Born in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, New England
Ancestors 
Daughter of Stephen Williams
and Sarah (Wise) Williams
Sister of
Mary (Williams) Story, Elizabeth (Williams) Tucker, Bethiah (Williams) Rice, Steven Williams, Robert Williams, Joseph Williams and John Williams
Wife of
John Metcalf Esq.
— married
about 29 Oct 1718 in Dedham, Norfolk, MA
Descendants 
Mother of
Mehitable (Metcalf) Fisher
Died
at age 61
in Dedham, Suffolk County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, New England
Profile last modified
| Created 14 Jul 2016
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Biography
Grace Williams was born in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony on 2 Apr 1688. She was the daughter of Captain Stephen Williams and Sarah Wise.[1]
Grace married John Medcalf (or Metcalf) in Roxbury when she was 30 years old, on 29 Oct 1718.[2]
Sources
- ↑ "Williams, Grace, d. Stephen and Sarah, Apr. 2, 1688:" Vital Records of Roxbury, Massachusetts, Volume I: Births, p. 379; also available online at AmericanAncestors.org (accessed 1 Jun 2017 - subscription required).
- ↑ "Williams, Grace, and John Medcalf, Oct. 29, 1718:" Vital Records of Roxbury, Massachusetts, Volume II: Marriages and Deaths, p. 434; also available online at AmericanAncestors.org (accessed 23 Sep 2023 - subscription required).
- Massachusetts, Town Vital Collections, 1620-1988. Online publication - Ancestry.com, Provo, Utah, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.Original data - Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook). (subscription required)
- Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). (subscription required)
- Vital Records of Roxbury, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849, Volume I: Births, published by The Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts, Newcomb & Gauss Co., Printers, 1925.
- Vital Records of Roxbury, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849, Volume II: Marriages and Deaths, published by The Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts, Newcomb & Gauss Co., Printers, 1926.
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Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test HVR1 and HVR2, haplogroup T2b5a, FTDNA kit #395953, MitoYDNA ID T17681 [compare]
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