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About William Bernard, I
Attorney-at-law
Biography
From link to William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, Volume 5. Page 182
5, RICHARD BERNARD was vestryman of St. Paul's Parish, Stafford county (Meade), and by Elizabeth Hart, his wife, he had issue:
6, William" Bernard, born September 6, 1730.
6, WILLIAM BERNARD was a lawyer; and “when I was a student at the University of Virginia,” wrote his grandson, A. H. H. Bernard, “I dined at Monticello, and Mr. Jefferson spoke of my grandfather, saying he remembered him well; and that he would have been more distinguished but for his modesty. He was the patron of Mr. Monroe in his youth. Mr. Monroe read law in his office, which produced the friendship that existed through life between my father and the ex-President.”
He married, first, on November 25, 1750, Winifred, daughter of Anthony Thornton, of St. Paul's Parish, Stafford county (died 1757), and Winifred, daughter and heiress of Col. Peter Presley, of “Northumberland House,” Northumberland county. (See QUARTERLY, Vol. IV., p. 93.) As shown on page 64 there was only one child of this marriage, 7, Richard" Bernard, who left issue. Mrs. Bernard was born September 23, 1729, and died September 29, 1765.
William Bernard married, secondly, Sarah Savin, of Maryland (or Sévigné, as some old papers, I am told, seem to show), and had issue one son, 8, William " Bernard.
William Bernard's will was proved in King George county, May 1, 1783, and bore date March 12, 1782. It mentions eldest son Richard, son William, and daughter Sarah. Of this will he appointed his son Richard one of the executors, who alone qualified.*
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William Bernard, I's Timeline
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September 6, 1730
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Stafford County, Virginia, United States
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| 1753 |
April 10, 1753
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| 1770 |
September 3, 1770
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Westmoreland County, Virginia, United States
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1782
Age 51
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King George County, Virginia
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