He was born in Philadelphia, and when young sailed with his father and brother John, and after settling in the Bahamas, never left the island of San Salvador , Bahamas, where he had a 240 acre plantation on the south end of the island.
148 He had 2 sons.
151,148 He died before 1829.
151 He was a witness to his brother Joseph’s wedding to Hannah Singletary on 8 Jan 1795 in New Providence, Nassau, Bahamas. He was known as "little Billy” in the family diary of Sarah Eve of Philadelphia ca 1740-1790.
148"William Eve
William Eve was born circa 1757 in Philadelphia. It is believed he died in Georgia date unknown. His father was Oswell Eve
He married Mary Clarke of Charleston . They had the following children.
• William - born about 1785.
• Joseph C - born about 1790. He married Jane Ringland on the 26th Jan 1825 in Richmond County, Georgia.
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She was less than 21 years of age and unmarried at time of her father’s will of 7 April 1790. She moved from Cat Island to Nassau with her two sons, Joseph C. and William Oswell, after her husbands death in 1798.