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Sarah Williams (Olcott)

Also Known As: "Husband in dispute"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut
Death: December 31, 1749 (94)
Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut
Place of Burial: East Hartford, Hartford, Colony of Connecticut, British Colonial America
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Samuel Olcott and Sarah Olcott
Wife of William Williams, III and John Williams
Mother of Anna Williams; Isaac Williams; Samuel Williams and Jacob Williams
Sister of Mary Bigelow (Olcott); Elizabeth Ashley, Ashley; Thomas OLCOTT and George Olcott, I

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About Sarah Williams

Date of birth might be 1668.

Date and place of death have also been (erroneously?) reported to be 1689 at East Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut.

Conflicting Accounts of Sarah Olcott's Husband

Account #1

See Descendants of Thomas Olcott. She married William Williams. They both died in their 90s. He predeceased her. Their children were:

  1. William
  2. Jonathan, went abroad and was never heard of again
  3. Daniel
  4. Sarah, married James Forbes, Jun. of East Hartford
  5. Rachel, married Mr. Burnham

Account #2

See William Morton of Windsor who says that Jane Williams who married John Morton was the daughter of Sarah Olcott Williams and John Williams and the granddaughter of William Williams, a large landowner and early settler of East Hartford, CT.

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Sarah Williams's Timeline

1655
1655
Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut
1692
1692
East Hartford, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
1695
1695
Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA
1697
1697
Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA
1706
1706
Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA
1744
May 23, 1744
Age 89
Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
1749
December 31, 1749
Age 94
Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut
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Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States