> > I am researching the following families: CLARK(E); HAYDEN; WILLIAMS; Hello everyone.. I have WILLIAMS in CT., which I have never been able to find...perhaps one of you will have that "WILLIAMS" key. Who was she? I have told you all a story as short as I can make it, so IF any of you reconize any of these names you will be able to help me. Please bare with me. Thank you all very much.. 2nd gr grandparents: Sophia WILIAMS b: 10 Aug 1810 ................. CT d: 25 Dec 1871 Wheatland, Hillsdale, MI bur: Chruch's Corner Cemetery, Hillsdale county, MI married: 1834 Trumbull county, Ohio TO: Joshua 4) DAVIS (Joshua 3, Llewellyn 2, Llewellyn 1) b: 22 Sep 1806 Aurelius, Cayuga, NY d: 26 Aug 1897 Wheatland, Hillsdale, MI bur: Churches Corner Cemetery, Hillsdale county, MI Sophia and Joshua were parents of 8 ch...but first let me tell you a very quick history of their parents.. that may help you, help me. Joshua's father was Joshua 3 DAVIS who was born in Chester county, PA, his great grandfather Llewellyn "the sawyer" was one of 5 brothers that came from Wales around 1700..they settled in Chester county..he was refered to "the sawyer" for two reasons..he built and operated a saw mill..and to keep him seperated from the other Llewellnys.. Joshua 4, DAVIS's mother was Hannah ADAMS she was the 6th generation rom Henry 1, ADAMS of Braintree, MA. Her father being John 5, and her mother being Mary DAVIS the d/o David and Lettice (TREVILLION/M) DAVIS ( I know no more of David and Lettice, other than David DAVIS's father was a cordwainer from Philadelphia...any one know him? (((smile))) Joshua and Hannah (ADAMS) DAVIS (md abt 1800) and Hannah's elder sister Lettice and her husband Alexander THOMPSON (md 1790/95) moved to Cayuga county, NY..later their younger sister Elizabeth married 1817 Shannon DAVIS and they too moved to Cayuga county. This was between 1795 and 1817. I don't know how Joshua 4, got to Ohio, I am sure he went there because his sister Mary Adams (DAVIS) HAYNES lived there..she md 3 June 1835 to Francis HAYNES who became a judge in Vernon Twp, Trumbull co, Ohio..Joshua must of met Sophia there, for they were married 1834 at Trumbull county, Ohio. I don't know how or when Sophia WILLIAMS got to Ohio from CT..maybe her family moved there.. Joshua and Sophie had their frist child in Burg Hill, Trubull county, Ohio.. They returned to Joshua's home in Cayuga county by 1839 where their 2nd and 3rd children were born in Union Springs, Cayuga county, NY.. they then went to Michigan in Franklin, (now Tecumsea) Lenawee county by 1842..where their next 5 children were born.. Then sometime after 1851 they moved to Wheatland, Hillsdale, Michigan..where they both died years later. Their children were: 1. Emma DAVIS b 1835 Burg Hill, Trumbull, Ohio 2. Stanley William DAVIS b 1837 Union Springs, Cayuga, NY. I have a letter I rec'd a letter this past spring from a lady in London, Eng., who had bought a copy of a letter Stanley wrote during the civil war to a man who's son had died under his command..nice story, if your interested you can read about it on the Hillsdale web site.. 3. Charles William DAVIS b 1839 Union Springs, Cayuga, NY died in Civil War 27 Nov 1863, shot by accident by some drunken soldiers of his own army. His brother Stanley signed his papers and sent his body home to his family.. 4. Urusla Adelaide DAVIS (great grandmother) b 10 June 1842 Franklin, now Tecumsea, Lenawee county, MI., md her 1c Orlando Wells HAYNES , the s/o her father Joshua's sister Mary Adams DAVIS and her husband Francis HAYNES who was a Judge and lived in Vernon Twp, Trumbull co, Ohio. Orlando served in the Ohio sharpshooters and after he was discharged from them (civil war) he went to Michigan to visit his aunt and uncle and stayed! 5. Maxwell DAVIS b 1844 same 6. Francis DAVIS b 1846 same 7. Manning DAVIS b 1648 same 8. Arthur P. DAVIS b Jan 1851 died 18 Sep 1851 same and buried in same cemetery as his parents. Thank you for reading all of this.. Wilma Fleming Haynes gencon@harborside.com