John W. CANTLEY, Sr

1736 - 1802  (66 years)

• Name	John W. CANTLEY  [1]
  Suffix	Sr
  Birth	1736	Monroe, Virginia, British Colonial America   [1]
  Gender	Male
  _FSFTID	9V9M-SMJ
  _FSLINK	https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/9V9M-SMJ
  _UID	8969CCE0F1AC463093B21856A628EF42633F
  Death	24 Apr 1802	Monroe, Amherst, Virginia   [1]
  Person ID	I594765214	Carney Wehofer July 2025
  Last Modified	6 Sep 2024

  
  

  Father	Alexander CANTLEY,   b. 1688, Montrose, Angus, Scotland d. Abt 1745, Virginia (Age 57 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth LUMPKIN,   b. Abt 1690, King And Queen County, Virginia, Brithish Colonial America d. Aft 1740, Essex, Virginia, Brithish Colonial America (Age ~ 51 years)
  Family ID	F536729655	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Elinor Jane LINDSAY, Lindsey,   b. Abt 1740, Virginia, British Colonial America d. 24 Apr 1802, Greenbriar, Virgina (Age ~ 62 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1763	Virginia
  Children	1. John CANTLEY, Jr,   b. 1765, Augusta, Virginia d. Aft 1835, Franklin, Missouri (Age 71 years)   2. Samuel CANTLEY, Sr,   b. 1767, Greenbrier, Virginia d. 1810, Monroe, Virginia (Age 43 years)   3. Margaret Mary CANTLEY,   b. 1769, Augusta, Virginia, British Colonial America d. 1822, Florissant, St. Louis Co., Missouri (Age 53 years)   4. James CANTLEY,   b. 1774, Virginia d. Yes, date unknown   5. Robert CANTLEY,   b. 1775, Botetourt, West Virginia d. 1829, Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee (Age 54 years)   6. Sarah CANTLEY,   b. Jan 1779, Virginia d. Aft 1850, Meigs, Tennessee (Age ~ 71 years)   7. George CANTLEY,   b. 1781, Botetourt, Virginia d. 1813 (Age 32 years)
  Family ID	F536728426	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Oct 2023

  
  

  Family 2	Jane KINCAID   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	5 Jun 1787	Greenbrier, West Virginia
  Family ID	F1952	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Oct 2023

  
  

• Notes

  John was the first documented Cantley living in the American colonies, was born in 1736. He is recorded in 1758 as serving in the militia of Augusta County, Virginia during the French and Indian War. He served with Captain Christian's Company of Rangers in 1760. He voted in the election of 1800, and shortly before his death, he is recorded as paying his taxes in Monroe County, Virginia and selling most of his land to his oldest son as was the custom of the day, source for above-https://books.google.com/books?id=0ygWEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT169&lpg=PT169&dq="John+Cantley+Sr"&source=bl&ots=WbZFH_OdkL&sig=ACfU3U3ACzDLW4lEQyAs6Atfrf9GgIToAw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjf1siz9NX2AhVrqVsKHQFIAXYQ6AF6BAgCEAM#v=onepage&q="John%20Cantley%20Sr"&f=false [1] Sources confirmed by the biological ancestor of the Cantley line through a 23andme DNA match between his 6th great-granddaughter Kae-Leah Williamson(Williamson-13040) and his 4th great-grandson MC. The two descendants share 0.67% DNA, 2 segments, triangulated with another match, SC. https://books.google.com/books?id=0ygWEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT169&lpg=PT169&dq="John+Cantley+Sr"&source=bl&ots=WbZFH_OdkL&sig=ACfU3U3ACzDLW4lEQyAs6Atfrf9GgIToAw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjf1siz9NX2AhVrqVsKHQFIAXYQ6AF6BAgCEAM#v=onepage&q="John%20Cantley%20Sr"&f=false wvancestry.com/ReferenceMaterial/Files/James_Halstead_-_Pioneer_of_Indian_Creek_Virginia.pdf https://www.google.com/books/edition/Virginia_Colonial_Militia_1651_1776/3iriXCOOzbIC?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=Cantley https://books.google.com/books?id=og7NJHT0PqQC&pg=PA75&lpg=PA75&dq="John+Cantley"+Augusta&source=bl&ots=D2Y-Tuk5Ga&sig=ACfU3U1vI94Wz-yYfoMYDMOgGnqU1lJ4nA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjeoruCqtj2AhXyoFsKHZuNCaMQ6AF6BAgdEAM#v=onepage&q="John%20Cantley"%20Augusta&f=false files.usgwarchives.net/va/augusta/military/frenchindian/fiw_augusta.txt vagenweb.org/hening/vol07-09.htm

  
  

• Sources

  [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 13 Dec 2022), entry for Margaret Cantley, person ID KL6T-SRW. (Reliability: 3).