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Edmund Williams

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Taunton, Bristol County, Province of Massachusetts
Death: December 03, 1796 (85)
Raynham, Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States
Place of Burial: Raynham, Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Nathaniel Williams and Lydia Macomber
Husband of Lydia Williams; Mary Williams and Abiah Babbit
Father of Edmund Williams; Jason Williams; Lydia Williams; Anne Williams; Sarah Williams and 7 others
Brother of Nathaniel Williams; Lydia Jones; Bethia Williams; Judith Macomber; Elizabeth Pitts and 1 other

Managed by: Charles Adler
Last Updated:

About Edmund Williams

Descendant of Mayflower passengers Thomas Rogers and Joseph Rogers



Please refer to the Thomas Rogers Society for known details:

http://www.thomasrogerssociety.com/p24.htm#i699

  • Edmund Williams was born on 4 December 1710 at Taunton. He was the son of Nathaniel Williams and Lydia King.
  • Edmund Williams married Lydia Crane, daughter of Henry Crane, on 6 November 1737 at Raynham.
  • Edmund Williams married Mary (---) Harvey on 20 August 1781 at Bridgewater.
  • He married 3rd at Berkley on 29 May 1790 to Abiah (CRANE) [BABBET] [HOLLOWAY] ATWOOD, born at Berkley on 12 Dec 1716 and died at Middleboro, circa 1812, daughter of Gershom and Susanna (WHITMARSH) CRANE and widow successively of Benjamin BABBETT, Nathaniel HOLLOWAY and Abiel ATWOOD.
  • Edmund Williams died on 3 December 1796 at Raynham at age 85.

Children of Edmund Williams and Lydia Crane

  1. Jason Williams
  2. Nathan Williams
  3. Edmund Williams+ b. 27 Jun 1739, d. 3 Sep 1775
  4. Lydia Williams b. 8 May 1741
  5. Anne Williams b. 6 Feb 1744, d. 4 Sep 1763
  6. Sarah Williams b. 3 Mar 1746
  7. Huldah Williams b. 28 Sep 1750
  8. Stephen Williams b. 10 Nov 1752
  9. David Williams b. 11 Aug 1754
  10. Noah Williams b. 5 Aug 1756
  11. Silas Williams b. 28 Jun 1758, d. 22 Feb 1762
  12. Phebe Williams b. 12 Jan 1763

Citations

  1. [S1] Ann T. [Revised by], (Originally compiled by Alice W. A. Westgate) Reeves, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth, Mass. December 1620: Family of Thomas Rogers (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2000), p. 222. Hereinafter cited as Rogers-Silver.
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Edmund Williams's Timeline

1710
December 4, 1710
Taunton, Bristol County, Province of Massachusetts
1739
June 27, 1739
Raynham, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
1741
May 8, 1741
1742
February 13, 1742
Raynham, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
1744
February 6, 1744
1746
March 3, 1746
Raynham, Bristol Co., Massachusetts
1748
January 2, 1748
Raynham, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
1750
September 28, 1750
1752
November 10, 1752
Raynham, Bristol County, Province of Massachusetts