My first proven Williams ancestor starts with Daniel Williams b. bef. 1747 in Maryland or Frederick Co., VA. and died after 1823 in Newberry County, South Carolina. He married Cassandra Prather. We are currently researching Joseph Williams and wife Lydia as the parents of Daniel, but this has not been proven. Joseph and Lydia Williams, Providence and wife Sarah, and Ann Williams Poulson/Paulson were siblings and in Frederick County, Maryland in 1733 before going to Orange Co./later Frederick Co., Virginia. There is a possibility that our Daniel was married first to a Frances Griffin. The following were children of Daniel and Cassandra. Josiah Williams b. abt. 1764 probably in VA. and died April 9, 1865 in Hickman Co., Kentucky Josiah married his first cousin, Abigail Williams, daughter of Providence Williams and Elizabeth Gary first. His married second, my ancestor, Mary L. Polly Tweedle on Feb. 14, 1823 in Posey County, Indiana. Josiah and Mary L. Polly Tweedle are my descendants. Joseph Williams probably born in VA. Abigail Abrailla Williams born 1766 prob. in VA died 1859 in Graves Co., VA. Abigail Abrailla married Williams Cannon bef. 1790. John Williams b. abt. 1770 in Virginia and died 1830 in Gibson Co., Indiana. He married Sarah Colvin. Frances Williams b. abt. 1766 in Newberry Co., South Carolina and died in Newberry Co., SC. Fanne Williams b. 1792 in Newberry Co., SC and died in Indiana. Married Meeks Neal. Druscilla Williams who married John Martin Rev. War Hero. Daughter Williams also married to Thomas Martin. Reference to John Martin and Thomas Martin were on Daniel Williams Will. Sarah Williams born in Newberry Co., SC. Daniel Williams Isaac Williams Josiah and Abigail's children are: John b. abt 1802; Sarah b. 1804 and died 1861 in Independence Co., Arkansas. Married Josiah Williams in 1823 in SC or Georgia. Josiah and Mary L. Polly Tweedle Williams' children were: Isaac (Ike) Williams b. about 1827 and died 1861. He married Sarah Jane Norman Williams. They had a plantation in Graves County, Kentucky when Isaac (Ike) Williams was shot and killed. Sarah Jane sold the plantation and bought an oxen driven covered wagaon and loaded the children and moved to Howell County, Missouri - Willow Springs, MO area. There son, Joseph (Josiah) Hardin Williams was my Great Grandfather. He and his wife Adeline Susan Dawson Williams lived on a farm in Willow Springs, Ks. Their son, Bert T. Williams, was my Grandfther. Bert's siblings were: Charles Preston, Docia, Monroe, Ed, and Lena. He married Elsie Grace Oaks Williams. Their son, Harley Glen Williams was my father. My father's siblings were: Nona Williams, Gaylen, Raymond, Bert, Gene, and Orville Williams. Josiah A. Williams, Jr. b. 1827 in Graves Co., KY. and died 1872 in Bronson, Levy Co., Florida. Married Arvilla (Avarilla) White. James Talmadge or Tweedle Williams 1828-1908. Married Parthenia (Theny) McDougal. They both died in Independence Co., Arkansas. Polly Ann Williams. Married William Maxwell. Died young. Williamson Williams b. 1823-1834 in Graves Co., KY. Jackson (Andrew?) Williams b. abt. 1837-1861 Drowned, died young. Volney Hawkins (Dock) Williams b. 1843 in Hickman Co., KY died 1903 in Bald Ridge or Russell, Ark. Married Elizabeth (Betty) Johns. William (Billy) Williams b. abt. 1823 in Graves Co., KY. died near Fulton, KY. Ann Robinson Williams b. 1845 in Hickman Co., KY died 1897 in Hickman Co., KY. Married William Henry Roach. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WILLIAMS-DNA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >