Joseph Williams

Descendant of Roger Williams

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Roger Williams (c. 21 December 1603 – between 27 January and 15 March 1683)[1] was a Puritan minister, theologian, and author who founded Providence Plantations, which became the Colony of Rhode Island. He was a staunch advocate for religious freedom, separation of church and state, and fair dealings with American Indians, and he was one of the first abolitionists.[2][3]

Williams was expelled by the Puritan leaders from the Massachusetts Bay Colony for spreading "new and dangerous ideas", and he established the Providence Plantations in 1636 as a refuge offering what he called "liberty of conscience". In 1638, he founded the First Baptist Church in America, also known as the First Baptist Church of Providence.[4][5] He studied the Indian languages and wrote the first book on the Narragansett language, and he organized the first attempt to prohibit slavery in any of England's North American colonies.[3]

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Roger Williams and Mary Barnard had the following children:

1. Mary2 Williams, b. Aug 1633; m. John Sayles.
2. Freeborn Williams, b. 4 Oct 1635; m. Thomas Hart; m. Walter Clarke.#
3. Providence Williams was born Sep 1638; he died Mar 1686 at age 47.#
4. Mercy Williams, b. 15 Jul 1640 at Providence, RI; m. Resolved Waterman; m. Samuel Winsor.#
5. Daniel Williams, b. Feb 1641 at Providence, RI; m. Rebecca Rhodes.#
6. Joseph Williams, b. 12 Dec 1643 at Providence, RI; m. Lydia Olney.

Joseph2 Williams (Roger1) was born 12 Dec 1643 at Providence, RI; he married Lydia Olney 17 Dec 1669 at Providence, RI; he died 17 Aug 1724 at Providence, RI, at age 80.

Children of Joseph2 Williams and Lydia Olney were as follows:

1. Joseph3 Williams was born 26 Sep 1670.
2. Thomas Williams, b. 16 Feb 1671/72 at Providence, RI; m. Mary Blackmar; m. Hannah Sprague.
3. Joseph Williams, b. 10 Nov 1673 at Providence, RI; m. Lydia Hearnden.
4. Mary Williams, b. Jun 1676; m. Obediah Brown(e).
5. James Williams, b. 24 Sep 1680 at Providence, RI; m. Elizabeth Blackmar.
6. Lydia Williams was born 26 Apr 1683; she died 1717.

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Joseph Williams

Born 12 Dec 1643 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island

Son of Roger Williams and Mary (Barnard) Williams

Brother of Mary (Williams) Sayles, Freeborn (Williams) Clark, Providence Williams, Mercy (Williams) Winsor and Daniel Williams

Husband of Lydia (Olney) Williams — married 17 Dec 1669 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island

Father of Thomas Williams, Joseph Williams Jr, Mary (Williams) Brown, James Williams, Lydia Williams and Jeremiah Williams

Died 17 Aug 1724 in Cranston, Providence, Rhode Island

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Biography

Joseph Williams of Providence was the youngest son of a famous father, Providence founder Roger Williams. The father gives, in a letter to his friend Governor Winthrop, an account of the youth's cure of epilepsy by taking tobacco. The exact quotation may be found in the short book "Old Providence: A Collection of Facts and Traditions Relating to Various Buildings and Sites of Historic Interest in Providence", published in 1918 by Merchants National Bank of Providence for the bank's centenary; the work offers additional information about Joseph, and about the end of his parents' lives:

“Roger Williams speaks of Joseph in a letter written to [Gov.] Winthrop in 1660: ‘My youngest son, Joseph, was troubled with a spice of epilepsy: We used some remedies, but it hath pleased God, by his taking tobacco, perfectly, as we hope to cure him.’ The ‘cure’ was evidently effective, for Joseph lived to a hale old age. He was a man prominent in public affairs, and held many offices of importance, among them that of deputy in the Colonial Assembly. He was also a member of the Town Council. His death occurred in 1724; and his estate consisted of some 730 acres, which with his dwelling-place and orchard he left to his son James, who was charged by his father ‘to provide for his Mother my said loveing Wife Lidia Williams all things that shee shall have neede of and that are necessary for an antiant woman during the full term of her naturall Life.’ The ‘Wife Lidia’ survived her husband but three weeks. She was buried by his side on the farm at Mashapaug, — which to-day is included among the acres of Roger Williams Park, — bequeathed to the city of Providence by Betsey Williams.”

[See also 3 Mass. Hist. Coll. X. 28.] (Savage) Notes

JOSEPH, b. in Providence and always lived there, m. Lydia Olney, daughter of Rev. Thomas Olney. She died Sep. 9, 1724. Their children were (1) Thomas, b. Feb. 16, 1671, m. first Mary Blackman. She d. July 1, 1717. Second Hannah Sprague, and had Joseph, Thomas, John, and Abigail. (2) Joseph b. 2 Nov. 10, 1673, m. Lydia Harrington, (3) Mary b. June, 1676, (4) James b. Sept. 20, 1680, (5) Lydia b. April 26, 1683. He d. 17 Aug. 1724 at Cranston, where the gr.st. is encumb. with more doleful verse than is often seen. His wid. d. three wks. aft. He engag. alleg. to Charles II. 31 May 1666; was an Assist. 1704, and on 28 Sept. of that yr. verif. the declarat. made by his f. in 1682. (Savage) He settled in Cranston and built his house opposite Roger Williams' park. In 1676 he served in King Philip's War, and subsequently rose to a position of prominence in early Providence. In 1683-84-93-96-97-1713 he served as deputy to the General Court. In 1684-85-86-87-88-91-93-94-1713-14-15, he was a member of the Town Council. Joseph Williams served on numerous important committees during his public career.NOT Joseph Williams of Providence, RI JOSEPH, Boston, by w. Lydia had Joseph, b. 14 Feb. 1670; William, 13 Dec. 1671 (Lydia ??) ; Richard, 8 Feb. 1673, tho. rec. would make the mo. to be Eliz. wh. is, in my opin. a clerical blunder, as the foll. seven ch. are all count. for Lydia; that is to say, Hannah, 20 May 1674; Daniel, 25 Dec. 1676; Hannah, again, 26 May 1679; Jeremiah, 22 Aug. 1683; Eliz. 22 Aug. 1686; Eliz. again, 9 Dec. 1688; and Mary, 6 Nov. 1689. Source

Source: #S176 Source: #S738 Source: #S627 Page: 339 Source: #S285 Page: 21 Source: #S646 Page: 112 Birth

Date: 12 DEC 1643 Place: Providence, Providence, Ri Source: #S627 Page: 4: 558-572 Place: Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, USA[1][2] Residence

Boston, Massachusetts Bay, British America Davis Event

ENTIRE text from Davis - Bucks Co. Misc[3] Joseph Williams. [4]

Military Service

Military Service: Captain Of The Cranston Troops - King Philip's War[5] Event

Event: Member, Town Council Type: Government Service Place: Cranston, Providence, Rhode Island, USA[6] Event: House of Deputies Type: Government Service[7] Event: Justice of the Peace Type: Government Service Place: Cranston, Providence, Rhode Island, USA[8] Event: Tax Collector Type: Government Service[9] Marriage

Date: 15 DEC 1629 Place: Essex, England[10][11][12] Death

Date: 17 AUG 1724 Place: Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, USA[13] Burial

Burial: Family Plot Place: Rhode Island, USA[14] Sources

↑ Source: #S24 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for James Williams http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=12577766&pid... ↑ Source: #S54 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Roger Williams ↑ Source: #S73 TMPLT FIELD Name: Page Note: Volume 3 CONT Text taken from pages 273-276 CONT http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofbucksco03davi#page/272/mode/2up Data: Text: Volume 3 CONT Text taken from pages 273-276 CONT http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofbucksco03davi#page/272/mode/2up CONT "THE WILLIAMS FAMILY of Nockamixon and Tinicum, and other parts of Bucks county, trace their ancestry to Joseph Williams, of Boston, Massachusetts. He and his wife, Lydia, had ten children, namely: Joseph, born 12 mo.,14, 1670 (O. S.); William, 10 mo., 13, 1671; Richard, 12 mo., 8, 1673; Hannah,3 mo., 20, 1674, died in infancy; Daniel, 10 mo., 25, 1676; Hannah, 3 mo., 26,1679; Jeremiah, 6 mo., 22, 1683 (referred to hereafter); Elizabeth, 7 mo., 22,1686, died in infancy; Elizabeth, 10 mo., 9, 1688; and Mary, 9 mo., 6, 1869. CONT CONT Jeremiah at an early age was bound to a ship carpenter to learn the trade. During his apprenticeship he left the church of England and joined the Friends or Quakers. 1 mo., 28, 1706-07(O. S.), he presented a certificate to the monthly meeting of Philadelphia from the Monthly Meeting of Rhode Island. 1mo., 1707-08, he requested a “Certificate of Clearness” from the Philadelphia Monthly Meeting to Flushing Monthly Meeting to marry Philadelphia, daughter of George and Mary (Willis) Masters. In 1780 or ’81 George Masters, a tailor of New York, married Mary, daughter of Henry Willis, of Flushing, Long Island. Henry was fined for allowing his daughter to be married by Friends ceremony. After their marriage they went to England, where their first child, a daughter named Mary, was born in 1682. Upon their return to this country they must have been in Philadelphia for a time, as their second child, a daughter, was born there in 1684. She was the first white female born in the city, and was named Philadelphia for thecity in which she was born. Jeremiah and Philadelphia Williams lived in the city of New York. They had two children. Joseph, born 3 mo., 15, 1710, died ininfancy; and Hannah, born 9 mo., 8, 1711, married Benjamin, son of Charles and Elizabeth (Jackson) Doughty, of Long Island, in 1737. Philadelphia Williams died 3 mo., 16, 1715,and the same year, 5 mo., 5, he bought a mill property at Hempstead Harbor,Nassau Island, Queens county, New York, of John Robinson. The following year, 7 mo., 11, 1716, Jeremiah married Mary, daughter of Walter and Anne (Collins) Newbury, of Newport, Rhode Island, and widow of Jedediah Howland. This is a copy of their marriage certificate. CONT CONT Marriage Certificate – Whereas, Jeremiah Williams, late of New York, but now of Hempstead in Long Island, and Mary Howland, widow and relict of Jedediah Howland, of Newport, in Rhoad (sic) Island, Having declared their intention of taking (page break) each other in Marriage before severall (sic) Publick (sic) Meetings of the people commonly called Quakers in said Rhoad (sic) Island, according to the Good order used among them whose proceedings therein after a deliberate consideration therofwith regard unto the righteous law of God and example of his people recorded in the Scriptures of Truth in that case were approved by the said Meetings, they appearing clear of all others and Having consent of parents and others concerned. CONT CONT Now these are to certifie (sic) all whom it may concern that for the full accomplishing of their said Intentions this eleventh day of the Seventh month called September in the year according to the English, one thousand seven hundred and sixteen they the said Jeremiah Wiliams and Mary Howland appearing in a publick (sic) assembly of the People and others met together for that purpose in their Publick (sic) Meeting place at said Newport and in a solemn manner, he the said Jeremiah Williams taking the said Mary Howland by the hand did openly declare as followeth: CONT CONT Friends, in the fear of God and before this assembly whom I desire to my witnesses I take this my friend Mary Howland to be my wife promising through the Lord’s assistance to be to her a faithful and loving husband till death separate us. And then and there in the said assembly the said Mary Howland did in like manner declare as followeth; Friends, in the fear of God and before this assembly whom I declare to be my witnesses I take this my friend Jeremiah Williams to be my husband promising through the Lord’s assistance to be to him a faithful and loving wife till death separate us. And the said Jeremiah Williams and Mary Howland as a further consideration thereof did then and there to these presents set their hands. CONT CONT And we whose names are hereunto subscribed being present among others at the Solemnizing of their said Marriage and subscription in manner aforesaid as witnesses hereunto have to these presents subscribed our names the day and year above written. CONT CONT JEREMIAH WILLIAMS, CONT MARY WILLIAMS. CONT CONT Witnesses – Johannah Mott, Elizabeth Whartenby, Jacob Mott, Mary Wing, William Barker, Hannah Brinley, Bethia Folger, Ann Kay, Clarke Rodman, Susanna Freeborne, Ephraim Hicks, Katherine Hull, Thos. Leach, Hannah Hull, Samuel Collins, Thomas Rodman, John Headly, Thomas Borden,Ruth Fry, Peter Easton, John Stanton, Junr., Dorcas Easton, Samuel Buffum, Johannah Leach, Thomas Hicks, Susannah Hicks, John Hull, Junr., Mary Caine, Deliverance Cornell, Abigail Hicks, Elizabeth Borden, Rebecca Bennett, Hope Borden, Ann Redwood, Alice Borden, Sarah Redwood, Mary Borden, Mary Stanton,Thomas Rodman, John Easton, Walter Newberry, William Anthony, Ann Cranston,John Wanton, Justice, Elizabeth Bordens, George Cornell, Leah Newberry, Joseph Borden, Ann Richardson, John Borden, Martha Cornell, Thos. Richardson, Patience Anthony, Patience Redwood, Hannah Fry, Sarah Newberry, Sarah Borden, Ann Newberry, Blenham Stanton, A. Redwood, Catherine Clarke, Ann Clarke, Hannah Rodman, Katherine Sheffield. CONT CONT At the time of her marriage to Jeremiah, Mary had one son, Joseph Howland, born 10 mo., 25, 1710 (O. S.) The children of Jeremiah and Mary Williams were: Anne, born 4 mo., 17, 1719, married, first, Fortunatus Woods, second, Ebenezer Carter; Walter, born 10 mo., 17, 1720, married out of meeting, 1744;Benjamin, born 9 mo., 4, 1722 (referred to hereafter); Mary, born 9 mo. 26,1724; Jeremiah, born 3 mo. 18, 1726; Lydia, born 12 mo., 6, 1729; and Martha,date of birth unknown, married Benjamin Hill, at Kingwood, 8 mo., 3, 1753 (N.S.). In the year 1743 or ’44 Jeremiah and his two sons, Walter and Benjamin, and daughter Martha moved to Kingwood, Hunterdon county, New Jersey. His daughter Mary came in 1758. Jeremiah, at the establishment of the Monthly Meeting at Kingwood, was made with Joseph King the first elder of that meeting. Some years after this his health failing he, with his wife and daughter Mary, moved to their son Benjamin’s, he having moved some years before to Nockamixon township, Bucks county, Pennsylvania. He remained with his son until his death, 3 mo., 15, 1766 (N. S.), and was buried in the old grave yard at Quakertown, New Jersey. His will was written in Nockamixon, 1 mo., 23,1760, proved 6 mo., 6, 1766. His wife died in 1774. Her will is dated Nockamixon, Pennsylvania, 6 mo., 12, 1766, proved 3 mo., 20, 1774. CONT CONT Benjamin Williams, son of Jeremiah and Mary (Newbury) Williams, was born 9 mo., 4, 1722 (O. S.). He married Mercy, daughter of John and Margaret Stevenson, of Kingwood, New Jersey, in 1744. Their children were: John, born 1 mo., 29,1745, married Hannah Pursell; Mary, born 10 mo., 11, 1747; Jeremiah, born 5mo., 9, 1749 (referred to hereafter); Margaret, born 4 mo., 4, 1751, married John Iliff; Lydia, born 8 mo., 18, 1752 (N. S.), married David Burson; Benjamin, born 10 mo., 30, 1756, married Dorothy Leiper; Anne, born 7 mo., 15, 1758, married Jacob Ritter; William, born 9 mo., 20, 1760, married Rachel Leiper; Samuel, born 7 mo., 20, 1762, married Sarah Watson; Susanna, born 7 mo., 30, 1765, married a Mr. Stroud; Benjamin and his family moved to Nockamixon township, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, some time prior to 1760, and must have lived there some considerable time before receiving a deed for the property. It was finally deeded to him in 1769. There were 515 acres and 31 perches, the boundaries reaching from near the Narrows to the village of Upper Black’s Eddy along the river, and extending over the hill regions for a considerable distance. This was the land once owned and controlled by the Chief Nutimus and his tribe, and this chief was always an honored guest of Benjamin Williams, Sr., whose home was nearly on the site of the mansion built by Jacob Stover soon after purchasing in 1818. Benjamin Williams, Sr., and his family lived here during the time of the raids by the Doans, and having a valuable horse of which he was very fond, and hearing of the approach of the Doans, he quietly stabled his favorite horse in his kitchen and it was thus saved from falling into the hands of the lawless gang. Soon after taking possession of the land in Nockamixon the young Indians roaming over it at will, gathered the apples from the trees and took them away, and disturbed the water in the spring until it was unfit for use for a time. Benjamin expostulated with Nutimus, and asked why they did it. Nutimus replied it was true the Indians had sold the land, but not the apples and spring. Benjamin asked them how much they wanted for the apples and spring, and the chief replied, five bushels of Indian corn, five bushels of buckwheat and five loaves of rye bread. After that the spring and the apples were not disturbed. In 1778 or ’79 Benjamin bought about 500 acres of land in Tinicum township, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, and built the house on the river road now owned by Clinton Haney, near the little hamlet of Lodi. The little creek which empties into the Delaware was the northern boundary of this tract. His son, Jeremiah, took possession of this tract in 1779. Some time after this Benjamin bought about 500 acres in the beautiful Buckingham Valley, which was occupied by his youngest son Samuel. CONT CONT In his will, which was dated Nockamixon township, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, 3 mo., 16, 1809, and probated 5 mo., 30, 1809 he mentions “a general arrangement of my estate,” in which, on the ‘4th d of the 1st m. in the year one thousand eight hundred and three” he deeded to his three sons, Jeremiah and Benjamin the land on which they were living, and on the “3rd of the first m. in the year one thousand eight hundred and four” he deeded the land in Buckingham to his son Samuel, who was then residing there. Benjamin died at the home of his son Samuel in Buckingham and was buried in the grave yard at the Buckingham Meeting House. He died in 1809, probably in the early part of the fifth month. CONT CONT Jeremiah, son of Benjamin and Mercy(Stevenson) Williams, born 5 mo., 9, 1749, married 4 mo. 25, 1779 (N. S.),Mary, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Blackledge, of Richland township, Bucks county, Pennsylvania. Their children were: John, born 1 mo., 27, 1780 (referred to hereafter); Thomas B., born 4 mo., 11, 1781, married Rebecca Arndt; Benjamin, born 12 mo., 18, 1782, married,first, Mary (Meredith), widow of

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(?) Burson, second, Rachel, daughter of Benjamin and Dorothy (Leiper) Williams; Susan, born 6 mo., 1785, never married;William, born 6 mo., 12, 1789, married Hannah Whiting; Samuel, born 6 mo., 18,1792, died 1812; Isaac B., born 4 mo., 23, 1794, married Martha Shelton White;Margaret, born 4 mo., 28, 1796, married Abel Lester; Jeremiah, born 12 mo., 28,1798, married Elizabeth Lake. CONT CONT John, son of Jeremiah and Mary (Blackledge) Williams, born 1 mo., 27, 1780, married July, 1804, Christiana, daughter of John and Anne (Kimple or Kimball) Moore. Christiana was born 3 mo., 5, 1781. Their children were: Mary, born 5 mo. 20, 1805, married Nathan Whiting; Newbury Davenport, born 5 mo. 9, 1807, married Lucy Adelaide Gould; was made the first cashier of the Frenchtown, New Jersey, National Bank, when that institution was established; James, born 8 mo. 23,1809, married first Phoebe Treichler, second, Josephine Krause (widow). He died March 14, 1903, at the age of nearly ninety-four years; Ann Eliza, born 7 mo. 30, 1812, married Jonas Smith, at this writing, August 26, 1905, she is still living in possession of all her faculties, and enjoying a ripe old age in the home of her only child, John W.Smith, at Stockton, New Jersey. Barzilla Newbold, born 7 mo. 4, 1814, referred to later; and Caroline, born 1 mo. 18,1821, married Thomas W. Harris. John and Christiana Williams built a home on the estate of his father, at Lodi, at the intersection of the river road and a road leading back to the western part of the township. The place is now owned by a Mr. Adams. After the death of his father, Jeremiah Williams, in 1834, John bought land, in Tinicum township, of the William Erwin estate, about 300 acres, and moved there in the spring of 1837. In the settlement of his father’s estate, Thomas was the only purchaser of any part of the original estate; his purchase being about one-half of the land on the north and west side of the tract. His three brothers, Benjamin, Isaac and Jeremiah, with their sisters, Margaret Lester and Susan Williams moved to Ohio with their families about 1840. John died 6 mo. 6, 1858. Prior to his death he sold the middle portion of the tract, bought of the Erwins, to Conrad Wyker and at the sale, after his death, the northern portion was bought by his son Barzilla and the remaining portion by his daughter Caroline. There had been a few lots sold to others for building purposes, and these together with three houses on the south side of the public road comprise the little village of Erwinna. CONT CONT Barzilla Newbold Williams, born 7 mo. 4, 1814, married first, in 1839, Mary, daughter of Azariah and Anna Cummings Davis, of Sussex county, New Jersey, and had two daughters: Stella, born 6 mo. 13, 1841, died 10 mo. 4, 1843; and Anna M. born 1 mo. 4, 1844, married, 2 mo.15, 1877, William H., son of Rev. Samuel and Katherine (Wolfinger) Stahr. William (page break) and Anna lived in Philadelphia; he died 3 mo. 9, 1903; they have one daughter, Francelia Williams, who resides with her mother in Philadelphia. She was born 1 mo. 10, 1878. In September, 1847, he married Sarah S.,daughter of William L. and Elizabeth (Large) King, by whom he had two children: Josephine King, born 10 mo. 4, 1852, referred to hereinafter, and Sarah Francelia, born 3 mo. 4, 1855, married 3 mo. 7, 1878, Evan Thomas, son of Elisha and Harriet (Lukens) Worthington. Their children were: Elisha, born 2 mo. 27, 1879; Helen born 6 mo. 15, 1881, died 9 mo. 30, 1881; Eleanor F., born 12 mo. 7, 1887, died 6 mo. 15,1888. Evan T. and Sarah F. Worthington resided in Buckingham, Pennsylvania, where he had a general store until the spring of 1890 when they moved to Newtown, Pennsylvania, where he conducts the middle store purchased by him before his removal to Newtown. Barzilla’s second wife died 1 mo. 26, 1856,and in March, 1858, he married Mary, daughter of George and Maria (Davis)Morrow, by whom he had one son, Samuel Silvey, born 2 mo. 1, 1859; he married Harriet May, daughter of William and Mary Ann (Hagenbuck) Hendricks, of Chicago. They were married 12 mo. 10,1888, have one child, Marion Francelia, born 6 mo. 7, 1897. Samuel Silvey and his family reside in Chicago, he is the associate manager of the Detroit Stove Works, whose main office is located in Chicago. On 6 mo.1, 1875, Barzilla married his fourth wife, Hannah, daughter of Ralph and Martha Harrison, and widow of a Mr. Johnson, of Camden, New Jersey, who still survives him. They had no children. He died 6 mo. 1, 1901, and was buried in the Pursell burying ground at Upper Black’s Eddy, Bucks county, Pennsylvania. CONT CONT Josephine King Williams, daughter ofBarzilla and Sarah (King) Williams, and the compiler of this record, was born at Erwinna, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, 10 mo. 4, 1852. She married, 4 mo. 22, 1885, Stacy B., son of Bruce M. and Martha (Poore) Pursell, of Upper Black’s Eddy, Pennsylvania, a record of whose ancestry on both sides is embraced in this work. At the time of their marriage Stacy was a druggist in Portland, Northampton county, Pennsylvania. In the spring of 1888 he sold his drug store in Portland and they removed to Bristol, Pennsylvania, their present place of residence. In the settlement of the estate of Barzilla Williams, the administrator, Stacy B. Pursell, sold the farm to Readen Tettemer, and thus, excepting a store property in Erwinna, owned by Joseph Williams, and a house and lot at Lodi, owned by Mrs. Alice (Williams) Winter, all the ancestral estate in Tinicum has passed out of the name, as it has also in Nockamixon; only a few acres of the hill regions of that tract are now owned by the descendants of Benjamin Williams, the original purchaser." CONT ↑ Source: #S-2042035815 Ancestry Family Trees http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=17603875&pid... ↑ Source: #S54 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Roger Williams ↑ Source: #S54 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Roger Williams ↑ Source: #S54 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Roger Williams ↑ Source: #S54 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Roger Williams ↑ Source: #S54 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Roger Williams ↑ Source: #S40 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Roger Williams ↑ Source: #S61 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Roger Williams http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=12596980&pid... ↑ Source: #S40 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Roger Williams http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=12596980&pid... ↑ Source: #S110 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for James Williams h t t p : / / t rees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=12577766&pid=-227375672 h t t p : / / t rees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=12596980&pid=-223278083 ↑ Source: #S54 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Roger Williams Source S176 Title: Abridged Compendium of American Genealogy, CD 113 Author: Frederick A. 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1. Note:

   Emily Jane Angell:

"the epileptic son of Roger and Mary ( ) Williams (Correspondence of Roger Williams 2:496)"
Memoirs of the Wilkinson Family
Author: Israel Wilkinson
This book contains the history and genealogy of the Wilkinson family of Rhode Island.
Bibliographic Information: Wilkinson, Israel. Memoirs of the Wilkinson Family. Davis & Penniman. Jacksonville, Ill. 1869.
VI. JOSEPH, b. in Providence and always lived there, m. Lydia Olney, daughter of Rev. Thomas Olney. She died Sep. 9, 1724. Their children were (1) Thomas, b. Feb. 16, 1671, m. first Mary Blackman. She d. July 1, 1717. Second Hannah Sprague, and had Joseph, Thomas, John, and Abigail. (2) Joseph b. Nov. 10, 1673, m. Lydia Harrington, (3) Mary b. June, 1676, (4) James b. Sept. 20, 1680, (5) Lydia b. April 26, 1683.
Father: Roger WILLIAMS b: ABT 1604 in London, England

Mother: Mary BARNARD b: ABT 1609

Marriage 1 Lydia OLNEY b: 1645 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island

   * Married: 17 DEC 1669 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island 2 3

Children

  1. Has No Children Joseph WILLIAMS b: 26 SEP 1670

2. Has Children Thomas WILLIAMS b: 16 FEB 1672 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island
3. Has Children Joseph WILLIAMS b: 10 NOV 1673 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island
4. Has No Children Mary WILLIAMS b: JUN 1676 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island
5. Has Children James WILLIAMS b: 24 SEP 1680 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island
6. Has No Children Lydia WILLIAMS b: 26 APR 1683 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island
7. Has No Children Providence WILLIAMS b: 1685 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island
Sources:

  1. Title: World Family Tree Vol. 7, Ed. 1

Author: Brøderbund Software, Inc.
Publication: Release date: October 17, 1996
Note: Customer pedigree.
Repository:
Media: Family Archive CD
Page: Tree #3182
Text: Date of Import: Mar 17, 1999
2. Title: World Family Tree Vol. 7, Ed. 1
Author: Brøderbund Software, Inc.
Publication: Release date: October 17, 1996
Note: Customer pedigree.
Repository:
Media: Family Archive CD
Page: Tree #3182
Text: Date of Import: Mar 17, 1999
Providence Vital Records, p. 140
3. Title: The Ancestry of Emily Jane Angell, 1844--1910; Dean Crawford Smith, edited by Melinde Lutz Sanborn; Boston, NEHGS; 1992
Page: p. 449

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RI History:

Island on which Newport located also called RI, both state & island might be named in honor of Greek Island of Rhodes, possibly because shape of island. No confirmation of this. Island on which Newport is located also known as Aquidneck. Island was 1st to be populated by those who left MA Bay Colony because of religious differences. Providence, founded in 1636 as settlement by Eng clergyman Roger Williams, aft he was banished by MA Great & Genl Crt. Williams selected name in gratitude for "God's merciful providence" that Narragansett have granted him title to site. Anne Hutchinson exiled from MA Bay Colony in 1638 & brought more settlers attracted to colony by promise of religious freedom to est Pocasset, now Portsmouth. Wm Coddington & others founded Newport in 1639. In 1643 Saml Gorton founded Shawomet, now Warwick. RI & Providence Plantations also gave protection to Quakers in 1657 & Jews from Holland in 1658. In 1776 RI became 1 of 13 Colonies to renounce allegiance to Grt Britain. Aft Am Rev, shipping declined, but Saml Slater built 1st successful US cotton-textile mill at falls of Blackstone Riv, later called Pawtucket, by Saml Slater & ironmaster David Wilkinson (1790). Abundance of water power led to rapid development of mfg. RI's political & economic life dominated by mill-owners until well into 20th Cent, when competition from South resulted in continuing decline in state's textile industry. Recent growth of new industries such as electronics helped to revitalize economy. Block Island is off southern RI at eastern entrance to Long Island Sound. Named for Dutch explorer Adriaen Block who visited island in 1614. He returned to Amsterdam in Oct after exploring New Eng coast, sailing up CT Riv, & mapping coast of Manhattan. Block Island was 1st settled in 1661. It became pt of RI in 1663 under Charter. In 1786 RI farmers burned grain, dumped milk, & left apples to rot in orchards in farm strike directed against Providence & Newport merchants who refused to accept paper money that depreciated to pt of being virtually worthless. Strike had little effect, since 90% of Am raised own food in gardens & let hogs forage in woods for acorns.

Brief RI Timeline:

1614: Dutch explorer Adriaen Block visited island now named for him.

1634: William Blackstone 1st RI settler.

1636: Providence founded as RI settlement by Roger Williams.

1638: Portsmouth compact signed. Picture of plaque in Founders Park, Portsmouth taken May 1997 by Elliot J Wilcox.

1639: Newport Compact, which formed basis of settlement, signed in Apr by John Clarke, Wm Coddington, Wm Dyer, Nicholas Easton, John Coggeshall, Wm Brenton, Henry Bull, Jeremy Clarke & Thos Hazard.

1643: Saml Gorton founded Shawomet, RI's 4th settlement. Town named Warwick few yrs later in honor of Earl of Warwick.

1643-44: Name of Aquidneck chged to "Isle of Rhodes, or RI."

1652: 1st record of African slaves.

1663: Charles II granted Charter of RI & Providence Plantations Jul 8. Remained constitution until 1842.

1664: Seal of colony "Mottoe, RI & Providence, w/word HOPE over head of anker."

1675: Decisive battle in King Philips War fought against Narragansett.

1708: 1st census taken; pop 7,181.

1724: RI est property ownership qualifications for voters.

1730: Census taken; pop 17,935.

1748: Census taken; pop 32,773.

1755: Census taken; pop 40,414.

1772: British trade restrictions angered colonists. Burn British revenue cutters Liberty & Gaspee.

1774: Census taken; pop 57,707.

1774: CT & RI colonies prohibit further import of slaves.

May 4 1776: Colony declared its independence.

1776-1779: Newport occupied by British.

1778: Genls John Sullivan & LaFayette won partial victory, but failed to oust British.

1779: British forces evacuate RI in Oct of Rev War.

1780-1781: French troops under Genl Rochambeau stationed in RI.

1782: Census taken; pop 52,347.

1784: Emancipation act passed providing gradual abolition of slavery. All children b aft Mar 1 1784, free.

1786: Farmers struck against merchants who refused to accept depreciated paper money.

Statehood, May 29 1790 (13th of orig 13 states to ratify Constitution).

1790: 1st successful US cotton mill est by Saml Slater & David Wilkinson.

1812: RI refused to participate in War of 1812.

1840: Pop over 100,000.

1841: Providence lawyer Thos Wilson Dorr founded People's Party to liberalize RI charter of 1663. Submitted new, liberal constitution to extend suffrage to those who didn't own property.

1842: Dorr's Rebellion in RI forces state's conservatives to abolish Charter of 1663 & expand suffrage.

1843: Present state constitution adopted.

1877: State Flag established.

1897: New State Flag adopted.

1910: Pop over 540,000.

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Birth

1643, December 12: "Joseph, a son of Roger and Mary (Barnard) Williams was born at Providence Settlement, Rhode Island Colony and Providence Plantations "about the beginning of the 10th month" [PrTR 1:7].
"Descendants of Roger Williams" by Dorothy Higson White and Kay Kirlin Moore; I:ix; Roger Williams Family Association; Gateway Press, Inc.; Baltimore, Maryland; 1991 CS71.W72 1991a CSL)