Howdy Williams cousins! Normally I would be writing in regard to either my John & Mary KEELING Williams family (G7Grandparents) or Jonas Williams of North Carolina (G6Grandfather), but today I am writing in regard to my newly found G10Grandparents John & Elizabeth WHITLEY Williams of Virginia. I would love to have information on John & Elizabeth & their children: John (the eldest); William who died in 1711 married Mary MOORE; Thomas, married Susannah Crew Davis; Mary; Elizabeth, married Thomas Wright; *Bridgett/Ann Williams, married John Browne; Richard, married Sarah -?-; Jane; Theophilus; & Nicholas, married Ann LEWIS. The following is what I do have on this Williams family: On 20 November 1667, John Williams, by his mark "X", was a witness to a deed whereby John Wheatly purchased 400 acres of land in Isle of Wight County Virginia from Anthony FFulgeham. John Whitley, in his will dated 21 February 1670, named John Williams as his son-in-law, and left him one shilling. John Whitley willed to his daughter Elizabeth a bed and other items. There were no other daughters were named in John Whitley's will, but he mentioned his granchild Ann Williams as the daughter of John Williams. There are a number of Isle of Wight County Virginia deed records involving John Williams, and at least three with that name who left wills dated 1686, 1689, and 1691/92, making it difficult to distinguish one John Williams from another. However, the John Williams who's will was dated 1691/92 mentioned three grandaughters: Ann Brown, Bridgett Brown, and Mary Browne. And John Browne had three daughters by these same names. John Williams' will was dated 9 March 1691/92 and probated on 9 August 1692. He named his wife Anne as extrx, and gave her his dwelling plantation for life. He named 6 sons and left them lands, 2 daughters Mary and Jane, and several grandchildren including my ancestor Bridgett Browne (daughter of John Browne, who married John Rasbury). There remains some degree of uncertainty with regard to John Williams and his family. Marriage records of Isle of Wight County show a John Williams married ______ Whitley, daughter of John Whitely in 1671; and John Brown married ______ Williams, daughter of John Williams in 1692. John Browne had three daughters Ann, Bridgett, and Mary, who were named in the will of their grandfather John Williams. John Williams did not name two of his alleged daughters (Elizabeth and Bridgett or Ann in his will. However, his widow Anne, in a deed of gift in 1694 to her children, did include her daughter Elizabeth Wright, but there was no mention of a daughter Bridgett or Ann. Some secondary sources say John was married twice, but no conclusive evidence has been uncovered, other than the marriage record noted above. Again, what seems to be certain is that a John Williams had married a daughter of John Whitley, and that John Williams had a daughter named Elizabeth or Elizabeth Ann, or daughters Elizabeth and Ann, and he had grandaughters named Ann Brown, Bridgett Brown and Mary Browne. John and Elizabeth/Ann had 10 children: (1) John, the eldest son; (2) William, died 1711, married Mary Moore; (3) Thomas, married Susannah Crews Davis; (4) Mary; (5) Elizabeth, married Thomas Wright; (6) Bridgett, my ancestor; (7) Richard, born after 1676, married Sarah; (8) Jane, born after 1676; (9) Theophilus, youngest son; and (10) Nicholas, born about 1687, died 18 August 1749, married Anne Lewis. (Ref: The George Whitley Family by Walter Charles Whitley; Wills and Administrations of the Isle of Wight County Virginia by Blanche A Chapman; Colonial Families of Surry and Isle of Wight Counties Virginia, Vol 6 by John A Brayton; Historical Southern Families, Vol 6 by John B Boddie; Whatley Grandfathers, Revisited by Mary E Whatley Jones). Bridgett was named as the wife of John Browne in 1706, when they sold 220 acres in Kingsale. Who was John Brown's wife is somewhat problematic, and lacking of evidence that directly links her to her parents John and Ann Williams. There is no mention of Bridgett in the will of John Williams or in a deed of gift from Ann Williams, the widow of John Williams to her children. However, John Williams does mention three grandaughters: Ann Brown, Bridgett Brown, and Mary Brown, whom are known to be the daughters of John Browne. The Isle of Wight County, Virginia marriage records of 1692 show that a daughter (no given name provided) of John Williams Sr married John Browne. Thus, additional research is needed. (Ref: Marriages of Isle of Wight County Virginia by Blanche A Chapman; Seventeeth Century Isle of Wight Virginia by John B Boddie; Historical Southern Families, Vol 6 by John Boddie; Wills and Administrations of the Isle of Wight County Virginia by Blanche A Chapman) I also have a second newly discovered Williams family that as with the above I am a descendant of, that of John & -?- -?- Williams through their son Lewis Williams, but that maybe too much for one e-mail...lol. Thank You, Lena --------------------------------- Yahoo! Music Unlimited - Access over 1 million songs. Try it free.