[1][2] William was born on December 25, 1728, in Perquimans County, Province of North Carolina.
He married a second time to the widow Dorothy Black McDonald, and they had two known children-William and Caroline.
He was buried at the General Williams Skinner cemetery in the Yeopim section of Perquimans County, on a farm four or five miles from the town of Hertford.
[1] He held the following political offices:[1] He served in the following units during the American Revolution:[2] His statement about why he resigned his commission was "As my experience in military matters is very small, my continuing in that office might, perhaps, be a public injury, as well as fatal to those whose lives might in a manner depend on my conduct.
For these reasons I take the liberty at this time of resigning that appointment which I heretofore with reluctance accepted.