An American Family History

William Reece/Rees was born in December, 1736. He was the son of Thomas Reece/Rees and Margaret Bowen.

He married Charity Dillon in 1763. Charity was the daughter of Daniel Dillon. The mariage was performed "by an hireling teacher."

Moses Reece/Rees (1765),
Mary Reece/Rees (1767, married James Haworth, Jr.),
William Reece/Rees, Jr. (1769, married Susannah Jones),
Thomas Reece/Rees (1772, died as a baby),
James Reece/Rees (1774, married Jane Elmore),
Margaret Reece/Rees (1777, married Garrett Dillon)
Ann Reece/Rees (1780, married Berriah Frazier),
John Reece/Rees (1783, married Phoebe Dillon).

In 1764, his father gave him a parcel of land on Mill Creek in Frederick County, Virginia.

The family moved to Guilford County, North Carolina, where William was a farmer and operated a grist mill.

In 1772 William, Charity, and their son Moses, were granted certificate to New Garden Monthly Meeting in North Carolina.

Their home was near the court house, and the family could hear the battle of Guilford Court House.

In the fall of 1782, they moved to Green County, Tennessee

William died on September 6, 1822.

Charity died in 1827.