William Jolly is believed to have been born about 1797 in South Carolina , the son of John Jolly.
Siblings were:
Bradly Jolly (b. abt 1791)
Martha (Jolly) Townsend (b. abt 1795)
John Franklin Jolly (b. abt 1801)
Elizabeth (Jolly) Green (b. abt 1803)
Daniel Jolly (b. abt 1806)
Nancy (Jolly) Appling (b. abt 1810)
William married Frances Coker on October 29, 1818 in Georgia.
Children were:
Joseph Jolly (b. abt 1819)
Nancy (Jolly) Johnson (b. abt 1821)
Coleman Black Jolly (b. abt 1823)
John Jolly (b. abt 1825)
Martha Jolly (b. abt 1828)
Elizabeth E (Jolly) Howard (b. abt 1830)
James Daniel Jolly (b. abt 1832)
Sarah Caroline (Jolly) Bollis (b. abt 1834)
Cassandra Ann (Jolly) Duke (b. abt 1836)
Frances Amanda (Jolly) Alford (b. abt 1844)
The 1850 U.S. Census lists William at the age of 53 with his wife Frances and five children living on a farm in Lauderdale County, Mississippi.[1]
William Jolly died June 30, 1867 in Sumner, Tallahatchie County, Mississippi.
Sources
↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4L8-BTC : 12 April 2016), Wm Jolly, Lauderdale county, Lauderdale, Mississippi, United States; citing family 886, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
WikiTree profile Jolly-191 created through the import of Tippett_Wood Family Trees(1).ged on Oct 8, 2011 by Lisa Quigley.
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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: