William Devin, Jr.

1752 - 1810  (58 years)

• Name	William Devin  [1]
  Suffix	Jr.
  Birth	1752	, Halifax, Virginia, USA
  Gender	Male
  Death	18 Apr 1810	, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
  Person ID	I566	Master
  Last Modified	18 Aug 2019

  
  

  Father	William Alexander Devin, Sr.,   b. Apr 1725, Camden Parish, Dublin, Ireland d. 19 Apr 1802, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Sarah Smith,   b. 20 Mar 1728, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA d. 22 Nov 1800, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	1750	Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
  Family ID	F175	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Martha Mitchell,   b. 1762   d. Abt 1830 (Age 68 years)
  Marriage	7 Sep 1780	, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
  Children	+ 1. James Devin,   b. 15 May 1781, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA d. 11 Aug 1854, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA (Age 73 years)   2. Jane Devin,   b. 15 May 1781   d. Yes, date unknown   3. John Devin,   b. 1783   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Sarah Devin,   b. 1785   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Mary Devin,   b. 1788   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Elizabeth Devin,   b. 1792   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Clayton Devin,   b. 11 Jul 1793   d. Yes, date unknown   8. Bethsheba Devin,   b. 1797   d. Yes, date unknown + 9. William Robert Devin,   b. Aug 1800, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA d. 1876, , Polk, Missouri, USA (Age 75 years)
  Family ID	F177	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1752 - , Halifax, Virginia, USA Marriage - 7 Sep 1780 - , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Death - 18 Apr 1810 - , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  William Devin, born 1752 in Pittsylvania Co., Virginia; died 28 Apr 1810 in Pittsylvania Co., Virginia; married Martha Mitchell 7 Sep 1780 in Pittsylvania Co., Virginia. William Devin, Jr. served with Captain Henry Conway's Company of the 14th Virginia Regiment of Foot in the Continental Army. He served three years from January 1777 to February 1780. He enlisted at Pittsylvania County Virginia Courthouse on January 26, 1777 and was discharged in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on February 4, 1780. He and his brother, Robert, were in the same unit throughout their service. Their unit was at Valley Forge with General Washington during the winter of 1777-1778. William fought in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown, and Monmouth. The records from the National Archives shows Sergeant William Devin, with a variety of name variations, to be listed in the muster and pay rolls of Captain Henry Conway's company for most of the period of December 1776 through March 1779. Then, he was part of Captain Nathan Reid's Company and Lieutenant Colonel Hopkins' Company until November 1779. Finally, William Devin and Robert Devin were assigned to Captain John Overton's Company of Col. Febiger's Detachment, 2nd Brigade until they were discharged. Robert Devin says in his pension application that Captain Henry Conway's company was formed at Smith's Store, then the Pittsylvania County Virginia Court House. The records show that Sergeant William Devin was sick (June, July, and August 1778 muster rolls) and then, on extended furlough in Virginia beginning in September 1778 to April 1779. This could be the time when William Devin had Smallpox that nearly cost him his life.

  
  

• Sources

  [S472] Lela C. Adams, Abstracts of Pittsylvania County Virginia Wills, 1767-1820, (Southern Historical Press Inc, Greenville South Carolina, 1986), Pg. 107.