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William Vardeman

Male 1697 - 1789  (92 years)


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  • Name William Vardeman 
    Birth 1697  , , Sweden Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 3 Mar 1789  Dutch Fork, Richland, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I12551  Master
    Last Modified 11 May 2012 

    Father John Vardeman Vardamon,   b. 1668, , , Sweden Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Mar 1713, Appoquinimin Creek, New Castle, Delaware, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 45 years) 
    Mother Margaret Evans,   b. 1672, , , Sweden Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1714, , New Castle, Delaware, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 42 years) 
    Marriage 1692 
    Family ID F3585  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Magdelena Peterson,   b. 1706, , New Castle, Delaware, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1752, , Bedford, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 46 years) 
    Children 
     1. Jacob Vardaman,   b. 1714
     2. John Vardaman,   b. 1718, Varde, Ribe, Denmark Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Mar 1790, Saint Louis, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
     3. John Vardaman,   b. 1721, , New Castle, Delaware, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1827, Saint Louis, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 106 years)
     4. William Vardeman,   b. 1722   d. 1796 (Age 74 years)
     5. Maria Vardeman,   b. 1723, Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Apr 1724 (Age 1 year)
     6. Magdalene Vardeman,   b. 1724
     7. Christopher Vardeman,   b. 1724   d. 1735 (Age 11 years)
     8. Peter Vardeman,   b. 1725, , Goochland, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Feb 1783, , Shelby, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years)
     9. William Vardeman,   b. 1725, , Goochland, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1788, Hunting Fork, Newberry, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)
     10. James Vardeman,   b. 1725   d. 1727 (Age 2 years)
     11. Jacob Vardeman,   b. 1726   d. 1735 (Age 9 years)
    +12. Frances Vardeman,   b. 1730, , , Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1787, , Bedford, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years)
     13. Robert Vardeman,   b. 1734, , Goochland, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Feb 1783 (Age 49 years)
    +14. Susanna Vardaman,   b. 1737, , Amelia, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1816, , Lincoln, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
     15. James Vardaman,   b. 1745, , Bedford, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1797, , Newberry, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years)
     16. John William Vardaman,   b. 1750, , Bedford, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1820, , Washington Parish, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
    Family ID F3582  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Notes 
    • William was born ca 1698, probably in Sweden. He was brought to America by his parents at about the age of seven and was raised in New Castle County, Delaware. He married Magdalena Petersson, daughter of Peter and Karin Petersson, at Holy Trininity Church in New Castle County, Delaware on April 21, 1720. The Peterssons were a Swedish family. The last record of the William Vardaman family in Delaware is the baptism of a daughter in 1724. William next appears in the Rockfish Gap area on the eastern slopes of the Blue Ridge Mountains in what is now Albemarle County, VA, but was then in Goochland County in 1734. By 1744 he has moved a little further south to the Peaks of Otter area of the Blue Ridge Mountains in what is now Bedford County, VA. In 1744 this area was in Brunswick County and later, in 1746, in Lunenburg County. Bedford County was created out of Lunenburg in 1754. In 1766 William with his second (or possibly third) wife and youngest son, James, relocated to the Dutch Fork area of what is now Newberry County, South Carolina, but was then in Craven County and later included in the judicial division known as Ninety Six District. William purchased 150 acres on the south side of the Enoree River on Indian Creek on 13 Dec 1766. The deed refers to William as a merchant. William died ca 1789 in Newberry County naming his wife Bridgit and four sons John, William, Jr., Peter and James, in order in his will. The first three were probably f from his first wife, Magdalena Petersson, while the last son, James, was probably with his last wife, Bridgit Tinkler. Based on details included in the various biographies of his grandson, Rev. Jeremiah Vardeman of Kentucky and Missouri, William raised a very large family. Since there were only 4 sons, there are likely several daughters. Unfortunately, we know the names of only two: Maria and Jemima. While it can't be proven, there is likely another daughter named Frances who married Peter Bennett. Beyond this we are unable to conjecture with any degree of confidence on the names of any additional daughters.

      Will of William Vardaman
      Will Book 'B', page 382, filed in Ninety-Six District, SC, written 24February 1783,proven 3 March 1789

      In the name of God Aaamen the twenty fourth day of February one thousand seven hundred and Eighty three I William Vardman of Ninety Six District in the State of South Catolina Farmer