Dorothy, You make a good point. That is one of the things about the Alston & Williams families, they both used those Joseph John combinations in their families. I am a descendant of the Samuel Williams who died in 1791 in Warren Co., the son of Samuel who died in 1753-54. That Samuel never married, but he kept a slave mistress by the name of Crese, with whom he had children and he freed them upon his death, asking his Alston relatives to help them attain that status, which they did in 1798. The family, however, was given the surname of "Green", by the General Assembly. Deloris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dorothy C. White" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 9:11 AM Subject: FW: [WILLIAMS] Re: WILLIAMS-D Digest V05 #157 > In searching Warren Co., NC Williams records be careful of the John or > Joseph names. The references I have seen of the son of Samuel Williams > and > Elizabeth Alston has always referred to him John Joseph Williams. I > think > this is to distinguish him from so many other John or Joseph Williams > names > in that area at the same time. > > After the death of Samuel Williams, Elizabeth Alston, his widow, married > Richard Burt and at that point gave her sons, Samuel, Solomon, William and > John Joseph their inheritances. > > Dorothy C. White > [email protected] > 804.795.4296 >

Do you have a time frame on this Josiah Williams? My Josiah also had a son Josiah, but I show him as having died in MI. I didn't find a Joseph. Kay On Tue, 27 Sep 2005 13:07:44 -0400 "Dorothy C. White" <[email protected]> writes: > There is a Josiah Williams in Sampson Co., NC witness to a deed to > Joseph > Williams but I don't know anything about his background or where he > belongs > in the Williams line. > > This is not the only time a Josiah Williams is found in that area > even > though records with that name are scarce. > > Dorothy C. White > [email protected] > 804.795.4296 > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 1:00 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: FW: [WILLIAMS] New York' Williams Family??? > > > > > > I too, noticed the unequal proportion of Williams from the > > south, and assumed that's why I've not been able to find any > > more info on mine in PA. Susannah Williams, 1837-1864, born, > > died, and buried in Clarion Co, PA. A cousin, of some > > removal, met on the web, told me that her father was Josiah > > Williams, 1807-1870. Don't know where he was born, or if he > > or his line might have come from NY. Does anyone out there > > have anything on a Josiah Williams? > > > > Kay > > > > On Tue, 27 Sep 2005 12:03:37 EDT [email protected] writes: > > > Ain't knockin' nobody, nohow! Just seemed like there were more > > > southern > > > Williams searching for ancestors than northerners. Maybe > checking > > > out a return to > > > real God's coutry? :-) > > > > > > Lynn, in Seattle (Mr., that is!) > > > > > > > > > ==== 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 > > > > > > ============================== > > > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New > > > content added every business day. Learn more: > > > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/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 > > > > ============================== > > 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 > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx > > >

I think what Dorothy was talking about is the fact that the name Elihu Williams was the subject of several messages a few months ago. I remember it also, so I did a search at the Williams Mailing List Archives at Rootsweb and found the thread. The following is the link to it, and if for some reason it doesn't work for you, go to the "Search the Williams Archives" feature at Rootsweb, and key in the name of "Elihu Williams", which will give you the results I found: http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/isearch2 Deloris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dorothy C. White" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 1:22 AM Subject: FW: [WILLIAMS] N.C. WILLIAMS Researchers? > No, Kay, we are not on the Williams mailing list as a group. I think I am > the only one. We are researching the lineage of Joseph Williams m Martha > Parrott/Perritt and the first records found for him are in 1782 in Duplin > Co., NC and he died in Anson Co., NC July 6, 1825. There are postings of > his father being Joseph Williams and his mother Mary Mewborn but we have > not > been able to prove that. > > I do have the will of Joseph Williams posted on the Williams site and his > descendants. I have been in touch with Adrian Williams, administrator, a > number of times and update information as records are found. Joseph > Williams was a Rev. War patriot and I have copies of his military record. > > My husband was Robert Haywood White, son of Charlie Haywood White and > Pearl > Hammond of Chesterfield, SC descendants of Thrashley White b 1820 who > lived > in Chesterfield Co., SC all his life. The ancestry of Thrashley has not > been found so we don't know the origin of that family. Two or three > legends > have circulated; one being that he came over from Ireland during the > potato > famine and his name was Parsons and he changed it to White. > > Dorothy C. White > [email protected] > 804.795.4296 >

To Louis and the rest of the listmembers- as my NY Williams info is very specific and a tenuous connection at best I really would like to hook up only with those who have a specific interest in the one family I am looking at! If I placed ALL of the Williams info I have- most of which is out there in the public anyways- the list would be very clogged for a while! I have posted to the list at various times the info I am seeking. Once more into the breach I guess! Looking for desc of: ROBERT WILLIAMS of Roxbury Mass Specifically, desc of STEWART BEACH WILLIAMS and wife JULIET MERRITT RIPLEY WILLIAMS Stewart was born in the Saginaw Michigan area approx 1820's and Juliet was born in New York 16 August 1838. Julliet's family migrated to Michigan circa 1850's. Juliett and Stewart had two children: GARDINER STEWART WILLIAMS CHARLES HERBERT (BERT) WILLIAMS (Adopted) It appears that the children and grandchildren of Gardiner Williams made there homes in New York City. HARRIET WILLIAMS WAITE had children, would like to be in touch with any rellies. Bert was married to a MATTIE (Matty) FOYCE, unknown if they had children JULIET had a sister SARAH JANE RIPLEY who married CHARLES FRASER in Michigan They had several children, those I am pretty sure lived to adult hood were: STEWART FRASER born circa 1876 SARAH IONE FRASER MORTLAND who lived in Ocala Florida after her mother died when she was 2. Summered in White CReek New York until her death. I am pretty sure she had no children, however any info about her or her family or husbands family is always welcome. If any one has any info on these folks I would be happy to hear and will be happy to share with all!

There is a Josiah Williams in Sampson Co., NC witness to a deed to Joseph Williams but I don't know anything about his background or where he belongs in the Williams line. This is not the only time a Josiah Williams is found in that area even though records with that name are scarce. Dorothy C. White [email protected] 804.795.4296 > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 1:00 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: FW: [WILLIAMS] New York' Williams Family??? > > > I too, noticed the unequal proportion of Williams from the > south, and assumed that's why I've not been able to find any > more info on mine in PA. Susannah Williams, 1837-1864, born, > died, and buried in Clarion Co, PA. A cousin, of some > removal, met on the web, told me that her father was Josiah > Williams, 1807-1870. Don't know where he was born, or if he > or his line might have come from NY. Does anyone out there > have anything on a Josiah Williams? > > Kay > > On Tue, 27 Sep 2005 12:03:37 EDT [email protected] writes: > > Ain't knockin' nobody, nohow! Just seemed like there were more > > southern > > Williams searching for ancestors than northerners. Maybe checking > > out a return to > > real God's coutry? :-) > > > > Lynn, in Seattle (Mr., that is!) > > > > > > ==== 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 > > > > ============================== > > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. New > > content added every business day. Learn more: > > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/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 > > ============================== > 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 > >

I too, noticed the unequal proportion of Williams from the south, and assumed that's why I've not been able to find any more info on mine in PA. Susannah Williams, 1837-1864, born, died, and buried in Clarion Co, PA. A cousin, of some removal, met on the web, told me that her father was Josiah Williams, 1807-1870. Don't know where he was born, or if he or his line might have come from NY. Does anyone out there have anything on a Josiah Williams? Kay On Tue, 27 Sep 2005 12:03:37 EDT [email protected] writes: > Ain't knockin' nobody, nohow! Just seemed like there were more > southern > Williams searching for ancestors than northerners. Maybe checking > out a return to > real God's coutry? :-) > > Lynn, in Seattle (Mr., that is!) > > > ==== 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 > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx > > >

At 11:17 PM 9/25/05 -0400, Carol wrote: >Does anyone on this list have Williams ancestors from the New York area? I, too, have been searching for a WILLIAMS in New York: Jeremiah, b. ca 1787, according to the 1850 census, d. ca 1860-1868, Bainbridge Twp, Chenango Co, NY, m. ca 1807 Lucy WAKEMAN??SAUNDERS? Children: Sarissa, b. ca 1809, d. ca 1870, m. Luman SAUNDERS; Mercy Ann, b. 15 Mar 1810, d. 30 May 1895, m. William SHAY, both bu. Coles Hill Cem; Polly/Martha, m. James BROWN; Christina, b. ca 1816, d. 23 Jan 1820, bu. Church Hollow Cem; Jeremiah, b. 25 DEc 1818, d. 25 Jul 1883 of Diphtheria, bu. Binghamton, NY, m. Eleanor/Helen ALGER. Sarissa and Luman SAUNDERS are my husband's ancestors. We have Sarissa's undated sampler, obviously done when she was quite young. WE would like very much (understatement) to learn the parents/ancestry of Jeremiah and Lucy. Isabel

My Morgan Williams is from Wales and settled in Allegheny Co., PA. Someone found some census and have found my great grandmother Ida May or Jennie Williams. The obit has her as Jennie.. But I have no info on Morgan so have no clue where to start looking for him. Some Williams like others (Morrison, Brewers,etc) are hard to find. Mary ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 10:59 AM Subject: Re: FW: [WILLIAMS] New York' Williams Family??? > I too, noticed the unequal proportion of Williams from the south, and > assumed that's why I've not been able to find any more info on mine in > PA. Susannah Williams, 1837-1864, born, died, and buried in Clarion Co, > PA. A cousin, of some removal, met on the web, told me that her father > was Josiah Williams, 1807-1870. Don't know where he was born, or if he > or his line might have come from NY. > Does anyone out there have anything on a Josiah Williams? > > Kay

Ain't knockin' nobody, nohow! Just seemed like there were more southern Williams searching for ancestors than northerners. Maybe checking out a return to real God's coutry? :-) Lynn, in Seattle (Mr., that is!)

My Chenango Williams ancestor is: Roger Williams b 1790-1878 born Rhode Island son of Squire Williams & Ann Potter married 1 Mary Windsor abt 1815 . Mary born 1785 died before 1850 2 Almira Westfall Windsor before 1850 census Almira b 1800 Children of 1st marriage with Mary Anthony b abt 1815; Freelove b 1817; Amanda b abt 1819; George b 1821; Alice b 1822; Ann b 1828 son Anthony married Abigail or Polly _________? ( I would love to know her maiden name) She was born abt 1820 in NY. 1 son: Horace A Williams b 1847 died 1848 INFANT Anthony is still in Guilford, Chenango, NY in the 1880 census his age 65 Any connections? Elaine > [Original Message] > From: Patricia McMackin <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Date: 9/26/2005 9:29:46 AM > Subject: RE: [WILLIAMS] New York' Williams Family??? > > > Elaine, > > What Williams do you have in Chenango County? > > Thanks, > Pat > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Allen Child [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 11:12 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [WILLIAMS] New York' Williams Family??? > > What time period and what counties in New York are you looking for? > > I have WILLIAMS in Chenango and Herkimer counties , New York in the early > 1800's > > Elaine > > > > [Original Message] > > From: Carol <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Date: 9/25/2005 9:19:37 PM > > Subject: [WILLIAMS] New York' Williams Family??? > > > > Does anyone on this list have Williams ancestors from the New York area? > > > > Carol > > Florida > > > > > > > > > > ==== 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 > > > > > ==== 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 > >

I'm also looking forward to learning the name of the book on the Williams families of Stewart County. Am wondering if some of the Williamses of Stewart Co TN didn't come there from NC in the same migration that brought Reuben Biggs and his wife Sally. I believe Sally was the Sarah Williams who was named as a daughter in the 1792 will of James Williams in Beaufort Co NC . James had "other children" not named in the will, as well as a daughter Nancy Jolley. James' father, named in the will, was Thomas Williams. The 1796 will of Thomas Williams of Beaufort Co names his grandchildren. James' children may be among them. The grandchildren, according to an abstract, were Luke, Cansaday, Bertimos(?), Lettice or Lennice, Elizabeth and Winifred Williams, and Salley Biggs. Kedar and Reuben Biggs and James Williams were executors. Reuben and Sally's daughter gave two of her sons the middle names of Williams and Alston, which makes me think there may be a connection to the Samuel Williams - Elizabeth Alston family mentioned at http://209.190.235.73/genes/db/browse.cfm/ID/17828 . I'd like to hear from anyone who may be able to tie Thomas Williams of Beaufort Co into the Alston-Williams family of Edgecombe Co. I have no details on Thomas beyond those given in his will, which showed his wife's name at that time as Anna. Andy Anderson > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 10:37 PM > Subject: Re: [WILLIAMS] Re: WILLIAMS-D Digest V05 #157 > >> Joe, >> >> Your mention of the book you have about the Williams families in Stewart >> and >> Henry Cos. TN, caught my attention. We have some Williams kin who left >> NC >> and settled in that part of West Tennessee in the early 1800s. Do you >> mind >> telling me the name of the book and the author? I am searching for any >> information at all about Williamses in that area. >> >> Many thanks, >> >> Ellen Williams >> Nashville, TN >>

In searching Warren Co., NC Williams records be careful of the John or Joseph names. The references I have seen of the son of Samuel Williams and Elizabeth Alston has always referred to him John Joseph Williams. I think this is to distinguish him from so many other John or Joseph Williams names in that area at the same time. After the death of Samuel Williams, Elizabeth Alston, his widow, married Richard Burt and at that point gave her sons, Samuel, Solomon, William and John Joseph their inheritances. Dorothy C. White [email protected] 804.795.4296 > -----Original Message----- > From: Thomas Williams [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 10:03 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [WILLIAMS] Re: WILLIAMS-D Digest V05 #157 > > > Thanks, Deloris. I know that this is the correct track to > locate him, if > there just weren't so many of these Williams's. Clay Williams > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Deloris Williams" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 12:23 AM > Subject: Re: [WILLIAMS] Re: WILLIAMS-D Digest V05 #157 > > > > Thomas, > > If your John Williams was born in Warren Co.,NC, then he undoubtedly > > belonged to the vast Williams clan there. Most of that > family descended > > from the Edgecombe Co. Williams family of Samuel Williams > who died abt > > 1753 in Edgecombe. Many members of that Williams family > married into the > > Alston, & Kearney lines of Warren & Halifax. They also had > the habit of > > naming their children names like Samuel, William, John, > Solomon & Joseph, > > and a combination of Joseph John. I have done some > research on the line > > some time ago but haven't put it into a database yet, > however, there is a > > wonderful genealogy of the line at Ray Gurganis' website, > where he even > > supplies abstracts of the documents. If you've never > visited it here is > > the link to the Samuel Williams family: > > > > http://209.190.235.73/genes/db/browse.cfm/ID/17828 > > > > The homepage is: > > http://209.190.235.73/ > > > > The site allows you to do searches, too. > > > > Good Luck. > > > > Deloris > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Thomas Williams" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 8:16 PM > > Subject: Re: [WILLIAMS] Re: WILLIAMS-D Digest V05 #157 > > > > > >> Joe, > >> Thanks for your interest. John Williams was my g-g-grandpa, and, > >> according to what's on his tombstone, born in Warren Co, > NC, 1785, died > >> in Marshall County, MS, in 1862. His middle initial was > "M" Some > >> researchers think his name was John Martin Luther > Williams, but I haven't > >> been able to verify that. He is on the 1850 Mississippi > census, but I > >> have been unable to find him on the 1860 census. My > suspicion is that > >> he was one of those Williams who weren't enthusiastic about > >> cooperating > >> with any sort of federal project, thus he didn't show up > on the census. > >> I do know that he followed his 2 sons, JJ and William, to > Mississippi > >> from Anson Co, NC, arriving about 1842. So far, I have > been unsuccessful > >> in finding any records on him in NC, but continue to try. > I know all > >> about my branch of the family descended from JJ Williams > that settled in > >> Texas in 1854. We have been here ever since, and intend > to remain so. > >> I don't have any record of a Tennessee connection in the > family. The > >> names in the family are Sarah, Elizabeth, Mary, Eugenia, > Joseph, John, > >> William, Samuel, etc. Those names are still being used. > I hope this > >> helps. > >> Regards, > >> Clay Williams, Abilene > >> ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > > > > ==== 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 > > ============================== > 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, Deloris. I know that this is the correct track to locate him, if there just weren't so many of these Williams's. Clay Williams ----- Original Message ----- From: "Deloris Williams" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 12:23 AM Subject: Re: [WILLIAMS] Re: WILLIAMS-D Digest V05 #157 > Thomas, > If your John Williams was born in Warren Co.,NC, then he undoubtedly > belonged to the vast Williams clan there. Most of that family descended > from the Edgecombe Co. Williams family of Samuel Williams who died abt > 1753 in Edgecombe. Many members of that Williams family married into the > Alston, & Kearney lines of Warren & Halifax. They also had the habit of > naming their children names like Samuel, William, John, Solomon & Joseph, > and a combination of Joseph John. I have done some research on the line > some time ago but haven't put it into a database yet, however, there is a > wonderful genealogy of the line at Ray Gurganis' website, where he even > supplies abstracts of the documents. If you've never visited it here is > the link to the Samuel Williams family: > > http://209.190.235.73/genes/db/browse.cfm/ID/17828 > > The homepage is: > http://209.190.235.73/ > > The site allows you to do searches, too. > > Good Luck. > > Deloris > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Thomas Williams" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 8:16 PM > Subject: Re: [WILLIAMS] Re: WILLIAMS-D Digest V05 #157 > > >> Joe, >> Thanks for your interest. John Williams was my g-g-grandpa, and, >> according to what's on his tombstone, born in Warren Co, NC, 1785, died >> in Marshall County, MS, in 1862. His middle initial was "M" Some >> researchers think his name was John Martin Luther Williams, but I haven't >> been able to verify that. He is on the 1850 Mississippi census, but I >> have been unable to find him on the 1860 census. My suspicion is that >> he was one of those Williams who weren't enthusiastic about cooperating >> with any sort of federal project, thus he didn't show up on the census. >> I do know that he followed his 2 sons, JJ and William, to Mississippi >> from Anson Co, NC, arriving about 1842. So far, I have been unsuccessful >> in finding any records on him in NC, but continue to try. I know all >> about my branch of the family descended from JJ Williams that settled in >> Texas in 1854. We have been here ever since, and intend to remain so. >> I don't have any record of a Tennessee connection in the family. The >> names in the family are Sarah, Elizabeth, Mary, Eugenia, Joseph, John, >> William, Samuel, etc. Those names are still being used. I hope this >> helps. >> Regards, >> Clay Williams, Abilene >> ----- Original Message ----- > > > > ==== 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 > >

I just check the Library catalog on familysearch.org . ( the LDS or Mormon site). There is an Allegan county in Michigan. They also show ALLEGANY counties in Maryland and New York states and a town in Cattaraugus County, New York of Allegany. Hope that helps you Elaine > [Original Message] > From: Chuck Walker <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Date: 9/26/2005 5:43:16 PM > Subject: Re: [WILLIAMS] New York' Williams Family??? > > where in Allegan co.?? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Billy L Channells" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 7:26 PM > Subject: Re: [WILLIAMS] New York' Williams Family??? > > > > I have Johnathan Williams born in New York, stopped in > > Ohio, 1840's ?, and moved to Allegan County, Michigan > > with the Zuber and Ash families. > > Hope this will make some kind of connection. If so > > contact me. > > Nancy De Haan Channells > > > > --- [email protected] wrote: > > > > > So nice to hear there are Williams families > > > somewhere besides the South. My > > > gr-gr-grandfather was Emmor Williams, who was born > > > 1798 in New York. I don't > > > know whether city or state. That is most of the > > > info I have right now, except > > > that he married a Polly Washburn or Mary "Polly" > > > Washburn (also has been known > > > as Bennett). born c. 1804 in Pennsylvania. They had > > > seven children, all born > > > in Pennsylvania (1823-1835) and moved to Michigan > > > around 1840. > > > > > > No info about Emmor's parents, or Polly's. > > > > > > Hope this will make some kind of connection. > > > > > > Lynn W. Cook > > > > > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > > ==== 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== 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 > > > > > > > > ==== 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

What given names are you looking for? I am leaving today to do further research in those area.........I have the Weakley Co pretty much together...........pj ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 10:37 PM Subject: Re: [WILLIAMS] Re: WILLIAMS-D Digest V05 #157 > Joe, > > Your mention of the book you have about the Williams families in Stewart > and > Henry Cos. TN, caught my attention. We have some Williams kin who left > NC > and settled in that part of West Tennessee in the early 1800s. Do you > mind > telling me the name of the book and the author? I am searching for any > information at all about Williamses in that area. > > Many thanks, > > Ellen Williams > Nashville, TN > > > ==== 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 > >

No, Kay, we are not on the Williams mailing list as a group. I think I am the only one. We are researching the lineage of Joseph Williams m Martha Parrott/Perritt and the first records found for him are in 1782 in Duplin Co., NC and he died in Anson Co., NC July 6, 1825. There are postings of his father being Joseph Williams and his mother Mary Mewborn but we have not been able to prove that. I do have the will of Joseph Williams posted on the Williams site and his descendants. I have been in touch with Adrian Williams, administrator, a number of times and update information as records are found. Joseph Williams was a Rev. War patriot and I have copies of his military record. My husband was Robert Haywood White, son of Charlie Haywood White and Pearl Hammond of Chesterfield, SC descendants of Thrashley White b 1820 who lived in Chesterfield Co., SC all his life. The ancestry of Thrashley has not been found so we don't know the origin of that family. Two or three legends have circulated; one being that he came over from Ireland during the potato famine and his name was Parsons and he changed it to White. Dorothy C. White [email protected] 804.795.4296 > -----Original Message----- > From: N & K Chestnut [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 1:01 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [WILLIAMS] N.C. WILLIAMS Researchers? > > > Hi Dot, > That was a quick reply. > This group of researchers, are they on the WILLIAMS list? > Or a genealogy group in North Carolina? > > By the way, I noticed your last name is WHITE, do you > research that > name, too? > My Mom's Mom has two WHITE lines. One in N.J. before the Amer. > Revolution; and the other further north, Maine or New > Hampshire to Delaware > Co., N.Y., also rather early. Jesse WHITE, son of John, b. 1782 in > Peterborough, N.H. m. 1806 N.H. to Jane ROBBE, dau. of William. > > Kay (Williams) Chestnut in Oregon > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dorothy C. White" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 9:18 PM > Subject: [WILLIAMS] FW: Question - North to South Migration > Pattern? For > WILLIAMS > > > > Kay, a group of us have been on an in-depth Williams > research and yes, > > the name Elihu Williams was found on records but it will > take a little > > time to go back and research those records. James Riley is > a familiar > > name but it is in my Clontz lineage. When I can find that Elihu > > Williams information I > > will post it, He is not connected (to our knowledge) to > my line but > > among > > all the deeds and wills we found in NC. > > > > > > Dorothy C. White > > [email protected] > > 804.795.4296 > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: N & K Chestnut [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 12:04 AM > > To: Dorothy C. White > > Subject: Question - North to South Migration Pattern? For WILLIAMS > > > > > > Hey, don't knock the south. Those Williams knew God's country when > > they > > saw > > it. A good many landed in the north and migrated south. > And it looks > > like > > southern Williams descendants are more actively searching than our > > northern > > counterparts. > > > > Hi Dot, > > Dot, do you have any personal ancestral example of a WILLIAMS > > landing > > in > > the north but migrating into the south? > > > > 1) My dau. in-law has a WILLIAMS early in the north. I > think I have > > pretty good details on that line. > > > > 2) My father has a WILLIAMS in the south; but that line has been > > terribly difficult to figure out. > > Twenty years to get from James Perry WILLIAMS to James Riley > > WILLIAMS to Elihu WILLIAMS. > > Six to eight years now trying to build a case for > siblings and > > parents of Elihu WILLIAMS. > > > > This year I entered my brother's DNA into the WILLIAMS DNA > > project. We have a pretty good match with a WILLIAMS line > that spent several > > generations in TN. I thought our line came from KY. into > IL. The other > > line thinks his WILLIAMS came out of N.C. into TN. > Elihu's wife's line > > goes back to Wake Co., N.C. > > > > I am still puzzling over my WILLIAMSes. And of course, > they seem to > > join up with some other common names, such as THOMPSON. > > > > What if my WILLIAMS &/or THOMPSON lines were Quakers, > does that set > > up > > a > > north to south migration pattern? > > > > Kay (Williams) Chestnut > > > > > > > > ==== 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 > > > > > > > > ==== 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. 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In a previous posting about the Williams family of Warren County, North Carolina, it brought to mind an old site I came upon years ago with abstracts of Bible Records from that County. I checked it out and it still works. Here is the link which does feature the Williams, Alston, Kearney, and other families who were from Warren County: http://www.lofthouse.com/warren/bibles/query002.htm Deloris Williams

Thomas, If your John Williams was born in Warren Co.,NC, then he undoubtedly belonged to the vast Williams clan there. Most of that family descended from the Edgecombe Co. Williams family of Samuel Williams who died abt 1753 in Edgecombe. Many members of that Williams family married into the Alston, & Kearney lines of Warren & Halifax. They also had the habit of naming their children names like Samuel, William, John, Solomon & Joseph, and a combination of Joseph John. I have done some research on the line some time ago but haven't put it into a database yet, however, there is a wonderful genealogy of the line at Ray Gurganis' website, where he even supplies abstracts of the documents. If you've never visited it here is the link to the Samuel Williams family: http://209.190.235.73/genes/db/browse.cfm/ID/17828 The homepage is: http://209.190.235.73/ The site allows you to do searches, too. Good Luck. Deloris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Williams" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 8:16 PM Subject: Re: [WILLIAMS] Re: WILLIAMS-D Digest V05 #157 > Joe, > Thanks for your interest. John Williams was my g-g-grandpa, and, > according to what's on his tombstone, born in Warren Co, NC, 1785, died in > Marshall County, MS, in 1862. His middle initial was "M" Some > researchers think his name was John Martin Luther Williams, but I haven't > been able to verify that. He is on the 1850 Mississippi census, but I > have been unable to find him on the 1860 census. My suspicion is that he > was one of those Williams who weren't enthusiastic about cooperating with > any sort of federal project, thus he didn't show up on the census. I do > know that he followed his 2 sons, JJ and William, to Mississippi from > Anson Co, NC, arriving about 1842. So far, I have been unsuccessful in > finding any records on him in NC, but continue to try. I know all about > my branch of the family descended from JJ Williams that settled in Texas > in 1854. We have been here ever since, and intend to remain so. I > don't have any record of a Tennessee connection in the family. The names > in the family are Sarah, Elizabeth, Mary, Eugenia, Joseph, John, William, > Samuel, etc. Those names are still being used. I hope this helps. > Regards, > Clay Williams, Abilene > ----- Original Message -----

Kay, a group of us have been on an in-depth Williams research and yes, the name Elihu Williams was found on records but it will take a little time to go back and research those records. James Riley is a familiar name but it is in my Clontz lineage. When I can find that Elihu Williams information I will post it, He is not connected (to our knowledge) to my line but among all the deeds and wills we found in NC. Dorothy C. White [email protected] 804.795.4296 -----Original Message----- From: N & K Chestnut [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 12:04 AM To: Dorothy C. White Subject: Question - North to South Migration Pattern? For WILLIAMS Hey, don't knock the south. Those Williams knew God's country when they saw it. A good many landed in the north and migrated south. And it looks like southern Williams descendants are more actively searching than our northern counterparts. Hi Dot, Dot, do you have any personal ancestral example of a WILLIAMS landing in the north but migrating into the south? 1) My dau. in-law has a WILLIAMS early in the north. I think I have pretty good details on that line. 2) My father has a WILLIAMS in the south; but that line has been terribly difficult to figure out. Twenty years to get from James Perry WILLIAMS to James Riley WILLIAMS to Elihu WILLIAMS. Six to eight years now trying to build a case for siblings and parents of Elihu WILLIAMS. This year I entered my brother's DNA into the WILLIAMS DNA project. We have a pretty good match with a WILLIAMS line that spent several generations in TN. I thought our line came from KY. into IL. The other line thinks his WILLIAMS came out of N.C. into TN. Elihu's wife's line goes back to Wake Co., N.C. I am still puzzling over my WILLIAMSes. And of course, they seem to join up with some other common names, such as THOMPSON. What if my WILLIAMS &/or THOMPSON lines were Quakers, does that set up a north to south migration pattern? Kay (Williams) Chestnut

Yes, I would like to know, too. My Newborn Williams left Anson Co., NC before 1830 and died in Weakley Co., TN after 1850. We don't know who his family was nor much about his except he was in the McClain household before he died. Dorothy C. White [email protected] 804.795.4296 > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected]l.com [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 11:37 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [WILLIAMS] Re: WILLIAMS-D Digest V05 #157 > > > Joe, > > Your mention of the book you have about the Williams families > in Stewart and > Henry Cos. TN, caught my attention. We have some Williams > kin who left NC > and settled in that part of West Tennessee in the early > 1800s. Do you mind > telling me the name of the book and the author? I am > searching for any > information at all about Williamses in that area. > > Many thanks, > > Ellen Williams > Nashville, TN > > > ==== 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 > >