tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55651878226833228932011-07-30T19:46:55.325-07:00Descendants of Robert Williams of BostonPA Train Guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08250960907040449864noreply@blogger.comBlogger81100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5565187822683322893.post-86368509600277158062010-02-12T19:07:00.000-08:002010-12-09T08:40:24.233-08:00

First, it is important to note that this Robert Williams is not the Robert Williams of Roxbury,nor the Robert Williams of Oyster Bay, Long Island, nor the Robert Williams the brother of Roger Williams. With that being said... The exact origin of emigration to the colonies for Robert Williams is a matter of speculation. One of the earliest documented instances of Robert Williams in the colonies

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Joseph Williams lived in Boston from 1641 until his death in 1706. Joseph helped his father and brother Benjamin run a ferry between Boston and Winnisimmet. He was a ferryman/sailor and also a cordwainer, which is a worker of leather, or a shoemaker. This Joseph Williams is often mistaken for Joseph Williams, the son of Roger Williams of Providence, RI. Roger Williams did have a son named Joseph

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My great grandfather... MELVILLE WILLIAMS (1 MAR 1856 – 4 MAR 1920) Melville Williams was the son of Jeremiah Williams of Pennsylvania and Rebecca L. Lindsay of Ohio. Melville was born in Indiana on 1 Mar 1856. By the time Melville was four years old, he moved with his family to Blythe Township, Caldwell County, Missouri. Blythe is located just outside of Kingston, Missouri in the northwest

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Our family seems to have liked the name Jeremiah. This is the third in my direct line. At least the name skipped generations! JEREMIAH WILLIAMS (17 MAR 1824 – 25 DEC 1892) Jeremiah Williams was the second of four sons for Isaac and Martha Williams. Jeremiah most commonly went by the name Jere, or Jerry. He was born in Bucks County, PA, and traveled across the entire country in his lifetime.

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Isaac was my 3rd great grandfather, and the first to leave the East Coast and head West. ISAAC BURSON WILLIAMS (23 Apr 1794 - 1869) Isaac Burson Williams was the 7th child of Jeremiah and Mercy Williams. Isaac was born in Tinicum Township, Bucks County, PA. He married Martha Shelton White (11 Nov 1788 – 12 Sept 1856) on 25 Jul 1818. Isaac’s granddaughter, Ella Jane Williams Green, writes this

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Benjamin's son, Jeremiah was my 4th great grandfather. JEREMIAH WILLIAMS (9 Jul 1749 - 27 Feb 1834) Jeremiah Williams was born to Benjamin and Mercy Williams in Kingwood, Hunterdon County, New Jersey. At the age of 8, his family moved across the Delaware River to Bucks County, PA, where he was raised on his father’s farm in Nockamixon Township. Since Jeremiah and his family were Quakers, they

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My direct line Williams ancestry goes through Jeremiah's son, Benjamin. BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (4 Nov 1722 – May 1809) Benjamin Williams was born 4 Nov 1722 in Hempstead, Long Island, New York, to Jeremiah and Mary Williams. In 1743, he moved to Hunterdon County, New Jersey, with his father’s family. Shortly after his arrival to New Jersey, Benjamin married Mercy Stevenson (b. 1719) on 11 Oct 1744,

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I'll start with my furthest back ancestor I am certain of... JEREMIAH WILLIAMS ( 22 Aug 1683 - 15 May 1766) Jeremiah Williams was born in Boston, MA to Joseph and Lydia Williams. He was the sixth of eight children for Joseph and Lydia. As a child, Jeremiah he was bound to a ship carpenter to learn the trade. Family lore says that Jeremiah moved with his master to Wilmington, DE. While he was an

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