John Williams Esq (1706 - 1774)

Born 7 Jun 1706 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Alice (Metcalf) Williams — married 6 Jun 1736 in Lebanon, New London, CT

Husband of Margaret (Metcalf) Williams — married 24 Aug 1741 in Lebanon, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 14 Mar 1774 at age 67 in Sharon, Litchfield, Connecticut Colony

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Biography

John was born to Parke and Priscilla (Payson) Williams in Roxbury on 6 June 1706.^[1]

John Williams married (1) Alice Metcalfe on 30 June 1736 in Lebanon and had the following children there:^[2][3]

• Eunice , b. 11 June 1737, m. David Hamilton
• Alice, b. 25 May 1739, m. Solomon Hutchinson

Alice Metcalf Williams died 22 Oct 1740

John Williams then married (2) Margaret Metcalfe on 24 Aug 1741 in Lebanon and had the following child there:^[2]

• John, b. 25 May 1742, died 29 June 1761 at New Haven, in his 19th year.^[4]

John and Margaret Williams removed to Sharon, Connecticut, where they had the following children:^[5]

• Solomon, b. 25 Feb 1744, died 6 May 1745
• William, b. 14 Apr 1746, died two days later
• William, b. 21 Mar 1747
• Asahel, b. 29 Mar 1749
• Margaret, b. 6 May 1752 (another record says she was the daughter of other parents)
• Hannah, b. 29 Jan 1754, m. Abel Belknap
• Samuel, b. 29 Dec 1758

Col. John Williams died in Sharon, Litchfield, Connecticut Colony on 14 Mar 1774, in the 68th year of his age.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Suffolk, Vital Records of Roxbury Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849, pp.379, viewed on HathiTrust
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Records, Lebanon, pp. 181-184 in transcription, citing Vol. 1, p. 331 in original, viewed on americanancestors.org($),
3. ↑ Also recorded in Sharon land records, see below
4. ↑ Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Records, Sharon, p. 128 in transcription, citing LR5, p. 151: the transcription says "b.", but the facts make it clear this is a death record
5. ↑ Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Records, Sharon, pp. 127-128 in transcription, citing LR2, pp. 23; LR3, p.101,102;LR5, p. 151 in original
6. ↑ Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Records, Sharon, p. 128 in transcription, citing LR7, p. 297 in original

• "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7FF-N4M : 3 December 2014), John Williams, 14 Mar 1774; citing Connecticut, reference ; FHL microfilm 3,228.
• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVGT-4QW7 : 13 December 2015), John Williams, 1774; Burial, Sharon, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States of America, Hillside Cemetery; citing record ID 134043535, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

See also:

• Mayflower Society, "Mayflower Families Through Five Generations."
• "Public Member Trees", database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/108895519/person/230091423611/facts : accessed 20 June 2017), profile for John Williams Esq.
• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74Y-5LC : 3 December 2014), John Williams in entry for Solomon Williams, 25 Feb 1744; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74Y-5L9 : 3 December 2014), John Williams in entry for William Williams, 14 Apr 1746; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74Y-5LQ : 3 December 2014), John Williams in entry for William Williams, 21 Mar 1747; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74Y-5LF : 3 December 2014), John Williams in entry for Asahel Williams, 29 Mar 1749; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WP-FY7 : 3 December 2014), John Williams in entry for Margaret Williams, 06 Mar 1752; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WP-FBS : 3 December 2014), John Williams in entry for Hannah Williams, 29 Jan 1754; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74Y-5L5 : 3 December 2014), John Williams in entry for Samuel Williams, 23 Dec 1758; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVGT-4QW7 : 13 December 2015), John Williams, 1774; Burial, Sharon, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States of America, Hillside Cemetery; citing record ID 134043535, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
• Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 "[1]." Roxbury Births

Acknowledgments

• Source: S633 Title: Family Data Collection - Marriages Publication: Name: Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection - Marriages [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2001.; Repository: #R1
• Source: Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 "[2]." Roxbury Births
• Robert S. Wakefield, Mayflower Families through Five Generations, Vol 22, The Descendants of William Bradford, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2004. "The Silver Book" Page 219

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