John Williams (1780 - abt. 1858)

Born 27 Jan 1780 in Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

John Williams was born in Pennsylvania in 1780. He was the son of Jeremiah Williams and Mary Blackledge. He passed away in 1858.

Note

From Battle's History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 1887:

JAMES WILLIAMS, retired, P.O. Erwinna, is a great-grandson of Benjamin Williams, who came to this country from Wales and settled on Long Island. Thence he came to Quakertown, N.J., and from there to Pennsylvania, where he purchased land in Tinicum, Nockamixon and Buckingham, whereon his children settled. He was a shipwright by trade. His youngest son, Samuel, settled in Buckingham, and he lived with him until his death, and is buried at the Friends’ meeting house there. His son Jeremiah, father of John, lived in this township until his death, which occurred in February, 1834. He and his wife were buried in the Friends’, burying ground at Quakertown. He married Mary Blacklidge, by whom he had seven sons and two daughters, all now deceased. Their oldest son, John, was born in 1780 and died in 1858. He was a boatman and farmer, and owned three hundred and twelve acres of land, on part of which Erwinna now stands. He married Christiana Moore, of Bridgeton, Pa., who was born in 1781, and died in 1876. They had six children, Mary (deceased), Newberry D. (deceased), Ann Eliza, Barzilla, Caroline M. and James, who was born August 23, 1809. He followed boating for fifteen years, mercantile business for about the same time, and for two years was in the milling business, when he retired. In 1835 he married Phebe, daughter of David and Ann Treichler, of Kintnersville. She was born in 1815, and died May 29, 1884. They had five children: Emeline (deceased), who was the wife of Hugh E. Marford; Isabel, wife of John Z. Rufe, of Quakertown; Charles T., also in Quakertown; Clayton, a merchant in Erwinna; and Mary E., wife of Francis Kern, of Quakertown. James Williams was appointed postmaster at Erwinna by President Lincoln and served twenty-five years, until January 1, 1886. He was poor director for three years, and for two years was almshouse visitor, by appointment of the court. He has always borne an honorable repute.

Census

27 SEP 1850

Tinicum, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States

Note: I do NOT know who this Mary Williams living in their household is! I would guess that she's their daughter, Mary (born abt 1805), but her age is about 5 years off!)^[1]

Occupation

boatman and farmer

Event

Misc

Excerpt from BATTLE's bio of James Williams...

His son Jeremiah, father of John, lived in this township until his death, which occurred in February, 1834. He and his wife were buried in the Friends’, burying ground at Quakertown. He married Mary Blacklidge, by whom he had seven sons and two daughters, all now deceased. Their oldest son, John, was born in 1780 and died in 1858. He was a boatman and farmer, and owned three hundred and twelve acres of land, on part of which Erwinna now stands. He married Christiana Moore, of Bridgeton, Pa., who was born in 1781, and died in 1876. They had six children, Mary (deceased), Newberry D. (deceased), Ann Eliza, Barzilla, Caroline M. and James, who was born August 23, 1809.

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S81 TMPLT FIELD Name: CivilDivision FIELD Name: ED FIELD Name: PageID FIELD Name: HouseholdID FIELD Name: Person FIELD Name: WebSite FIELD Name: URL FIELD Name: AccessType FIELD Name: AccessDate Note: 1850 Census CONT Tinicum Township, Bucks, Pennsylvania CONT Page/image number: Image 28, Page not numbered CONT Lines: 24-26 CONT Dwelling number: 201 CONT Family number: 201 CONT Enumeration date: 27 September, 1850 CONT   CONT Website: Family Search CONT URL: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M44T-SYB CONT Access date: 1 December, 2012 CONT   CONT John Williams, 70, Male, White, Farmer, Real estate: 16000, PA CONT Christi(or“e”)ann (sic – indexed in Family Search as Christeana) Williams, 69, Female, White, (Occupation: blank), PA (sic) CONT Mary Williams, 40, Female, White, (Occupation: blank), PA, (definitely) Did not attend school within the year.  (Both columns left blank.) CONT    CONT All neighboring houses (right in a row!) on this page: Barzilla Williams and family, John and Christiana Williams, Newbury D. Williams and family, and George and Mary (Paxson) Smith’s extended family.  John Williams and George Smith own real estate; Barzilla and Newbury Williams do not.  CONT   CONT No clue of who this Mary Williams is. I'd guess that it's John and Christiana's eldest daughter, but the age isn't right for her.

• Source: 1850 U. S. Census, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, , ; digital images, (: accessed ). Subsequent Source Citation Format: 1850 U. S. Census, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, , , . BIBL United States. Pennsylvania. Bucks County. 1850 U. S. Census, population schedule. Digital images. . : . TMPLT TID 10002 FIELD Name: Country VALUE United States FIELD Name: CensusID VALUE 1850 U. S. Census FIELD Name: Jurisdiction VALUE Bucks County, Pennsylvania FIELD Name: Schedule VALUE population schedule FIELD Name: ItemType FIELD Name: CreditLine

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Kathryn Smith for creating WikiTree profile Williams-15138 through the import of Wikitree Jan 2013 GEDCOM.ged on Jan 25, 2013.