Jacob Williams (1723)

Born 8 Sep 1723 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut

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WILLIAMS, Jacob b. 8 SEP 1723 Wethersfield, Hartford, CT. d. 9 OCT 1776 Ticonderoga, Essex, NY. Parents: Father: WILLIAMS, Ephraim Mother: RUSSELL, Elizabeth Family: Marriage: 1746 Spouse: STANLEY, Ruth b. 18 JAN 1725/6 Farmington, Hartford, CT. d. 4 JUL 1752 Parents: Father: STANLEY, Nathaniel Mother: SMITH, Sarah Children: WILLIAMS, Elizabeth WILLIAMS, Ruth b. 1 DEC 1749 Goshen, Litchfield, CT. WILLIAMS, Jacob ^[1]

Married Ruth Stanley about 11 November 1746. The had three children before she died on 4 July 1754 at age 26: Elizabeth 1747, Ruth 1749, and Jacob 1752. Ruth is identified as Stanley #72 in the source below. Jacob re-married after Ruth's death to Mary Lee, daughter of Hezekiah Lee and had six additional children with this marriage.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ http://www.genealogyofnewengland.com/f_9d6.htm#2
2. ↑ https://archive.org/details/stanleyfamilieso00byuwarr/page/59/mode/1up

• Adams, Sherman W. The history of ancient Wethersfield, Connecticut : comprising the present towns of Wethersfield, Rocky Hill, and Newington. Volume II. Genealogies and biographies. pg. 830.
• The Stanley families of America: as descended from John, Timothy, and Thomas Stanley of Hartford, Conn., 1636. by Israel P. Warren, 1887. pages 47 and 59