Person:William McCauley (10)

Watchers
  1. William McCauley1747 - 1825
m. 1767
  1. Jane McCauleyAbt 1767 - Abt 1820
  2. James McCauleyAbt 1771 - 1818
  3. Mary "Polly" McCauley1774 - 1847
  4. John McCauleyAbt 1777 -
  5. Matthew McCauleyAbt 1778 - 1818
  6. Charles McCauley1780 - 1829
  7. Catherine "Catred" McCauleyAbt 1781 - Abt 1818
Facts and Events
Name William McCauley
Gender Male
Birth[1][5][3] 1747 County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Marriage 1767 to Catherine "Catred" Johnstone
Death[1] 20 Dec 1825 Orange, North Carolina, United States
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 Find A Grave.

    William McCauley
    Birth September 1738 (Find A Grave date unsupported, see historical summary source)
    County Antrim, Northern Ireland
    Death 20 Dec 1825 (aged 87)
    Orange County, North Carolina, USA
    Burial
    New Hope Presbyterian Church Cemetery - OLD
    Chapel Hill Township, Orange County, North Carolina, USA

    Husband of Catherine Johnstone.
    Son of William Erin McCauley and Martha Ann Gattis. (Find A Grave note of marriage unsupported, note: Mary Ann Gattis was married to a different William McCauley, 1847, Orange Co, NC, USA, see Orange Co, NC Marriage Bonds)
    Brother of Matthew McCauley.
    Father of Matthew McCauley, Jane McCauley, Mary 'Polly' McCauley, John McCauley, Catherine McCauley, and Charles McCauley.

    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33863266/william-mccauley

  2.   Shields, Ruth Herndon. Abstracts of wills recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1752-1800: and (202 marriages not shown in the Orange County marriage bonds) and Abstracts of wills recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800-1850. (1957)
    pg. 292.

    Will Book E, Page 97, Will dated 3 April 1818, proved February Court 1826 [corrected from 1926]

    WILLIAM McCAULEY.
    Son: John
    Dau: Jane McCauley
    Grandson: William, son of John
    Grandsons: Benjamin and James, sons of Matthew
    Grandsons: James Reeves; William, son of Charles
    Dau.-in-Law: Catred ? McCauley, widow of son James
    Son-in-Law: William Trousdale and Catred his wife
    Executors: George Johnston, Alex. Gattis, Wm. Kirkland
    Witnesses: Matthew McCauley, James McCauley
    Additional: James Allison's lot in Hillsboro is mentioned

  3. The McCauleys in North Carolina
    p.11, 2017.

    There is one source which refers to them as half-brothers, but as far as is known they were brothers, born in 1747 and 1750, whose father was Erin McCauley in the town of Carrickfergus in County Antrim. (from The McCauleys in North Carolina, Burlingame, 2017)

    The historical sketch about The McCauley Family Cemetery, drawn in part from documents of the University of North Carolina, the DAR and the Chapel Hill Historical Society, contains a section titled The McCauleys in North Carolina — by William V. Burlingame, Ph.D. of NC, 2017.

  4.   Orange County, North Carolina Marriage Bonds
    image 265, 5 Jan 1847.

    NOTE: This record is cited as disambiguation of a marriage formerly shown on the page of William McCauley (1747-1825) AS HIS PARENTS. Excerpt (reformatted here): "Orange County Marriage Bonds Page 257 — Groom: McCauly, W(illia)m O. — Bride: Mary Ann Gattis — Date of Bond: 5 Jan. 1847 —Bondsman & Witness: Alex Gattis - (w) E. G. Gray" [Record available free on familysearch.org/search]

  5. The historical sketch about The McCauley Family Cemetery, drawn in part from documents of the University of North Carolina, the DAR and the Chapel Hill Historical Society, contains a section titled The McCauleys in North Carolina — by William V. Burlingame, Ph.D. of NC, 2017.