COTAUNCH-GULICK-WILLIAMSON-WYCKOFF; NJ; 1700s >From New Jersey Marriages... #550; William COTAUNCH (COTANCH) and William WILLIAMSON, both of the County of Sussex... [bound to]... William FRANKLIN, Governor... 500 pounds... 8 Dec 1773. ... William COTAUNCH... obtained license of marriage for himself and for Sarah WILLIAMSON... [w] And'w LEDLIE and Tho's POTTS Source = NEW JERSEY MARRIAGES Copyright (c) 1999 by Patricia m. Bergener (brgnr@ix.netcom.com) >From the September 1791 will of Peter WILLIAMSON (married Catherine GRIGGs) of Greenwich Township (then Sussex, now) Warren Co., NJ: ... I Peter WILLIAMSON of the Township of Greenwich in the County of Sussex ... do this day TwentyFirst of September and in the year of our Lord one thousand Seven Hundred and ninety one 1791 do Publish and declare this to be my Last will and Testament .... and the next place I do give and bequeth unto my daughter Sarah CLAUNCH ... my Daughter mary LACY ... my wife Catherine (35:41; File 513S, New Jersey State Archives, Trenton, New Jersey) THEORY: Sarah's married name appears as CLAUNCH in the abstract of Peter WILLIAMSON's will but an examination of the original show that it is entirely possible that her married name was actually COTAUNCH. Sarah (WILLIAMSON) CLAUNCH, dau. of Peter and Catherine (GRIGGS) WILLIAMSON, and Sarah (WILLIAMSON) COTAUNCH, wife of William COTAUNCH, are the same individual. Q. Who was the William WILLIAMSON of Sussex Co., NJ that supported the marriage of Sarah WILLIAMSON and William COTAUNCH in 1773? Is he identical with... >From New Jersey Colonial Documents: Calendar of Wills--1771-1780: 1775, Sept. 6. WILLIAMSON, William, of Sussex Co. Int. Adm'x--Elizabeth WILLIAMSON, of said Co. Fellowbondsman-- Henry GULICK, of Hunterdon Co. Witnesses--Martha Hughes and Rachel Caldwell. Lib. 16, p. 531 THEORY (RED HERRING?!): I initially thought that the William WILLIAMSON who supported the marriage of William COTAUNCH and Sarah WILLIAMSON might be an otherwise undocumented eldest son of Peter and Catherine (GRIGGS) WILLIAMSON (Peter was reportedly the son of a William WILLIAMSON himself). Elizabeth WILLIAMSON (William's widow or daughter?) married Christian W.-2 CUMMINS (Christian-1), b. 4 December 1751, d. 15 October 1833. On reason to speculate that William was the son of Peter and Catherine (GRIGGS) WILLIAMSON is the fact that Catherine (GRIGGS) WILLIAMSON's mother, Jacomyntie (GULICK) GRIGGS, had a brother Hendrick-3 GULICK (Jochem-2, Hendrick-1). From an examination of the original document abstracted above pertaining to William WILLIAMSON (Sussex 00219, New Jersey State Archives, Trenton, New Jersey), it is clear that Henry GULICK actually signed his name as Hendrick at "Greenwich Forge." It is presumed that Greenwich Forge was located somewhere within Greenwich Township. >From New Jersey Marriages... #064; Hendrik (Hendrick) GULICK and George GARRISON, both of Hunterdon County, yeomen... [bound to]... Jonathan BELCHER, Governor... 500 pounds... 26 Sept 1754. ... Hendrick GULICK... and George GARRISON obtained license of marriage for Hendrick GULICK... and for Mary WILLIAMSON... [w] blank Source = NEW JERSEY MARRIAGES Copyright (c) 1999 by Patricia m. Bergener (brgnr@ix.netcom.com) >From New Jersey Queries #12 (1992): Nicholas WILLIAMSON, resided at New Brunswick, Middlesex Co., NJ 1738; died Hunterdon Co., NJ 1760 had a daughter, Mary WILLIAMSON who married 1754 Capt. Henry GULICK. According to Jan Gulick, it was Henry-5 GULICK (Samuel-4, Hendrick-3, Jochem-2, Hendrick-1) (1734-1798) who was married in 1754 Mary WILLIAMSON, dau. of Nicholas WILLIAMSON. They named their second son Nicholas and their second daughter Rachel. Thus, the following baptismal records must pertain to Mary (WILLIAMSON) GULICK and two of her siblings, including a brother, William WILLIAMSON: >From New Brunswick DRC: 21 Apr 1734 William to Nicholas WILLIAMSON and Ragel 19 Feb 1738 Maria to Nicholas WILLIAMSEN and Rachel >From Readington DRC: Cathelina WILLEMSEN 6 Nov 1744 to Nicholas WILLEMSEN and Rachel THEORY: The Hendrick GULICK of Hunterdon Co. who marred Mary WILLIAMSON was identical with the Hendrick GULICK of Hunterdon Co. who was a bondsman in the administration William WILLIAMSON's estate. Hendrick was William's brother-in-law. Thus, William WILLIAMSON was *not* the son of Peter and Catherine (GRIGGS) WILLIAMSON as originally though; he was the son of Nicholas and Rachel (_____) WILLIAMSON. >From the WILLIAMSON genealogy in the Vliet/Williamson Day Book (hereinafter VWDB) it is confirmed that Peter WILLIAMSON (d. 1791) had a brother, Jacobus WILLIAMSON. On 3 September 1755, "William HENERY of Greenwitch in the County of Sussex...and Hannah his wife" deeded to "James (English equivalent of Jacobus) WILLIAMSON of the County of Middlesex... a Tract or Parcel of Land Situated on the northwest Side of Muskonetcong river in the Township of Greenwitch" for L-25. A Jacobus WILLIAMSON was listed as a freeholder in New Brunswick, Middlesex County in 1752 (GMNJ, Vol. 4). THEORY: Brothers Peter and Jacobus/James WILLIAMSON, early settlers of Greenwich Township (then Sussex, now) Warren Co., NJ both originated in New Brunswick, Middlesex Co., NJ. Peter and Jacobus were somehow related to William WILLIAMSON who died in 1775 in Greenwich Township and who was the son of Nicholas WILLIAMSON of New Brunswick. Any information that supports or refutes the theories posed above would be greatly appreciated as well as response to these specific questions: Q. Who were the ancestors of William COTAUNCH? Q. Who were the descendants of William and Sarah (WILLIAMSON) COTAUNCH? Q. How were Peter and Jacobus/James WILLIAMSON related to Nicholas WILLIAMSON? Sons, nephews or cousins? Q. Who were the ancestors and descendants of Nicholas and Rachel (_____) WILLIAMSON of New Brunswick, Middlesex Co., NJ? Q. Nicholas WILLIAMSON named his first (known) son William and his second (known) daughter Cathelina. Could Nicholas have been the son of Willem-2 WILLIAMSON (Willem-1 WILLEMSEN & Mayke Pieterse WYCKOFF) and Catelyntie-3 GULICK (Jochem-2, Hendrick-1)? Perry Streeter (perry@streeter.com) Canandaigua, New York USA http://www.perry.streeter.com