Samuel Williams (1696 - 1780)

Born 4 Feb 1696 in Stonington, New London County, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Jemima (Sheldon) Williams — married 3 Nov 1720 (to 21 Sep 1724) in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts

Husband of Mary Williams — married 25 Apr 1725 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 18 Sep 1780 at age 84 in Stonington, New London County, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Samuel Williams, born 4 Feb 1695/96 at Stonington, Connecticut, was the fourth child of Mary Wheeler & Ebenezer Willliams.

He married twice:

1) 3 Nov 1720 at Northampton, Massachusetts, Jemima Sheldon; there were no children evident

2) 26 Apr 1725 Mary Williams; they had 6 children, all born at Stonington, Connecticut, including these for whom nothing is yet evident about their lives:

• Mary Williams, b. 22 Jan 1727/28
• Samuel Williams, b. 12 Jan 1733/34
• Caroline Williams, b. 3 Jul 1735; d. 24 Oct 1738
• Jesse Williams, b. 13 Jan 1741/42
• Ebenezer Williams, b. 25 May 1743

Samuel Williams died 18 Sep 1780 at Stonington, Connecticut.

Sources

• Stowell, William Henry Harrison. Four Generations of Descendants of Jonathan Hyde of Newton, Mass., The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1917) Vol. 71, Page 259

• Wheeler, Richard. History of the Town of Stonington, County of New London, Connecticut (Day Publishing, Co., New London, Conn., 1900), p. 664 no. 42: https://archive.org/stream/historyoftownofs00whee_1#page/n686/mode/1up

• Fish, Lester Warren. The Fish Family in England and America (Tuttle Pub. Co., Rutland, Vermont, 1948) Page 257: no. 1366.