Person:William Cantey (4)
William Cantey
b.Aft 1675 Berkeley, South Carolina, United States
d.1729 Craven, South Carolina, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. Jun 1671
  1. John CanteyAbt 1675 - 1724
  2. William CanteyAft 1675 - 1729
  3. Elizabeth CanteyAft 1675 -
  4. Sendiniah Cantey1677 - 1740
Spouse and Children
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m. Bef Nov 1703
  1. Josiah Cantey1708 - 1773
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Facts and Events
Name William Cantey
Gender Male
Birth? Aft 1675 Berkeley, South Carolina, United States
Marriage Bef Nov 1703 South Carolina, United Statesto Arabella Oldys
Property[2] 8 Apr 1704 South Carolina, United Statesnamed in court record
Death[1] 1729 Craven, South Carolina, United States
References
  1. ↑ George Cantey of Berkeley, in Ames, Joseph Sweetman. Six generations of the Cantey family of South Carolina. (Charleston, S.C.: Walker, Evans and Cogswell, 1910)
    5-6.

    5. ii William Cantey b _____ , d. 1729, m. before Nov., 1703, Arabella Oldys.
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    [13] ...
    "son William," Mem. Bk. 2, p. 67, etc. ;
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  2. ↑ THE ASHLEY RIVER: ITS SEATS AND SETTLEMENTS - ANDREWS OR LIBERTY HALL, in South Carolina historical and genealogical magazine. (Charleston, South Carolina: South Carolina Historical Society, 1900-1952)
    20:1 (Jan 1919):5.

    ... This grant either escheated, or was transferred to Joseph Oldys for a new grant was later made to Joseph Oldys for the 270 acres, and under his will was devised equally to his son Joseph and his three daughters Arabella, Elizabeth, and Margaret Oldys.

    Arabella Oldys married William Cantey Junr [sic] and on the division of the plantation received one fourth or 67 acres, to which was added the two fourths of her sisters Elizabeth and Margaret acquired by her husband from them, and for the whole aggregating 202 acres a new grant was on 3 November 1703 made to William Cantey Jun. The motive for obtaining a new grant seems to have been to escape accumulated quit rents, for the new grant declares that it is free of such and that the quit rents would commence at a future date.

    On 8 April 1704 William Cantey Junr [sic] "Yeoman" and Arabella Oldys his wife conveyed the 202 acres to Andrew Russ ...

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