Please tell me the last Williams family member that you know of for sure with their exact name, birthdate, location and spouse and I'll try to go backwards from there with your info. Mary in CA ******************* ---- GenBrd@aol.com wrote: > Hello List, > > I have been searching for my Williams family for years. I have very little > information, all I have came from a letter written in the early 1900's all > based on memory. But I am hoping something will trigger a connection with > others on the list. > I only know a couple of first names - the rest are unknown. They probably > lived in NY or PA > > Mr Unk Brown (wife unk) apparently had the following children - all born > around 1800 > SILVESTER -- supposedly died as a young man. I have found info on a > Sylvester in the right time frame but who lived beyond being a "young man". > GEORGE - "moved to Iowa, married, had 4 children" possibly moved to > eastern Washington and died at age 72. > WILL - he may have been the oldest. Apparently settled in Illinois and was > a farmer. Possibly a Quaker. When he died his children kicked their > stepmother out of the house and she lived in the poorhouse. > MARY - married 2 men named COKER and SCHOOLEY (spelling is uncertain) > He also had 2 other daughters, one of whom was my 5th great grandmother... > she married a man named BROWN. > > I have searched Ancestry.com and the Family History Center and keep coming > up empty...I assume I am missing something somewhere. I have found > individuals that MIGHT be one of the above, but nothing to be certain about. > The above information came from Frederick Brown - a grandson of my 5th great > grandmother who was born in 1859. > > Does anyone have any information about these siblings or about any one > individual? ANY help would be appreciated. > Thank you > > Jo Hogle > > > > ************************************** AOL now offers free email to everyone. > Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WILLIAMS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message