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William Helms was born in Goshen, Orange County, New York, on May 22, 1756. [1]
On December 21, 1777, William married Eleanor Dobbins and lived in the Sugar-Loaf, Orange County, NY. All of their 7 children, were born in Sugar-Loaf, Orange County, NY. His wife Eleanor Dobbins 1760-1806.
Helms was a private in Col. John Hawthorne's Fourth Orange County New York Militia, in the Revolutionary War. William Helms, Revolutionary War Veteran 1756-1826. [2]
Private William Helms served with 4th Regiment, Orange County Militia, New York Militia during the American Revolution.
William Helms is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A054417.
William died July 14, 1826, at age 70 and was buried on the Helms farm, Sugarloaf, Orange County, New York.
Sources
- ↑ Birth date and death date, cited in the book from the "Chester Cemetery tombstone inscription, Route 17, Chester, Orange County, New York. Stone reading by Ethel and Thomas Helms. 1981 "
- ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/), "Record of Helm, William", Ancestor # A054417.
- From the "Some Descendants of Christopher Helme of Rhode Island" November 1998, Donald Henry Strahte ( Compiler), June Bennent Helme, Dr. Charles Milton Helms and Thomas Sanford Helms III.
- U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current [1]
- Connie F. Sorenson, RootsWeb.com
