John Williams, of Windsor

His will, dated 10 february 1707/8 mentions his grandson Edward Griswold, and grandaughter Abigail Barnard.

THE JOHN WILLIAMS FAMILY of Westfield, Massachusetts

Generation 1 JOHN WILLIAMS (mar. Mary Buckley)

Generation 2 NATHANIEL WILLIAMS (mar. Mary Owen)

Generation 3 REBECCA WILLIAMS (mar. Jedediah Dewey II)

JOHN WILLIAMS Generation 1

JOHN WILLIAMS was born about 1616, no doubt in England. Nothing is known about his life there or his crossing to America, nor about his early years here. He came to Westfield, Massachusetts, from Windsor, Connecticut, before 1668.

He bought land on the north side and is first mentioned on a committee on January 9th, 1667/68, to determine the location of fences.

He married on 29 June 1644 at Windsor, MARY BUCKLEY. She died perhaps at Windsor on 18 April 1681.

JOHN’S WILL

"When he was aged," John Williams wrote his will on 10 February 1707/08. In the will he mentioned his wife, Esther. His son, Nathaniel, was the executor, and the estate totaled out at £222-08-02. Bequests were made to daughters and some grandchildren, the eldest son receiving the dwelling house and barn.

CHILDREN

  1. John Williams, born 26 March 1646.

2. NATHANIEL WILLIAMS, born 25 October 1647 at Windsor, Connecticut. He married Mary Owen.
3. Rebecca Williams, born 20 April 1649; mar. (1) Obadiah Cooley of Springfield in 1670; and mar. (2) John Warner in 1691.
4. Hannah Williams, born 13 April 1651; mar. Nathaniel Bancroft.
5. Mary Williams, born 5 January 1653; mar. John Gun in 1678.
6. Elizabeth Williams, born 5 January 1653; died 22 February 1653.
7. Abiel Williams, born 2 September 1655; mar. Samuel Phelps.
8. Abigail Williams, born 31 May 1658; mar. Edward Griswold on 3 November 1681.
NATHANIEL WILLIAMS Generation 2

NATHANIEL WILLIAMS was born on 25 October 1647 at Windsor, Connecticut. He married MARY OWEN, who joined the Westfield church on 5 April 1713. Nathaniel was a farmer on Union Street in Westfield.

CHILDREN

  1. Abigail Williams, born at Westfield on 23 March 1684.

2. REBECCA WILLIAMS, born at Westfield on 27 September 1685. She married Jedediah Dewey II.
3. Elizabeth Williams, born at Westfield on 22 September 1687; mar. 9 July 1717 at Westfield, Isaac Lyman of Lebanon.
4. John Williams, born at Westfield on 3 November 1689; died 28 September 1690.
5. Nathaniel Williams II, born at Westfield on 25 August 1692.
6. Abigail Williams, born at Westfield on 15 September 1693; mar. Thomas Dewey.
7. Mary Williams, born at Windsor, Connecticut, on 28 September 1695.
8. Zebedee Williams, born at Windsor on 7 January 1697/98.
9. John Williams, born at Windsor on 16 April 1699.
10. Keziah Williams, born at Westfield on 11 December 1701; mar. John Hogins on January 25th, 1728.
11. Naomi Williams, born at Westfield on 26 January 1703/04; mar. William Drake on January 22nd, 1731.
12. Orpha Williams, born at Westfield on 23 December 1706; mar. Japhet Bush in 1727.
REBECCA WILLIAMS Generation 3

REBECCA WILLIAMS was born at Westfield on 27 September 1685. She married JEDEDIAH DEWEY II on the 17th of June 1703. They had nine children.

PRIMARY REFERENCES

Dewey, Louis M. [Williams]. Genealogical Notes. Copied as project of the National Youth Administration (1937) pp. 15-16.

Official Website of the Saemann-Nickel and Related Families This is the John Williams Family Page

Joann Saemann West Jordan, Utah

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Links

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John Williams

BIRTH 24 May 1618
England

DEATH 1712 (aged 93–94)
Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA

BURIAL
Palisado Cemetery
Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
PLOT Founders Monument
MEMORIAL ID 34507279 ·

Said to be baptised at St. Giles, Cripplegate, London, England, son of Robert & Elizabeth (Stratton) Williams. Married Mary Buckley 29 July 1644 in Windsor CT. Their child: Mary (Williams) Gunn.

Find A Grave contributor James Gunn adds:
There is confusion concerning the date of death of John Williams. However, his will is dated 10 February, 1707-8, and an inventory of his property (apparently for probate) was taken 14 May, 1712, by Benajah Holcomb, Thomas Griswold and Nathaniel Horsford. I have dated his death in 1712.
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John was "of Windsor"
He and Mary were married 29 Jun 1644 in Windsor, Berkshire Co., MA.
His will was dated 10 Feb 1707 and inventory was taken on 14 May 1712. It mentions: Esther [2nd wife]; daughters Rebecca Warriner [Warner], Anna Bancroft, Mary Gunn and Abigail Phelps; son Nathaniel; grandsons Edward Griswold, John Williams; granddaughter Abigail Barnard.

Family Members

Spouses

Mary Burley Williams
1621–1681

Hester Kelsey Eggleston Eno Williams
1636–1720

Children

Nathaniel Williams
1646–1711

Rebecca Williams Warner
1649–1715

Mary Williams Gunn
1653–1711

WikiTree: Williams-4113

Origins:
There is conflicting information about the parentage of John Williams; one source says he was son of Arthur Williams and Catherine;[citation needed] another claims he was the son of Robert Williams and Elizabeth Stratton.
One LDS ancestral files claims he was baptized 24 May 1618 at St. Giles at Cripplegate in London.[1]
Following Wikitree policy, we detach him from any parents until we can confirm with documentation.

Biography

One source says he was in Windsor as early as 1639.[citation needed]

He supposedly emigrated on the ship "Rose" before 1644.[citation needed]

"JOHN, Windsor 1639, m. 29 June 1644, Mary Burkly, if we follow Parsons in his spelling, Geneal. Reg. V. 364; but a more practised eye reads the name Brelly, Bralley, or Burlly, perhaps the same as Burleigh in our times; and we gain no light from the early dwellers at W. had John, b. 26 Mar. 1646; Nathaniel, 25 Oct. 1647; Rebecca, 20 Apr. 1649; Hannah, 13 Apr. 1651; Mary and Elizabeth tw. 5 Jan. 1653; Abiel, 2 Sept. 1655; and Abigail, 31 May 1658; and he d. 1665. Of the five ds. we kn. that Rebecca m. 1670, Obadiah Cooley of Springfield; Hannah m. 1677, Nathaniel Bancroft of Westfield; Mary m. 1678, John Gunn; Elizabeth d. in few wks.; and Abigail m. 1681, Edward Griswold; Abiel may have d. unm."[2]
A session of the general court in Hartford, 11th day of March 1657/58: ... The listed person for Troopers presented to and allowe by this Court, under the command of Major John Mason, are as follows:... In Windsor, .... John Williams[3]

John was born in 1616. He passed away in 1712. Three generations of the John Williams family of Westfield: http://josfamilyhistory.com/htm/nickel/griffin/sheldon/noble/dewey-...

"John, 1644, bo't 14 acres, next W. Pal. S. side ext. W. to top of hill: ho. opp. Backer Row road."[4]

At a special court held at Windsor on 11 September 1676, John Williams, Joshua Holcomb, Nicholas Gozzard, and Nicholas Evans were ordered to post a £10 bond each for their appearance in court the first Wednesday in December next "to answer for their breach of peace."[5]

Christening

Name: John Williams
Christening Date: 24 May 1618
Christening Place: St Giles Cripplegate, London, London, England
Father's Name: Robert Williams[6]
Marriages

"... John Williams who married at Windsor, 29 June 1644, Mary Burlly. Mary (Burlly) Williams died 18 April 1681, having been married, as the record says, 37 years and sometime later this John Williams married again, this time to that Ester or Hester

Children

John Williams, born March 26, 1646
Nathaniel Williams, born October 25, 1647
Rebecca Williams, born April 20, 1649; married Obadiah Cooley
Hanna Williams, born April 13, 1651; married Nathaniel Bancroft of Westfield
Mary Williams (twin), born January 5, 1652; married in Westfield, January 22, 1678, Captain John Gunn, son of Thomas Gunn who was born in Windsor, July 8, 1647.[8]
Elizabeth Williams (twin), born January 5, 1652; died young
Abiel Williams, born September 2, 1655
Abigail Williams, born May 31, 1658; married Edward Griswold in 1681

There is also conflicting information about his death:
The same LDS Ancestral file cited for his Cripplegate baptism claims he died 6 Oct 1658, again without support.
The biography quoted above (still seeking source origin) claims he died in 1665.
Other biographies indicate he married second after the 1681 death of his first wife Mary, Ester and that both lived into the 1700s.[9]
Sources

1. ↑ LDS Ancestral File 51041506; Date: 1 APR 2008
2. ↑ A genealogical dictionary of the first settlers of New England showing three generations of those who came before May, 1692, on the basis of Farmer's Register by Savage, James, 1784-1873; Making of America Project; Farmer, John, 1789-1838; Dexter, O. P. (Orrando Perry), 1854-1903 Publication date 1860-62 Publisher Boston, Little, Brown and company Vol 4 p. 561 Williams entry
3. ↑ Public records of the colony of Connecticut, pp. 308-209:
4. ↑ History of Ancient Windsor, p. 168
5. ↑ Descendants of the Founders of Ancient Windsor, Family of Thomas Holcombe. 2006. Compiled by James Hallowell Holcombe Jr. page 8. Archived in WayBack Machine 28 March 2018
6. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch [1]; citing St Giles Cripplegate, London, London, England, reference ; FHL microfilm 380,199.
7. ↑ McPherson, Holcombe Genealogy, Page 89.1. See also The American Genealogist 56:169. [Holcombe Family:https://web.archive.org/web/20180328181911/http://www.holcombegenea... Archive from 28 March 2018]
8. ↑ Westfield and its historic influences: 1669-1919: p. 91:
9. ↑ McPherson, Holcombe Genealogy :(Archive from 28 March 2018, Page 89.1. See also The American Genealogist 56:169.

See also:

• James A Savage, A Genealogical Dictionary of The First Settlers of New England, showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register, Volumes I - IV. Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1977; Vol ??, p. ??
• Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn, Jr., Melinde Lutz Sanborn, The Great Migration Begins and/or The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS); 1999-2005 [check], p. ??
• Edgar J. Bullard, Bullard and Allied Families, Private Publisher, Detroit; 1930; Call # CS71.B936x, p. ??

"Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch entry for John WILLIAMS (accessed 5 October 2012).

• Reference: WikiTree contributors, "John Williams (abt.1618-abt.1712)," WikiTree: The Free Family Tree, (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Williams-4113 : created 28 Apr 2011 | Last modified 28 Dec 2023; accessed 20 February 2024).

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