Asa
Hinckley
Williams
Born in Canada
[uncertain]
Ancestors [uncertain]
Son of Gilbert P. Williams
and Rosalinda (Torrey) Williams
Brother of
Adelaide Terrey (Williams) Hunt, Hiram Williams, Adelaide Williams, Granville Williams, Dudley Williams and Tersis Williams
Husband of
Lucy Jane Lawrence
— married
19 Sep 1865 in Milton, Massachusetts
Descendants 
Father of
Esther Adelaide Williams
Died after
after age 57
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 28 Nov 2010
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Biography
A BIOGRAPHY OF ASA HINCKLEY WILLIAMS, by Laurence Overmire (great great grandson), Feb. 2017.
Asa Hinckley Williams was born on May 21, 1842, in Newport, Canada, the son of Gilbert Williams and Rosalinda Torrey. Through his mother, Asa is related to Declaration of Independence signer John Hancock, as well as six U.S. Presidents: James A. Garfield, William Howard Taft, Calvin Coolidge, Gerald R. Ford, George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush.
Asa, who may have gone by the name Hinckley, was about 20 years old when he married his first wife Louisa Maria Cross in Sawyerville, Quebec, Canada. Her fate is unknown.
When he was about 23 years of age, he married his second wife, 20-year-old Lucy Jane Lawrence, the daughter of Robert and Jemima (Ashman) Lawrence on Sept. 19, 1865, in Milton, Massachusetts, the Rev. Albert K. Teele performing the ceremony. Asa and Lucy had three children together: Lula L. or "Lu," Mary P. or "May," and Esther Adelaide.
Naturalization records of Jan. 1873 show Asa moved to Boston on Sept. 25, 1866.
Asa was a farmer and carpenter. He was living in Milton in 1880 with his family and possibly operating a boarding house. His wife Lucy moved to Minneapolis about 1891 and is shown as a widow in the 1894 St. Paul and 1895 Minneapolis directories as well as the 1900 census.
Curiously enough, Asa was still alive in 1900 and was living in Marshfield, Plymouth, MA. The census shows he was married, but no wife appears with him. It may be that he and Lucy separated but never formally divorced.
Asa's death date and burial place are unknown.
Sources
- 1900 US Census-MA. A. Hinckley Williams, born c1844 in Canada. Spouse: Lucy J. This indicates he was alive in 1900. But no 1910 census could be found.
Acknowledgment
- This person was created through the import of Family.ged on 28 November 2010.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Asa by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Asa:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Asa by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Asa:
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~6.25%
~12.50%
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