I am also looking for info on this David Williams, parents, siblings and any other marriages. Don HIll Descendants of David Williams Generation No. 1 1. DAVID2 WILLIAMS (BRICKWALL1) was born Abt. 1765 in Virginia. He married ELIZABETH AYRES 2 Dec 1786 in Bedford Co, VA, daughter of JAMES AYRES and HANNAH AYRES?. She was born Abt. 1766 in Virginia. Children of DAVID WILLIAMS and ELIZABETH AYRES are: i. JOHN3 WILLIAMS, b. Abt. 1788. ii. JAMES WILLIAMS, b. Abt. 1790. iii. MASTIN WILLIAMS, b. Abt. 1792. iv. SHREWSBURY WILLIAMS, b. Abt. 1794. [email protected] wrote: would like to find any information on dates of death / burial places for David Williams and/or Elizabeth Ayres Williams. 1800/1830 period.

Hope this 'compile' is useful to you. Bedford Circuit Court can supply copies of various recorded documents. Bill Hunt, just an avid genealogical nut and subscriber. Gentlemen: On the Bedford RootsWeb site early marriage bonds are listed, and a David Williams did post a bond to marry one Elizabeth Ayers, and the date of the bond was 29 Nov. 1786. You have a marriage date (wedding) of 2 Dec. 1786 which is consistent with the legal process. The abstracted posted bond reads as follows: "Nov. 29, 1786; David Williams & Elizabeth Ayres, dt James; Edward Hore and John Wilks, Sureties; Married by James Kenney, Dec. 2, 1786." This tells us Elizabeth was daughter of James Ayres; Edward Hore and John Wilks were sureties for the bond (i.e. co-bondsmen with David Williams; which was a bit unusual for two sureties); James Kenney was the Minister who married the couple on Dec. 2, 1786. To use existing information and trying extend a bit further, the name of James Ayres as father of Elizabeth as well as the surname of Williams become important! It appears that David Williams didn't require consent from anyone to marry, and so had reached the legal adult age of 21 & thus born before Dec. 2 of 1765. This suggests a father who was maybe 22 - 42 at the time of David's birth. So David Williams' father was likely born 1723 -1743. This is the hypothetical model because at this point the number of children born to David's father & wife (wives) and children's birth order is unknown. Below is an abstract of the will of James Ayres, Sr. in 1797 which names a daughter Elizabeth Williams: Bedford Will Book 1, p. 207: published abstract by Ann Chilton,1988 Will of James Ayres Sr., May 20, 1797: Wife Hannah; Sons: James Jr., Samuel, John Daughters: Nancy, Dinah Cundiff, Rachel Turner, Mary Morrice, Hannah Doss, Sarah Cundiff, Elizabeth Williams, Lydea Doss, Ester Henny, Ruth Leftwich Exec: sons James Samuel Witnesses: Henry Williamson, Wlliam Hutts, William Green Recorded: July 24, 1797 Teste James Steptoe Selected posted Bedford Marriage Bonds have these for WILLIAMS; and I leave it to you to see and extract the men who had children. WILLIAMS Nov. 29, 1786; David Williams & Elizabeth Ayres, dt James; Edward Hore and John Wilks, Sureties; Married by James Kenney, Dec. 2, 1786. Feb. 27, 1787; William Williams & Sarah Tewley, dt John; John Williams, Surety; Married by Jeremiah Hatcher, March 3, 1787. Nov. 25, 1789; John Dawson & Elener Williams; Married by Jeremiah Hatcher. Dec. 28, 1789; Thomas Williams & Mary Crantz, dt Michael Krantz; Solomon Butler, Surety; Married by John Ayers, Jan. 2, 1790. g.. May 26, 1791; John Tuley, Jr., Amherst Co. & Mary Williams; John Dawson, Surety; Consent of Mary Williams. h.. Jan. 2, 1794; John Ellis & Nancy Williams, dt William; Robert Boyle, Surety. i.. Mar. 10, 1794; Archibald Nance & Nancy Williams, dt Roger; Isaac Wade, Surety; Married by James Mitchell, March 13, 1794. j.. Oct. 18, 1794; Thomas Lowry & Elizabeth Williams; Jeremiah Lockett, Surety; Consent of John and Margot Williams. k.. Jan. 20, 1795; Reason Williams & Mary Halley; Giles Halley, Surety; Married by Jeremiah Hatcher, Jan. 22, 1795. l.. Dec. 22, 1795; James Williams & Salley Dallice; Marmaduke Dallice, Surety; Married by Alderson Weeks, Dec. 24, 1795. m.. Aug. 13, 1796; Benjamin Ramsey & Sarah Williams; John Williams, Jr., Surety; Consent of John Williams; Married by Isham Fuqua, Aug. 17, 1796. n.. Feb. 27, 1797; Jessee Hall & Elizabeth Williams; John Thrasher, Surety; Married by William Johnson, March 1, 1797. o.. Apr. 11, 1797; Charles Williams & Susanna Williams; Roger Williams, Surety. p.. Jan. 9, 1799; Joshua Williams & Betsey Fuqua, dt Anney; Joseph Fuqua, Surety; Married by Isham Fuqua, Jan. 11, 1799. q.. Sep. 8, 1800; William Harden & Caty Williams, dt Thomas; James McCarty, Surety. r.. Feb. 23, 1801; Walter Williams & Jean Ferrell; George Carns, Surety. s.. Apr. 23, 1801; William Williams & Elizabeth Wilson; Thomas Wilson, Surety. t.. Jun. 22, 1801; Walter Williams & Jene Ferrill; Jeremiah Lockett, Surety. u.. Feb. 2, 1802; John Williams & Elizabeth Dooley; Thomas Dooley, Surety; Married by James Turner, Feb. 4, 1802. v.. Mar. 23, 1802; Richard Hudnal & Mary Williams, dt Roger; Archibald Nance, Surety; Married by Alderson Weeks, March 25, 1802. w.. Oct. 8, 1802; John Dooley & Sarah Williams; John Williams, Surety. x.. Nov. 13, 1802; John Vendine & Doshia Williams; John Williams, Surety. y.. Aug. 7, 1804; Thomas Creesy & Elizabeth Williams, dt Roger; Thomas Williams, Surety; Married Aug. 7, 1804, not signed by Minister. z.. Sep. 24, 1804; William Williams & Betsey Horton, dt Mary; Henry Dooley, Surety; Married by James Turner, Sept. 27, 1804. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donald Hill" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, November 13, 2006 11:00 AM Subject: Re: [VABEDFOR] David / Elizabeth Williams >I am also looking for info on this David Williams, parents, siblings and >any other marriages. >> Don HIll >> Descendants of David Williams >> Generation No. 1 >> 1. DAVID2 WILLIAMS (BRICKWALL1) was born Abt. 1765 in Virginia. He > married ELIZABETH AYRES 2 Dec 1786 in Bedford Co, VA, daughter of JAMES > AYRES and HANNAH AYRES?. She was born Abt. 1766 in Virginia. > > Children of DAVID WILLIAMS and ELIZABETH AYRES are: > i. JOHN3 WILLIAMS, b. Abt. 1788. > ii. JAMES WILLIAMS, b. Abt. 1790. > iii. MASTIN WILLIAMS, b. Abt. 1792. > iv. SHREWSBURY WILLIAMS, b. Abt. 1794. > >> [email protected] wrote: > would like to find any information on dates of death / burial places for > David Williams and/or Elizabeth Ayres Williams. 1800/1830 period. > To post to the list, email: [email protected] > To contact the list admin, email: [email protected]