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About William Mallory
Biography
William Mallory was born circa 1769 in Virginia, United States. His parents were Roger Mallory, IV and Sarah (Smith) Mallory.
William married Ann Thornton (Peyton) Mallory on March 19, 1793 in Bourbon County, Kentucky, United States and they divorced on February 17, 1835. Together they had the following children: John T. Mallory; Timothy Mallory; Valentine Roger Mallory; Egbert Madison Mallory; Sythia (Mallory) Boulton; William Mallory; Elizabeth (Mallory) Coffman; Mary Mallory; Frances (Mallory) Ashley; John M. Mallory; Rebecca Mallory; Roger Mallory.
He died after February 17, 1835.
Tradition calls him John William, but he was called William Mallory in contemporary records, and it is worth noting that he had a brother John. Calling him John William might be a confusion in the tradition.
He was a ne'er do well, who married a very wealthy wife. He was an alcoholic who spent her money and was frequently gone from home. His wife tried to divorce him, but he couldn't be located to be served. In the end, she used her influence with the Kentucky state legislature to get a private bill of divorce passed, 17 February 1835 (Goeden).
A Kansas biography of his descendant Samuel V. Mallory, born in 1856, says, "His great-grandfather, John William Mallory, spent his life in Virginia, having been born near Harper's Ferry. He married Elizabeth Peyton, who was the daughter of an officer in the American Revolution. Mr. Mallory's grandfather was Valentine Roger Mallory, who was born at Harper's Ferry in Virginia in 1797, and moved from that state to Sangamon County, Illinois, near the capital at Springfield, and was an early farmer in that district. He died at Springfield in 1866. His wife was Nancy Dawson, a native of Kentucky."
He might have been the William who appears on a 1789 tax list at Fayette County, Kentucky (transcribed as "William Millroy" by Ancestry.com). If so, he was likely a son of Roger Mallory, who appears on the same list. The first certain record of him in Kentucky is his 1793 marriage to Ann Peyton.
He appears on the 1810 census as William Malry at Stoner in Bourbon County. His household consisted of 1 male 26-44 (himself), 1 female 26-44 (wife Ann), 1 male 16-26 (son John), 1 male 10-15 (son Timothy), 3 males under 10 (probably son Valentine, and sons Egbert and William), 3 females under 10, and no slaves.
After 1810 I find no further record of him. His wife appears on the 1820 census of Bourbon County under her own name, indicating he was absent. He does not seem to have been included in the households of any of his older sons. It is unlikely he was any of the men of that name on the 1820 and 1830 censuses of Kentucky -- Wm. Mallery in Christian County 1820, William Mallery in Simpson County 1820, William Mallory in Barren County 1830, William Mallery in Caldwell County 1830, William Mallery in Christian County 1830, or William Mallory in Simpson County 1830. Those men all appear in households with their wives and children. His wife divorced him in 1835, so he was apparently still alive, and it seems likely he would have appeared on the 1820 and 1830 censuses somewhere.
- Census: 1789 - Fayette Co, Kentucky
- Census: 1810 - Stoner, Bourbon Co, Kentucky
Sources
- Gary D. Violette, Outline Descendant Report for Roger Mallory, accessed Nov. 23, 2016.
- Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Nov 22 2016, 15:42:34 UTC
- Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Nov 23 2016, 3:46:24 UTC
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William Mallory's Timeline
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1769
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Virginia, United States
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January 17, 1793
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Bourbon County, Kentucky, United States
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Virginia
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December 16, 1798
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Bourbon County, Kentucky, United States
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1804
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Bourbon County, Kentucky, United States
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1809
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Bourbon County, Kentucky, United States
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1810
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Bourbon County, Kentucky, United States
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1812
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Bourbon County, Kentucky, United States
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1814
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Bourbon County, Kentucky, United States
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