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William Porter[1, 2]

Male 1778 - 1865  (87 years)

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  • Name William Porter
    Birth 08 Feb 1778  Honiton, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male
    Death Apr 1865  Honiton, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I322454788280  Hurst Improbable Family Tree
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2026

    Father William Porter,   b. 7 Mar 1753, Honiton, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Honiton, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Mother Sarah Walters
    Marriage 05 Jul 1777  Honiton On Otter, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1083  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Frances Rogers,   b. 18 Sep 1781, Collumpton, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Nov 1871, St George in the East Union, Stepney, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years)
    Marriage 14 Jul 1810  Southery, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Sarah Murch Porter,   b. 22 Sep 1810, Honiton, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 07 Nov 1863, Helensville, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 53 years)
     2. Elizabeth Galloway Porter,   b. 14 Dec 1818, Honiton, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F806  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2026

    Family 2 Frances,   b. Abt 1781, Cullompton, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. October 1853, Honiton, Devonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
    Children 
     1. William Wescomb Porter,   b. 20 Jun 1808, Honiton, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Sarah Murch Porter,   b. 22 Sep 1810, Honiton, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 07 Nov 1863, Edwardes St, Auckland, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 53 years)
     3. Henry Porter,   b. 30 Jan 1816, Honiton, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Elizabeth Porter,   b. 14 Dec 1818, Honiton, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F805  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2026

  • Sources 
    1. [S_2080810673] Ancestry, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.), Ancestry Family Tree.

    2. [S1186632004] Ancestry.com, England & Wales, Non-Conformist and Non-Parochial Registers, 1567-1936, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), The National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England; General Register Office: Registers of Births, Marriages and Deaths Surrendered to the Non-Parochial Registers Commissions of 1837 and 1857; Class Number: RG 4; Piece Number: 512.


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