Captain William Colhoun, Esq. & Burgess of Strabane

1686 - 1756  (70 years)

• Name	Captain William Colhoun  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Suffix	Esq. & Burgess of Strabane
  Birth	1664	Crosh House, Donegal, Ulster, Ireland
  Birth	1664	Crosh House, Donegal, Ireland
  Birth	Abt 1669	Crosh House, Ardstraw, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
  Birth	1686	Newton-Stewart, Ireland   [3, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Camus Parish, Strabane, Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
  Residence	1742	Execter, , Ireland
  	He and his wife named in Bill book in Ireland.
  Death	1752	Camus Parish, Tyrone, Ireland
  Fire	1920?	Fire in church they attended in Ireland
  	His records are no longer available.
  Name	William Calhoun
  Name	William Colquhoun Burgess of Strabane (E-350465 - E-BY164498 theory with 8 cM's shared predicted)
  Name	William Colquhoun Burgess of Strabane (E-M35 if tester has proven tree another tester shows not even related into this family)  [6]
  Death	26 Sep 1756	of Strabane, co. Tyrone, Ireland
  Person ID	I10390	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

  Father	Reverend Alexander Colhoun, - E-Y76642,   b. 22 Jan 1662, Crosh House, Ardstraw, Strabane, Tyrone, Ireland d. 22 Jan 1716, Ardstraw, Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom (Age 54 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Lady Judith Hamilton,   b. 24 Jan 1662, Ireland d. 1707, Ardstraw, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom (Age 44 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1684	Newton Stewart, Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom   [5, 7]
  Family ID	F2372	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Patience McCausland,   b. 1686, , , Ireland
  Marriage	1736  [3, 4]
  Family ID	F2810	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

• Documents		Major William Colhoun 1756 Will
  		William Calhoun Will Extract

  
  

  Histories

  800 years of Colquhoun (Orval O.jpg

  
  

• Notes

  He and his wife were named in a payment from Thomas and Mary OMallan in 1742 listed in the Ireland, Court Of Exchequer Bill Books 1627-1884. He is the William Colhoun, Esq. who had a will probated in 1757 in Strabane, Tyrone, Ireland. If so, he names the 2nd and 3rd son of Rev. Alexander the elder to be James and Alexander Colhoun, of what is now co. Tyrone, Ireland.

  
  

• Sources

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