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Joseph Williams Sr. (1640 - 1692)

Joseph Williams Sr.
Born in Taunton, Plymouth Colonymap
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Husband of — married 28 Nov 1667 in Plymouth, Massachusettsmap
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Died at age 52 in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
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Biography

This profile is part of the Williams Name Study.

Joseph Williams Sr. was born on 7 February 1640 in Taunton, Plymouth Colony, son of Richard Williams (<1607–~1693) and Frances (Dighton) Williams (<1612–<1706).

His siblings were:

  1. John Williams (1634–1636)
  2. Elizabeth Williams (<1636–1636)
  3. Samuel Williams (<1637–1697)
  4. Nathaniel Williams (1639–1692)
  5. Thomas Williams (~1645–<1706)
  6. Elizabeth (Williams) Bird (1647–1724)
  7. Hannah (Williams) Parmentar (1649–1683)
  8. Benjamin Williams (~1652–~1701)

Joseph (27) married Elizabeth (Watson) Williams (19) (born on 18 January 1648 in Whitburn, Durham, England; daughter of George Watson and Phebe (Hicks) Watson) on 28 November 1667 in Plymouth, Massachusetts.[1][2] Their known children were:

  1. Elizabeth Williams (1669–1688) (drowned Oct. 13, 1688)[2]
  2. Richard Williams (1671– )[2]
  3. Mehitable (Williams) Robinson (1676–1781) m. Increase Robinson, Jr.[2]
  4. Joseph Williams (1678– )[2]
  5. Benjamin Williams (1681–1757) m. Elizabeth Deane.[2]
  6. Ebenezer Williams (1685–<1728)[2][3]
  7. Phebe (Williams) Richmond (1687– ) m. Christopher Richmond of Middleboro.
  8. Richard Williams (1689–<1727)[4] m. Anna Wilbur (b. 16 Jul 1692 d. 13 Aug 1762)[5]

Death & Legacy

Joseph died on 17 August 1692 in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony, aged about 52.[6]

His estate was inventoried on 28 Oct 1727 by wife Anna Williams and she was granted administration of his estate on 13 Dec 1727 in Bristol County.[7][8]

Sources

  1. ↑ Marriage: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP8C-FK41 : 11 May 2022), Joseph Williams and Elizabeth Watson, 28 Nov 1667; citing Marriage, Plymouth, Plymouth Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009308.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 John Emery Morris, Stephen Lincoln, of Oakham, Mass.,: his ancestry and descendants (Hartford, Conn.: Case, 1895) p 27-31
  3. ↑ Vital Records of Taunton Massachusetts to the Year 1850. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1929. Vol. I (Births), p. 458. Available on MA-Vitalrecords.org.
  4. ↑ Vital Records of Taunton Massachusetts to the Year 1850. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1929. Vol. I (Births), p. 463. Available on MA-Vitalrecords.org
  5. ↑ John Reid Wilbur, The Wildbores in America, a family tree ed. John Reid Wilbor, Benjamin Franklin Wilbour, compilers (Baltimore, Md.: G.W. King printing 1933) p 54
  6. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #11265928
  7. ↑ Martin, George. Descendants of Richard1 Williams, from 1605/06 Through the Destroyed Records of Taunton, Massachusetts to Nancy Helen (Williams) Congdon, Born in Worcester, Massachusetts. MASSOG. Ashland, MA: The Massachusetts Society of Genealogists, Inc., 2022. Vol. 46, No. 3, p. 92. Available on MSOGinc.org ($)
  8. ↑ " Probate records 1687-1916; index, 1687-1926 [Bristol County, Massachusetts]," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9YT-98XK : 3 August 2023), Film# 007703530, Bristol, Massachusetts, image 30, Vol 1.

See also:

  • Stephen Lincoln, of Oakham, Mass.,: His Ancestry and Descendants - Joseph Williams & Elizabeth Watson.
  • Records of the Colony of New Plymouth 1633 -1689 Pub. Boston 1857 Pub. Baltimore 1976 Transcribed by Claire Dietz (Website access 4/2/2016) (" WATSON : Elizabeth and Joseph Williams, Plymouth 28 Nov. 1667")
  • "WILLIAMS, Joseph (ca 1642-1693, 1692?), Taunton & Elizabeth WATSON (1648-), m/2? Samuel PHILIPS 1716; 28 Nov 1667; Plymouth/Taunton Torrey Vol 3 p 1685
  • Clarance Almon Torrey, New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, April 2011) Vol 3 p 1685 ($)
  • "WILLIAMS, Joseph (ca 1642-1693, 1692?), Taunton & Elizabeth WATSON (1648-), m/2? Samuel PHILIPS 1716; 28 Nov 1667; Plymouth/Taunton {Gilbert (1959) 82; Snow-Estes 1:166; Smith-Bryant 327; Reg. 5:4144, 16:325, 18:364, 63:82; Blake-Glidden 269; MD 18:56; Foster 115; Richmond Gen 24; Gen. Adv. 4:124; Williams (#16) 161; Williams (#18) 35; Lincoln 29, 33, Watson 13; TAG 10:29")
  • Gilbert, Geoffrey, Gilberts of New England: Part I, Descendants of John Gilbert of Dorchester; Part II, Descendants of Matthew Gilbert of New Haven, Humphrey Gilbert of Ipswich, and William Gilbert of Boston; from the Gilbert Family Manuscript Genealogy (Victoria, B.C., 1959) p 82.
  • Snow, Nora Emma, The Snow-Estes Ancestry, 1:166.
  • Smith-Bryant: Smith, Tenney, Charles Smith and Rachel Amy Bryant, Their Ancestors and Descendants (Brattleboro, Vt.: Vermont Printing, 1938) p 327.
  • New England Historical and Genealogical Register (Boston, MA: NEHGS) 5:4144, 16:325, 18:364, 63:82.
  • Sumner, Edith (Bartlett), Ancestry of Edward Wales Blake and Clarissa Matilda Glidden with Ninety Allied Families (Los Angeles, 1948) p 269.
  • Pierce, Frederick Clifton, Foster Genealogy: Being the Record of the Posterity of Reginald Foster, an Early Inhabitant of Ipswich, in New England, Whose Genealogy Is Traced Back to Anacher, Great Forester of Flanders Who Dies in 837 A.D. With Wills . . . (Chicago: W. B. Conkey, 1899) p 115.
  • Richmond, Joshua Bailey, The Richmond Family 1594–1896 and pre-American Ancestry 1040– p 24.
  • Gen. Adv.: The Genealogical Advertiser, vols. 1–4 (1898– 1901; repr. 4 vols. in 1, Baltimore: Genealogical Publ. 4:124.
  • Williams, C. B., Ancestry of Lawrence Williams (Chicago: privately printed, 1915) p 161.
  • Williams, Charles Crosby, Ancestry and Posterity of Richard Williams of Taunton, Mass. (Los Angeles, 1924) p 35.
  • William Read, “Memoir of Elkanah Watson,” Register (April 1864) p 13
  • The American Genealogist: New England Weld Family, (New Haven, Conn.: D.L. Jacobus) Vol 10 p 29.




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Laurence Mohr
According to the current bio, the son Richard who died in 1688 married Anna Wilbore who was born later in 1692. A minor correction appears to be needed. It appears Anna married the second son Richard who was born 1689.
posted by Laurence Mohr
Laurence Mohr
The only source for the birth date shown here I can find is Find-a-Grave and that profile appears to be unsourced.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11265928/joseph-williams

Holman wrote an extensive article on the Williams family in TAG 10 (1930), and he did not report an exact birthdate. He reported Joseph's birthdate as about 1643 at Taunton. I can update this profile if no-one has reason to object.

Source: Holman, Winfred Lovering. English Ancestry of Richard Williams and His Wife Frances (Deighton) Williams. The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT: 1933 Vol. 10, Pp. 28-29. Available on AmericanAncestors.org ($). https://www.americanancestors.org/DB283/i/11841/29/0

posted by Laurence Mohr
Anne (Ryder) Wilson
The two children named Richard are confused. The first, Richard (#2 on list) has correct dates for b/d. He died in 1688 and 8 months later second son Richard was born and named for the first Richard. This second Richard, b 26 March 1689 married Anna Wilbore (Wilbur alt. spelling) and died in 1727. They are my ancestors and this second Richard I have entered as Williams-60856 See Williams, Charles C., "Ancestry and posterity of Richard Williams of Taunton, MA", pp, 39, 57. Mss 795, R. Stanton Avery Special Collections, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1924. Also available Old Colony Historical Society, Taunton, Massachusetts.
posted by Anne (Ryder) Wilson
Wood-2151 Robin Wood C.Eng
Williams-25714 and Williams-1950 appear to represent the same person because: same person, pl merge as at the moment there are two the same
posted by Robin Wood C.Eng

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