Captain
William
Cross
Born in North Carolina
Ancestors 
Son of Zachariah Cross
and Elizabeth Ann (Dimmitt) Cross
Husband of
Susannah (Lane) Cross
— married
1793 in Wilkes, Georgia, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Joel Moore Cross, Mary Ann (Cross) Gilbert, Charlotte Lane (Cross) Evans, William Lane Cross MD, Harriet (Cross) Bell, Eleanor Hill (Cross) George and Andrew Jackson Cross
Died
at age 75
in Shelby, Alabama, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 30 Dec 2010
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Biography
This profile is part of the Cross Name Study.
William Cross was born February 15, 1770 to Zachariah Cross and Elizabeth Ann Dimmitt in North Carolina.
He married Susannah Susan Lane in 1797. Their children were:
- Joel Cross
- Mary Cross
- Charlotte Lane Cross
- William Lane Cross
- Harriett Napier Cross
- Eleanor Hill Cross
- Andrew Jackson Cross
He died, at the age of 75, on November 9, 1845 in Shelby County, Alabama. He is buried at the Indian Springs First Baptist Church Cemetery in Pelham, Alabama.[1]
Research Notes
William Cross was in Franklin County, Tennessee in 1808, where he bought land on the Elk River, owning 3000 acres in all. He sold this in 1816 and moved his family to Shelby County, Alabama. The tradition in the family is that the parents of Susannah Lane Cross were William Lane (B.1740; D.1808 in GA), a Revolutionary soldier and Nancy Allen Lane (B.1748 in VA; D.1802-03 in GA). They migrated from Va. to Wilkes County, Georgia about 1793. Susannah married William Cross against her father's wishes and he disowned her, so the tradition goes.
Sources
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28220176/william-cross : accessed 28 January 2022), memorial page for Capt William Cross (15 Feb 1770–9 Nov 1845), Find A Grave: Memorial #28220176, citing Indian Springs First Baptist Church Cemetery, Pelham, Shelby County, Alabama, USA ; Maintained by RickK (contributor 46954202) .
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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:
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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~1.56%
Scott Swann
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member swann2841
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~0.78%
Chuck Johnson :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member chuck38506
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~0.78%
Jessica LK :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch LU1489802 [compare], Ancestry member jess80187
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~0.78%
Jim Pitts :
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch LP2526722 [compare], yourDNAportal JIMacba8c75
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~0.78%
Mike Stearns :
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch WP1991713 [compare]
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Karen Lowe
Karen Lowe
Cross-2398 and Cross-152 appear to represent the same person because: same family members
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by Karen Lowe
Rejected matches › William Cross (1772-bef.1845)
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