Person:William McCaw (1)

Watchers
  • HWilliam McCawEst 1735 - 1796
  • WAnne _____Est 1740 -
m. Bef 1758
  1. John McCaw1758 - 1825
Facts and Events
Name William McCaw
Gender Male
Birth? Est 1735 Antrim, Northern Ireland
Marriage Bef 1758 Antrim, Northern Irelandto Anne _____
Death? 1796 Chester County, South Carolina

Notes

William McCaw was born about 1740 (prob. abt. 1735) in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. According to some family traditions, the McCaws were from Ballymoney, Antrim where a Presbyterian Conventer Church was located. He married Ann [WATSON?]. William and his family emigrated between 1762 when Elizabeth was born in County Antrim, Ireland and 1765 when Martha was born in Chester County, SC. Two ships sailed from Belfast to Charleston in that time period. The Falls in 1763 and the Prince of Wales in 1764. William died in 1796 in Chester, South Carolina.
[Source: http://minerdescent.com/2010/07/20/william-mccaw-sr/].