William was born to Asa and Sophia Williams on 17 Aug 1798 in New York (likely Nassau since that is where his parents lived and where he lived subsequently.[1]
In 1850, William (52 yo) owned and worked a farm in Nassau, Rensselaer, County, NY, worth $1,600. He lived with his family, wife Rebecca (52 yo), son James (17 yo) who also worked as a farmer for his father, Ray (15 yo) also a farmer, Mary (12 yo), Philoman (10 yo) and Patty (26 yo). An illiterate female worker, Alaven Babcock (18 yo), lived with the family as well.[2]
He was living in Nassau with wife and family (minus oldest son James H who had left home) in 1855.[3] The family included:
Rebecca, wife, age 56
Asa W., son, age 20
Mary E. Baliey, daughter, age 17
Hiram M. Bailey, son-in-law, age 23
Fanny M. Lasher, daughter, age 28
Hiram M. Lasher, son-in-law, age 39
Hosea P. Williams, son, age 14
Sarah O. Lasher, granddaughter, age 8
Melvin Lasher, grandson, age 4
However, by 1865 the family had moved to Brooklyn, Kings County, New York where William, 66 yo) owned a brick home worth $6,000 and was working as a bookkeeper. Two of his sons (James 32 yo and George 24 yo) were living in the family home and working as bookkeepers as well.[4]
He died in Nassau on 26 Feb 1879 and is buried in the North Nassau, NY Cemetery.[5]
Sources
↑ Williams family records given in a letter to Gladys (Sykes-1952), James's granddaughter (not dated but is probably '70s). She also given a flow chart showing several generations of the Williams family ending with her mother Grace (Williams) Sykes
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William 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.
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