (Porterfield) Smith
Husband of
Nancy (Frazier) Porterfield
— married
6 Aug 1785 in Pennsylvania, United States
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 11 Feb 2023
This page has been accessed 24 times.
Biography
William is listed as the fourth child of John Porterfield. The preceding son, John, has a birth date of 1751. William is presumed to be born say two years later. He married Nancy Frazier on 6 August 1785 in Pennsylvania. There is no record of any children from this marriage.[1]
Sources
- ↑ Frank Burke Porterfield, The Porterfields (Roanoke, Virginia: Multiprint Inc, 1947), p. 108, digital images, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89066246737;view=1up;seq=116. Hathi Trust Digital Library (https://babel.hathitrust.org: accessed 11 February 2023).
Is William your ancestor? Please don't go away!
Login to collaborate or comment, or
contact
the profile manager, or
ask our community of genealogists a question.
Login to collaborate or comment, or contact
the profile manager, or ask our community of genealogists a question.
Sponsored Search by Ancestry.com
DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. Paternal line Y-chromosome DNA test-takers:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. Paternal line Y-chromosome DNA test-takers:
- George Porterfield
:
Y-Chromosome Test 37 markers, haplogroup R-L21
-
~0.39%
Paul Fore :
23andMe
-
~0.39%
George Porterfield :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A811862 [compare]
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A811862 [compare], FTDNA kit #B128648
+
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch A811862 [compare]
+
Living DNA, GEDmatch A811862 [compare], Ancestry member george_porterfield
View newspaper mentions & more for William Porterfield.
Sponsored Search
Comments
Leave a message for others who see this profile.
There are no comments yet.
Login to post a comment.
This week's featured connections are Fathers: William is 11 degrees from James Madison, 22 degrees from Konrad Adenauer, 18 degrees from Charles Babbage, 19 degrees from Chris Cornell, 17 degrees from Charles Darwin, 17 degrees from James Naismith, 24 degrees from Paul Otlet, 22 degrees from Henry Parkes, 24 degrees from Eiichi Shibusawa, 27 degrees from William Still, 17 degrees from Étienne-Paschal Taché and 15 degrees from Cratis Williams on our single family tree. Login to see how you relate to 33 million family members.
P > Porterfield > William Porterfield