Brief Life History of William Marion
When William Marion Heaslet Sr was born in 1740, in Shippensburg, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, James Heaslet, was 20 and his mother, Mary Ann McCracken, was 28. He married Margaret Mary Clark on 6 April 1762, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 4 January 1819, in Knox, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 79.
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- William Haslett, "Pennsylvania Civil Marriages, 1677-1950"
- William Marion Heaslet, "Find A Grave Index"
- William Haslett in entry for Mary Clarke, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Marriage Records, 1512-1989"
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1750
Historical Boundaries 1750: Cumberland, Pennsylvania Colony, British Colonial America 1776: Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States
1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776
The Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776. The liberty bell was first rung here to Celebrate this important document.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Haseley (Warwickshire), Great or Little Haseley (Oxfordshire), or North Heasley in North Molton (Devon). The placenames derive from Old English hæsel ‘hazel’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.
Irish (Down and Louth): variant of Hazlett .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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