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William GLENN

William GLENN

Male 1690 - 1780  (89 years)

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  • Name William GLENN  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    Birth 15 Sep 1690  Londenberry, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 1780  Augusta, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I13945  Ancestrees
    Last Modified 30 Sep 2024 

    Father David GLEN,   b. 1650, Edinburgh, Midlothia, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Margaret GRAY 
    Relationship natural 
    _MARRIED
    Family ID F3018  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jennie LITTLE,   b. Abt 1700, Augusta, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    _MARRIED
    Children 
     1. Henry GLENN,   b. 1737, Londonderry, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Mar 1815, Augusta County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. George GLENN,   b. 1730, , Londonderry, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 14 Mar 1815, , Augusta, VA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age < 85 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     3. Margaret GLENN,   b. 1740   d. 1780 (Age 40 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F4482  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Sep 2024 

  • Notes 
    • This William is the supposed father of George Glenn of Augusta Co., VA. He might also be the father of a William and Hugh Glenn who fought in the Revolutionary War in VA in the same time period as his son George. A James Glenn died ina Co., Va in 1754 leaving children William, James, John and Mary. This James could be William's father or son.

      The Glenn family's name originated in 1093 were of Norman ancestry, and came with William the Conqueror into Scotland. The name apparently comes from lands where they lived in 1250 A.D. By the year 1300, they were one of the great houses of Scotland. In 1322, Margaret, the daughter of the famous Robert Bruce, married Sir Robert Glenn. They are the ancestors of this Glenn family, a tradition past down clear to the 1900's. These Glenns were Scotch Irish, because in 1606, Sir James Hamilton and Montgomery obtained large land grants in Ireland which they parcelled out in large chunks to persons like Reverend Patrick Hamilton. The Reverend received his land on Nov. 15, 1606 in East Hollywood, Down County, Ireland. James Glenn, son of Glenlora Glenn and John Glenn, son of David Glenn both secured grants of land from Reverend Hamilton and enjoyed the "privaleges of English subjects." These Glenns were the ancestors of most of the Scotch Irish Glenns and are likely the direct ancestors of this Glenn line. The pattern of the Scotch Irish that moved into Augusta Co., VA was from Ireland (where they had an ethical problem with marrying into the Irish), to Pennsylvania, then often Maryland before coming to Augusta Co., VA. The question is how are we related to the Scotch Glenns located in Ireland. No one to my knowlege knows who our William's father was. (CL-474)

  • Sources 
    1. [S2688] Glenn, R.L., A Walk Through Time (Bountiful, UT: Family History Publishers, c1989).

    2. [S1251] See, Hazel Tilder, Wendel-Windle, Descendants, mostly of New Market, Virginia and Descendants of George & Sarah Young Glenn (410 Courtfield Avenue, Winchester, VA 22601).

    3. [S2175] Linda Stewart to L. Dudick E-mail letter dated Oct. 15, 1997 at lincstart@worldnet.att.net (CL-411).

    4. [S11] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Ancestry Family Tree, 1,1030::0.

    5. [S2627] Obituary of Samuel Newton Glenn Gallia Times Gallipolis, OH July 2, 1936.