William Vardeman b. 1697 , , Sweden d. 3 Mar 1789 Dutch Fork, Richland, South Carolina, USA: JEM Genealogy

1697 - 1789 (92 years)

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Name	William Vardeman
Birth	1697	, , Sweden
Gender	Male
Death	3 Mar 1789	Dutch Fork, Richland, South Carolina, USA
Person ID	I12551	Master
Last Modified	11 May 2012

Father	John Vardeman Vardamon, b. 1668, , , Sweden d. 17 Mar 1713, Appoquinimin Creek, New Castle, Delaware, USA (Age 45 years)
Mother	Margaret Evans, b. 1672, , , Sweden d. 1714, , New Castle, Delaware, USA (Age 42 years)
Marriage	1692
Family ID	F3585	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Magdelena Peterson, b. 1706, , New Castle, Delaware, USA d. 1752, , Bedford, Virginia, USA (Age 46 years)

Children

	1. Jacob Vardaman, b. 1714
	2. John Vardaman, b. 1718, Varde, Ribe, Denmark d. 6 Mar 1790, Saint Louis, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA (Age 72 years)
	3. John Vardaman, b. 1721, , New Castle, Delaware, USA d. 1827, Saint Louis, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA (Age 106 years)
	4. William Vardeman, b. 1722 d. 1796 (Age 74 years)
	5. Maria Vardeman, b. 1723, Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, USA d. 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 d. 24 Feb 1783, , Shelby, Kentucky, USA (Age 58 years)
	9. William Vardeman, b. 1725, , Goochland, Virginia, USA d. 1788, Hunting Fork, Newberry, South Carolina, USA (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 d. 1787, , Bedford, Virginia, USA (Age 57 years)
	13. Robert Vardeman, b. 1734, , Goochland, Virginia, USA d. 24 Feb 1783 (Age 49 years)
+	14. Susanna Vardaman, b. 1737, , Amelia, Virginia, USA d. 1816, , Lincoln, Tennessee, USA (Age 79 years)
	15. James Vardaman, b. 1745, , Bedford, Virginia, USA d. 1797, , Newberry, South Carolina, USA (Age 52 years)
	16. John William Vardaman, b. 1750, , Bedford, Virginia, USA d. 1820, , Washington Parish, Louisiana, USA (Age 70 years)

Family ID F3582 Group Sheet | Family Chart

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Birth - 1697 - , , Sweden

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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