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William Hamner was born 1730 in James City, New Kent County,Virginia, and died 17 December 1788 in Albemarle County,Virginia. He married Mary Elizabeth Henley on 1749 in James City County, Virginia, daughter of Leonard Henley and Elizabeth Richardson.

 Includes NotesNotes for William Hamner:
Source: http://www.angelfire.com/biz6/dciris/hamner.html

note: Information: Per World Family Tree Vol. 7, Ed. 1, Tree #0153, April 1999: "William Hamner, born 1730 at New Kent Co., VA, gave supplies to the Revolutionary War, thus is qualified as an DAR Ancestor. He and wife, Elizabeth Hen(d)ley had eleven children.

Information: William was the son of Nicholas Hamner, Jr. who signed the Albemarle Declaration of Independence at the beginning of the Revolutionary War. Nicholas was born 1703, in Middlesex or James County Virginia. His father Nicholas Sr. was from Wales, and came to Virginia prior to 1680."

BIOGRAPHY: William moved to Albemarle County, VA, where he became a large land owner with many slaves. William left a will dated Dec. 25, 1787. It is filed in the Albemarle County Records Book 3, page 40. He apparently died soon after the will was prepared, since it was probated in July 1788.


More About William Hamner:
Military service: Fought in Revolutionary War.

More About William Hamner and Mary Elizabeth Henley:
Marriage: 1749, James City County, Virginia.

Children of William Hamner and Mary Elizabeth Henley are:
  1. +Mildred Hamner, b. 1761, Albemarle County, Virginia, d. 1811.
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