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William DeHaven

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Birthplace: Whitpain Township, Montgomery County, PA, United States
Death: 1800 (30-31)
Frederick, Virginia, United States
Place of Burial: Gainsboro, Virginia
Immediate Family:

Son of Peter DeHaven and Abigail DeHaven
Husband of Sarah DeHaven
Father of Anna Mary Bell; Isaac Simon DeHaven; Henry Doster DeHaven; Driscilla Light and Westley DeHaven
Brother of Isaac DeHaven; Sarah Magdalena Leannah Adams; Rachel DeHaven; Jonathan "Nathan" DeHaven; John DeHaven and 1 other

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About William DeHaven

William DeHaven was born in 1769 in Whitpain Township, Montgomery County, PA to Peter and Abigail DeHaven. He moved with his parents and family to Gainsboro, Frederick County, VA in 1790. At the age of 23, he married Sarah Doster. Sarah Doster was born in 1768 in Frederick Co, VA to Thomas Doster Jr and Mary Crumley. William and Sarah were married in Gainsboro, VA Their children were Anna Mary (Bell) 1793 – 1882 Isaac Simon 1794 – 1868 Henry Doster 1795 – 1868 Driscilla (Light) 1795 – 1853 Westley 1796 - 1870

William died in 1800 at the age of 31, four years after the birth of their last child, Westley, leaving his wife a widow with five young children. It is not known of what he died at such a young age. Sarah did not remarry and lived until she was 70, dying in 1838. How she supported herself and raised her children is not known. William and Sarah are both buried in the Gainsboro Methodist Cemetery.

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William DeHaven's Timeline

1769
November 30, 1769
Whitpain Township, Montgomery County, PA, United States
1793
1793
Gainesboro, Frederick County, VA, United States
1794
1794
Gainesboro, Frederick County, VA, United States
1795
1795
Gainesboro, Frederick County, VA, United States
1795
Gainesboro, Frederick County, VA, United States
1796
February 14, 1796
Frederick County, VA, United States
1800
1800
Age 30
Frederick, Virginia, United States
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Gainesboro Cemetery, Gainsboro, Virginia