William Ware was born about 1783 in Amherst County, Virginia to John Powell Ware and Elizabeth Anderson Ware.
William Ware married Rosamond Rucker on 19 November 1803 in Amherst, Virginia, United States. John Ware was security.[1]
He is listed with his wife on the 1850 Census.[2] His wife is not listed with him on the 1860 Census and is believed to have passed away before it was taken.[3] William died after 1860 but before 1870 in Amherst County aged >77.
Sources
↑Marriage:
"Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940"
citing FHL microfilm: 30273; Record number: 590;
FamilySearch Record: XRDN-2QM (accessed 30 September 2022)
↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M88L-5X5 : 23 December 2020), Wm Ware, Amherst, Amherst, Virginia, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
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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: