For the first objective of relating William and John, these diagrams locate the current volunteers (numbers in parenthesis) to the William and John lines: The generation numbers count from William as #1. Counting John b. 1780 as generation #4 assumes he would be William’s great grandson if they are related. Since the oldest generation possible is desired, we are focusing initially on generation #8 and in some cases #9.

WILLIAM LINE:
#1 William b. 1690 in Cornwall
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#2 Robert
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#3 Willis Robert Henry
(1) (2)

JOHN LINE:
#4 John b. 1780 in South Carolina
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#5 Eli Thomas Leander
(1) (2)