Iris, was the William Williams of your posting in Carter Co.,TN in 1900? And do you have any John Williams who would have been married to a Martha between 1880 and 1900? Karen Williams Lee Williamsburg,VA

Any one researching or have information on Crafton Williams. He married Elizabeth Yates 3 March 1798 in Caswell County, NC. He later moved to Lincoln County, Mo. Because he lived close to James Horton in both places, I am trying to make the connection to James's wife Elizabeth Willians. Any help is appreciated. Wayne Horton

Just goes to show you many things are not researched that appear on TV. It is my understanding that Lincoln was the president who issued the proclamation declaring the last Thursday in November to be a day of Thanksgiving. He certainly did not invent or start Thanksgiving. And it was taught to me that the Pilgrims at Plymouth Rock, MA were the first ones to celebrate a day of Thanksgiving. However, I am not an authority on this subject so it is wide open for research. Dorothy C. White [email protected] 804.795.4296 > -----Original Message----- > From: DOC HURT [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2005 5:04 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [VAROOTS] FW: THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION BY > PRESIDENT WILLIAM H. TAFT > > > Hey Dorothy, > There has been a program on the History Channel for the past > two days that > said Lincoln started Thanksgiving. > > Happy Hunting > doc > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dorothy C. White" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2005 9:48 AM > Subject: [VAROOTS] FW: THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION BY PRESIDENT > WILLIAM H. > TAFT > > > > > > > > > > Dorothy C. White > > [email protected] > > 804.795.4296 > > > > > > May each of you have a blessed day with your loved ones or > just as a > > day > > of > > reflection for all we have to be thankful for today and every day. > > > > > > Thanksgiving the only holiday that hasn't been commercialized or > > secularized > > > > American Minute [email protected] > > > > THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION BY PRESIDENT WILLIAM H. TAFT: > > "This year of 1910 is drawing to a close. > > The records of population and harvests which are the index > of progress > > show > > vigorous national growth and the health and prosperous > well-being of our > > communities throughout this land and in our possessions > beyond the seas. > > These blessings have not descended upon us in restricted > measure, but > > overflow and abound. > > They are the blessings and bounty of God... > > Now, therefore, I, WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT, President of the > United States of > > America, in accordance with the wise custom of the civil > magistrate since > > the first settlements in this land and with the rule > established from the > > foundation of this Government, > > do appoint Thursday, November 24, 1910, as a day of > National Thanksgiving > > and Prayer, enjoining the people upon that day to meet in > their churches > > for > > the praise of Almighty God and to return heartfelt thanks > to Him for all > > His > > goodness and loving-kindness... > > Done at the city of Washington...in the year of our Lord > one thousand nine > > hundred and ten." > > > > <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< The > > worst moment for an atheist comes when he is really > thankful and has > > no one to thank.- Unknown > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and > > the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 > > months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > > > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your > ancestors, find marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > >

Dorothy C. White [email protected] 804.795.4296 May each of you have a blessed day with your loved ones or just as a day of reflection for all we have to be thankful for today and every day. Thanksgiving the only holiday that hasn't been commercialized or secularized American Minute [email protected] THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION BY PRESIDENT WILLIAM H. TAFT: "This year of 1910 is drawing to a close. The records of population and harvests which are the index of progress show vigorous national growth and the health and prosperous well-being of our communities throughout this land and in our possessions beyond the seas. These blessings have not descended upon us in restricted measure, but overflow and abound. They are the blessings and bounty of God... Now, therefore, I, WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT, President of the United States of America, in accordance with the wise custom of the civil magistrate since the first settlements in this land and with the rule established from the foundation of this Government, do appoint Thursday, November 24, 1910, as a day of National Thanksgiving and Prayer, enjoining the people upon that day to meet in their churches for the praise of Almighty God and to return heartfelt thanks to Him for all His goodness and loving-kindness... Done at the city of Washington...in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and ten." <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< The worst moment for an atheist comes when he is really thankful and has no one to thank.- Unknown

I am looking for information on the following people. They are siblings. William J. Williams b. July 14, 1864 in Wales married Margaret Owens came to America abt. 1884 and settled in Utica, NY. They had a son, Morris, who was an infant when they left Wales. He stayed with William's father with a promise they would return for him, but were never able to do that. T John R. Williams b. February 24, 1865-1866 in Wales married Minnie Weaver and settled in Remsen, NY. Jane R. Williams b. ab.t 1871 in Anglesey, North Wales married John R. Jones and settled in Ithaca, NY Thomas P. Williams b. October 26, 1871 in Anglesey, North Wales married Mary Anna and lived in the Barneveld, NY area. Hugh Williams was born Feb. 1, 1872 in Anglesey, North Wales married Mary and lived in the Utica, NY area. Owen Thomas Williams was born Feb. 12, 1883 in Rhyden, Wales married Maude Jones and lived in the Remsen, NY area. Anna Williams was born abt. 1885 in Wales married William Thomas and settled in the Rome, NY area. Any information would be welcomed. --------------------------------- Yahoo! Music Unlimited - Access over 1 million songs. Try it free.

I am also chasing information a John Williams; born 1831 and died sometime after 1870 (doesn't appear on 1880 Census)lived North Carolina (Haywood County)..Married Eliza Pressley Pinner born 1829 and died 1902 buried in Locust Flied Cemetery in Canton North Carolina...I have a lot of information on their Children and family to present....Williams family for me is hard to trace because commonality of the name...John was born in North Carolina, lived in Murray County Georgia for a while and back to Haywood County where he died...Thanks Dottie ----- Original Message ----- From: "H Williams" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 11:12 PM Subject: RE: [WILLIAMS] John C. Williams > Hi, Iris. Thanks for posting that summary of your Isaac Williams > descendants. > > Like your line, the name Isaac is pervasive in mine; and, as yours, ours > stems from North Carolina, but we don't know where. Our earliest documents > show four brothers--Elijah, William, Ezekiel, and George--born 1790-1802. > My branch stems from Elijah's son Isaac. We also feel an uncle of these > four brothers was an Isaac Williams who was captain of the company in > which William (and possibly Elijah) fought in the War of 1812 (Cannon's > 2nd Regiment of Tennessee Mounted Gunmen). > > I mentioned recently that we've been able to post, in its entirety, the > seminal work on this particular Williams line: a book titled WILLIAMS AND > ALLIED FAMILIES, by Katie Maud Seale Ellis. The URL is: > > http://www.relatedlines.com/files/WilliamsAndAlliedFamilies/ > > Iris, have any of the males in your Williams line participated in the > Williams DNA Project? This has proven to be a powerful tool in our > research. > > --Hughes Williams > http://www.relatedlines.com/ > > > ----Original Message Follows---- > From: <[email protected]> > Reply-To: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [WILLIAMS] John C. Williams > Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2005 20:49:12 -0500 > > Thanks, Mike! That is very nice of you. > Iris > > Debi. > > My John Stayed in NC all his life, I think, but there were other Johns and > Isaacs. Some of them > could have migrated somewhere else. Below is what I have, but I haven't > proved all of it. > > Iris > > Descendants of Isaac Williams > > > > 1 Isaac Williams > ........ 2 John C. Williams 1789 - > ... > > > > ==== WILLIAMS Mailing List ==== > List web page: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/w/williams.html > Genealogy Links - http://www2.netdoor.com/~cch/GEN-links.htm > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >

The family of John M Williams, born in Warren Co, NC, 08-17-1785, moved from Anson Co, NC, to Marshall Co, Mississippi, about 1843. I have information on them, if this is the same line. Clay Williams ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 7:49 PM Subject: [WILLIAMS] John C. Williams > Thanks, Mike! That is very nice of you. > Iris > > Debi. > > My John Stayed in NC all his life, I think, but there were other Johns and > Isaacs. Some of them > could have migrated somewhere else. Below is what I have, but I haven't > proved all of it. > > Iris > > Descendants of Isaac Williams > > > > 1 Isaac Williams > ........ 2 John C. Williams 1789 - > ............ +Unknown > ................... 3 John Williams 1814 - > ................... 3 Stephen Williams 1818 - 1890* > ....................... +Charlotta Champion 1819 - 1860 > ............................. 4 William Eldred Williams 1846 - 1916 > ............................. 4 Kesida / Kissady Williams 1850 - 1931 > ................................. +William Ira Stewart 1842 - 1910 > ............................. 4 James F. Williams 1851 - > ............................. 4 I. N. Williams 1852 - > ............................. 4 Millie F. Williams 1857 - > ............................. 4 Hennie Elizabeth (Bett) Williams 1859 - > 1931* > ................................. +James Bradley Brown 1858 - 1932 > ................... *2nd Wife of Stephen Williams: > ....................... +Elizabeth A. Unknown 1833 - 1910 > ............................. 4 Harriet D. Williams 1861 - > ............................. 4 James O. Williams 1864 - > ............................. 4 Stephen E. Williams 1867 - > ................................. +Susanna Ennis > ................... 3 [2] Casey Williams 1820 - 1910 > ....................... +[1] Joel Williams 1816 - 1893 > ............................. 4 [3] Lile Williams > ............................. 4 [4] Rebecca Williams 1845 - > ............................. 4 [5] James W. Williams 1848 - 1937 > ................................. +[6] Winford Jane Dixon 1840 - 1925 > ............................. 4 [7] Mary Williams 1847 - > ............................. 4 [8] Susan C. Williams 1850 - > ............................. 4 [9] Sarah I. Williams 1853 - > ............................. 4 [10] Charity Williams 1855 - > ............................. 4 [11] John Washington Williams 1862 - 1914 > ................................. +[12] Maggie Caroline Turner 1866 - 1952 > ................... 3 Harriet Williams 1824 - > ................... 3 Penny Williams 1824 - > ................... 3 Hezekiah Williams 1829 - > ....................... +Emily Unknown 1829 - > ............................. 4 E. A. Williams 1852 - > ............................. 4 M. J. Williams 1854 - > ............................. 4 Millie F. Williams 1855 - > ............................. 4 Clement Williams 1857 - > ............................. 4 Leah Williams 1864 - > ............................. 4 Caty M. Williams 1869 - > ................... 3 Angeana Williams 1833 - > ........ 2 Isaac Williams 1788 - 1814 > ............ +Lucy Unknown 1785 - > ................... 3 Jacob Williams 1813 - > ....................... +Lucinda Stone 1830 - > ............................. 4 J. A. Williams 1848 - > ............................. 4 Matthew Williams 1844 - 1929 > ............................. 4 D. A. Williams 1853 - > ............................. 4 M. D. Williams 1855 - > ............................. 4 C. C. Williams 1858 - > ................... *2nd Wife of Jacob Williams: > ....................... +Elizabeth Starling > ................... 3 [1] Joel Williams 1816 - 1893 > ....................... +[2] Casey Williams 1820 - 1910 > ............................. 4 [3] Lile Williams > ............................. 4 [4] Rebecca Williams 1845 - > ............................. 4 [5] James W. Williams 1848 - 1937 > ................................. +[6] Winford Jane Dixon 1840 - 1925 > ............................. 4 [7] Mary Williams 1847 - > ............................. 4 [8] Susan C. Williams 1850 - > ............................. 4 [9] Sarah I. Williams 1853 - > ............................. 4 [10] Charity Williams 1855 - > ............................. 4 [11] John Washington Williams 1862 - 1914 > ................................. +[12] Maggie Caroline Turner 1866 - 1952 > ................... 3 Marina Williams 1817 - > ....................... +David Gregory 1814 - > ............................. 4 James O. Gregory 1841 - > ............................. 4 Margaret Gregory 1843 - > ............................. 4 William Gregory 1846 - > ............................. 4 Lucy Gregory 1850 - > ................... 3 Margaret Williams 1821 - > ................... 3 Isaiah Williams 1824 - > ....................... +Elizabeth Jane Sails 1825 - > ............................. 4 William D. Williams 1846 - > ............................. 4 Daniel W. Williams 1848 - > ................................. +Annie Unknown > ............................. 4 Elizabeth Williams 1853 - > ............................. 4 Nancy W. Williams 1855 - > ............................. 4 Isaiah Williams 1855 - 1939 > ................................. +Elizabeth A. Unknown 1853 - > ............................. *2nd Wife of Isaiah Williams: > ................................. +Elisabeth A. Unknown 1851 - 1924 > ............................. 4 Isaac R. Williams 1856 - 1936 > ................................. +M. J. Unknown 1856 - > ............................. 4 J. W. Williams 1857 - > ............................. 4 Kelly Andrew Williams 1860 - 1947 > ................................. +Joanna Unknown 1857 - > ............................. 4 Winnie Williams 1868 - > ............................. 4 Bella Williams 1871 - > ............................. 4 Marion R. Williams 1872 - 1948 > ................................. +I. Rena Unknown 1872 - 1948 > ................... 3 Isaac Williams II 1826 - 1896 > ....................... +Rebecca/Becky Sills 1829 - 1908 > ............................. 4 Mary Williams 1846 - > ............................. 4 Simeon N. Williams 1848 - 1934 > ................................. +Eliza Unknown > > > ==== WILLIAMS Mailing List ==== > List web page: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/w/williams.html > Genealogy Links - http://www2.netdoor.com/~cch/GEN-links.htm > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > >

Thanks to Judith Loebel for the specifics about Juliet Williams - exact details always more intriguing than opinions and generalities. Diana (from gfather Leigh Arthur Williams, b. March 2, 1867, Hesper, Winneshiek, Iowa.)

Thanks Judith for that insite to what our ancestors had to go through.... Happy Thanks Giving to all! Jacqueline Leathers Surnames I am searching: APPUHN, BARNES, CARESS, CHERRY, CRISS, JONES, KEISER, KERCHER, KING, MAXWELL, PETERS, PICKERING, STEVENS, WILLIAMS, YOUNG.

Dear Judy, your lady is no kin of mine, nevertheless I began reading your story/her story and decided to copy it out. Rather intriguing. My Grandma Cogar was a teacher in the hills of WV and I wondered if she might have experienced any of these problems. I think I will file it in her file as "What could have been". Thanks again Margrie Morrow -----Original Message----- From: Judith Loebel [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 9:19 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [WILLIAMS] Williams Thanksgiving Dear List, My "Williams Wish List" would be to have JULIET MERRIT RIPLEY WILLIAMS to dinner. Not a relative, I have her diary and have been researching her for many years now. Born into a wealthy family they wandered off from New York where her father was a Congressman to Michigan, then pretty much the "howling wilderness". She taught school and then married a timber broker, Stewart Beach Williams. She had one son, Gardener Stewart Williams, and adopted Bert Williams. After Stewarts death she returned to New York in 1903. Now, as to those being easier times! From Juliets diary I know that for the whole year of 1904 she did not leave the tiny- and I do mean TINY-- hamlet of White Creek New York. She once did get to take a buggy ride into the surrounding hills, but for a day out that she and friends had planned for quite some time the horse they rented dropped dead before it got to the house. She had indoor plumbing- sort of. The water system consisted of a series of pipes from a communal spring in the hills, which fed a barrel in her home. When the barrel overflowed one very cold winter night she had what she called a "skating pond" until spring! This meant that walking on her kitchen and woodshed floor and cellar steps was treacherous. Juliet was 66 that year and weighed 100 pounds. She spent an enormous amount of time "regulating" things- ie cleaning. She also re-made a lot of her clothes. Warmth and comfort were in short supply- altho she had a phone she appears not to have had a furnace. She used the huge Revolutionary era fireplace and slept in a chair so as to be able to feed the fire. She kept her cats in a basket under the chair, and her plants under the blankets so they did not freeze. In the winter she lived in pretty much two rooms, the fireplace room and the kitchen. This was in a large house with many rooms! Food was not scarce but it was monotonous. About the only fresh fruit she seemed able to get was pineapple! She carried on a voluminous correspondence with all sorts of people- I bet she would have loved e-mail! A thrilling event was when a young friend came and showed off his "Wheel"- an early car! Entertainment was more exciting that you would think- there seemed to be local things going on at Church and Grange almost all the time, and there were lectures and concerts at local homes and Halls. That is, if you could get to them! A friend wanted her to visit a sick relative and advised that she do so before the "Roads broke up." This puzzled me until I realized that the dreaded Mud Season had a different meaning for these folks- we just get stuck in it and track it all over the place- they were forced to stay home as the wagons and horses could not get thru it! When the road was frozen you could at least travel on it- they used huge rollers to pack down the snow to make it easy for sleds to run- you can see one of these at the Museum in Blue Mountain Lake. Things just took longer too- if my neighbors animals get loose I can call them up- when the sheep and cows got loose then she had to go and track down the farmer in the field on his new Tractor-- a new-fangled combustion engine. She had to walk to one of the two stores in town- one still in operation- for whatever she needed that she could not get from neighbors or the local Creamery. She took her milk can to be filled and also butter crocks. Other things were reused also, when she built a new kitchen she bought a stove from another old farm. Clothes were endlessly redone, new collars added, and her neice actually rooted around in the attic and came up with Revolutionary War era linen and made a dress out of it. However the neice was often delivered by the Mail- off the train at the junction a few miles away and onto the Mail wagon! I don't know if it was easier exactly but it sure was different than what we have become used to. They were more widely traveled that we might think, and certainly they had the benefit of a lot of time to read- if you didn't mind oil lamps! I guess we should be happy that we don't have to go out and shoot the turkey-- and pluck it, gut it, bake the bread for the stuffing, cut down the tree, split the wood, stoke the stove-- I spent a fair amount of time doing this and it is hard work! Haul the water- after some one dug the well! Grow and harvest all the veggies- how many of us would have a clue how much you would need to get thru the winter muchless how to make sure it all kept fresh? This time of year was actually a pretty flush time- all the crops were in and the livestock was either hung in the smoke house or salted down-- but the Spring was called the Starving Time as the supplies came to an end and the last of the winters stores were used up or rotted. Thanks Giving indeed! judith ==== WILLIAMS Mailing List ==== List web page: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/w/williams.html Genealogy Links - http://www2.netdoor.com/~cch/GEN-links.htm ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx

Hi, Iris. Thanks for posting that summary of your Isaac Williams descendants. Like your line, the name Isaac is pervasive in mine; and, as yours, ours stems from North Carolina, but we don't know where. Our earliest documents show four brothers--Elijah, William, Ezekiel, and George--born 1790-1802. My branch stems from Elijah's son Isaac. We also feel an uncle of these four brothers was an Isaac Williams who was captain of the company in which William (and possibly Elijah) fought in the War of 1812 (Cannon's 2nd Regiment of Tennessee Mounted Gunmen). I mentioned recently that we've been able to post, in its entirety, the seminal work on this particular Williams line: a book titled WILLIAMS AND ALLIED FAMILIES, by Katie Maud Seale Ellis. The URL is: http://www.relatedlines.com/files/WilliamsAndAlliedFamilies/ Iris, have any of the males in your Williams line participated in the Williams DNA Project? This has proven to be a powerful tool in our research. --Hughes Williams http://www.relatedlines.com/ ----Original Message Follows---- From: <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: [WILLIAMS] John C. Williams Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2005 20:49:12 -0500 Thanks, Mike! That is very nice of you. Iris Debi. My John Stayed in NC all his life, I think, but there were other Johns and Isaacs. Some of them could have migrated somewhere else. Below is what I have, but I haven't proved all of it. Iris Descendants of Isaac Williams 1 Isaac Williams ........ 2 John C. Williams 1789 - ...

Thanks, Mike! That is very nice of you. Iris Debi. My John Stayed in NC all his life, I think, but there were other Johns and Isaacs. Some of them could have migrated somewhere else. Below is what I have, but I haven't proved all of it. Iris Descendants of Isaac Williams 1 Isaac Williams ........ 2 John C. Williams 1789 - ............ +Unknown ................... 3 John Williams 1814 - ................... 3 Stephen Williams 1818 - 1890* ....................... +Charlotta Champion 1819 - 1860 ............................. 4 William Eldred Williams 1846 - 1916 ............................. 4 Kesida / Kissady Williams 1850 - 1931 ................................. +William Ira Stewart 1842 - 1910 ............................. 4 James F. Williams 1851 - ............................. 4 I. N. Williams 1852 - ............................. 4 Millie F. Williams 1857 - ............................. 4 Hennie Elizabeth (Bett) Williams 1859 - 1931* ................................. +James Bradley Brown 1858 - 1932 ................... *2nd Wife of Stephen Williams: ....................... +Elizabeth A. Unknown 1833 - 1910 ............................. 4 Harriet D. Williams 1861 - ............................. 4 James O. Williams 1864 - ............................. 4 Stephen E. Williams 1867 - ................................. +Susanna Ennis ................... 3 [2] Casey Williams 1820 - 1910 ....................... +[1] Joel Williams 1816 - 1893 ............................. 4 [3] Lile Williams ............................. 4 [4] Rebecca Williams 1845 - ............................. 4 [5] James W. Williams 1848 - 1937 ................................. +[6] Winford Jane Dixon 1840 - 1925 ............................. 4 [7] Mary Williams 1847 - ............................. 4 [8] Susan C. Williams 1850 - ............................. 4 [9] Sarah I. Williams 1853 - ............................. 4 [10] Charity Williams 1855 - ............................. 4 [11] John Washington Williams 1862 - 1914 ................................. +[12] Maggie Caroline Turner 1866 - 1952 ................... 3 Harriet Williams 1824 - ................... 3 Penny Williams 1824 - ................... 3 Hezekiah Williams 1829 - ....................... +Emily Unknown 1829 - ............................. 4 E. A. Williams 1852 - ............................. 4 M. J. Williams 1854 - ............................. 4 Millie F. Williams 1855 - ............................. 4 Clement Williams 1857 - ............................. 4 Leah Williams 1864 - ............................. 4 Caty M. Williams 1869 - ................... 3 Angeana Williams 1833 - ........ 2 Isaac Williams 1788 - 1814 ............ +Lucy Unknown 1785 - ................... 3 Jacob Williams 1813 - ....................... +Lucinda Stone 1830 - ............................. 4 J. A. Williams 1848 - ............................. 4 Matthew Williams 1844 - 1929 ............................. 4 D. A. Williams 1853 - ............................. 4 M. D. Williams 1855 - ............................. 4 C. C. Williams 1858 - ................... *2nd Wife of Jacob Williams: ....................... +Elizabeth Starling ................... 3 [1] Joel Williams 1816 - 1893 ....................... +[2] Casey Williams 1820 - 1910 ............................. 4 [3] Lile Williams ............................. 4 [4] Rebecca Williams 1845 - ............................. 4 [5] James W. Williams 1848 - 1937 ................................. +[6] Winford Jane Dixon 1840 - 1925 ............................. 4 [7] Mary Williams 1847 - ............................. 4 [8] Susan C. Williams 1850 - ............................. 4 [9] Sarah I. Williams 1853 - ............................. 4 [10] Charity Williams 1855 - ............................. 4 [11] John Washington Williams 1862 - 1914 ................................. +[12] Maggie Caroline Turner 1866 - 1952 ................... 3 Marina Williams 1817 - ....................... +David Gregory 1814 - ............................. 4 James O. Gregory 1841 - ............................. 4 Margaret Gregory 1843 - ............................. 4 William Gregory 1846 - ............................. 4 Lucy Gregory 1850 - ................... 3 Margaret Williams 1821 - ................... 3 Isaiah Williams 1824 - ....................... +Elizabeth Jane Sails 1825 - ............................. 4 William D. Williams 1846 - ............................. 4 Daniel W. Williams 1848 - ................................. +Annie Unknown ............................. 4 Elizabeth Williams 1853 - ............................. 4 Nancy W. Williams 1855 - ............................. 4 Isaiah Williams 1855 - 1939 ................................. +Elizabeth A. Unknown 1853 - ............................. *2nd Wife of Isaiah Williams: ................................. +Elisabeth A. Unknown 1851 - 1924 ............................. 4 Isaac R. Williams 1856 - 1936 ................................. +M. J. Unknown 1856 - ............................. 4 J. W. Williams 1857 - ............................. 4 Kelly Andrew Williams 1860 - 1947 ................................. +Joanna Unknown 1857 - ............................. 4 Winnie Williams 1868 - ............................. 4 Bella Williams 1871 - ............................. 4 Marion R. Williams 1872 - 1948 ................................. +I. Rena Unknown 1872 - 1948 ................... 3 Isaac Williams II 1826 - 1896 ....................... +Rebecca/Becky Sills 1829 - 1908 ............................. 4 Mary Williams 1846 - ............................. 4 Simeon N. Williams 1848 - 1934 ................................. +Eliza Unknown

I know who James Dean was, but I have a James Dean Williams in my family line. [email protected] wrote: James Dean was a movie star, died young in a car crash, died too soon. Made 3 great movies. Giant, East of Eden & ofcourse Rebal without a Cause. ==== WILLIAMS Mailing List ==== List web page: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/w/williams.html Genealogy Links - http://www2.netdoor.com/~cch/GEN-links.htm ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Dear List, My "Williams Wish List" would be to have JULIET MERRIT RIPLEY WILLIAMS to dinner. Not a relative, I have her diary and have been researching her for many years now. Born into a wealthy family they wandered off from New York where her father was a Congressman to Michigan, then pretty much the "howling wilderness". She taught school and then married a timber broker, Stewart Beach Williams. She had one son, Gardener Stewart Williams, and adopted Bert Williams. After Stewarts death she returned to New York in 1903. Now, as to those being easier times! From Juliets diary I know that for the whole year of 1904 she did not leave the tiny- and I do mean TINY-- hamlet of White Creek New York. She once did get to take a buggy ride into the surrounding hills, but for a day out that she and friends had planned for quite some time the horse they rented dropped dead before it got to the house. She had indoor plumbing- sort of. The water system consisted of a series of pipes from a communal spring in the hills, which fed a barrel in her home. When the barrel overflowed one very cold winter night she had what she called a "skating pond" until spring! This meant that walking on her kitchen and woodshed floor and cellar steps was treacherous. Juliet was 66 that year and weighed 100 pounds. She spent an enormous amount of time "regulating" things- ie cleaning. She also re-made a lot of her clothes. Warmth and comfort were in short supply- altho she had a phone she appears not to have had a furnace. She used the huge Revolutionary era fireplace and slept in a chair so as to be able to feed the fire. She kept her cats in a basket under the chair, and her plants under the blankets so they did not freeze. In the winter she lived in pretty much two rooms, the fireplace room and the kitchen. This was in a large house with many rooms! Food was not scarce but it was monotonous. About the only fresh fruit she seemed able to get was pineapple! She carried on a voluminous correspondence with all sorts of people- I bet she would have loved e-mail! A thrilling event was when a young friend came and showed off his "Wheel"- an early car! Entertainment was more exciting that you would think- there seemed to be local things going on at Church and Grange almost all the time, and there were lectures and concerts at local homes and Halls. That is, if you could get to them! A friend wanted her to visit a sick relative and advised that she do so before the "Roads broke up." This puzzled me until I realized that the dreaded Mud Season had a different meaning for these folks- we just get stuck in it and track it all over the place- they were forced to stay home as the wagons and horses could not get thru it! When the road was frozen you could at least travel on it- they used huge rollers to pack down the snow to make it easy for sleds to run- you can see one of these at the Museum in Blue Mountain Lake. Things just took longer too- if my neighbors animals get loose I can call them up- when the sheep and cows got loose then she had to go and track down the farmer in the field on his new Tractor-- a new-fangled combustion engine. She had to walk to one of the two stores in town- one still in operation- for whatever she needed that she could not get from neighbors or the local Creamery. She took her milk can to be filled and also butter crocks. Other things were reused also, when she built a new kitchen she bought a stove from another old farm. Clothes were endlessly redone, new collars added, and her neice actually rooted around in the attic and came up with Revolutionary War era linen and made a dress out of it. However the neice was often delivered by the Mail- off the train at the junction a few miles away and onto the Mail wagon! I don't know if it was easier exactly but it sure was different than what we have become used to. They were more widely traveled that we might think, and certainly they had the benefit of a lot of time to read- if you didn't mind oil lamps! I guess we should be happy that we don't have to go out and shoot the turkey-- and pluck it, gut it, bake the bread for the stuffing, cut down the tree, split the wood, stoke the stove-- I spent a fair amount of time doing this and it is hard work! Haul the water- after some one dug the well! Grow and harvest all the veggies- how many of us would have a clue how much you would need to get thru the winter muchless how to make sure it all kept fresh? This time of year was actually a pretty flush time- all the crops were in and the livestock was either hung in the smoke house or salted down-- but the Spring was called the Starving Time as the supplies came to an end and the last of the winters stores were used up or rotted. Thanks Giving indeed! judith

I have a James Dean Williams in my Williams line. I would like to share some information on my Williams line with the James Dean Williams descendent. I don't have any information on my James Dean Williams - just lists as private, but maybe one of the other Williams might connect with him. Tina Williams Swyers [email protected] N & K Chestnut <[email protected]> wrote: Thank you. He was a wonderful person. ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Monday, November 21, 2005 8:11 PM Subject: Re: [WILLIAMS] James Dean > Hi Kay C., > > Your James Dean WILLIAMS 1956-2004 sounds like he was a wonderful person. > He > can serve as an inspiration to us all. We need more people like him in > the > world. > > Sincerely, > > Susan > > > > > > > > > ==== WILLIAMS Mailing List ==== > List web page: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/w/williams.html > Genealogy Links - http://www2.netdoor.com/~cch/GEN-links.htm > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > ==== WILLIAMS Mailing List ==== List web page: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/w/williams.html Genealogy Links - http://www2.netdoor.com/~cch/GEN-links.htm ============================== Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx --------------------------------- Yahoo! FareChase - Search multiple travel sites in one click.

Iris, Ok, as of yet I have not tracked any of my wife's Williams family that far south. In the next few weeks I'm planning on making a trip to the local LDS library here in Kalamazoo. If I come across a John C Williams in NC I'll see about getting you some copies. Mike --- [email protected] wrote: > Mike, > > Sorry, I have no idea where my John was born. One > source says his father's name was Isaac, but there > are so many Isaacs in the area of Cumberland, > Duplin, and Harnett Cos., NC. It is really difficult > to find anything about him and be sure it is the > right one. I don't know if they were born in that > area or not . > > Iris > > > > > > Your John C Williams, do you where he was born? I > am > > currently chasing my wife's GGG Grandfather John > > Williams who married Elizabeth Stringer and also > had a > > son by the name of John Cross Williams. The John C > > Williams that I have was born about 1803 in > Belmont > > County, Ohio. > > > > Mike > > > > ==== WILLIAMS Mailing List ==== > List web page: > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/w/williams.html > Genealogy Links - > http://www2.netdoor.com/~cch/GEN-links.htm > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million > records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the > world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > __________________________________ Yahoo! FareChase: Search multiple travel sites in one click. http://farechase.yahoo.com

Hi Kay C., There are at least two Quaker WILLIAMSes lines that I know about that are well documented. I do have a Elihu Williams on my family tree, but he was not born until 1828. I can give you a good site that has the beginning place for these two Williams' Quaker families that I know the most about: _http://www.gwyneddfriends.org/williams.htm_ (http://www.gwyneddfriends.org/williams.htm) This is the home page for the link above. There are other surname families there that might interconnect: _http://www.gwyneddfriends.org/genealogy.htm_ (http://www.gwyneddfriends.org/genealogy.htm) My family starts in PA with the "Unknown Williams". Then I have about 194 Williams on my site (almost all of these are connected with my Quaker family although a few are from other families): _http://www2.tribalpages.com/tribe/browse?view=9&userid=shasta4737&rand=53555&lnamechar=W#lnames_ (http://www2.tribalpages.com/tribe/browse?view=9&userid=shasta4737&rand=53555&lnamechar=W#lnames) _ On my site home page I also have a link to the "QUAKER CORNER" where there are lots of resources to find Quaker Williams or other surnames. One really good source is the QUAKER ROOTSWEB MAILING LIST. There are some experts there who may be able to help. Quakers kept very good records, so if you or anyone else connects you should be able to find a lot of ancestors. I know that many of these Quaker WILLIAMSes spread out to Tennessee, Ohio, Indiana, Iowa and other States. Many dropped Quakerism for other faiths, too. Many in my family didn't even know that they had a Quaker background, and I wouldn't have either except that my mother continued in the Society. If you or anyone finds a connection please share it with me! Sincerely, Susan Susan E. Davis Genealogy Site: _http://www.Tribalpages.com/tribes/shasta4737_ (http://www.tribalpages.com/tribes/shasta4737) Address: 134 South West 14th Street Richmond, Indiana 47374 Phone: 765-965-6518

Hi Kay C., Your James Dean WILLIAMS 1956-2004 sounds like he was a wonderful person. He can serve as an inspiration to us all. We need more people like him in the world. Sincerely, Susan

Mike, Sorry, I have no idea where my John was born. One source says his father's name was Isaac, but there are so many Isaacs in the area of Cumberland, Duplin, and Harnett Cos., NC. It is really difficult to find anything about him and be sure it is the right one. I don't know if they were born in that area or not . Iris > > Your John C Williams, do you where he was born? I am > currently chasing my wife's GGG Grandfather John > Williams who married Elizabeth Stringer and also had a > son by the name of John Cross Williams. The John C > Williams that I have was born about 1803 in Belmont > County, Ohio. > > Mike