William Dandridge Sr.
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William Alexander Dandridge Sr. (1750 - 1801)

Colonel William Alexander Dandridge Sr.
Born in Hanover County, Virginiamap [uncertain]
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 1770 in Chesterfield County, Colony of Virginiamap
Husband of — married Feb 1789 [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 50 in Hanover, Virginia, United Statesmap
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Contents

Biography

William Alexander Dandridge[1][2]

1/64th Shawanee Chalaka Metis

William Alexander Dandridge was born 1750 (on 6 April or 6 September) in York, Virginia, the son of Nathaniel West Dandridge (1729 King William VA – 1786 Hanover VA) and Dorothea Spotswood (1730 Spotsylvania VA – 1773 Hanover VA). [3][4]

In 1768 Chesterfield, Virginia, he married Ann Boilling (1752-1842). In 1789 in Hanover County, Virginia, he married, second, Elizabeth Lewis (1750-aft 1801).

William died in 1801, when he was in his very early fifties, in Hanover County, Virginia, of unknown causes.

Birth

Birth Date: 6 APR 1750 or 1752 [5][1]
Birth Place: Hanover County, Virginia [2]
Birth Date: 18 JUN 1747[citation needed]
Birth Place: Hanover County, Virginia
Birth Date: 1750[3][4]
Birth Place: York, Virginia[3]
Birth Place: West Point, King William County, Virginia, USA[4]

Marriage

Husband: William Alexander Dandridge[6][3]
Wife: Anne Bolling[6]Anne Blair Bolling[4][3]
  1. John Dandridge 1770 VA – 1779[3]
  2. William Alexander Dandridge 1768-1762 [4][3] m. Ann Bolling
  3. Nathaniel West Dandridge 1771–1847[4] m. Martha H. Fontaine[3]
  4. Ann Dandridge Dorothea Ann Spotswood 1778 VA – aft 1796 m. Frederick William James[3]
  5. Jane Butler Dandridge 1782 Va m. Rev Joseph D. Logan[3]
  6. George Washington Dandridge
  7. Martha A. Dandridge
  8. Thomas Bolling Dandridge 1789–1842 [4]
  9. Elizabeth Blair Dandridge 1774 Va – 1776
  10. Archibald Dandridge 1776 VA – after 1796 m. Elizabeth M. Underwood[3]
  11. Robert Honeyman Dandridge 1784–1838[4]"Black Bob" m. Elizabeth Terrell[3]
  12. William Spotswood Dandridge 1772–1842[4][3] m. Nancy Pulliam
  13. John Bolling Dandridge 1780 VA – 1803 VA (marriage or death?) m. Mary Underwood 1787-1846
Marriage Date: 1770 (alt1769, Chesterfield County, Virginia [7]
Husband: William Alexander Dandridge
Wife: Elizabeth Lewis[3]
Children:
  1. Martha Ann Dandridge 1790 VA – 1840[3]
  2. Charles Dandridge 1792 VA[3]
  3. Rosalie Dandridge 1794 VA[3]

Military

DANDRIDGE, WILLIAM
DAR Ancestor #: A029518
Service:
VIRGINIA
Rank: COLONEL [5]
Birth: 4-6-1750 Virginia
Death: 1801 Hanover County, Virginia
He was also a Major [8]

Residence

Residence: 1779, Hanover County, Virginia [9]

Death

Death Date: 1801[5][4]
Death Place: Hanover County, Virginia [10][4]

From Findagrave

William Alexander Dandridge
Birth: 6 Sep 1750 West Point, King William County, Virginia; Death: 1801 (aged 50–51) Hanover County, Virginia, USA; Burial: Unknown, Specifically: Location of burial not yet found. Memorial #: 127003648.
Family Members: Spouse: Anne Blair Bolling Dandridge (1752-1802); Children: Nathaniel West Dandridge (1771-1847), William Spotswood Dandridge (1772-1842), Robert Honeyman Dandridge (1784-1838), Thomas Bolling Dandridge (1789-1842) Kathy Cave Wells (47208285), "William Alexander Dandridge,"


William was born about 1750. He passed away about 1801.

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA
  2. 2.0 2.1 Source: Hill, Judith Parks America. A History of Henry County Virginia with Biograhical Sketches of its Most Prominent Citizens and Genealogical Histories of Half a Hundred of its Oldest Families; published online by Ancestry.com, The Generations Network, Provo, UT, 2005; originally published in Martinsville, VA, 1925. Page 144
  3. 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 Greene, Don. Shawnee Heritage IV. P. 289. Lulu.com 505 pp. found at Google Books: Shawnee Heritage: William Alexander Dandridge p. 289
  4. 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 FindAGrave: William Alexander Dandridge: Memorial ID 127003648
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 Heitman, Hist of Reg of Officers of the Cont Army During the War of the Rev, 1775-1783, P 184; Eckenrode, VA Sols of the Am Rev Vol 2, P 85
  6. 6.0 6.1 Spotswood Family: William Dandridge
  7. Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection - Marriages [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA
  8. DAR: William Dandridge
  9. Virginia, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1607-1890 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA
  10. Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection - Deaths [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA

See Also

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 28 September 2020), memorial page for William Alexander Dandridge (6 Sep 1750–1801), Find a Grave Memorial no. 127003648, ; Maintained by Kathy Cave Wells (contributor 47208285) Unknown, who reports a Location of burial not yet found.

Acknowledgments

  • M. Moroney imported the data for William Dandridge Sr. from Morris_gedcom.ged on 11 Jun 2010.
  • Ancestry.com




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Dandridge-450 and Dandridge-13 appear to represent the same person because: identical dates
posted by Robin Lee
Removed incorrect parents, added to Nathaniel West & Dorothy Spotswood

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