William Clement GANN1733–
- Name
- William Clement GANN
- Given names
- William Clement
- Surname
- GANN
- Also known as
- Clement Gann
 Birth | about 1733 28 |
 Birth of a brother | Adam GANN about 1733 Note: Date updated from 1727 by Gann researchers.
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| Birth of a brother | John GANN 1736 (Age 3 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Samuel GANN 1748 (Age 15 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Samuel GANN 1748 (Age 15 years) |
| Death of a father | Samuel GANN before 1762 (Age 29 years) |
| Death of a brother | Adam GANN August 6, 1812 (Age 79 years) Note: \"Will of Adam Gann, dated 8 Mar. 1812: Blessed be God attest this my last will and testament finding myself in a great indisposion of body but in my rite reasons and in my perfect senses first of all committing my body to the yearth and my soul to God who gave it I think proper to fix my afares leaving Adam Gann and Nathan Gann my executors of my estate first of all I leave unto my beloved wife Christan Gann all my estate consisting of one negro in the hands of my son Dam (probably Dan for Daniel) Gan and all my horses all my cattle sheep and hogs and household furniture to remain in the hands of my wife Christen Gan during her natural life or widowhood and then to be divided equally amonsts my three children Peggy Gan Hannah Gan Samuel Gan unto all my sons and daughters begottn by my first wife I leave one doler to each of them as witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal. Adam (his X mark) Gann, Test George McGuer, Test Joseph McArter,\" (Recorded in Will Book No. 2, Page No. 18, Jefferson County, Tennessee) (Spellings are as used in the original handwritten document.)
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| Death of a brother | Samuel GANN 1843 (Age 110 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Samuel GANN Birth: about 1705 Death: before 1762 — Frederick Co VA |
| mother | |
| elder brother |
Nathan GANN Birth: about 1729 24 |
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5 years twin brother |
Adam GANN Birth: about 1733 28 — Frederick Co VA Death: August 6, 1812 — Dandridge, Jefferson, TN |
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1 year himself |
William Clement GANN Birth: about 1733 28 — Frederick Co VA |
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4 years younger brother |
John GANN Birth: 1736 31 |
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13 years younger brother |
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| Name | Converging paper trails and DNA show Clement Gann and William Gann to be the same person; married in VA or NC. Appears 1760 Frederick Co VA; 1776 Guilford Co NC militia; 1778 buys 50 acres in Caswell Co NC, sells in 1779; daughter Dolly Gann born 1779; 1780 on Washington Co TN tax list. With son William Adam appears by formal first names in 1795 Superior Court case. In 1817 sells Washington Co land (Jacob Gann, a son by DNA matching, witnessed the deed); maybe moved in with son Daniel L. Gann next door or removed to Rhea Co with Jacob and Isham and son-in-law Thomas Gann b1764. The name Clement passed out of family naming tradition in favor of William, but the DNA lives on in the descendants. [The Gann Gazette, pg 2. Volume 32, No. 3, Winter 2025] |