William
Duty
Born about in North Carolina
Ancestors 
Son of Matthew Duty
and Catherine Amy (Ballard) Duty
Brother of
Richard Ballard Duty, Sarah (Duty) Owen, Mary (Duty) Fuller, Nancy Ann (Duty) Robinson, Littleton Duty, John Duty, Solomon Duty and Thomas Duty
Husband of
Rachael (Warren) Duty
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Ann L. Duty
Died after
after about age 17
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 29 May 2011
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Biography
He was the son of Matthew Duty and Catherine Ballard.
He was the Executor of his father's estate in 1782, one of the children who was over 21 years old.
In the Caswell Co. Marriage Bond book, William Duty married Rachel Warren on 13 Feb 1783. From Converging Paths - one of their sons, Joseph, married Polly Fitch in Caswell Co., 18 Mar 1826, their son WIlliam F. Dutty emigrated to Texas.
Sources
- Will of Matthew Duty. Caswell Co., NC, WB A, pp. 215-216, written 4 Jun 1782, proved Sep Court 1782. Digital image at Ancestry.com - https://preview.tinyurl.com/y7e5votz
- McKinney, Thelma D. Converging Paths, 1972, pg 39-40
- "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPS9-D69C : 16 January 2021), William Duty and Rachel Warren, 13 Feb 1783; citing Caswell, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm .
Acknowledgements
WikiTree profile Duty-27 created through the import of McDonald Family Tree_Wiki_2011-05-28.ged on May 29, 2011 by HB McDonald.
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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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~0.78%
David Smith
:
23andMe, GEDmatch M420724 [compare]
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~0.78%
Robin (Pickens) Rose :
23andMe, GEDmatch JF2329725 [compare]
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~0.78%
Larry Gunn :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch LZ7152366 [compare], Ancestry member Larry_Gunn
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~0.78%
Lydia (Plummer) Sterling :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #403152
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Kathleen (Buckner) Morris
Kathleen (Buckner) Morris
Duty-27 and Duty-397 appear to represent the same person because: same wife, same guy
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