I am aware of that, Carol. I have only been searching for my Joseph's parents and ancestry for nearly 20 years without success. However, I am convinced that the information you need is out there somewhere and just matter of time and lucking up on records to prove it. I wish you success, too in your quest. Dorothy C. White dotwhite@comcast.net 804.795.4296 -----Original Message----- From: williams-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:williams-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Carol Williams Sent: Monday, June 18, 2007 2:40 PM To: williams@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [WILLIAMS] Being polite - May I check for your WILLIAMS 'tribe'? Well Dorothy as I was reading what you sent I had to kinda giggle to myself, you see my husband is a Joseph. I just thought that maybe in your research you had came across another Lemuel in the Duplin Co. area. Hopefully someone else on the list may have an idea about this family. But I am not holding my breath, you Williams are everywhere! Carol ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dorothy White" <dotwhite@comcast.net> To: <williams@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 18, 2007 1:11 PM Subject: Re: [WILLIAMS] Being polite - May I check for your WILLIAMS 'tribe'? > Carol, my Joseph Williams did have a son Lemuel b 1787 in Sampson Co > but > he > moved to Anson Co. and died in Anson Co at close to 100 years old. We do > not know exactly who Joseph's father/parents were but some descendants > declared they were Joseph Williams and Martha Mewborn. Not knowing > Joseph's > original family we don't know if he had siblings nor who they might have > been but here is the name Lemuel and we had no idea where that name came > from. So there might have been a connection. Our Joseph Williams was b > ca > 1748 but I don't know where. He became a Primitive Baptist elder > (preacher) > helping to establish a number of churches in Anson and surrounding > counties. > He died there July 6, 1825 and Martha Perritt, his wife died July 8, 1825 > less than 48 hours after Joseph. Their obit notice states Joseph was 77 > years old and Martha about 2 years younger. I know they were married very > young. I have a copy of his Rev. War record - the sheet stating the unit > he > served in and a muster sheet but it is marked on there that no other > information is available. I have seen where he enlisted in Halifax Co. > but > I haven't found anything to prove that. > > There were so many Joseph Williams men in that northeastern area of > NC, almost as many as those named William Williams. It is difficult > to correctly place him in any one Williams lineage. I know our Joseph > was not of the Samuel Williams/Elizabeth Alston lineage. They had 3 > sons, Samuel, John Joseph and Williams and they were in Bertie Co., > NC. Their son was always referred to as John Joseph, I suppose to > distinguish him from all the other Joseph Williams men. > > My Joseph had 3 sons who married Herring girls, daughters of Joseph > Herring > and Unicy Uzzell in Sampson Co. Henry married Nancy Herring, Hezekiah > married Eunice Herring and Parrott/Perritt married Rhoda Herring (I have > seen her as Bridget Rhoda but that is questionable.) His daughter, Edith > (Eady) married George House in Sampson Co and they stayed there when the > others moved to Anson Co. As far as I have been able to determine our > Joseph Williams was not a descendant of the VA Williams. It is possible > he > descended from Lodwick Williams, his son, Edward Williams and our Joseph's > father could have been the son of that Edward Williams but this has not > been > altogether proven. > > Dorothy White > > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > ------------------------------- 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