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William McCain, of Orange Co., NY
b.Est 1750
Facts and Events
Military Service
- American Revolutionary War Veteran
Revolutionary War Pension Information
Information from “Virginia/West Virginia Genealogical Data from Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Records”, Vol. 3, compiled by Patrick G. Wardell, Lt. Col. U.S. Army Ret. :
McCain, William - entered service 1776 in Virginia company which went to Canada; later entered service 1778 in New York; widow Charlotte applied for Pension in Orange County, New York (no date stated); claim forwarded to U.S. Congress, which never returned to Pension Office; Pension Application rejected, defective proof of service; 4th child born in 1784; little data in file; query letter in file 1907 from granddaughter Mrs. Theresa McCain in Durland, Brooklyn, New York states soldier entered service with 5 brothers, querier also was descendant of New York soldier Jeremiah Curtiss; query letter in file in 1919 from great grandson Frederick E. McCain, Detroit, Michigan, who was also great grandson of New York Revolutionary Soldier Samuel Ferguson. F-R6592, R1663.
Will Abstract
- Will of William McCain of the Town of Warwick County of Orange and State of New York.
- Names "beloved wife Charlotte", son Thomas McCain, his brothers William and Joseph and daughter Sarah's son William Trihs [?} when he arrives at twenty one years, daughter Elizabeth Wilcox and each of his [Thomas] other sisters Charlotte, Jane Mary and Susan.
- Appoints wife Charlotte and Joseph Houston Executors.
- Dated 14th Day of September 1804.
- [Signed} William McCain
- in Presence of: John Bloom, Mary McWhorter, Francis Dekay
- Proven 1 October 1807.
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References
- National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970.
Name: William McCain
SAR Membership: 37067
Role: Ancestor
Father: William McCain [??] - needs research
Mother: Charlotte McCain [??] - needs research
Spouse: Charlotte McCain
Children: Edmund Seely McCain
- United States. 1790 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M637).
Name: William McCain
Home in 1790 (City, County, State): Warwick, Orange, New York
Free White Persons - Males - Under 16: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over: 1 [b. 1774 and before]
Free White Persons - Females: 5
Number of Household Members: 8
- New York, Tax Assessment Rolls of Real and Personal Estates, 1799-1804.
Name: William Mc Cain
Assessment Year: 1801
Assessment Place: Warwick, Orange, New York, USA
Residence Year: 1801
Residence Place: New York, USA
- New York, United States. Wills and Probate Records, 1659-1999.
Name: William McCane
Probate Place: Orange, New York, USA
Inferred Death Place: New York, USA
Item Description: Wills, Vol D-E, 1807-1815
- Ancestry.com. Public Member Trees: (Note: not considered a reliable primary source).
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