Bill’s Family - Person Sheet
Bill’s Family - Person Sheet
Birth28 Feb 1731/32, Surrey Co, Virginia Colony
Military SvsAmerican Revolution (VA) - Virginia Militia (1780) - Major
FlagsLived in US, Look in VA
FatherWilliam Short IV , 149, M (~1694-<1757)
MotherMartha (Mary?) (Short) , 150, F (~1704-~1755)
Misc. Notes
List of the Colonial Soldiers of Virginia
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page 78
Short, William, Va. Mag., 1, 386; Wash. Mss., 112, 84.
Colonial Families of the United States of America: Volume 5
William Short V fought in the Revolutionary War and attained the rank of Colonel.
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Colonial Families of the United States of America: Volume 5
ISSUE page 447
[Notice the wrong numbering on this reference. All of this information refers to William Short V]
WILLIAM SHORT, IV, was the father of William SHORT, the United States Minister, of Spring Garden, Surrey County, Virginia. His will was probated 24th December, [p.447] 1782; m. at "Prestwould," Mecklenburg County, Virginia, 21st October, 1758, Elizabeth SKIPWITH, who d. 1771, dau. of Sir William and Elizabeth (SMITH) SKIPWITH. The SKIPWITHS were of royal descent, tracing from King Edward the Elder.
TIDEWATER FAMILIES of VIRGINIA ,pp. 547
It would have been William Short V who married Elizabeth Skipwith, the daughter of Sir William Skipwith, and died in 1782. It would have been his gravestone that was standing when Mr. Bohannon visited the family graveyard at “Spring Garden”.
S.
page 78
Short, William, Va. Mag., 1, 386; Wash. Mss., 112, 84.
Colonial Families of the United States of America: Volume 5
William Short V fought in the Revolutionary War and attained the rank of Colonel.
Additional Sources: , and
Colonial Families of the United States of America: Volume 5
ISSUE page 447
[Notice the wrong numbering on this reference. All of this information refers to William Short V]
WILLIAM SHORT, IV, was the father of William SHORT, the United States Minister, of Spring Garden, Surrey County, Virginia. His will was probated 24th December, [p.447] 1782; m. at "Prestwould," Mecklenburg County, Virginia, 21st October, 1758, Elizabeth SKIPWITH, who d. 1771, dau. of Sir William and Elizabeth (SMITH) SKIPWITH. The SKIPWITHS were of royal descent, tracing from King Edward the Elder.
TIDEWATER FAMILIES of VIRGINIA ,pp. 547
It would have been William Short V who married Elizabeth Skipwith, the daughter of Sir William Skipwith, and died in 1782. It would have been his gravestone that was standing when Mr. Bohannon visited the family graveyard at “Spring Garden”.
Spouses
1Elizabeth Skipwith 
4, 5G Grandmother, S130, 1132, F
4, 5G Grandmother, S130, 1132, FFatherSir William Skipwith 6th. Baronet of Prestwoul , 601, M (1707-1764)
MotherLady Elizabeth Smith , 263, F (~1707-)
Marriage21 Oct 1758, Prince George Co, VA, US