Individual Details

William Alderman III

(17 Apr 1719 - )

There may have been other children and those named may not be listed in the order of their birth.

WILLIAM3 ALDERMAN, (William2-1), was born 17 April 1719 and m. 3 July 1739 Patience, dau. of widow Mary Sweeny. He lived in Simsbury, CT. There are several references to him in the Beekman rent books:
"1 May 1757. John Lewis in in possession in lot 4. First Abijah Cobb, the remainder in the possession viz:
William Alderman in the NW corner of the same farm first Cob's." [ELP A:86].
"William Alderman in Beekman in lot 4; consent survey or lease first settled 1739; see f. 179." [Credit side of page torn away. ELP A:139]. [Some records noted above in his father's account may belong here].

He had a dau. Patience b. 1745 who m. Samuel Woodward, b. 5 June 1742, the son of John and Mary (Spaulding) Woodward, [FJD]. John Woodward and his family came to Beekman from Pomfret, CT in 1753 and it seems very possible that Patience Alderman m. Samuel Woodward in Beekman. [Cf. TAG 40:207]. Samuel Woodward and Patience had ch.: Phebe, Archibald, Polly, John, Samuel, Patience, William, Isabel.

A William Alderman picked up a billoting receipt in Poughkeepsie in 1759 for service in the F&I War in Dutchess County. In 1760 he was in a muster on LI, listed as born in CT, age 40, a laborer. [NYMR 238].

Events

Birth17 Apr 1719Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, British America
Marriage3 Jul 1739Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, British America - Patience Sweeney

Families

SpousePatience Sweeney (1721 - )
ChildElihu Alderman (1740 - 1759)
ChildWilliam Alderman IV (1743 - )
ChildElisha Alderman (1744 - 1832)
ChildPatience Alderman (1745 - )
ChildRachel Alderman (1748 - )
ChildMary "Molly" Alderman (1750 - )
ChildIreny Alderman (1753 - )
ChildElijah Alderman (1755 - )
ChildEphraim Alderman (1757 - 1818)
ChildStephen Alderman ( - )
FatherWilliam Alderman Jr. (1686 - 1768)
MotherRebecca Osborne (1691 - 1765)
SiblingJerusha Alderman (1717 - )
SiblingJonathan Alderman (1720 - 1758)
SiblingJudith Alderman (1721 - )
SiblingJohn Alderman (1722 - )
SiblingThomas Alderman (1723 - 1814)

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