William
Black
Born about in Scotland
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Mary (Tod) Black
— married
27 Mar 1719 in West Linton, Peeblesshire, Scotland
Descendants 
Father of
David Black and Alexander Black
Died
at about age 47
in Whitburn, West Lothian, Scotland
Profile last modified
| Created 16 May 2014
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Biography
William Black was born at Calla, near Carnwath, in about 1695. He was the son of James Black.[1]
He married Mary Tod at West Linton, Peebles-shire, on the 27th of March, 1719.[2] They had nine known children together: Henrietta (1720), James (1722), John (1724), William (1726), Mary 1 (1728), Mary 2 (1731), David (1737), Robert (abt. 1739), Alexander (1742).[1]
He died on the 2nd of May, 1742, and was buried in the Whitburn South Parish Churchyard.[1][3]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 William Black and Mary Tod. Retrieved from https://www.blacksofthebreich.com/ website 4 Sep 2020
- ↑ "Scotland Marriages, 1561-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XYST-H5Y : accessed 10 March 2016), William Black and Mary Tod, 27 Mar 1719; citing West Linton,Peebles,Scotland, reference ; FHL microfilm 1,067,924.
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 04 September 2020), memorial page for William Black (6 Dec 1694–2 May 1742), Find A Grave: Memorial #133172848, citing Whitburn South Parish Churchyard, Whitburn, West Lothian, Scotland ; Maintained by Find a Grave (contributor 8).
See also:
- Blacks of the Breich project website (descendants of William Black and Mary Tod) https://www.blacksofthebreich.com/
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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:
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:
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From my research William Black was the brother of Samuel Black (Black-3115), John Black (Black-3148) and James Black (Black-3150).
That would make his father James Black (Black-3136) and his mother Eleanor Unknown (Unknown-203282).
Does this all make sense?
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Paul Thompson (descendant of William Black)