The following new message has been added to the Williams Genealogy Forums, on the General Genealogy board under the existing topic of Re: Halifax County, Virginia William Williams and Mary Mastin line... -------------------------------- I've got a William Williams, too. Mine died in 1754 in Prince William County, Virginia. He had two known children, Edward (from whom I descend), b. c. 1738, and Susanna. Edward married Jemimah (probably) Carter there (Dettigen Parish, Stafford County-right across a creek from Prince William County) and moved to the Boonesborough area of Kentucky in 1779. They were members of the Chopawamsic Baptist Church, the Occoquan Baptist Church (both of Virginia) and founding members of the Lulbegrud Baptist Church in what is now Montgomery County, KY. Edward died in 1804 and is buried near Mt. Sterling, KY. Edward and Jemimah had six known children: Daniel, Joshua (probably my ancestor), Penelope, Susannah, Casper and Caleb. There is also a Winifred who is believed to be a seventh child, but that is at this time unproven. Daniel is best known as Elder Daniel Williams and had quite some celebrity in his time as a Baptist preacher in early Kentucky. Both Daniel and his father Edward were active in the Revolutionary War and both (I believe) have DAR files based on pension applications. Daniel has the reputation of having fought at the Battle of Blue Licks, but this has been disproven.