Dear Williams Researchers, On their website, Steve and Bunny Binns are rapidly scanning the images of some 1789 personal property tax lists of various Virginia counties, particularly in Southside Virginia. These tax lists of 1789 and 1800 are to make up for the largely missing 1790 census US lists. These personal property lists give a good idea of the wealth of the persons residing in those counties. I will give you several websites of the Binnses below. The Binnses have just posted the 1789 personal property tax lists for Pittsylvania Co., VA. There are a number of Williams males, but I cannot identify all of them. Perhaps you can pitch in and help--and post your comments on the Williams list. This is one person I know about. His name appears on the B list of taxes: Williams, Robert Col. 1-22-1-19-2 cher What do these numbers mean? 1 - no of males above 16 22 - no of blacks above 16 1 - no of blacks under 16 19 - no of horses, mares, colts and mules 2 chers [chairs] - no of carriages, wheels Robert Williams, said to be son of Nathaniel Williams of colonial Hanover Co. and perhaps later of Louisa Co., VA, was married to the former Sarah Lanier of Granville Co., NC. The marriage bond is dated 10 October 1774, Granville Co. Sarah was the widow of Robert's cousin, Joseph Williams, son of Daniel Williams, of Granville Co., NC. Joseph died testate, leaving one heir, Mary Williams, although his wife was pregnant at the time of the writing of the will. Was that child named Joseph Williams, for his deceased father? The first marriage bond of Sarah was dated 3 Jun 1766, Granville Co., NC. She is mentioned in the Granville Co. will of her father, Thomas Lanier. Robert Williams's siblings are said to have been Col. John Williams of Caswell Co., NC; Nataniel Williams of Rockingham Co., NC; and Col. Joseph Williams of Surry Co., NC. Can anyone confirm this linkage? What can you add to this brief biography of Robert Williams and Sarah Lanier? Comments appreciated. This is the URL for the Binns's tax lists, which you will like (images--readable except for the original ink splotches) Steve and Bunny "1790" / "1800" County Tax Lists of Virginia Reconstructed 1790 and 1800 Virginia Censuses --------- Subscribe to BINNS-L surname email list: mailto:BINNS-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=subscribe&body=subscribe American Binns Families and Individuals: <A HREF="http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~ysbinns/americanb/index.htm">http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~ysbinns/americanb/index.htm</A> "1790" / "1800" County Tax Lists of Virginia: <A HREF="http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~ysbinns/vataxlists/index.htm">http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~ysbinns/vataxlists/index.htm</A> Submitted by E.W.Wallace

This is sent as a Christmas greeting to all the Williamses out there who are seeking their origins in Wales, particularly. I think we are swimming upstream. Have you ever looked at a Welsh phone book? Nothing but Williams for pages and pages. E.W.Wallace (a born Williams) with three Williams lines Subj: Missing Links, Vol. 7, No. 49, 13 December 2002  Date: 12/13/02 6:21:58 PM Pacific Standard Time From: <A HREF="mailto:juliecase@prodigy.net">juliecase@prodigy.net</A> Reply-to: <A HREF="mailto:missinglinks-request@petuniapress.com">missinglinks-request@petuniapress.com</A> To: <A HREF="mailto:missinglinks@petuniapress.com">missinglinks@petuniapress.com</A> Sent from the Internet (Details) MISSING LINKS: A Magazine for Genealogists Vol. 7, No. 49, Friday, 13 December 2002    Circulation: 17,799+ http://www.petuniapress.com/         (c) 2001-2002 Julia M. Case Editor-at-Fault: Julia M. Case  juliecase@prodigy.net o The Worm's Eye View: First Name Last, Last Name First o Reprint Policy; Subscribe/Unsubscribe Instructions, etc.      THE WORM'S EYE VIEW: First Name Last, Last Name First              By Beth Maltbie Uyehara  BUYE@aol.com The word "patronymics" is a Latin derivative; that is, it's a word whose roots are derived from the Latin language. In the case of patronymics, there are three root elements: patro, from pater or patris, meaning "father"; nym, which comes from nomen or nominis, meaning "name"; and ics, from ick or yuck, meaning "a very bad idea." Thanks to genealogy, I have learned more about patronymics than I ever wanted to know, including how to spell it. Genealogists who descend from some of the world's saner Ethnicities--Germans and Poles and the French and English and Japanese and others who grasped the value of surnames early on—- can sit back and smirk while I bemoan the trials of those of us whose ancestors hailed from Scandinavia or Wales, both of which used patronymics. In patronymics, there are no surnames; the last name of a child is based on the father's first name; thus, the family's last name changes every generation. In the Welsh system, the last name gets added on to. For example, a child "John" whose daddy was John the son of John, becomes "John" the son of John the son of John. As you can see, the Welsh could end up with some pretty long names in a few short generations. In Scandinavia, on the other hand, the last name changed entirely every generation. In either case, you've got a research nightmare on your hands. Marital conversations upon the arrival of a new Welsh baby apparently went something like this: "Hey, John-the-son-of-John-the-son-of-John, let's call the baby John!" "What a great idea, Mary-the-daughter-of-David-the-son-of-David. How'd you ever think of that?" "Oh, I dunno, John-the-son-of-John-the-son-of-John, it just came to me out of the blue." Of course, in Wales, they didn't say "son of" or "daughter of." They said "ap" or "mab" and "verch" or "ferch" respectively. Welsh women kept their maiden names when they married, because it would have been too baffling to call someone "Mary ap John" (Mary the son of John) (huh?) after she married "John ap John," instead of continuing to call her "Mary verch David" (Mary the daughter of David), which is who she was. You've got to draw the line somewhere. Because of the length of the last names, to avoid crashing the Internet, the IGI indexes all Welsh people prior to 1812 only by their first names and, separately, by their fathers' first names. (There are two indexes.) Let us pause here a moment, while the research implications of that sink in . . . . Patronymics must have seemed like a good idea at the time when people were using it. When you're slowly working your way forward a generation at a time, it's fairly easy to keep track of everybody, especially if you come up with new baby names every generation. The problem arises when you're trying to trace people backwards in time by their first names only, and everybody and his brother has got the same few first names. In Scandinavia, "bynames" delineating the relationship to the father followed the given name; occasionally, however, a nickname would be used as a last name instead. From the examples I found on the Internet, the usual nickname was something like "Snot Nose," which is not the kind of last name you want to hand down. In cases like that, patronymics was a blessing. Overall, the Welsh had the more logical system. Creating Scandinavian bynames was not as easy as you might think. You had to switch around the final letters in the genitive form of the father's first name, then add the suffix for son or daughter. The first problem was finding someone who could explain what the genitive form of a name is. And, then, there were all those rules for switching the letters around. For example, in the olden days, a final i became an a, a became u, nn became ns, ll became ls, rr became rs except when it didn't, r became s and the suffixes dan, endr, gautr, mundr, undr, un, unn and vindr, among numerous others, required the addition of ar. Without rules, where would we be? One example I found of Scandinavian byname formation concerned a child named Yngvildr, who was the daughter of a man named Einarr. The child went through life as Yngvildr Einardottir. No wonder the Vikings were always beating people up. It must have been a relief to everyone when surnames became universal. But, as you'd guess--the human race being what it is--it did not happen all at once. In our modern era, we are used to everyone agreeing that the new year will start at midnight on December 31, and for the next 365 days (give or take a few minutes, or in my case, a couple of weeks) everyone will write a new set of digits on their checks. But, imagine if people just switched to a new year whenever they felt like it. Well, that's the way people adopted surnames: whenever they felt like it. Which brings me to my g-g-g-grandmother. I have in my possession a certified copy of an entry of marriage of 3 March 1838, from Monmouthshire, Wales, attesting to the marriage of Rachel, the daughter of Thomas Harris. The part of the form filled out by the parish priest identifies the bride as "Rachel Thomas," using her father's first name as Rachel's last name. This is a nice, normal, traditional Welsh patronymic way to do things. Rachel, however, had obviously decided to adopt one of those newfangled surnames, and she signed the form "Rachel Harris." I keep wondering if she and the priest glared at each other and shoved the register back and forth. "It's Harris." "It's Thomas." "No, it's Harris." Etc. It wouldn't surprise me in the least if voices were raised, despite the solemnity of the occasion. I come from a fairly feisty line of women. Setting aside the question of whether this marriage was even legal (which is the kind of pesky detail that rarely concerned my ancestors, so why should it bother me at this late date?), the certificate records the very day--indeed, the golden moment--when patronymics was abandoned and a surname was officially adopted in one of my ancestral lines. Eventually, of course, all of our ancestors adopted surnames, and except for Madonna and Cher, few of us these days try to get through life with only one name. The lone patronymic holdout is the British royal family. The current heir to the throne of England was christened something like Charles Philip George Edward John David Reginald James Arthur Fenwick Stephen Vladimir Sherman. (It must take him a week to sign a check for the pizza-delivery guy.) You may think that giving a poor defenseless baby such a long string of first names was simply a royal affectation, like lifting the little pinkie while drinking tea, but we genealogists know better. We know it was because the guy was destined to become the Prince of Wales, and they wanted him to feel at home. [THE ZEN OF GENEALOGY: The Lighter Side of Genealogy, by Beth Maltbie Uyehara. The "Worm's Eye View of Genealogy" first appeared in "Missing Links" as a series of columns reflecting on the nuttier aspects of genealogy. Here's the lowdown on how to get contributions to a genealogy newsletter; how to win friends and dazzle your cousins with your research; how to kick the genealogy addiction; how to tell your kissing cousins from your dissing cousins; how to win the real Salt Lake City Olympic events; how to organize your paperwork—-for good; how to combine yoga and genealogy for the ultimate out-of-body experience; how to get your spouse hooked on genealogy, too; and much more. 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Still Looking for Williams in Maine to add to my collection of family notes: (Peggy@image2000.com) Descendants of Jacob Williams Generation No. 1 1. JACOB1 WILLIAMS1. He married JOANNA DEAN1. More About JACOB WILLIAMS: Record Change: February 12, 20022 More About JOANNA DEAN: Record Change: February 12, 20022 Child of JACOB WILLIAMS and JOANNA DEAN is: 2. i. ISAAC O.2 WILLIAMS, b. June 15, 1789, Lincoln, Embden, ME; d. April 16, 1860, Bingham, Somersetshire, ME. Generation No. 2 2. ISAAC O.2 WILLIAMS (JACOB1)3 was born June 15, 1789 in Lincoln, Embden, ME4, and died April 16, 1860 in Bingham, Somersetshire, ME4. He married RACHEL HEALD5, daughter of EPHRAIM HEALD and MARY STEWARD. She was born 1797 in ME6. More About ISAAC O. WILLIAMS: Record Change: February 12, 20026 More About RACHEL HEALD: Record Change: February 12, 20026 Child of ISAAC WILLIAMS and RACHEL HEALD is: 3. i. OTIS3 WILLIAMS, b. November 06, 1818, ME; d. July 07, 1878. Generation No. 3 3. OTIS3 WILLIAMS (ISAAC O.2, JACOB1) was born November 06, 1818 in ME6, and died July 07, 18786. He married (1) MARTHA SOMERBY. He married (2) MARTHA SOMERBY7, daughter of ROBERT SOMERBY and ELEANOR BEAN. She was born June 28, 1828 in ME8, and died April 12, 1892 in ME8. More About MARTHA SOMERBY: Record Change: February 12, 20028 Child of OTIS WILLIAMS and MARTHA SOMERBY is: 4. i. VESTA VICTORIA4 WILLIAMS, b. October 24, 1844, Augusta, Knbc, Me; d. December 18, 1904, Eugene, Lane, Or. Generation No. 4 4. VESTA VICTORIA4 WILLIAMS (OTIS3, ISAAC O.2, JACOB1)9 was born October 24, 1844 in Augusta, Knbc, Me, and died December 18, 1904 in Eugene, Lane, Or. She married (2) ALDEN BOYINGTON ROWE9, son of GEORGE ROWE and OLIVE BUMPAS/BUMPUS. He was born April 27, 1830 in Bingham, Pleasant Pond, Smrsct., Me, and died June 06, 1926 in Eugene, Lane, Or. She married (3) ALDEN BOYINGTON ROWE9 October 24, 1864 in Moscow, Smrsct, Me, son of GEORGE ROWE and OLIVE BUMPAS/BUMPUS. He was born April 27, 1830 in Bingham, Pleasant Pond, Smrsct., Me, and died June 06, 1926 in Eugene, Lane, Or. More About VESTA VICTORIA WILLIAMS: Burial: I.O.O.F. (Pioneer Cemetery) Eugene, Lane, Or Occupation: Housewife Children of VESTA WILLIAMS and ALDEN ROWE are: i. CHARLES IRVING5 ROWE11, b. July 24, 1863, Augusta, Knbc, Me; d. February 13, 1941, Monterey Park, L-Angl, Ca. More About CHARLES IRVING ROWE: Burial: February 17, 1941, Long Beach, L-Angl, Ca ii. SETH AMON ROWE11, b. April 28, 1866, Bingham, Smrst, Me; d. June 13, 1937. Notes for SETH AMON ROWE: >From Oregon Newspaper Obit: ROWE- Seth A. ROWE died at a local hospital, Tuesday, June 1? at the age of 78. He was born in Bingham, Maine, April 28, 1866. He has been a resident of this communicty for the past 50 years. Survivors are one son Virgil ROWE Kells of Portland, two sisters, Mrs. O. R. Sales of Springfield, Mrs. Lilian Keith of Gardiner, one brother, Ernest ROWE of Roseburg. Funeral service will be held from the Branstetter-Simon chapel, Thursday, June 15, at 2 p.m. Interment will be in the Laurel cemetery. iii. HATTIE ANN ROWE11, b. May 12, 1868, Bangor, Pnbsct, Me; d. November 08, 1932; m. KENSLER. iv. ERNEST EVERETT ROWE11, b. July 12, 1870, Marysville, Sierra, Ca; d. January 23, 1947; m. ESTHER DECENA NELSON, September 05, 1905; b. May 29, 1889. v. ALFRED BERNARD ROWE11, b. February 20, 1872, Eureka, Hmbldt, Ca; d. January 22, 1937; m. EMILY CECLIA NELSON11, June 12, 1903; b. January 26, 1885, Clarks Grove Farm, Bath Township, Freeborn County, MINN; d. May 04, 1962, Douglas County, ORE. Notes for EMILY CECLIA NELSON: Sister to Esther Nelson, Ernest ROWE's wife. The family came from Minnesota and settled in Eugene, Oregon(???????) Name: Larson, Emily C County: Douglas Death Date: 04 May 1962 Certificate: 5851 Age: 77 Emily Larson SILVERTON - Services will be 10:00 a.m. Tuesday at Long and Orr Chapel, Roseburg for Mrs. Emily C. Larson, 77, former resident of the Waldo Hills and Silverton area, who died Friday at Roseburg. Concluding services will be 4 p.m. Tuesday in the Miller Cemetery, Silverton. A long-time resident of the Waldo Hills area, Mrs. Larson lived here with a son, Walter Rowe, before going to Roseburg three weeks ago to be with a daughter, Mrs. Eleanor Bovee. She was a member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church. Other survivors are two sons, Orvin Rowe, Silverton, and Albert Rowe, Neah Bay, Wash; daughter, Mrs. Leila Pepiot, Sutherlin, Ore.; 26 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. from: THE CAPITAL JOULNAL, SALEM, OREGON. May 7, 1962 More About EMILY CECLIA NELSON: Burial: Miller Cemetery, Silverton, OR vi. LILLIAN VICTORIA ROWE11, b. November 01, 1876, Ferndale, CA; d. July 27, 1947, Seattle, WA; m. ELMER ELSWORTH KEITH, 1894; b. May 16, 1862, Trinity, Ohio; d. February 23, 1939, Gardiner, Oregon. Notes for LILLIAN VICTORIA ROWE: Born at the Tannery, Yuba County, CA. Source: Addie Bernhadt August 1978 Died while visiting her daughter, Mildred in Seattle Washington of a heart attack. vii. EMMA LEILA ROWE11, b. February 10, 1882, Challenge Mill, Yuba, Ca; d. April 10, 1947; m. ROY SALES. viii. EVA MAE ROWE11, b. February 16, 1885, Challenge Mill, Yuba, Ca; d. June 11, 1905; m. SMALL. Notes for EVA MAE ROWE: Died leaving behind two small babies, and one adopted boy, Seth.

here is my williams family-all born worcester john williams-1835 maryann-1860 john-1864 george h -1870 john-1871 best wishes julie

I am seeking information on James Williams. James patented land in township 16 of Coles/Douglas County in 1874. I realize that this is a common name but I hope someone recognizes the area. My purpose for this inquiry is because I am writing an article for our upcoming centennial and I am concentrating on the original pioneers of this area. This is all I have on this individual. I would love to hear from anyone with knowledge of this line. Thanks for your attention to this message. Kent Elam

I am seeking information on John Williams. John patented land in township 16 of Coles/Douglas County Illinois in 1852. I realize that this must be a very common name but I am taking a longshot. My purpose for this inquiry is because I am writing an article for our upcoming centennial and I am concentrating on the original pioneers of this area. This is all I have on this individual. I would love to hear from anyone with knowledge of this line. Thanks for your attention to this message. Kent Elam

Dear List, looking for any information please only have marriage to James Walker Williams 1882 in Grafton N.S.W. Australia Died 1933 Grafton looking for birth and parents I am only new to the list so thank you all for having me Patsy

Searching for information on Elmer Williams, born July 26, 1931 married Flora Misener, born ca. 1940. They moved to Michigan from Ohio and had 3 children, Timothy, Pamela and Russell. ===== Visit my web site . . . http://www.geocities.com/theedswebsite __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com

Hi, I went over some of my WILLIAMS in my database and found some that I need parents for and I was hoping someone might know: HIRAM HOWARD WILLIAMS 1812-1857 married SARAH A.TERRELL; unknown WILLIAMS without dates married HATTIE MASSEY in Henderson Co.TX, what's his first name? unknown WILLIAMS married GUSSIE ELROD born 1890 died 1947 Anderson Co.TX, what's his first name? WILLIAM INGRAM WILLIAMS married 1878 ALMETTA SOWELL, I believe he had a sister LAURA ANN WILLIAMS, who are their parents? unknown WILLIAMS married E.C.HILTON born 1838 SC, what's his first name? WILLIAM WILLIAMS was Sheriff in Lancaster Co.SC in 1829, shose son? WILLIAM WILLIAMS born ca 1737 married MARY BUNN, whose son is he?Thanks so much for checking,Eleonore http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mandaley just click onto 'Eleonore's database' and then type in the name you are looking for

I have found a home for the will copy of Anthony Williams, so if you had wanted it, it is gone. Thanks, Becky

I have a Xerographis Copy of the will of Anthony Williams That I got from the NC State Archives. If someone would like to have it I would be happy to send it to a researcher of this family. It will have to be on a first come first serve basis. Anthony Williams Wife: Martha Williams Children named Lewis Williams Eliz Williams John Williams Anthony Williams Sarh Williams William Williams Elinore Williams Mary Williams Regards, Becky Pacey

Looking for any info on William D. "Billy" Williams b. 1884 TX d. 1946 Angelina County Texas. He married Sallie Anna Brown b. 1885 in Texas in 1906. Any little thread would be a great help. Thank you Lilly Phelps

Will the person I contacted recently regarding this large land transaction in GA please respond to this. I think I have the information you are seeking regarding the land and subsequent owners. James mathis

I hope someone, somewhere could help me find my Williams Roots beyond my G-G-G-Grandfather. My line is as follows: Walter Edwin Williams III - [1946-present] s/o W. E. Williams Jr. - [1917-1978] m. Melba Jeanne Young [1918-present] s/o W. E. Williams Sr. [1897-1966] m. Dora Mae Anderson [1898-1978] s/o Lewis Jeptha Williams [1850-1937] m. Susan Harriet Straight [1854-1897] s/o Levi M. Williams circa [1825-1872] m Sarah Ann Patterson circa [1829-1895] s/o Jeptha Williams ????-bef. [May 1, 1837] m. Cynthia Rogers circa [1792-????] I believe that Jeptha came from either North or South Carolina. I know that Cynthia's family were more or less from Chatham. Levi M. Williams, along with his brother Hiram removed to Illinois sometime after 1850. Levi is listed in the 1850 Federal Census living in Wilson Co., Tennessee and Cynthia is living with him and Sarah. Lewis Jeptha Williams removed to Chautauqua Co., Kansas, in the Southeast corner of that state. His wife Susan Harriet Straight came from a very interesting family that dates back to the mid-to late 1600's in Rhode Island. My Grandfather was born in Sedan, Chautauqua Co., Kansas and died in Montgomery Co., Kansas. My Grandmother Dora Mae Anderson family line is derived from the Anderson-Hollingsworth-Wright families. Again all three families arrived in the colonies during the 1600's. They were Quakers. If anyone can help me with my Williams line I would be eternally grateful. Thank you, Walt Williams

It has just come to my attention through my continued research that I have a William Williams and his wife Martha (surname unknown) in my family tree. They were the parents of John W. Williams born in about 1862 . He married Ella Russell July 15, 1883, in Tipton, Tipton County Indiana. He died June 27, 1927, in Elwood, Indiana. I'm also interested in Carrie O. Williams Kennedy former resident of Elwood, Indiana who married a Ben Kennedy on March 6, 1901, in Elwood. She was a daughter of John and Ella Williams. Last info I have that she disappeared from the Elwood city directories after 1929. I believe that her husband Ben died and that she remarried sometime after 1929. Appreciate any help available. Crosley5@aol.com

I would like info on Bertha Williams b m d spouse William P Bowne b 1878 NJ d Elizabeth/Rose Williams b m d spouse James H Bowne b 1844 Walden Orange Co NY d Lewis Williams b m d spouse Elizabeth Bowne b ? d Lilliam Williams b m d spouse Charles C Bowne b 1875 NJ d Lillian E Williams b m d spouse John C Bowne b 1873 PA d Michael Ray Williams b m d spouse Michele Rene Bowne b ? d William Williams b m d spouse Sarah Bowne b Wales ? d thanks Audrey Bowne Seattle gregbowne@earthlink.net

Hi, I need parents for the following : ALSY MAHALA WILLIAMS born 1861, married JOHN F.WELBORN; MARGARET 'MAGGIE' WILLIAMS without dates/places married WADE HAMPTON TRUESDALE; MARGARET WILLIAMS born 1656 or 1660, married RICHARD SOWELL,Jr. Thanks for checking,Eleonore http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mandaley just click onto 'Eleonore's database' for all my surnames

>X-Sieve: CMU Sieve 2.2 >From: "juliecase" <juliecase@prodigy.net> >To: <WILLIAMS-admin@rootsweb.com> >Subject: handwritten genealogy/diary eBay auction ends Nov 24 >Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 00:31:50 -0500 >X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2720.3000 > >This auction will be over before there is time for me to list >this in SOMEBODYS LINKS or MISSING LINKS, but I thought there >might be one or more people on the CHILD, HYDE, GRIDLEY, and/or >WILLIAMS mailing lists who would want to know about this, so I'm >sending it to the list administrators to post if they thins it is >the right thing to do. > >Cheers, Julie > >Julia M. Case juliecase@prodigy.net >Editor, Missing Links and Somebody's Links >http://www.petuniapress.com/ >http://rwguide.rootsweb.com/ > >Item # 923256089 >Auction ends: Nov-24-02 19:28:37 PST >Seller: diaries >[unedited] Description: This is a wonderful handwritten piece of >genealogy, and someone has put a lot of work into it. First off >the particulars: It measures about 6 1/4" x 8, has about 40 pages >full of handwritten family notes, memories, and plenty of dates. >There are also within these 40 pages, several newspaper clippings >about deaths etc. Now a little bit about the family: In the front >of the book it says, "Mrs. W. Hyde, Brookline, Mass. Jan. 31, >1883, 9 PM. " The next page is the "Child Genealogy" it starts >with Aaron Child who was born in Roxbury, 1741, and his wife >Susanne Gridley, born in Roxbury 1746. It then lists 5 more >people, and at the end of this page says, "Four were born and >died in infancy, 2 for the name of Lemuel, one Samuel, and one >William." That gives you a small sample of how the journal is >written, and in a beautiful script, I might add. It looks like >this is the genealogy of the Hyde, Childs, Gridley and Williams >family. Of course there are many more names, but these seem to be >the main families. I also believe that this was a very prominent >family in the area, as one of the newspaper articles says, " May >2, 1898, Death of James F. C. Hyde, First Mayor of Newton and a >Leader in many ways. Native of Newton and Descendent of Earliest >Settlers." Places mentioned are, Brookline, Boston, Melrose, >Roxbury, New Hartford, Boston, Westboro, New York, Dorchester, >etc. In the back of the journal another genealogy starts. This >one being the Gridley family. It's written more like a diary, >then anything else. It starts off, "1st Generation Capt. Richard >Gridley born in Boston about 1630.." The first two pages in the >journal are loose, spine is also loose, but not completely. >Someone has placed some kind of tape on the spine, but all pages >accounted for. There are several pages in the middle not written >on, but 40 that are. Someone really needs to study this further, >as I'm sure is hold a lot of historical value. Please email me >with any questions, buy as is and buyer pays shipping. [Editor's >Note: There are three images of handwritten diary pages and a >two-column newspaper clipping with this listing.] Carol C-H <cch@netdoor.com> http://www2.netdoor.com/~cch/

Two Elizabeth Williamses of Madison Co., KY - Were their fathers, Joseph Williams and Daniel Williams, sons of Henry Williams (d. ca 1786) of Caswell Co. NC? Elizabeth Williams of Madison Co., KY married Barnette Eades in Madison Co., KY in 1811. The bride's father was Joseph Williams, who is believed to be the son of Henry Williams, decd, of Caswell Co., NC (d. ca 1786). Another Elizabeth Williams married Leonard Dozier 27 Jun 1817 in Madison Co., KY. That bride's father, who gave consent, was Daniel Williams. Daniel Williams is believed to be the brother of above-named Joseph Williams and thus son of Henry Williams decd of Caswell Co., NC. Is anyone on these lists aware of the relationship of these two Williams fathers of Madison Co., KY. (Joseph Williams is believed to be the one who married Sally Searcy, dau. of Bartlett Searcy and his wife Lucy, formerly of colonial Granville Co., NC.) This is found in Caswell Co. deed book, as compiled by Katherine Kerr Kendall: 1795 - DB L-22-23 Joseph Williams of Madison Co., KY, to Israel Barker of Orange Co., NC, for 20 pds., 100 A on Ridge fork adj Barker. Wit: Nathan Williams, Eli Stacy. (Nathan Williams was another son of Henry Williams, deceased. Nathan went to Tennessee.) E.W.Wallace

Are there any subscribers who are related to Henry Williams (d. ca 1786) and his wife Elizabeth [unknown] of Caswell Co., NC, previously of Southside Virginia? Henry Williams died testate in Caswell Co., NC before January court 1786, when his will was proved. It had been written 12 April 1785. In the will (abstracted) he named his wife Elizabeth; his sons, Daniel, Joseph (land purchased from Henslee), Nathan (land purchased of Thomas Hart), Henry (McVier's old tract). He named his daughters: Nancy Rice, Elizabeth Williams, Susannah Rice, Ursley Duke Peoples, Salley Brookes, Jane Williams; graanddaughter Mary Slade; son-in-law William Rice. His executors were to be his wife and son-in-law, Wm. Rice, and his son Daniel when he arrives at 21. Wit: John Henslee, Wm. Brown, Thomas Rice. (Adapted from Katharine Kerr Kendall, CASWELL COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA WILL BOOKS, 1777-1814 [N.p., Privately published, 1979], p. 17) I suspect that his son Joseph Williams who married Sally Searcy ca 1796 in Madison Co., KY MAY be the son of Henry, but so far proof of the relationship eludes me. Sally Searcy was the daughter of Bartlett Searcy (deceased) and his wife Lucy, Lucy alleged to be nee Williams probably of Granville Co., NC. E.W.Wallace descended from Ursley Duke Williams who m. 2nd) Richard Ready Money Oldham