William RUSSELL^[1]

Person ID: I539034404   |  Last Modified: 15 Feb 2024

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Name	William RUSSELL
Birth	8 Feb 1714	Halifax, Virginia, USA   [2, 3]
Gender	Male
Died	20 Mar 1777	Halifax, Virginia, USA   [2]

Parents

Family ID: F2007 Group Sheet  |  Family Chart  

Father	Lt. Col. William RUSSELL (ID:I539037414),   b. 19 Dec 1679, England d. 18 Oct 1757, Orange, Culpepper, Virginia, USA (Age 77 years) Other Partners: Mary HENLEY  m. 1730
Relationship	Birth
Marriage	Yes, date unknown
Children	+ 1. William RUSSELL (ID:I539034404) (current person) ,   b. 8 Feb 1714, Halifax, Virginia, USA d. 20 Mar 1777, Halifax, Virginia, USA (Age 63 years)   2. Andrew RUSSELL (ID:I539037781),   b. 1716, Orange, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown   3. George RUSSELL (ID:I539037782),   b. 30 Nov 1720, Fairfax, Virginia, USA d. 10 May 1797, Grainger, Tennessee, USA (Age 76 years)   4. John RUSSELL (ID:I539037783),   b. 1722, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown   5. Jemima RUSSELL (ID:I539037784),   b. 1724, Virginia, USA d. 1799, Sullivan, Tennessee, USA (Age 75 years)   6. Absolum RUSSELL (ID:I539037785),   b. 1726, Virginia, USA d. 23 Nov 1813, Alabama, USA (Age 87 years) + 7. Lydia RUSSELL (ID:I539037786),   b. 29 Sep 1726, Farnham, Richmond, Virginia, USA d. 18 Jun 1788, Bean Station, Grainger, Tennessee, USA (Age 61 years)   8. Pleasant RUSSELL (ID:I539037787),   b. 1728, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown

Family

Family ID: F00716 Group Sheet  |  Family Chart  |  Last Modified: 26 Oct 2023  

Wife	Ann BUCKNER (ID:I539034500),   b. 6 Dec 1715, Halifax, Virginia, USA d. 15 Apr 1783, Halifax, Virginia, USA (Age 67 years)
Marriage	1737	Halifax, Virginia, USA
Children	1. Anne RUSSELL (ID:I539034538),   b. 1742, Halifax, Virginia, USA d. 1825, Halifax, Virginia, USA (Age 83 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   2. George William RUSSELL (ID:I2142),   b. 1744   d. 1804 (Age 60 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   3. Sarah RUSSELL (ID:I539034539),   b. 1745, Halifax, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   4. Lucretia RUSSELL (ID:I539034540),   b. 1748, Halifax, Virginia, USA d. 1749, Halifax, Virginia, USA (Age 1 year)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   5. Buckner RUSSELL (ID:I539034541),   b. 1751, Halifax, Virginia, USA d. 15 Jan 1814, Thomas Creek, Weakley, Tennessee, USA (Age 63 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   6. Elizabeth RUSSELL (ID:I539034542),   b. 1752, Halifax, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ John MARTIN  m. 30 Mar 1786 + 7. William Madison RUSSELL, I (ID:I539034543),   b. 1754, Augusta, Virginia, USA d. 1836, Bedford, Tennessee, USA (Age 82 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ Rhoda Susan ABNEY  m. Yes, date unknow   8. Judith RUSSELL (ID:I539034544),   b. 1755, Halifax, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown   9. George RUSSELL (ID:I539034545),   b. 1757, Halifax, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown + 10. Absolom Prentiss RUSSELL (ID:I118973164),   b. 1760, Halifax, Virginia, USA d. 1840, Casey, Kentucky, USA (Age 80 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ Francis Elizabeth GAINES  m. 23 Oct 1793

Other Personal Events

Wills	7 Mar 1775	Halifax, Virginia, USA   [4, 5]
RUSSELL. 1775, March 7-Will of William Russell. Wife, Anna; son, William Russell, Jr.; daughters, Anna Light, Sarah Walters, Lucreasy Dodson, Elizabeth Russell and Judith Bennett; sons, Buckner, Russell and Absalom Russell. Witnesses: John Pulliam, Mary Watkins, Micajah Watkins.
WILL OF WILLIAM RUSSELL: Will Book 1 1773-1783 Halifax Co., VA Page 36 174 WILLIAM RUSSELL Will knowing the uncertainty of this mortal life and the certainty of death To my son William Russell, One shilling sterling to him & his heirs &c. To my daughter Ann Light, One shilling sterling to her & her heirs &c. To my daughter Sarah Walters, One shilling sterling to her & her heirs &c. To my daughter, Lucreasy Dodson, One sh. st. do. To my son Buckner Russell, One sh. st. do. To my daughter Elizabeth Russell part of my moveable estate to value of Fifteen pounds to her & her heirs &c. To my daughter Judith Bennett One sh. st. do. To my wife Anna the use & benefit of the plantation I now live on with thirty acres of wood land with the labour of my Negro fellow Dick with a third part of my other moveables during widowhood & then to my two sons George and Absalom Russell all the land I am possessed of to be equally divided between them & their heirs & assigns forever. To my two sons George & Absalom my moveable estate except what I have lent my wife during widowhood or death to be equally divided between them at my death & also the Negro fellow Dick & to their heirs &c forever. Exr: Well beloved wife Anne Russell, son George Russell ??hoping they will see the same duly performed as my trust in the is reposed?? WD 7 March 1775 S/ William (R) Russell Wit: John Pulliam, Mary Watkins, Micajah Watkins Codicil: 15 April 1775. In the case of death of either of my two sons George & Absalom before they come of age or have lawful issue the survivor to have the hole of others share & should both die in the minority without lawful issue my will is that Sarah Walters, Lucretia Dodson & Judith Bennett should have what I willed to them to be equally divided amongst them. Wit: John Pulliam, Mary Watkins, Micajah Watkins S/ Willm. (R) Russell WP 20 March 1777. Will presented & proved by one of wit. 19 June 1777. Will further proved by one of other wit. O.R.
Origins
Patriarch & Matriarch	Joseph John RUSSELL,   b. 8 Sep 1583, Castle Beoley, Yorkshire, England d. 1 Jun 1676, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA  (Age 92 years)  (Great Grandfather)

Genealogies

William Russell and his Decendants and The Russell Family in Virginia

Wills		A History Of Halifax County Virginia Wirt Johnson Carrington 1924 Appeals Press Inc Chapter X Wills Pg 333 Russell
		Virginia US Wills and Probate Records 1652-1900 Halifax Will Books Vol 0-2 1753-1792 for William Russell Pgs 174-175




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	Birth - 8 Feb 1714 - Halifax, Virginia, USA Marriage - 1737 - Halifax, Virginia, USA Wills - 7 Mar 1775 - Halifax, Virginia, USA Died - 20 Mar 1777 - Halifax, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth

Reference

Mark and Amy Kosinski. "William RUSSELL". Four Branches Genealogy. http://www.fourbranches.org/tng/getperson.php?personID=I539034404&tree=mhkr (accessed May 13, 2024).

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