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State of Service: VA
Qualifying Service: Colonel / Patriotic Service
This historic Aylett family graveyards was discovered in 1989 and was restored by the King William County Historical Society. A dedicated member who played a large part in the restoration was Mr. Jarvis Taylor
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Author: Mark Andrew Davis
William Aylett was born on 21 September 1743 in King William County, Virginia, the son of Philip Aylett and Martha Dandridge. Martha Dandridge, the mother of the patriot, was the daughter of William Dandridge and granddaughter of John Dandridge, the father of Martha (Dandridge) Custis Washington. William Aylett was a long-time friend of George Washington.
William Aylett married Mary Macon in 1765. They were the parents of Philip, William, Elizabeth, Ann Dandridge, Mildred, and Rebecca.
He was a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses. Aylett served as a Deputy Commissary-General of Stores on 27 April 1776. He was recognized by an order passed by the U.S. Congress, with the title of Colonel, 6 July 1777.
He made his Last Will and Testament on 12 April 1780 and named his wife, sons Philip and William, and daughters (unnamed).
Colonel William Aylett, of the Continental Line, with a grant of 6,665 acres for three years of service, in a list of Officers of the American Revolution who received bounty land from the State of Virginia. The award was made posthumously. There was another warrant of land was made for 1,333 1/2 acres.
Sources:
Brumbaugh, Gaius Marcus, Revolutionary War Records Vol. 1, Virginia Army and Navy Forces with Bounty Land Warrants for Virginia Military District of Ohio, and Virginia Military Scrip; from Federal and State Archives, Washington DC: Lancaster Press Inc., 1936, page 86.
Heitman, Francis B., Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army During the War of the Revolution, 1775-1783, Washington DC: Rare Book Shop Publishing Company, 1914, page 79.
Journals of Congress, Vol. 2, page 188.
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