On the internet one can often find that William, his wife Hannah, and their son John were born in Nansemund County Virginia But on p. 5 of "Cavaliers and Pioneers, Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants, Volume 3, 1695-1732" abstracted by Nell Marion Nugent, Virginia State Library, Richmond, 1979. (Abstracted from Patent Book 9) it states that Charles Wilkes receive a land patent for the “imp of 17” persons including Wm. Ofell, Jno. Ofell, Hannah Ofell. The date of the patent was 25 Oct. 1695. Is it then safe to assume they were not born in the new world? Does anyone know how long after arrival such patents were issued?
In some places on the internet, it is stated that William died in Westmoreland Connecticut. I believe that should be Virginia. Ancestry.com has a reference to his will in 1712 in Westmoreland, VA. (name spelled Offile). Does anyone know more of the details of the will?
Ken Offill