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Male William Carter Click to view William Carter in the family tree

William was born in 1705 in Christ Church Parish, Lancaster County, Virginia.1   William's father was Edward Carter and his mother was Elizabeth Thornton.  His paternal grandparents were Captain Thomas Carter and Katherine Dale; his maternal grandparents were William Thornton Jr. and Elizabeth FitzHugh. He had two brothers and four sisters, named Thomas, Edward, Margaret, Katharine, Judith and Elizabeth.  He was the second youngest of the seven children.

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