Lieut. Nathaniel Williams

Nathaniel Williams

• b.16 Sep 1642 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
• d.23 Dec 1714 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
• Parents: Nathaniel Williams, Mary
• Married: 1) Lydia 2) Mary Oliver, widow of Jonathan Shrimpton 3) Sarah Wheelwright, widow of Richard Crisp

Will of Nathaniel Williams of Boston, merchant, dated 6 Feb 1700, proved 28 Dec 1714, mentions obligation to Mr. William Harris feofee in trust for Mrs. Sarah Crisp widow as condition of marriage; children Oliver, James, Mary and Sarah Williams; eldest son Nathaniel. Sons Nathaniel, Oliver and James executors, but on 28 Dec 1714 Nathaniel "only surviving executor named in will". Codicil dated 22 Dec 1714 mentions loving wife Sarah Williams. Inventory dated 31 Dec 1714.

biographical notes

From Putnam's Monthly Historical Magazine and Magazine of New England History (Google eBook).  Salem Press Publishing and Printing Company, 1915 - New England.  Page 7-9.  JOHN WILLIAMS OF NEWPORT, MERCHANT, AND HIS FAMILY. BY Gnonon ANDREWS MORIARTY, JR., A.M.:

iii. Nathaniel, bp. 25 Sept. 1642, aged 6 days. He was the “Hon. Lieut. Nathaniel Williams of Boston.” He was lieutenant of the Artillery Company, a Commissioner during King Phillip’s War, Deacon of the Old South Church, Constable, Selectman and Overseer of the Poor at Boston, as well as commander of the Castle (Castle William), when Sir Edmund Andros was imprisoned there. He married Mary, widow of Jonathan Shrimpton, merchant, and daughter of first Capt. Peter Oliver, Esq., of Boston, a member of the distinguished Oliver family.

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• Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States. Births, Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths, 1630-1699 (A Report of the Record Commissioners). (Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States: Rockwell and Churchill, City Printers, 1883), 13. 1642. Town. Nathaniel of Nathaniel & Mary Williams born 16th - 7th month. [Note: In old-styles dates, the seventh month is September. More info may be found here.]
• Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States. Births, Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths, 1630-1699 (A Report of the Record Commissioners). (Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States: Rockwell and Churchill, City Printers, 1883), 14. 1642. First Church. Nathaniel of Nathaniel Williams, aged about 6 days 25 day 7 mo.
• Montgomery, Robert H. "Nathaniel Williams of Boston", in The American Genealogist. (Demorest, Habersham, Georgia, United States: D.L. Jacobus), 28:217-21. Nathaniel Williams, b. 16 Sep 1642, bur. 25 Dec 1714, m. (1) Lydia ---, m. (2) Mary (Oliver) Shrimpton, m. (3) 21 Feb 1700 Sarah (Wheelwright) Crisp. 21 Aug 1685: Division of estate of Peter Oliver, late of Boston, merchant, father of parties, including Mary, wife of Nath'll Williams of Boston, merchant. 20 Feb 1710/11: Deed of Nathaniel Williams of Boston merchant, Nathaniel Williams Jun'r Gent., Oliver Williams merchant, William Lowder and Mary his wife, and Sarah Williams, children of Nathaniel Williams first named and of Mary his wife, decd, convey to John Lothrop part of estate of Mr. Peter Oliver of Boston.
• Sewall, Samuel. Samuel Sewall's Diary, 1674-1729. (Boston, Mass.: Massachusetts Historical Society, 1879-1883), 3:30. "[1714] Xr. [Dec.] 13. I visit Capt. Williams, who has been very sick ever since last Wednesay. Tells me he was 71 years old that day my son was ordain'd. [p. 2:397: 16 Sep 1713] Dec'r 25. Capt. Williams buried; Bearers, Col. Checkly, Capt. Hill, Mr. Tay, &c. [p. 3:381 the date of death is given as "Dec'r 23. 1714".]