Born 7 September 1648 in Donegal, County Donegal, Ireland, to Anglo-Irish Plantation noble parents Sir William Ewing II Baron (23 at the time) and Baroness Elizabeth Milford (23). Married Jennet McElvaney on 3 December 1685 in Londonderry, County Londonderry, Ireland. At least eight children. Lived Templemore, County Londonderry in 1685. Emigrated to colonial Virginia. Died 23 September 1745 in Newtown, Frederick County, Virginia, British Colonial America, age 97. Buried Winchester, Frederick County, VA.
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Documents and artifacts
historical-map
A General Mapp of Ireland (Sir William Petty, Hiberniae Delineatio atlas, c. 1685)
Current location: Original copperplate engravings: National Library of Ireland (Dublin), British Library (London), Trinity College Dublin. Digitized copies on Wikimedia Commons and the Clare Library historical maps collection.
historical-map
The Plantation of Ulster (1610) — settlement distribution map
Current location: Wikimedia Commons
portrait
Sir William Petty (1623-1687) — cartographer of the Down Survey and creator of Hiberniae Delineatio (1685)
Current location: Wikimedia Commons