William Cohoon, Sr

1707 - Aft 1789  (> 88 years)

• Name	William Cohoon  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Suffix	Sr
  Birth	Between 1701 and 1707	, New Kent, Virginia, USA   [5]
  Gender	Male
  Birth	1707	Nansemond, Virginia, USA   [3]
  Death	Aft 3 Jan 1789	Edgecombe, Edgecombe, North Carolina, USA   [3]
  Residence	2 Aug 1790	Edgecombe, North Carolina, USA   [2]
  Probate	Aft 2 Aug 1790	Edgecombe, North Carolina, USA   [4]
  Residence	Edgecombe, North Carolina   [4]
  Person ID	I2873	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

  Father	Samuel Cahoon, YDNA - R-M269 - R-FTE3883 BigY & Triangulations tell us he's the son of Deliverance but not William the Scottish Prisoner,   b. 20 Apr 1663, Massachsetts d. 1704, Cahoons Creek, Nansemond, Virginia (Age 40 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Mary Ann Hunter,   b. 1679, Block Island, Newport, Rhode Island d. 1711, , Nansemond, Virginia, USA (Age 32 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1698	Block Island, Washington, Rhode Island, United States
  Family ID	F2299	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Sarah Powell,   b. Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia, USA d. 4 May 1795, Edgecombe, Edgecombe, North Carolina, USA
  Children	1. John Calvin Calhoun Cohoon,   b. 1734, Edgecombe, Nansemond, Virginia, USA d. Feb 1789, Edgecombe, Edgecombe, North Carolina, USA (Age 55 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Robert Calhoun (Cohoon),   b. 1729, Edgecombe, Edgecombe, North Carolina, USA d. Manitoba, Manitoba, Canada  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. (Naomi) Cohoon Calhoun,   b. 1737, Edgecombe County, North Carolina, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Priscilla Cohoon (Calhoun),   b. 1743, Edgecomb County North Carolina, North Carolina, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. William Cohoon,   b. 1733, Edgecombe, Edgecombe, North Carolina, USA d. 27 Dec 1810, Edgecombe, Edgecombe, North Carolina, USA (Age 77 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F90	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

  Marriage	1750	Edgecombe, Edgecombe, North Carolina, USA   [3]
  Family ID	F8275	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

• Sources

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