Person:William Cantey (6)

Notes

• 1692 - Received his first grant of land; described as "one of the free persons of this province." [Journal of the Grand Council, Apr 11 1692-Sep 26 1692, 46]
• 1696 - Member of the South Carolina Assembly as "Capt. William Cantey," in 1696, 1697, 1703, 1704. [Charleston P.C., 1687-1710, 55]
• had 2 other daughters, names unknown. One married probably Joseph White, the other married probably James McCloglin.

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Ames, Joseph Sweetman. Six generations of the Cantey family of South Carolina. (Charleston, S.C.: Walker, Evans and Cogswell, 1910)
   3, 6-8.

   3. ii William Cantey d. about 1716, m. Jane ___
   
   ... Commanded a militia company when French and Spanish attacked Charleston and, with Capt. Fenwick's company, "signally defeated and routed the enemy." (Citing South Carolina Gazette, 2 Jun 1766.)
   
   ...His widow, Jane, in a petition for division of his estate, 15 Jul 1724, says her husband had died nine years before and his will had been lost.

2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 Ancestry.com. U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc)
   Place: South Carolina; Year: 1670-1672; Page Number: 44.