Thomas
Williams
Born about in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay
[uncertain]
[uncertain]Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Margaret (Drummond) Williams
— married
1746 in Georgetown, Maine
Descendants 
Father of
Mary Williams, Margaret Williams, Ann Williams, James Williams, John Williams and Patrick Williams
Died after
after about age 89
in Georgetown, Sagadahoc, Maine, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 1 Nov 2014
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Biography
Thomas Williams was born around 1725, probably in Boston, Massachusetts; his father may have been Thomas Williams, who arrived in Boston from England on 18 February 1717 and went on to become one of the first permanent settlers in Bath (then Georgetown, Maine)[1].
He married Margaret Drummond in 1746 in Georgetown, Maine. They had twelve children[2]:
- 1. Mary, born 29 Jun 1747; died young
- 2. Margaret, born 11 Apr 1749; died young
- 3. Nancy (Ann), born 15 Jul 1751; died young
- 4. James, born 22 Jul 1753; married Martha Drummond
- 5. John, born 4 Nov 1756
- 6. Joshua, died young
- 7. Thomas
- 8. Patrick, born 1760; married Eleanor Hayes
- 9. Frances, born 1763; married Jeremiah Clifford
- 11. Susanna, born 1766
- 12. Elijah, bapt. 19 Jun 1774; married Mary Drummond
Thomas's date of death is uncertain, but author Josiah Drummond notes that he died in Georgetown.
Sources
- ↑ Stackpole, Everett S. History of Durham, Maine. Durham, Maine: Lewiston Journal Company, 1899. Page 286.
- ↑ Drummond, Josiah Hayden. The Descendants of Alexander Drummond of Georgetown, Maine. Brattleboro, Vermont: The Vermont Printing Company, 1942. Page 129.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Thomas 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 Thomas:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Thomas 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 Thomas:
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~0.78%
Dan Gallagher
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member da11068
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~0.39%
David Stephenson :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch AO33291 [compare], Ancestry member dbstephenson66
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Helen (Bowden) Edwards
Williams-27195 and Williams-44163 appear to represent the same person because: clear duplicate birth boston as in bio please merge
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on Williams-44163 (merged)
by Helen (Bowden) Edwards
Rejected matches › Thomas B Williams (1815-1816) › Thomas Williams (1770-1816) › Thomas Williams (abt.1750-1785) › Thomas Gardner Williams (abt.1816-) › Thomas Williams (abt.1837-1882) › Thomas Williams (1723-)
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