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Mary Chapin Carpenter

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William Boulware Vawter Jr.

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• • 4th Great-grandfather of Mary Chapin Carpenter — 7th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 104 
  • Father:
  • William Boulware Vawter 
  • Mother:
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  • Birth Date:
  • 26 May 1765 
  • Birth Location:
  • Essex County, Virginia 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Death Date:
  • 15 Nov 1822 
  • Death Location:
  • Hans Creek, Monroe, Virginia (now West Virginia) 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Vawter Cemetery, Greenville, Monroe, West Virginia 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Margaret "Peggy" Henderson
  • Marriage Date:
  • 12 Feb 1795 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Greenbrier County, Virginia 
  • Child:

  John Henderson Vawter (Ahnentafel No:52 )

  • Notes: 

  • Most published sources identify William Vawter's mother as Ann Ballard. However, Ann did not marry William's father until almost 9 years after he was born. It appears that William is probably the son of an earlier wife.

• Sources for William Boulware Vawter Jr.

  • ¹ Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A208542, #A054746 and #A118389.
  • ² Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 08/24/2016).
  • ³ Richmond Times Dispatch (Richmond, Virginia), 04 JUN 1905, p. 32, "Vawter Family of Virginia".
  • ⁴ Miller, Joseph Lyon, Ancestry and Descendants of Lieut. John Henderson, of Greenbrier County, Virginia, 1650-1900, Richmond, Virginia: Whittet and Shepperson, General Printers (1902), 24.