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Samuel Williams

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Taunton, Plymouth Colony
Death: circa August 15, 1697 (51-68)
Taunton, Bristol County, Province of Massachusetts
Immediate Family:

Son of Richard Williams, Immigrant and Frances Williams
Husband of Mary Wiliams (Gilbert) and Hanna Williams
Father of Sarah Deane; Mary Andrews; Hannah Bun; Seth Williams; Samuel Williams, Jr. and 1 other
Brother of John Williams, II; Elizabeth Williams; Nathaniel Williams; Joseph Williams, Sr.; Thomas Williams, of Taunton and 3 others

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About Samuel Williams

Samuel married first Mary Gilbert by whom he had six children. (Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Rogers). He later married Anna Rogers, Mayflower descendant through Thomas 1, John 2. They had no recorded children. He is called "tailor."

Children (by Mary Gilbert):

  1. Mary Williams
  2. Sarah Williams
  3. Hannah Williams
  4. Seth Williams
  5. Samuel Williams
  6. Daniel Williams

From the Thomas Rogers Society page on Samuel Williams:

http://www.thomasrogerssociety.com/p4.htm#i109

Samuel Williams[1]

  • M, b. circa 1637/38, d. August 1697

Samuel Williams was born circa 1637/38 at Taunton. He was the son of Richard Williams and Frances Dighton.

Samuel Williams married (H)Anna Rogers, daughter of John Rogers and Anna Churchman, between October 1691 and August 1697.

Samuel Williams died in August 1697.

Citations

[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. 15. Hereinafter cited as Rogers-Silver.



From The Thomas Rogers Society http://www.thomasrogerssociety.com/p4.htm

Samuel Williams was born circa 1637/38 at Taunton. He was the son of Richard Williams and Frances Dighton. Samuel Williams married (H)Anna Rogers, daughter of John Rogers and Anna Churchman, between October 1691 and August 1697. Samuel Williams died in August 1697.

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. 15. Hereinafter cited as Rogers-Silver.

Samuel Williams was born in 1637/1638 in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts. He died in Aug 1697 in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts. He married Mary (Jane) Gilbert.

   Other marriages:
       Rogers, Anne

Mary (Jane) Gilbert was born in 1638 in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts. She died on 25 Jul 1686 in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts. She married Samuel Williams.

They had the following children:

  1. Mary Williams
  2. Sarah Williams
  3. Hannah Williams
  4. Seth Williams
  5. Samuel Williams
  6. Daniel Williams

Samuel WILLIAMS was born about 1637/38 in Taunton, Freetown, Mass.. (3291)(3292) He died in Aug 1697 in Taunton, Freetown, Mass..(3293) (3294) This is the date of his will. See transcript NEHGR Oct. 1909:331. Samuel married first Mary Gilbert by whom he had six children. (Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Rogers). He later married Anna Rogers, Mayflower descendant through Thomas 1, John 2. They had no recorded children. He is called "tailor." His will, "drawn 6, Aug. 1697, inventory presented 31 Aug. 1697, names sons Seth, Daniel and Samuel; daus. Sara Dean, Mary Andros and Hannah Bun. He gave liberty to his wife (unnamed) to live with his son Seth." This would probably have been Anna Rogers, as they m. bet. Oct. 1691 and Aug. 1697. Samuel and Anna had no known children. Parents: Richard WILLIAMS and Francis DEIGHTON.

He was married to Mary GILBERT before 1660 in Taunton, Freetown, Mass..(3295) (3296) (3297) Savage attributes Samuel's marriage to "Jane" Gilbert, d. of Thomas Gilbert, while Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Rogers Family, call her "Mary Gilbert." Williams' Genealogy agrees, saying that Jane married Samuel Gullifer of Milton, Mass (Boston Transcript Gleanings, July 13, 1922.) Children were: Mary WILLIAMS, Sarah WILLIAMS, Hannah WILLIAMS, Seth WILLIAMS, Samuel WILLIAMS, Daniel WILLIAMS.

He was married to (H)Anna 3 ROGERS between Oct 1691 and Aug 1697 in Taunton, Freetown, Mass..(3298) (3299) Anna was a 3rd generation descendant of Thomas Rogers, of the Mayflower. See Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Chilton, More, Rogers. She was married prior, and married again after his death. There were no children attributed to this marriage.

http://www.mayflowerfamilies.com/cooke/d46.htm#P1009


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Biography

Samuel Williams was baptised at St. Nicholas church in Gloucester, England on February 2, 1636/7.<ref>"England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NPJY-SX3 : 19 September 2020), Samuel Williams, 1636.</ref> He is the son of Richard Williams, and Frances Dighton. Samuel married, first, Mary (Gilbert) Williams in 1662, and they had six children. He married, second, Hannah/Anna Rogers. between October 1691 and August 1697. (Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Rogers). He later married Anna Rogers, Mayflower descendant through Thomas 1, John 2. They had no recorded children. He is called "tailor." His will, "draw 6, Aug. 1697, inventory presented 31 Aug. 1697, names sons Seth, Daniel and Samuel; daughters. Sara Dean, Mary Andros, and Hannah Bun. He gave liberty to his wife (unnamed) to live with his son Seth." This would probably have been Anna Rogers, as they m. bet. Oct. 1691 and Aug. 1697. Samuel and Anna had no known children.

Marriage

Mary Gilbert, 1662, Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts.Parents: Thomas Gilbert (b. 1612 Dorchester, Suffolk, MA d. 1677 England) and Jane Combe (b. 1613/14 Combe, St. Nicholas, Somerset, England d. 1691 Taunton, Bristol, MA) d. 25 July 1686

Children with Mary Gilbert ==*Sarah Williams b. 20 Dec. 1662 Taunton, MA d. After 1707 Taunton, MA.m: Benjamin Deane, 6 Jan. 1680/81 Taunton, Bristol, MA*Mary Williams b. 1663/4 Taunton, Bristol, MA. d. 1726 Taunton, Bristol, MA. m: Henry Andrews, 4 July 1688*Hannah Williams b. 28 Nov. 1668 Taunton, Bristol, MA. d. 28 June 1708Taunton, Bristol, MA. buried: Neck of Land Cemetery, Taunton, Bristol, MA. m: Nathaniel Bun, Taunton, Bristol, MA*Seth Williams b. 1678/9 Taunton, Bristol, MA. d. 13 May 1761 Taunton, Bristol, MA. m: Mary Deane, 1 Feb. 1701. b. 1680 Taunton, MA. d. 1746 Taunton, MA. parents: John Dean b. 1639 Taunton, MA Sarah Edson b.1642 Salem, Essex, MA*Samuel Williams b. 1678/9 Taunton, Bristol, MA d. 17 April 1765 Taunton, Bristol, MA*Daniel Williams b. 1681 Taunton, Bristol, MA d. 7 Sept. 1735 Taunton, Bristol, MA. m: Mercy Deane, 1 Feb. 1710

Married 2nd

  • Hannah Rogers 1692 (b. 1644, d. 1710)

Death

  • Aug 1697 Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts

Burial

  • 31 1697 Aug

Sources

<references />* Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Volume Nineteen: Thomas Rogers, Ann T. Reeves, Volume: 19, Alice W.A. Westgate (General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2000) * New England Marriages Prior to 1700, by Clarence Almon Torrey (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011) Vol. III, p. 1683. WILLIAMS, Samuel (1639, ca 1637-1697) & 2/wf Anna (ROGERS/TISDALE) TERRY, w Thomas; aft 25 Jul 1686, bef 6 Aug 1697; Taunton {Reg. 63:"331; Gilbert (1959) 60; Taunton 2:742; Williams (#2) 10; Williams (#18) 35; Winthrop-Babcock 560; Pilgrim Notes 4:70; Hills: Mayflower Planters 133}* Frost, Josephine C. Ancestors of Amyntas Shaw and His Wife Lucy Tufts Williams (Not Published, 1920) Page 17-18* Ancestral File (R) Title: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R) (Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998) . Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street CONTSalt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA

  • www.mayflowerfamilies
  • www.familysearch.org* geni.com/people/Richard Williams immigrant The genealogy and historyof Williams in America

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Andrew White for creating WikiTree profile Williams-16227 through the import of APW_2013-03-26.ged on Mar 26,2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Andrew and others.

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Samuel Williams's Timeline

1637
1637
Taunton, Plymouth Colony
1662
December 20, 1662
Taunton, (Present Bristol County), Plymouth Colony (Present Massachusetts)
1663
1663
Taunton, Plymouth Colony
1670
February 1670
Of, Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts
1676
1676
Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
1678
1678
Probably Taunton, (Present Bristol County), Plymouth Colony (Present Massachusetts)
1682
1682
Taunton, PC
1697
August 15, 1697
Age 60
Taunton, Bristol County, Province of Massachusetts