William Williams (1716 - 1801)

Born 1 May 1716 in Stonington, New London County, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Martha (Wheeler) Williams — married 15 Feb 1738 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut

Husband of Mary (Hewitt) Williams — married 17 Mar 1785 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 27 Jul 1801 at age 85 in Stonington, New London County, Connecticut

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Biography

William Williams, born 1 May 1716, was the third child of Desire Denison, the first wife of John Williams of Stonington, Connecticut.

He married twice, both at Stonington:

1. 15 Feb 1738 Martha Wheeler. They had 10 children during the ensuing timeframe through March 1758, all born at Stonington.
2. 17 March 1785 widow Mary Hewitt/Jewitt (she d. between will dated 9 May 1792 and probate 4 June 1799. Her will says she had a son, William Prince, and several daughters, all by previous husbands.)

William Williams died 27 Jul 1801 at Stonington.

Sources

• Denison Genealogy: Ancestors and Descendants of Captain George Denison; E. Glenn Denison, Josephine M. Peck and Donald L. Jacobus; Gateway Press, Inc. Baltimore, MD 1993 [Originally published, Pequot Press 1963; Reprinted, Baltimore, MD 1978, 1982, 1993], no. 184: https://archive.org/details/denisongenealogy00deni/page/7/mode/1up

• White, Elizabeth Pearson. John Howland of the Mayflower (Picton Press, Camden, ME, 1990) Vol. 1, Page 483.

• Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 (Generations Network, Inc., Provo, UT, USA, 2004)

• Wheeler, Richard Anson. History of the Town of Stonington, County of New London, Connecticut, p. 639, no. 39: https://archive.org/stream/historyoftownofs00whee_1#page/n661/mode/1up; p. 669, 670, no. 174: https://archive.org/stream/historyoftownofs00whee_1#page/n692/mode/1up

• Mayflower Society Application Database: "Community Trees," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:QV73-71G : accessed 29 December 2021), entry for William Williams, cites sources; "Mayflower Pilgrim Genealogies" file (2:2:2:MMXD-DP8), submitted 24 February 2020 by FamilySearch. Source: Elizabeth Pearson White, John Howland of the Mayflower (Vol. 1) - The First Five Generations Through his first chile Desire Howland and her husband Captain John Gorham (Camden, Maine: Picton Press, 1990)