William
Lindley
Born in Chatham, North Carolina, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Aaron Lindley
and Phoebe (McPherson) Lindley
Brother of
Sarah (Lindley) Hadley, Phoebe Lindley, Edward Lindley, Jonathan Lindley, David Lindley [half], Aaron Lindley, James Lindley and Owen Lindley
Husband of
Sarah (Long) Lindley
— married
16 Mar 1815 in Orange County, North Carolina
Descendants 
Father of
Phoebe (Lindley) Richardson and Franklin D. Lindley
Died
at age 76
in Chatham, North Carolina, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 30 Mar 2013
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Biography
Married Sarah Long
- Children:
- Mary b. 1815
- Oliver Long b. 1818
- Phebe b. 1820
- Franklin D. b. 1822
- Emeline b. 1825
- Linnaeus b. 1827
- Semira b. 1829 died in childhood
- William Westley b. 1831
- Sarah Emlin b. 1834
Sources
- "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4B4-Y7T : 4 April 2020), William Lindley, Chatham county, Chatham, North Carolina, United States; citing family 352, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34368663/william-lindley: accessed 19 May 2023), memorial page for William Lindley (1792–Aug 1868), Find a Grave Memorial ID 34368663, citing Center Methodist Church Cemetery, Snow Camp, Alamance County, North Carolina, USA; Maintained by Jason & Mitzie (contributor 46991246).
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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:
- Barry Lindley
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 67 markers, haplogroup R-U198, FTDNA kit #N58648 - David Lindley :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup R-M269, FTDNA kit #850294
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~6.25%
~12.50%
Thelma (Henderson) Schoolfield :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder
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~3.12%
Marlene (Clapp) Brown :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member M_B_53
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~1.56%
Allen McGrew :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A874786 [compare], Ancestry member AlMcGrew
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~1.56%
L. K. Henderson :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A294246 [compare]
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Katherine (Dick) Benbow
Katherine (Dick) Benbow
Lindley-522 and Lindley-528 appear to represent the same person because: These are the same man.
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by Katherine (Dick) Benbow
William is 12 degrees from Maria Mitchell, 25 degrees from Carl Sagan, 20 degrees from Tycho Brahe, 27 degrees from Nicholaus Copernicus, 21 degrees from Eise Eisinga, 19 degrees from Caroline Lucretia Herschel, 25 degrees from Thomas Maclear, 14 degrees from Simon Newcomb, 17 degrees from Isaac Newton, 24 degrees from Pierre Henri Puiseux, 20 degrees from Beatrice Tinsley and 13 degrees from Edith Woodward on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.