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William R. Remy Sr. (1745 - 1816)

William R. Remy Sr. aka Ramey
Born in Westmoreland, Virginiamap
Ancestors ancestors
Brother of [half] and
Husband of — married 4 Mar 1768 [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Died at age 71 in Paintsville, Floyd, Kentucky, United Statesmap
Profile last modified | Created 24 Apr 2014
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Biography

William Remy (spelling varies) was born on the 16th of January in 1744/1745 in Westmoreland County, Virginia. This date of birth and location along with the allegation that William is the son of Daniel Remy may be found in various printed and online family histories; although these compilations do not provide further sources, the reasoning by some is that Daniel is the most likely candidate for William's father amongst the Remy men of Westmoreland County in the mid-1740s. (Note that William also named a son Daniel and a daughter Dorcas, possibly after proposed mother Dorcas Brickey Remy.) Likewise, William's date of death being the 16th of May 1816 is also seemingly without source beyond repeating information from family trees, but its specific nature is worth noting.

According to the "International Marriage Records" database on Ancestry.com, William Remy married Eleanor McCarty on the 4th of March in 1768 at Westmoreland County, Virginia..[1] However, this database is created from a range of sources, including family trees that may be created oiut of speculation or error, and while the exactness of a marriage date is promising, it and the surname of "McCarty" for wife Eleanor is not currently backed by any other known source, Perhaps autosomal DNA segment mapping and triangulation will eventually lead to a strong connection to a likely line representing Eleanor's family, but the amount intermarriage of the time period and location will require some caution in sorting such data.

William's will references his wife Eleanor and nine children, seven of whom he describes as living in Floyd County, Kentucky:

"I, William Remy, of the County of Floyd, State of Kentucky....... First, I lend to my wife, Eleanor Remy, my plantation for her natural life and at her death I leave it to be divided amongst seven of my children now living in Floyd Co KY, viz., John Remy, James Remy, William Remy, Daniel Remy, Dorcas Jayne, Catherine Wheeler, Jemima Auxier. To my daughter Eleanor Roland $10 cash and to my daughter Mary Underwood, living in Virginia $10 cash.......to Stephen Wheeler, for schooling of his son, William Remy Wheeler, and his brothers........to John Remy for schooling of his son, William Remy, and for his grandson, Thadeus Remy......to William Remy for schooling of his son William Remy, two years and for the schooling of one of the sons of John Auxier.... To Daniel Remy for schooling of his son William Remy....... Executors: John Remy, William Remy, John Auxier....... Witnesses: Thomas Lewis, John Remy Jr" Written: 28 April 1816[2] Proved: December 1816[3]

A tenth child, Owen is said to have died with is wife and one child in 1816. Owen's relationship to William is based on William's daughter Eleanor taking in his surviving children.[4]

Sources

  1. International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
  2. Transcribed will of William Remy. http://files.usgwarchives.net/ky/floyd/wills/r500001.txt
  3. Abbreviated Transcription of Will of William Remy. GenWeb page for Johnson County, Kenttucky, Original page from 6 December 1998 as stored at Archive.org: http://www.bright.net/~kat/wmremy.htm
  4. https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/ramey/1929/ GenForum post by Iris Seyfried, descendant of Owen Ramey. 21 October 2008.

"United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG2M-NR6B : 1 March 2021), William Rumney, 1777; citing Military Service, , Citing various published state rosters, United States

"United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2B-9S6 : accessed 15 May 2021), William Reamy, Westmoreland, Virginia, United States; citing p. 250





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This William does not have the middle name of Bryan or Bryant. William Bryant Ramey is his grandson, and son of Owen Ramey and Mary Bryant.
posted by Janne (Shoults) Gorman
Shared ancestor, triangulated group consisting of F Lewis GEDmatch A 616565, CM adm by Shari S, GEDmatch A-690611 and Lois GEDmatch H728961, sharing a 8.4cM segment on chromosome 8 from 26,083,379 to 31,516,339. William Remy, Sr. is the 4th gr grandfather of FLewis, the 5th gr grandfather of CM, and the 6th gr grandfather of Lois.
posted by Lois Staggs
Ramey-806 and Remy-66 appear to represent the same person because: This is the same person. Please merge.

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