William
Rich
Born in North Carolina, United States
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Lucy (Lee) Rich
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Obediah Rich Sr. and John Rich
Died after
after age 70
in Illinois, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 17 Feb 2017
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Contents |
Biography
Vital Statistics
- Born: 1780
- Died: aft. 1850
Oral History
- Source: Personal Gedcom
- From "Family Histories of Edmonson County Kentucky"
- William Rich b NC married Lucy Lee. Children were John, James, Sarah, Sydney, Obediah, Nancy, Charlotty, William Jr., Polly, and Patsy. William Rich died in Illinois sometime after writing a letter to his son, John, expressing a desire to see him again in Kentucky.
Military
William fought in the Black Hawk War in Capt. Obediah West's Company, 2nd Regiment, 1st Brigade, Illinois Mounted Volunteers.
Children
- William and Lucy had 10 sons and daughters.
Sources
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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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~4.69%
Oma (Salings) Baker
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A688882 [compare]
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~2.34%
Floyd Baker :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A234988 [compare]
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~1.56%
Judy (Saling) Carnes :
23andMe, GEDmatch CB3402881 [compare]
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~1.56%
Billy Clark :
23andMe
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~1.56%
LaDonna (Vincent) Estes :
23andMe, GEDmatch CF7561235 [compare]
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~1.56%
Patty Clark :
23andMe
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~1.56%
Trish (Ashley) Aaron :
AncestryDNA
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #MK20949
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~1.56%
Vonn Parsley :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Nilard_Parsley
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~1.56%
Linda (Willis) Hamrick :
MyHeritage DNA
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~0.78%
Connie Saling :
23andMe, GEDmatch TG9270558 [compare]
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~0.78%
Brenda (Priddy) Jenkins :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Doug VanMeter :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member rlvmeter
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~0.39%
John Parkhurst :
23andMe
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~0.39%
Alyson (Bandy) Merrell :
AncestryDNA
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