William migrated to Hillsborough, NC and then to Georgia. He owned the West Point Grist Mill on the Eno River in NC from 1786 to 1798. It has now been restored.
He and Rebecca were twins.
Service: Revolutionary War Muster Rolls, 1775-83
Will: 20 JUN 1820 Will Probated. Will Book B, page 100 - Lincoln County, GA
William Ansley II - Born 1744. Baptised 2 Sep 1744 at the Old Tennemt Scotchish Presyterian Church Upper Freehold, Monmouth Co. New Jersey. It is believed that William travel to South Carolina with his brothers' Thomas and Benjamin prior to 1769 . William first bought property in North Carolina in 1769 and a total of four land grants are listed prior to 1880. William is listed in the Orange Co. Tax records of 1779. Three of the grants are in Hillsborough Orange County and the fourth is in what was then Western lands of North Carolina but now Eastern Tennessee. William sold out his land holdings of 987 acres in 1798 and crossed over the Georgia border into Lincoln County. Settling in Lincolnton. I have found two marriages one to Anny or Amy Edwards or Edmund (b. 1786 in SC. D. 1857 in Lincoln Co. Ga.)3 Jan 1808 in Lincoln Co. Ga. The first marriage to Sarah Strayhorn ( b. In 1746 in Hawfield Orange Co NC. D. 1808 in Organge NC.) Abt 1770 in NC. All of the children of the first marriage are named in the DAR application of Mrs. Jacqueline Rawls Noland. William died in 6 Oct. 1819 and his will was probated 24 Jun 1820 in Lincolnton, Lincoln County, Georgia. 12 of the 16 names listed in William's will and presumed to be his children.
William moved from Manmouth Co., New Jersey to Orange Co., North Carolina in 17??. He purchased a Grist Mill about 1780 on the Eno River in Orange Co. from Mr. Abercrombrie, the builder. This Mill has been restored as the West Point Mill located in Eno River Park in Durham, Durham Co., North Carolina. He also owned Synott's Mill, which was down stream from the West Point Mill, also on the Eno River. William transferred 200 acres of land in Orange Co., North Carolina to his son Gilbert in 1798. This transfer was witnessed by William's son David. William moved from Orange Co., North Carolina with his sons Gilbert and David in late 1798 or early 1799 to Abbeville District, South Carolina. William then moved from Abbeville District to Lincolnton, Lincoln Co., Georgia in 1799.
Cenus: 1779 ANSLEY WILLIAM Orange County NC
1800 United States Federal Census
Ansley, William, State: South Carolina Year: 1800 County: Abbeville
1810 United States Federal Census
Ansley, William, State: Georgia Year: 1818
Georgia Census, 1790-1890
1818 ANSLEY WILLIAM Lincoln County GA
Revolutionary War Muster Rolls, 1775-83
ANSLEY WILLIAM PRIVATE 115
Children:
1. Nancy ANSLEY b: ABT. 1770 in North Carolina
2. Gilbert D. ANSLEY b: ABT. 1773 in Orange County, North Carolina
3. Samuel ANSLEY b: 29 JUN 1774 in Orange County, North Carolina
4. William ANSLEY b: ABT. 1776 in Orange County, North Carolina
5. David ANSLEY b: 1783 in Upper Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey
6. Rebecca ANSLEY b: ABT. 1785 in Upper Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey
7. Margaret ANSLEY b: ABT. 1787 in Upper Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey
8. Thomas ANSLEY b: 1787 in Upper Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey
9. Jesse ANSLEY b: ABT. 1789 in Upper Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey
10. Benjamin ANSLEY b: ABT. 1789 in Upper Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey
William Ansley 
- b.~ 1707 in England d.<27 Mar 1773 in Upper Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey
- b.~ 1650 in Maspeth Kills, Long Island, New York