William May (1740)

Born 21 Oct 1740 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Private William May served with Hampshire County, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.

William May is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A076107.

William was born in 1740. He is the son of Eleazer May and Dorothy Davis.

Sources

• https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/491805-a-genealogy-of-the-descendants-of-john-may-who-came-from-england-to-roxbury-in-america-1640?viewer=1&offset=0#page=18&viewer=picture&o=info&n=0&q=

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• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/182910792/william-may: accessed 26 November 2023), memorial page for William May (21 Oct 1740–22 Aug 1807), Find a Grave Memorial ID 182910792, citing Glenwood Cemetery, Homer, Cortland County, New York, USA; Maintained by Melissa H (contributor 48738995).

• Carpenter, Edward. The History of the Town of Amherst, Massachusetts (Carpenter & Morehouse, Amherst, Mass., 1896); p. 79

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4LP-N9C : Wed Oct 25 19:23:02 UTC 2023), Entry for William May and Eleazer May, 21 Oct 1740.