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William Albin Bruce 1745 – 1818 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 14 Feb 1745

Birth Location: Frederick, Virginia, United States

Death Date: 20 Aug 1818

Death Location: Nelson, Kentucky

Father: James Bruce

Mother: Margaret McMahon

Spouse(s): Mary Lucas, SARAH HARRIS

Children(s): Elizabeth Bruce, Ann Bruce, Margaret Bruce, William Bruce, James Bruce, Mary Bruce

In 1745, William Albin Bruce Sr entered the world in Frederick, Virginia, United States, born to James Robert Bruce and Margaret Ann McMahon. Years later, William Albin Bruce Sr married Mary "Polly" Lucas and SARAH "SALLIE" HARRIS, and the couple became parents to Elizabeth Bruce, Ann Bruce, Margaret Bruce, William Albin Bruce, James Bruce and Mary Polly Bruce. William Albin Bruce Sr died in 1818 in Nelson, Kentucky.

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Parents

James Bruce
1720 – 1799
Birth Location: Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia, USA
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Margaret McMahon
1727 – 1804
Birth Location: Spotsylvania, Frederick, Virginia, Colonial America
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Spouses(s)

Mary Lucas
1745 – 1805
Birth Location: Berkeley, James, Virginia, United States
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SARAH HARRIS
1767 – 1843
Birth Location: Frederick County, Maryland, USA
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Children(s)

Elizabeth Bruce
1772 – 1851
Birth Location: Elizabethtown, Washington County, Pennsylvania Colony
EB
Ann Bruce
1773 – 1796
Birth Location: –
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Margaret Bruce
1774 – 1851
Birth Location: Elizabeth, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States
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William Bruce
1779 – 1854
Birth Location: New York, United States
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James Bruce
1778 – 1827
Birth Location: Elizabeth, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States
JB
Mary Bruce
1780 – 1860
Birth Location: Elizabethtown, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States
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Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 14 Feb 1745
    Event Place: Potomac, Montgomery, Maryland, United States
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index, North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, Book Title: Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 164 : 1921

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 14 Feb 1745
    Event Place: Brucetown, Frederick, Virginia, United States
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Source number: 23889.001; Source type: Pedigree chart; Number of Pages: 2

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 14 Feb 1745
    Event Place: Brucetown, Frederick, Virginia, United States

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 14 Feb 1745
    Event Place: Brucetown, Frederick, Virginia, United States

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 14 Feb 1745
    Event Place: Bruceton, Frederick, Virginia

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 14 Feb 1745
    Event Place: Frederick, Virginia, United States

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 2 Aug 1790
    Event Place: Bart, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: 1790 United States Federal Census, The National Archives in Washington, DC; Washington, DC; First Census of the United States, 1790.; Year: 1790; Census Place: Bart, Lancaster, Pennsylvania; Series: M637; Roll: 8; Page: 189; Family History Library Film: 0568148

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 20 Aug 1818
    Event Place: Vicennces, Knox, Indiana, United States
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index, North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, Book Title: Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 164 : 1921

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: Aug 20, 1818
    Event Place: Vicennces, Knox, Indiana, United States

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 20 Aug 1818
    Event Place: Nelson, Kentucky
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