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William. It has been speculated that this William is the same William Terrell that later married Susannah Waters, but due to a lack of documentary evidence, this has not been proven to the satisfaction of many historians.
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William Terrell who married Susannah Waters was the son of William who was born 1629. The fact that Robert Terrell, in his will, named his nephew, William, son of brother William, cannot be accepted as proof, so there is as much evidence that William, of Hanover
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in 1624. After his father and grandfather, he was among the third generation of descendants to use the current spelling of the surname. He emigrated to the United States in 1656 and settled in New Kent County, Virginia. His brother
William Terrell (born 1629) appears to have arrived in America
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Terrell, William's son) and ten generations for Obama (going back to Hannah Lewis, William's granddaughter), so the issue is not addressed in their respective
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William Terrell was born around 1659 and died around 1743. He married Susannah Waters and is a direct ancestor to several notable Terrells in the United States as well as other Terrell descendants including
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