William was born on 29 Mar 1750 at Gloucester County, Virginia. [1] [2]
He married by about 1774, probably at Gloucester County, Virginia to Sarah Samuel and they had children, all born in Virginia: [1] [2] [3] [4]
William is on record serving from March 1778 to November 1779 as a private in Captain Callohill Mennis's Company of the 1st Virginia Regiment of Foot, commanded initially by Colonel Richard Parker [5] and later by Lieutenant Colonel Burgess Ball. [6]
After the Revolution William and Sarah removed with other members of their respective families to Kentucky where William appears to have sold his Revolution land grant and took up his father's estate at Woodford County. [2] [3] In one record of the time, William was noted in a report of a road established from Saunders Mill to Steel's Ferry. The couple resided at the family estate, "Wareland" near the intersection of the Frankfort-Versailles and Shady Lane turnpikes. [4]
William passed away on 10 Sep 1829 at either Woodford or Franklin County, Kentucky. [2]
Excerpted from Judy C. Ware's "Ware Family Genealogy:" [2]
"William Ware grew up in the years that established his home as more than just a ‘possession’ of England. He was part of the very undercurrent that was shaping this new nation. It was only natural that (around the age of 26) he served as 'a private in a Virginia unit' during the Revolutionary War. [1] [7] [8]
"Due to his service during the war, William was also awarded a land grant in Kentucky. We assume that he sold this particular section of land at some point because when he moved to Kentucky, he lived on the property his father owned in Woodford County and ultimately inherited that estate. [9]
"Prior to his military service, William had married into the Samuel family in Virginia. His bride, Sarah, 'was the sister of Rueben Samuel who married Governor Letcher’s sister.' [10]
"William and Sarah started their family in Virginia on the very threshold of what would change American history forever. Sarah delivered their first son, Samuel, on July 3, 1775. One year earlier, in 1774, England closed the port of Boston to all commerce, and the First Continental Congress convened to discuss the escalating tensions with the British."
There is an 1810 Census record for a William Ware residing at Franklin County (adjacent to the west of Woodford County) as head of a household of 6 whites and 9 blacks, including: [11]
Then there is an 1820 Census record for a "Wm Wares" residing at Franklin County as head of a household of 7 whites and 9 blacks, including: [12]
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