William Caldwell Calhoun, NOT the son of James Patrick Calhoun from autosomal and YDNA

1723 - 1791  (68 years)

• Name	William Caldwell Calhoun  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Suffix	NOT the son of James Patrick Calhoun from autosomal and YDNA
  Birth	1723	Donegal, County Donegal, Ireland   [4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Death	1791	Abbeville, , SC, USA   [5, 6, 7]
  Burial	Abbeville County, South Carolina, USA   [4, 5]
  Person ID	I9540	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

  Family	Nancy Agnes Long,   b. 1733, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States of America d. 1794, Abbeville County, South Carolina, USA (Age 61 years)
  Marriage	19 Oct 1749	, Augusta, VA   [2]
  Children	1. Joseph Calhoun,   b. 22 Oct 1750, Staunton, City of Staunton, Virginia, United States of America d. 17 Apr 1817, Calhoun Mill, McCormick County, South Carolina, United States of America (Age 66 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Esther Calhoun,   b. 30 Sep 1765, Abbeville, Abbeville, South Carolina, USA d. 2 Mar 1844, Fredonia, Caldwell County, Kentucky, United States of America (Age 78 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Agnes Nancy Calhoun, - She triangulates with James Calhoun d 1795 Guilford NC so her parentage is not through James Patrick Calhoun's line,   b. 29 Aug 1773, Abbeville, Abbeville County, South Carolina, United States of America d. 5 Sep 1840, Greene County, Alabama, United States of America (Age 67 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F2365	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

• Notes

  William purchased 335 acres of land on Reed Creek in Augusta Co., Virginia in 1748 along with his father and brother Patrick in around the same time period. vol25no10pp147_155_462179.pdf This part of Augusta Co., Virginia later becamef Wythe Co., Virginia. According to "Colonial Families of America," he was a Justice of the Peace in South Carolina. His son Joseph was a congressman in 1807 among other distinguished accomplishments. He shares 3 mutations with descendants of the following group of YDNA testers suggesting they are all likely related with the same line of descent. Cousins that match his points at DYS576, DYS534 and DYS 446 are descendants of a William Calhoun 1795-1889, Peter Calhoun, b 1782 in Pa and died in Unionville, Center Co., Pennsylania and a Robert Colhoun/Coquhoun of Ballylennon, St. Johnston, Co.., Donegal, Ireland. https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/calhoun/dna-results They would have similar YDNA to what our James Calhoun married to Else Tharp has. It should mean he is traced incorrectly as our James and Jean Johnston Colquhoun have a totally different haplogroup that doesn't meet up with James Patrick Calhoun's generation till further back in time. We go through Rev. Alexander and he does not.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2255] Pennsylvania Germania Genealogical Club, digital images. [S1053] Colonial Families of the United States. Ancestry. (www.ancestry.com: n.d.). [S4] 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. [S426] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Date:2012 Place:Lehi, UT, USA;), 1,60525::0. [S21] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/178758388/william-caldwell-calhoun [S2281] "Calhoun Family YDNA project," database, Family Tree DNA, ). [S2282] database, Wikitree, We Relate, ).