Lucretia (Hempstead) Williams (abt. 1776 - 1851)

Wife of Nicholas Eldredge Williams — married 4 Sep 1794 in Hopkinton, Washington, RI

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Biography

The birth date of Lucretia Hempstead is herein calculated by subtraction from her death data. She was a daughter of Samuel Hempstead and Lucy Hempstead.

father of Samuel was Joshua

father of Lucy was Stephen

She married 4 Sep 1794 @ Hopkinton, Rhode Island, Nicholas Eldredge Williams. They had at least four children, as listed by Wheeler (1900), all born at Stonington, Connecticut:

• Grace Williams, b Mar 13, 1795
• Lucy Hempstead Williams, b Sept 11, 1796
• Mary Williams, b Mar 7, 1798
• Amelia Maria Williams, b Feb 24, 1800

A fifth child, not listed by Wheeler but included originally in this profile, may have been theirs as well, however she was not born until 5 months after Nicholas E. Williams died at sea in September 1802:

• Esther B. Williams, b. 12 Feb 1803; d. 20 Sep 1889

A sixth child, attached to these parents by another Wikitree contributor, but with meager actuarial data and no references, may also have been theirs:

• Sophia B. Williams

Lucretia, widow of/Nicholas E. Williams, died Nov. 28, 1851, age 75 yrs. Her remains were buried at Old Fish Burying Ground, Groton, Connecticut.

Sources

• Barbour Records Stonington, Connecticut

• History of Stonington etc. (Wheeler, 1900) p. 671, 674, no. 240: https://archive.org/stream/historyoftownofs00whee_1#page/n693/mode/1up

Profile History

This profile was created through the import of master 11_12.ged on 21 October 2010.