William
Shope
Born in Virginia, United States
Ancestors 
Son of John George Shope II
and Sarah (Gregg) Shope
Brother of
John George Shope 3rd, Nancy (Shope) Burnett, Jacob Shope, James Nicholas Shope and Lucinda (Shope) Pitman
Husband of
Elizabeth (Stroup) Shope
— married
1811 in Buncombe, North Carolina
Descendants 
Died
at about age 84
in Buncombe, North Carolina, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 10 Nov 2018
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Biography
William was born in 1788[1] in Albemarle County, Virginia.[2] He married Elizabeth Stroup[2] in 1811.[1]
They had the following children:[2]
- Andrew Jackson Shope, b. 1813, d. 1885
- [[Shope-169|William Riley Shope, b. 1819, d. 1894
- Leander Erwin Shope, b. 1821, d. 1894
- Hosea Alexander Shope, b, 1823, d. 1897
- Mitchell Shope
- Doctor Vance Shope, b. 1828, d. 1903
He passed away 18 February 1872[3] and is buried beside his wife in Piney Grove Cemetery in Swannanoa, North Carolina.[2]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Entry for William Shope at FamilySearch https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LZXJ-4V2
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "A History of the Shope, Gregg and Burnette Families" by Ina Shope; 1980, Asheville, North Carolina. Personal Copy of F. Vincent Hernly, Indianapolis, IN. p. 2
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/71028515/william-shope: accessed 12 October 2022), memorial page for William Shope (1788–18 Feb 1872), Find a Grave Memorial ID 71028515, citing Piney Grove Cemetery, Swannanoa, Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA; Maintained by Helen (contributor 46831582) .
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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%
Vince Hernly
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~0.78%
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~0.78%
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