William married Rebecca Claypoole on November 21, 1752 at Christ Church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
William and Rebecca had four children during their marriage.
Benjamin b. 1753 died at birth
Joseph b. 1755 died at birth
Francis
William Jr. b.1760. He married Nancy A. King
Abraham
George
Comfort, b. before 1762. She married Cord Hazzard
He married for a second time, a woman named Sarah, possibly the widow of Wrixam Lewis. William's will leaves his wife Sarah various bequests "together with all and singular the good and chattels rights and credits which were her property when I intermarried with her on this special condition that she my said wife Sarah or her heirs, pay or cause to be paid a certain Bond given by her to Margaret Kollock and also make up with the Estate of Wrixam Lewis Esq…”
Heirs: wife Sarah Conwell; sons Abraham Conwell, George Conwell, William Conwell; daughter Comfort Hazzard wife of Cord Hazzard
Executor: sons William Conwell and Abraham Conwell
Witnesses: John Clowes, Thomas Groves, John Conwell Junr.
Enslaved people named in will: Syrus, son of Pheley; Dinah; Rodes; Siras, the son of Rose; Absolom, Daphnis
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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: