Isaac Williams Sr. (1742 - 1824)

Born 7 Nov 1742 in Gwynedd, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Ancestors

Husband of Rachel (Pike) Williams — married 24 Mar 1765 in Cane Creek MM, Chatham County, North Carolina

Descendants

Died Jun 1824 at age 81 in Lost Creek, Jefferson, Tennessee, USA

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Biography

Notes

Note: Cane Creek MM: 1765, 1st month, 24th day. Rachel, daughter of John & Abigail Pike of Orange Co married Isaac Williams.

Cane Creek is located in Alamance Co., NC; the settlement of Snow Camp was established in 1751in what was then Orange County.

The Williams family was at Cane Creek, Orange Co., NC before the Am. Revolution. One of original members of the Friends Meeting at Deep River in 1778, at Westfield NC in 1786, and Lost Creek TN in 1797 [Jefferson Co TN]. The family had lived in Guilford and Surry Counties in NC.

Cane Creek MM: 1772, 8th m, 1st d. Isaac Williams & family granted a certificate. Rachel Williams [with husband] and children granted a certificate to move to New Garden MM [in Guilford County, NC].

Deep River MM. First setting of the new meeting was 1778, 9th mo, 7th d. Isaac Williams was listed among the original membership. His sister Elizabeth & brother-in-law Nathan Pike were also there. Deep River was in the western part of Guilford County, NC.

1792, 2nd mo, 6th d. Isaac Williams and family [daughters Margaret & Rachel] granted certificate to Westfield MM, Hamilton Co., IN [sic = this was Westfield MM in Surry Co., NC; later it became Stokes Co., NC; Hamilton County, Indiana, was not settled until 1822]

Deep River was in Guilford Co NC, established 1778.

Hannah (Beals), Isaac's 2nd wife, was the daughter of Thomas Beals and Sarah Antrim.

Westfield MM. 1792, 4th m, 21st d. Isaac Williams and children Margaret, Rachel, Isaac, Richard & Abel, received a certificate from Deep River MM, date 1792, 2m, 6d.

1792, 12th mo, 26th d. Isaac Williams of Jefferson Co, South Western Territory (became state of Tennessee in 1796), son of William, deceased, and Margaret, married Hannah Beals.

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~quakers/westfield.htm

The Westfield Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends, better known in this area as "Old Westfield", is the oldest church in Surry or Stokes County and probably the oldest religious group in Northwest North Carolina this side of the Moravian settlements of what is now Winston Salem. The Meeting dates back to the 1760's when pioneer Quakers from New Garden (now Guilford College) crossed Quaker Gap of the Sauratown mountains to plant a new community in the valleys of Big Creek and Tom's Creek.

Early Quakers began holding meetings at Westfield by 1772 under the care of New Garden Quarterly Meeting and continued until the monthly meeting was established in 1786....

New Garden regarded the work as a mission project and since it was located west of New Garden it was referred to as, "The Western Field." Thus comes the name, "Westfield

Deep River MM 1797, 5th mo, 1st d. Priscilla & Mary Williams granted certificate to Cane Creek MM.

Cane Creek MM 1797, 7th m, 5th d. Priscilla & Mary Williams, minor children of Isaac, deceased, received one certificate from Deep River MM, dated 1797, 5m, 1d = July 1, 1797. He died just prior to July 1, 1797.

[This record indicates that Isaac Williams, their father, was deceased by July 1 of 1797 and that the records for "Isaac Williams" found after this date at Lost Creek were those of his son, Issac Jr.]

1808, 12th m, 3rd d. Priscilla & Mary Williams granted a certificate to Lost Creek MM, Jefferson, Tennessee.

Lost Creek MM, Jefferson Co, Tennessee, was established on the 20th of the 5th month in 1797 near the present town of New Market. Isaac Williams and children from Deep River were received at Westfield, but lived near Lost Creek, on 1792, 4th m, 21 d. Jesse Adamson and children were also received at New Hope from Deep River in 1795, 12th mo, 26th d.

1799, 9th m, 21st d. Isaac Williams was chosen overseer.

1800, 9th m, 20th d. Hannah Williams chosen overseer.

1808, 12th m, 31st d. Priscilla and Mary Williams received a certificate from Cane Creek MM, dated 1808, 12m, 3d.

From RACHEL WILLIAMS ADAMSON AND HER HOOSIER CLAN:

Isaac Williams came to Cane Creek from Loudown Co., VA and married Rachel Pike. Some of their children born in Orange Co. NC. Before the Revolution the family moved to the Yadkin Valley, Surry Co, where Rachel was born in 1776 and Isaac Jr in 1779.

In 1792 the family moved to Jefferson Co, SW Territory [ it became Tennessee in 1796]. Certificate of removal 21 April names children Margaret, Rachel, Isaac Jr, Richard & Abel. [Ruth probably already married.] Rachel Williams had died in 1789 after the birth of twins.

Adamson followed the general trend of Quaker family migrations: Cane Creek, Deep River, New Hope, and Lost Creek.

An Isaac Williams died in Jefferson Co, now Cocke Co TN, circa 1828. The Isaac who died in 1828 must be the son Isaac Jr. instead - see notes earlier that Isaac Sr was deceased in 1797. The Pike Family History book gives a year of 1824 for the death of Isaac but that's obviously an error. [Before July 1, 1797, is date used here]

Marriage

ISAAC WILLIAMS' MARRIAGE RECORD

Husband: Isaac Williams

Wife: Rachel Pike

Child: John Williams

Child: Abigail Williams

Child: William Williams

Child: Margaret Williams

Child: Ruth Williams

Child: Rachel Williams

Child: Isaac Williams

Child: Richard Williams

Child: Abel Lewis Williams

Child: Priscilla Williams

Child: Mary Williams

Marriage Date: 24 JAN 1765 - Place: Cane Creek, Orange County, North Carolina^[1][2][3]

ISAAC's PARENTS' MARRIAGE RECORDS:

Husband: William Williams

Wife: Margaret UNKNOWN

Child: Priscilla Williams

Child: Isaac Williams

Child: Owen Williams

Child: Mary Williams

Child: Richard Williams

Child: Elizabeth Williams

Child: Rachel Williams

Child: Margaret Williams

Child: Jean Williams

Child: Daniel Williams

Child: William Williams

Marriage Date: ABT 1740 - Place: Gwynedd, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania^[4]

Isaac was born in 1742. He passed away in 1824.

Isaac Williams was born on November 07, 1742 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He married Rachel Pike on February 02, 1765 in Alamance, North Carolina.^[5] Together they had 1 child:

1. John Williams

There is a Find A Grave link which is a memorial only. On this page it's thought that he died on June 01, 1824 in Jefferson, Tennessee and was buried in the Lost Creek Friends Burial Ground, Jefferson County, Tennessee. Since there are no pictures or records associated the information can only be used for research.^[6]

Isaac was born about 1755.

• Fact: Discrepancy in Death Date The records are confusing concerning the death of Isaac. Daughters Priscilla & Mary were noted as "minor children of Isaac" in 1797 suggesting their father might have been deceased. An Isaac Williams appears as an overseer in 1799, but it could be Isaac Jr who would have just been of age. However, the very next year Isaac's second wife Hannah appears as overseer, somewhat indicating she was a widow by that time. One of the books on the family says he died in 1824 but offers no proof and seems highly unlikely based on Hannah's serving as an overseer - a position which would normally not held by a woman with a living husband. However Isaac Williams did leave a will naming his wife Hannah, dated 8 September 1818, and it was proved in June 1824. So he died some time between those dates.
• Fact: http://familysearch.org/v1/LifeSketch Cane Creek MM: 1765, 1st month, 24th day. Rachel, daughter of John & Abigail Pike of Orange Co married Isaac Williams. The witness were: William & Margaret Williams;John & Abigail Piker; Mary Cook; Mary Mills; Ann Ruff;Willi Lee; Joseph Dell;Will & Jeremiah Piggot; Samuel Stout.

Cane Creek located in what is now Alamance Co NC; established 1751

The Williams family was at Cane Creek, Orange Co NC before the Revolution. One of original members of the Friends Meeting at Deep River in 1778, at Westfield NC in 1786, and Lost Creek TN in 1797 [Jefferson Co TN]. The family had lived in Guilford and Surry Counties in NC.

Cane Creek MM: 1772, 8th m, 1st d. Isaac Williams & family granted certificate. Rachel Williams [with husband] and children granted certificate to New Garden MM.

Deep River MM. First setting of the new meeting was 1778, 9th mo, 7th d. Isaac Williams was listed among the original membership. His sister Elizabeth & brother-in-law Nathan Pike were also there. Deep River was in the western part of Guilford Co NC. 1792, 2nd mo, 6th d. Isaac Williams and family [daughters Margaret & Rachel] granted certificate to Westfield MM. This would become Lost Creek MM, the 20th of the 5th month 1797. Deep River was in Guilford Co NC, established 1778.

Hannah, 2nd wife, was the daughter of Thomas Beals and Sarah Antrim.

Westfield MM. 1792, 4th m, 21st d. Isaac Williams and children Margaret, Rachel, Isaac, Richard & Abel, received on certificate from Deep River MM, date 1792, 2, 6. 1792, 12th mo, 26th d. Isaac Williams of Jefferson Co, South Western Territory, son of William, deceased, and Margaret, married Hannah Beals.

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~quakers/westfield.htm The Westfield Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends, better known in this area as "Old Westfield", is the oldest church in Surry or Stokes County and probably the oldest religious group in Northwest North Carolina this side of the Moravian settlements of what is now Winston Salem. The Meeting dates back to the 1760's when pioneer Quakers from New Garden (now Guilford College) crossed Quaker Gap of the Sauratown mountains to plant a new community in the valleys of Big Creek and Tom's Creek. Early Quakers began holding meetings at Westfield by 1772 under the care of New Garden Quarterly Meeting and continued until the monthly meeting was established in 1786.... New Garden regarded the work as a mission project and since it was located west of New Garden it was referred to as, "The Western Field." Thus comes the name, "Westfield

Deep River MM 1797, 5th mo, 1st d. Priscilla & Mary Williams granted certificate to Cane Creek MM.

Cane Creek MM 1797, 7th m, 5th d. Priscilla & Mary Williams, minor children of Isaac, received on certificate from Deep River MM, dated 1797, 5, 1. This record may or may not be an indication of Isaac's death - since they are referred to as "minor children" - a phrase not often seen in the Quaker records. Later records of an Isaac in Jefferson County could be Isaac Jr.

1808, 12th m, 3rd d. Priscilla & Mary Williams granted certificate to Lost Creek MM, Tennessee.

Lost Creek MM, Jefferson Co, Tennessee, was established on the 20th of the 5th month in 1797 near the present town of New Market. Isaac Williams and children from Deep River were received at Westfield, but lived near Lost Creek, on 1792, 4th m, 21 d. Jesse Adamson and children were also received at NewHope from Deep River in 1795, 12th mo, 26th d. 1799, 9th m, 21st d. Isaac Williams was chosen overseer. (was this Isaac Sr still living - or is it Isaac Jr?) 1800, 9th m, 20th d. Hannah William chosen overseer. Isaac Jr. was disowned from the Lost Creek Monthly Meeting in 1801, 7th mo, 20th d. 1808, 12th m, 31st d. Priscilla and Mary Williams received from Cane Creek MM, dated 1808, 12, 3.

Jefferson Co TN DB J, p.174 (very faded, part in tight binding- impossible to read well) 4 Jul 1809. William Williams of ?Blounte Co TN to Jonathan Adamson of Jefferson TN, reg. Oct 1810. 30 acres. Part of tract conveyed by Joseph Hamilton of four thousand acres ??? Begin corner ?Isaac Williams. signed: William (x) Williams. wit: Thomas Adamson, Abraham (X) Hasket, Simon Adamson Junior. Proved in court Sep Session 1810

From RACHEL WILLIAMS ADAMSON AND HER HOOSIER CLAN: Isaac Williams came to Cane Creek from Loudown Co VA and married Rachel Pike. Some of their children born in Orange Co NC. Before the Revolution the family moved to the Yadkin Valley, Surry Co, where Rachel was born in 1776 and Isaac Jr in 1779. In 1792 the family moved to Jefferson Co SW Territory. Certificate of removal 21 Apr names children Margaret, Rachel, Isaac, Richard & Abel. [Ruth probably already married.] Rachel had died in 1789 at the birth of twins. Adamson followed the general trend - Cane Creek, Deep River, New Hope, and Lost Creek.

An Isaac Williams died in Jefferson Co, now Cocke Co TN, circa 1828. It apparently is not this Isaac, not is it Isaac Jr who died much later. The Pike Family History book gives a year of 1824 for the death of this Isaac but that agrees with neither.

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S579 Page: Email 28 May 2000 <jadamson @ rectec.net>
2. ↑ Source: #S642 Liz Ault's Extended Family <meault @ swbell.net> 14 Aug 2000
3. ↑ Source: #S592 Page: Vol. 1; Records of NC; Cane Creek MM, p.415
4. ↑ Source: #S642 TMPLT FIELD Name: Page Data: Text: Wheeler-Manville-Williams-Draper. Suzanne W. Watt <Swatt1010 @ aol.com> Database: suziwatt. 17 Feb 2000.
5. ↑ Ancestry.com. U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Guilford College; Greensboro, North Carolina; Women's Minutes, 1751-1803; Collection: North Carolina Yearly Meeting Minutes. Name: Isaac Williams, Marriage Date: 2 Feb 1765, Marriage Place: Alamance, North Carolina, Residence Date on Image: 02 Second 1765, Spouse: Rachel Pike, Event Type: Marriage, Monthly Meeting: Cane Creek Monthly Meeting, Historical Meeting Data: Search for this monthly meeting in the 'Quaker Monthly Meetings Index', Yearly Meeting: North Carolina Yearly Meeting, Meeting State: North Carolina, Meeting County: Alamance. Ancestry Record 2189 #9030834, Free Ancestry Document Image
6. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 03 October 2020), memorial page for Isaac Williams (7 Nov 1742–Jun 1824), Find A Grave: Memorial #173920411, citing Lost Creek Friends Burial Ground, Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA ; Maintained by Ro§e❈ (contributor 47359710).

• Source: S1019 Bertlyn Crouse Johnston, Johnston 1755-1999; McGinnis 1798-1999; Dill, Frazier, Pike Family History (Ames, Iowa: Self-published, 1999), p.104-148 "John Pike".

• Source: S592 William Wade Hinshaw, Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, (Reprint of 1936 edition in 1969 by Genealogical Publishing Co; includes Supplement by Thomas Worth Marshall, 1948.) Also Online at www.GenealogyLibrary.com Repository Name: Birmingham Public Library - Tutwiler Collection Address: 2100 Park Place, Birmingham, AL 35203. Note: M-T 9AM-8PM CONT W-Sa 9AM-6PM CONT Su 2PM-6PM Phone Number: 205-226-3665.

• Source: S610 Ben F. and Alice L. Dixon, Rachel Williams Adamson and Her Hoosier Clan.(Privately Published: San Diego; 1961. Four Generations of A Lawrence Co. Indiana "First Family". (No. 4 in the Benjamin Franklin Junior Historial Series). Repository Name: National Genalogical Society Address: The Lending Library of NGS was moved to St. Louis MO; the books may be obtained on Interlibrary Loan.

• Source: S642 Abbreviation: WorldConnect Title: WorldConnect database at Rootsweb. [This is the same file available from Ancestry.com Family Trees.] Repository: #R3 Copied webpage. Text: Wheeler-Manville-Williams-Draper. Suzanne W. Watt <Swatt1010 @ aol.com> Database: suziwatt. 17 Feb 2000.

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Williams-2304 was created on 03 January 2011 through the import of Weaver.ged.
• WikiTree profile Williams-6087 was created through the import of Adamson for Wiki.ged on Jul 8, 2011 by Kay Haden. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Kay and others.
• Thank you to Chet Snow for suggesting these profiles be merged, August 5, 2015. And for editing this biography and merging sources after the profiles were merged, August 6, 2015.
• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 26 January 2021, 22:09), entry for Isaac Williams(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LZY6-BLK); contributed by various users.