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William M Burns III

William M was born on February 14th, 1793 in Berkley County,Virginia. William M's father was William Burns II and his mother was Magdalena Lany Lanie Van Meter. His paternal grandparents are William Burns (Beans Banes Bane) and Joanna Van Meter; his maternal grandparents were Jacob Van Meter and Isabella Evans. He had four brothers and a sister, named Jonathan, Calip Caleb, <Unknown>, <Unknown> and Mary. He died at the age of 62 on January 22nd, 1856.

General Notes
- http://www.skeeterkitefly.com/finelineage_B4.htm
  
  William Burns [III] (born February 14, 1793, the eldest child [but see below] of William Burns [Jr.] and Magdalena Van Metre) married Jane Marshall (born January 17, 1790, the daughter of William Marshall) on August 28, 1817 in Jefferson County VA. In 1838 they sold their plantation, freed their slaves, and brought their family to Ohio, where William "bought two square miles of land on Old National Road, east of New Carlisle... Four small lakes on rear—'Crystal Lakes.'" William died on January 22, 1856 in Medway and was buried in the New Carlisle Cemetery; Jane did not join him there for many years, living till December 17, 1880.

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- William Burns (Beans Banes Bane)
  - b.~  1718
  
  William Burns II
  
  Jooste Jansen VanMeteren Van Metre Van Meter ^*
  - b.~  1659 in Netherlands d.~  1700
  
  Jan Joosten John Van Meteren TRADER Van Meter
  - b.17 Apr 1683 in Ulster Co., NY
  
  Sarah Dubois ^*
  - b.14 Sep 1622
  
  Johannes J Van Meter
  - b.1708
  
  Sarah Bodine
  - b.1687 in Staten Island, New York d.1709
  
  Joanna Van Meter
  - b.~  1732
  
  Paulson
  
  Rebecca Paulus (Paulisse Powelson Polson Paulson)
  
  William M Burns III
  - b.14 Feb 1793 in Berkley County,Virginia d.22 Jan 1856
  
  Jooste Jansen VanMeteren Van Metre Van Meter ^*
  - b.~  1659 in Netherlands d.~  1700
  
  Jan Joosten John Van Meteren TRADER Van Meter
  - b.17 Apr 1683 in Ulster Co., NY
  
  Sarah Dubois ^*
  - b.14 Sep 1622
  
  Abraham Van Meter
  - b.~  1721 in Somerset New Jersey d.18 Nov 1783 in Martinsburg, Berkeley county VA
  
  Hendrick Arentsen
  
  Margaret Miller Mollenauer  Molenaar
  - b.~  1687 in Somerset Co., New Jersey
  
  Jacob Van Meter
  
  Ruth Hedges
  
  Magdalena Lany Lanie Van Meter
  
  Isabella Evans
  
  ^*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)

Details of William M's family with Jane "Creative Jane" Marshall (Marshel)