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Timothy Williamson (abt. 1621 - 1676)

Timothy Williamson
Born about in Englandmap [uncertain]
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married 6 Jun 1653 in Marshfield, Plymouth Colonymap
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 55 in Marshfield, Plymouth, Colony Of Massachusettsmap
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Biography

Massachusetts state seal
Timothy Williamson was an early settler in Massachusetts.

Timothy Williamson was born about 1621, probably in England. [1][2] . Timothy married Mary Howland (~1629 - 1690) daughter of Arthur and Margaret Howland on June 6, 1653 in Marshfield, Plymouth Colony[3][4][5].

Coming to America

Little is known of his family or early life. No records were found for his immigration, but there are several cryptic notations in early colony records that could be refering to Timothy. The first possible record of his ventures on these shores comes from a note that a "a Mr. Williamson" along with Capt. Standish, met with Massasoit in conference in March of 1621[6]. Another intriguing record is reported in the book, "Pioneers of Massachusetts'. It reads; "Timothy, Marshfield, frm. Plym. Col. 3 June, 1637". Neither of these events give enough information to positively assert that they are for this Timothy Williamson, but in 1643 he had unequivocably arrived in the colonies where he settled in the newly incorporated town (as of March 2, 1640) of Marshfield, Massachusetts.[7].

Marshfield, Massachusets Bay Colony

On 04 May 1658 Timothy Williamson was requested to lay out (survey) 5 acres that was granted to George Soule[6]. In August of the same year a ferocius storm of thunder, lightning, and rain struck the town of Marshfield. Men were caught out in the fields, and were forced to seek saftey wherever they could.

"I was going homeward, being about a mile from home, I met with one John Phillips, and another man, coming out of a meadow, from making hay, to the next house for shelter from the storm, who advised me to go in with them to the house, I should overtaken in the storm before I could get home. The storm then coming up exceedingly black and terrible, I accordingly went in with them. The said Phillips down a stool, with his face towards the inner door, his back to the hearth, and his side close to the jam of the chimney. I sat down with my face directly towards him, about six feet from him.
The thunder came quickly up over the house, the clouds flying exceedingly low and thick, so that the heavens were much darkened. Then in a moment down, as it were, a ball of fire with a temble crack of thunder, and fell just before where the said Phillips sat. My eye then happening to on him, I saw him at start from the stiX)I he upn, and fall thence backward upn the hearth dead, without any motion of life. Many bricks of the chimney were beaten down, the principal rafters split, the battens and lining next the chimney in the chamber broken, and one Of the main posts Of the into which the summer was framed, torn into shivers and great part Of it carried several rods from the house. The door, where the ball of fire came down just before the said Phillips, was broken down. Pieces were wonderfully taken out 'Of the girt, or aforesaid summer, being Of dry oak. I do not remember that there was any outward appearance of hurt upon the body of the said Pbillips. A young child, being at that moment about three feet from said had no harm"''.

An "Inquest on the body of John Phillip", was held on the fourth of August 1658. Timothy Williamson was one of the men called to serve, with Willam Collyare, Capt Josias Winslow. Leiftenant Thomas Southworth, and Ensigne Willam Bradford, Assistants; and Mr Josias Winslow, Mr John Bradford, Mr Samuell Arnold, Thomas Doghead, John Russell, John Adams, Abraham Jackson, Samuell Baker, Anthony Snow. Josepth Rose, John Caruer on the panel[8].

On March 4, 1674, Timothy Williamson appears on Peirce's Colonial Lists of Inn keepers for Marshfield, and and on a list for "Persons Licensed to Retail spirituous Liqours. in 1656 Timothy served as a Constable of Marshfield[9].

King Phillips' War and Death

In 1676, Timothy enlisted to fight in the King Phillips war. His will is on file in Plymouth. Made June 20, 1676, just before he left to engage in the Indian war. It is as follows[7]:

"This writing certifieth to whom it may concern, that I, Timothy Williamson, Senior, Iking called to God's providence to serve in the wars against the enemy, and not knowing whether I may return again, declare that it is my Will and Testament that my wife enjoy whatever is mine, houses, lands and cattle, at her proper dispose, only the forty acres of upland given me by the Towne; on the north of the south maier. I I*queathe to my son Timothy, and will that for a yer or two, if he change his estate and not tetter provided; he have one of the Ot my house to live ill. The whole property remaining his mother's for the bringing up of the children.
"Wiitness my hand this twentyeth day of June, 1676.
"The Mark (X) of Timothy Williamson.
In presence of
"Samuel Thomas,
"Nathaniel Thomas.
"Attest :
"Wm. S. Danforth,
"Register of Deeds."''[10]

Timothy was killed in a battle during King Philip's War in July or August, 1676. He was buried on 06 Aug 1676 in Marshfield, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, although the exact location of his burial is unknown.[1] [2]

He donated to the town a parcel of land as a training field, now known as the triangular comrnon at Marshfield,in front of the 1st Congregational church[citation needed]. He was surveyor of the highways, constable and a freeman.

Inventory at Probate

An Inventory of the estate of Timothy Williamson deceased taken the 20th of October 1676 by vs whose name are underwritten.
listed

Item his mony and apparrell att 07 04 00'
Item his meatekettle [prob. heat cattle] [sic] 30 00 00
Item 1 mare 01 10 00
Item his swine att 04 00 00
Item 2 beds in the westerly Chamber and furniture belonging to them 09 10 00
Item 1 spinning wheele with other Lumber 00 10 00
Item in the Parlour 1 trundle bed and beding 01 10 00
Item Table linnine and other linnine 02 15 00'
Item 1 New Table and forme att 01 06 00
Item 1 Chest and 5 Chaires with some other thinges 00 15 00
Item 1 bed in the other Chamber 03 00 00
Item his books att 00 15 00
Item his Armes and Amunition 01 10 00
Item 4 yardes of New Cloth and other smale thinges 01 00 00
'tem his pewter att 03 00 00
Item vessells of brasse 01 15 00
Item Iron potts and other vessells 01 10 00
Item seueral thinges in the Kitchen 01 14 00
Item in the Leanto 1 bed and other thinges 04 00 00''
Item beer vessells and other thinges in the celler 00 12 00
Item 20 pound of sheeps woole 00 15 00
Item his tooles att 03 05 00
Item his Cart and plow and tackling belonging to it 02 08 00
Item in the Mault house his haire Cloth 02 00 00
Item other lumber in the Mault house 01 00 00
Item baggs and Course teicking att 01 00 00
Item his English and Indian Corne 12 00 00
Item debts due to the estate 02 10 00
Item his housing and land 100 00 00
Anthony Swon
Iohn Carver
Iosiah Swon
This Inventory was exhibited to the Court held att Plymouth the 4th of Nouember 1676 on the
oath of Mary Williamson widdow.

Plymouth Colony Wills, Vol. III, part 2, f.21
[11][12]

Notes

Arthur Howland's will reads in part as follows:

Item. I give and bequeath unto my grandchild Timothy Williamson his heires and assigns forever after my said wifes decease a peice of meddow in the township of Marshfield above said, containing five acres, that lyeth between a certain creek that runs out of the river there and a great rock that stands in the grass, hee paying unto Edward Wanton his executors or assigns for the term of three years; the next after he comes to enjoy the said meddow the sum of ten shillings.[13]

Children

Timothy and Mary had the following Children

  1. Mary (Williamson) Closson (1654 - <1726)
  2. Timothy Williamson (1655 - 1682)
  3. Joanna (Williamson) Cannon (1656 - >1690)
  4. Elizabeth (Williamson) Perry (1661 - 1727)
  5. Captain Caleb Williamson (1662 - 1738)
  6. Experience (Williamson) Taylor (1663 - 1748)
  7. Unknown Williamson (~1666 - )
  8. Nathan Williamson (1667 - ~1718)
  9. Martha Williamson (1670 - 1740)
  10. Abigail (Williamson) Barden (1672 - >1708)
  11. George Williamson (1675 - 1765).

Research Notes

A Timothy Williamson was baptized on 20 Dec 1618 in Fulbeck, Lincolnshire, England[14], however no evidence ties that Timothy to the Timothy of this profile.

Deaths and Burials from the Early Records of Marshfield, Ms.

  • Timothy Williamson buried Sept. 18, 1682, p. 228, July
  • Margaret widow of Arthur Howland, Sen. buried Oct. 23, 1683, p.228, July
  • Arthur Howland, Sen. buried Oct. 30, 1675, p. 192, July
  • Timothy Williamson, buried Aug.6,1676, p. 192, July

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2013.) Reference Volume 81 (1927), pages 71-90. Subscription
  2. 2.0 2.1 Find a Grave. Find a Grave: [1]; (accessed 7 Jun 2021). Timothy Williamson, Old Winslow Burying Ground, Marshfield, Plymouth County, 6 Aug 1676 (aged 54-55). NOTE: Memorial stone for early residents of Green Harbor, Massachusetts. No sources or headstone for him.
  3. "Massachusetts, Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850" [database on-line]. Ancestry.com: [2]. Entry for Timothy Williamson and Mary Howland, Marshfield, Plymouth Colony, 1 Jun 1653. (accessed [7 Jun 2021]); citing Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp. Massachusetts, Marriages, 1633-1850.
  4. "Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 " [database on-line with images]. Ancestry.com: [3]. Entry for Mary Howland & Timothy Williamson, Marshfield, Massachusetts, Jun 1653.(accessed [7 May 2021]); Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research
  5. "Colonial Families of the USA, 1607-1775" [database on-line]. Ancestry.com: [4]. Entry for Mary Howland, m. 6th June, 1653, Timothy WILLIAMSON. (accessed [7 Jun 2021]); citing Mackenzie, George Norbury, and Nelson Osgood Rhoades, editors. Colonial Families of the United States of America: in Which is Given the History, Genealogy and Armorial Bearings of Colonial Families Who Settled in the American Colonies From the Time of the Settlement of Jamestown, 13th May, 1607, to the Battle of Lexington, 19th April, 1775. 7 volumes. 1912. Reprinted, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1966, 1995. p 305.
  6. 6.0 6.1 The Plymouth Colony Archive Project Publication: Online resource of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Anthropology, Historical Archaeology and Public Engagement; URL: http://www.histarch.illinois.edu/plymouth/ 0496621 item 2.
  7. 7.0 7.1 Richards, Lysander Salmon History of Marshfield, published 1901. Reference Volume 2, page 50
  8. Shurtleff, Nathaniel Bradstreet,. Thunder & lightning and deaths at Marshfield in 1658 & 1666. Boston: Priv. print., 1850. p 21.
  9. Peirce, Ebenezer Weaver; Peirce's Colonial Lists: Civil, Military and Professional Lists of Plymouth and Rhode Island Colonies, Comprising Colonial, County and Town Officers, Clergymen, Physicians and Lawyers. With Extracts from Colonial Laws Defining Their Duties. 1621-1700. Barnstable County (Mass.) A. Williams & Company, 1881
  10. "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G97D-V35W : 11 March 2023), Wills 1633-1686 vol 1-4 > image 405 of 616; State Archives, Boston.
  11. Link to Illinois.edu
  12. "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G97D-V3NM : 11 March 2023), Wills 1633-1686 vol 1-4 > image 406 of 616; State Archives, Boston.
  13. Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967, images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G97D-V3K7?i=382&cc=2018320 : 20 May 2014), image 598 of 616, citing Plymouth Registry of Deeds, Plymouth Colony Records, Wills, 1669 - 1678, Vol. 3, p. 160-161; State Archives, Boston.
  14. "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JQR3-NHS : 10 April 2021), Timothy Williamsonn, 1618

see also:

  • Hurd, D. Hamilton. History of Plymouth County, Massachusetts : with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men. Philadelphia: J.W. Lewis & Co., 1884.

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Williamson-10029 and Williamson-322 appear to represent the same person because: same names, newer profile is a mistake and needs removal (merge without changing old one)
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