... He settled in Alexandria, Virginia, where in 1808 he married Sophia Wilson Potts, the daughter of John Potts and Eliza Ramsey his wife of that city. ...
His will, dated July 29, 1833, was probated in Alexandria on 12, following. He bequeathed Mrs. Eliza Potts $850, being the amount of her money which stood in his name on the books of the Bank of Alexandria. The residue of the estate was willed to his wife to bring up “our children.” The executors so named were his wife, William G. Gardiner, Bernard Hooe, and Samuel I. Potts.
His widow, Sophia W. Semmes, died testate in Alexandria, Virginia, during 1839. She named her children—Sarah Wilhelmina, styling her the youngest daughter, William Hawley Semmes, Douglas Ramsey Semmes, Mary Elizabeth Semmes, Thomas Semmes, and Ann Sophia Slaughter. Her son, Thomas, and her brother, Samuel I. Potts, were named executors.
