William Tatem 
William was born about 1707.1 William's father was John Tatum and his mother was Mary UNKNOWN. His paternal grandparents were Nehemiah Tatum and Patience Bullock. He had two brothers and three sisters, named Joseph, Stephen, Mary, Martha and Ruth. He was the oldest of the six children. He had a half-brother and two half-sisters, named John, Elizabeth and Patience. He died on June 19th, 1739 in Gloucester Co, New Jersey.1 General Notes
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According to Genealogical Study of the Family of Josiah Fisher, et al by Helen(Burgess)Lindhorst, publ 1978, erv. 1993:
William Tatem was Sheriff of Gloucester County, New Jersey
From The Tatum Narratives: This notice at the time of his death was published in the Pa. Gazette:
"Yesterday in the afternoon died here, after eight days' illness Wm. Tateham, Esq. late high Sheriff of this County, a person well beloved in private life and who behavior and conduct in public station whilst he nejoyed it, was such as gained him universal esteem from the people. His removal from it greatly regretted by them and his loss by the stroke of Death that has soon followed much lamented not only by his friends and more immediate acquaintance in particular, but the County in general." (Pa Gazette No. 549, from June 14 to June 21, 1739 at Phila. Lib.)
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 1564 in London d.08 Aug 1603 in Holy Trinity, London
- b.~ 1600 in London, England d.1688 in Flushing, Long Island, New York
- b.~ 1568 in London
- b.1622 in Port Royal, Bermuda d.< 1691 in Bermuda
- b.~ 1602 in Bermuda
- b.~ 1663 in Port Royal, Bermuda d.02 May 1736 in Woodbury Creek, Gloucester County, West New Jersey
- b.~ 1605 d.27 May 1678 in Bermuda
- b.1640 in Bermuda d. in Bermuda
- b.~ 1611
- b.~ 1707 d.19 Jun 1739 in Gloucester Co, New Jersey
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Further source/citation:
Genealogical Study of the Family of Josiah Fisher, et al
Further source/citation:
Genealogical Study of the Family of Josiah Fisher, et al
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