William Near

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William Near

William was born about 1854 in Ross Co. Ohio.¹ William's father was PHILIP NEAR and his mother was SARAH JANE DUFF. His paternal grandparents were JAMES NEAR and EVE KLISE; his maternal grandparents were WILLAM (John) B.DUFF and NANCY ORDERS. He had two brothers named Marion and MILTON. He had three half-sisters named Emma, Jennie and Viola. He died about 1862.¹

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- CONRAD NEER
  - b.~  1710 in Germany d.~  1790 in Loudoun Co., Virginia
  
  PHILIP NEER
  - b.~  1746 in Loudoun Co., Virginia
  
  UNKNOWN NANCY
  - d. in Loudoun Co., Virginia
  
  JAMES NEAR
  - b.~  1783 in Harpers Ferry, Loudoun Co. VA d.1828 in Ross Co, Ohio
  
  ELIZABETH (Mary) POTTS
  - b.~  1750
  
  PHILIP NEAR
  - b.~  1828 in Ross Co., Ohio d.15 Feb 1858 in Concord Twnshp., Ross Co., Ohio
  
  EVE KLISE
  - b.~  1789 in Shenandoah Valley, Va d.15 Mar 1861 in Ross Co, Ohio
  
  William Near
  - b.~  1854 in Ross Co. Ohio d.~  1862
  
  WILLIAM C. DUFF
  
  WILLAM (John) B.DUFF
  - b.~  1810 in Ohio d.>  1880
  
  ALEXANDER BENJAMIN
  
  CATHERINE BENJAMIN
  - b.~  1790
  
  SARAH JANE DUFF
  - b.1830 in Jackson Twnshp, Franklin Co., Ohio d.1918
  
  JONAS ORDERS
  - b.~  1785
  
  NANCY ORDERS
  - b.~  1810 in Ohio d.~  1851
  
  THOMAS FORD ^*
  - b.15 Apr 1714
  
  FREDERICK FORD
  - b.1754
  
  CHARLOTTA COCKEY ^*
  - b.~  1720
  
  SARAH FORD
  - b.~  1785
  
  JONATHAN BENJAMIN ^*
  - b.14 Oct 1738 in Goshen, Orange Co., New York d.26 Aug 1841 in Union Twp, Licking Co., Ohio
  
  MARGARET BENJAMIN
  - b.~  1755
  
  MARGARET BROWN ^*
  - b.23 Jan 1741/42 d.17 Jan 1837
  
  ^*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)

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