Simon was born about 1753. He died some time after 17 Jul 1834[1], when he deeded 53+ acres of land to his son Enoch. He and his wife were members of the Big Creek Baptist Church at Cynthiana, IN.
Simon Williams' father is unknown. He was NOT the son of Simon Williams of Warren County, North Carolina, who died in 1809 - this Simon's son was a bachelor who died in 1831, also in Warren County, North Carolina.[2].
John Clark Williams was NOT Simon Williams' son. This claim has been persistently and erroneously made, but this notion has been clearly disproven.[3] Simon's son John married Elizabeth Rook. They lived in Harmony Township, Posey County, Indiana and many of their children migrated to Williamson County, Illinois.[4]
Name
Simon Williams
Birth
17 Oct 1753
Culpepper County, Colony of Virginia
Residence
1790 Rowan County, North Carolina (census)
1804 Warren County, Kentucky (witness to will)
1810 Warren County, Kentucky (census)
1813 Warren County, Kentucky (survey)
1814 Posey County, Indiana Territory (deed)
1821 Posey County, Indiana (deed)
1830 Smith, Posey, Indiana, United States (census)
Death
after 17 Jul 1834
Cynthiana, Posey, Indiana, United States (deed)
This source contains extensive and very detailed primary source record research into the lives of Simon Williams, his children and the families that they married into.
This source retains research conducted for the main volume that turned out not to be related to Simon Williams. Among other things, it proves his father was not the Simon Williams who died in 1809 in Warren County, North Carolina and that John Clark Williams was not his son.
Turman, Robert E. Genealogy Newspaper Columns of Robert E. TurmanEd. Bettie Anne Cummings Cook. Evansville, IN: Tri-State Genealogical Society and Willard Library, 1981, p. 300.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Simon by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Simon: