Individual Details
JOHN WILLIAMS
(24 Jan 1679 - Abt 1741)
This man has very DOUBTFUL York County, VA location and doubtful Welsh heritage...... NO DOCUMENTATION of relationship! NO DOCUMENTATION that ties him back to York County.
A Williams Family settled on Queen's Creek in York Co VA prior to 1645. This area was near the line between York and New Kent. This records is in Fleet's "Colonial Abstract" Vol. 24, p.90. John Bell assigned 250 acres in Hampton Parish to a John Williams on 1 Oct 1645.
At a meeting of the York Co Court in Feb of 1688 there was a suit pending between John Williams, plaintiff, and William Clopton, defendant, which was passed over to the next meeting of the court. William Clopton was an important personage, who owned considerable property, both in York and New Kent County and the presence of litigation in the courts initiated against him by John Williams indicates they were probably of about equal standing in the Colony at that period.
This birthdate as 24 Jan 1679 is a later John Williams - there are records showing he was living on a plantation with his wife and family as early as 1685 -from "Colonial Granville" - a book containing a great many errors.
Actually, I believe that all references to this John Williams in York Co, are to a very different man, born a generation earlier....
Another citation is 26 Jan 1679, born in Llangollen Wales. The date is said to have been preserved by a descendant. However, on closer examination, the date is preserved, but NOT the location in Wales.
http://www.usgennet.org/usa/mo/county/stlouis/williams/ Accessed 20 Jan 2008.
John Williams. (A few sources may use "Jonathon", but I will use "John", as that is the name that John Drayton Williams recorded in 1845 and I will continue with this tradition.**). (Actually John and Jonathan are two very different names!) John Williams was born 26 January 1679 according to an old Bible record that gave no location. [** John Drayton Williams, the grandson of Brig Gen. James Henderson Williams (killed at the Battle of Kings Mountain), recorded in 1845, names and birthdates of early family members. These he kept with the family Bible. In 1910 Barbara A. McClung, copied these records, loaned to her by Wm. D. Williams, Jr. of Greenville, Tenn
This website states that John did not emigrate until circa 1690. If this is true, then some of these records are obviously those of another John Williams.
Note: The above doesn't really state that this birth in Wales was in the Bible, nor the records found with the Bible. The transcript of the records I found on line doesn't say anything about Wales. The origin of the Williams name is likely Welsh, I think there is an assumption regarding John Williams, not a certainty. He may very well have come from any place in the British Isles, as did the surname Williams. He could even have been born in the American colonies.
The ancestral home in Hanover Co was called Studley, built sometime prior to 1712.
THE BIBLE
Note: In 1781 the family Bible was in the possession of James Henderson Williams (killed at the Battle of King's Mt.), grandson of John (Sr.), and the son of Daniel, when his South Carolina home was burned during the American Revolution. It was the only item that survived the fire. [Abstracted from a letter of John D. Williams, 17 Jun 1845, Milton, SC to Doct. Williams (in pencil: Alexander Williams) Greenville Court House, Tennessee.]
Jno. Williams Senior was born 24 Jan 1679
Mary Williams his wife was born 26 Sep 1684
Jno. Williams, son, was born 26 Jul 1704 (m. Mary Womack.)
Mary Williams, dau, was born 1 Sep 1706 (m. Henry Graves)
Anne Williams, dau, was born 1 Sep 1708. (m. John Daniel)
Daniel Williams, son, was born 28 Sep 1710 (m. Ursula Clark Henderson)
Nathaniel Williams, son was born 2 Dec 1712 (m. Elizabeth Washington)
Elizabeth Williams, dau, was born 14 Sep 1714 (m. Samuel Henderson)
Sarah W. Williams, dau, was born 15 Feb 1716 (m. _________)
Joseph Williams, son, was born 1 Jan 1721 (m. Henrietta Jouett)
Children's Names and birth dates from Bible Record was copied 26 May 1910 by Barbara A. McCLUNG. Spouses names from "Williams, 300 Years of Leadership in America" and/or "Supplement to Williams: 300 Years of Leadership in America."
A Williams Family settled on Queen's Creek in York Co VA prior to 1645. This area was near the line between York and New Kent. This records is in Fleet's "Colonial Abstract" Vol. 24, p.90. John Bell assigned 250 acres in Hampton Parish to a John Williams on 1 Oct 1645.
At a meeting of the York Co Court in Feb of 1688 there was a suit pending between John Williams, plaintiff, and William Clopton, defendant, which was passed over to the next meeting of the court. William Clopton was an important personage, who owned considerable property, both in York and New Kent County and the presence of litigation in the courts initiated against him by John Williams indicates they were probably of about equal standing in the Colony at that period.
This birthdate as 24 Jan 1679 is a later John Williams - there are records showing he was living on a plantation with his wife and family as early as 1685 -from "Colonial Granville" - a book containing a great many errors.
Actually, I believe that all references to this John Williams in York Co, are to a very different man, born a generation earlier....
Another citation is 26 Jan 1679, born in Llangollen Wales. The date is said to have been preserved by a descendant. However, on closer examination, the date is preserved, but NOT the location in Wales.
http://www.usgennet.org/usa/mo/county/stlouis/williams/ Accessed 20 Jan 2008.
John Williams. (A few sources may use "Jonathon", but I will use "John", as that is the name that John Drayton Williams recorded in 1845 and I will continue with this tradition.**). (Actually John and Jonathan are two very different names!) John Williams was born 26 January 1679 according to an old Bible record that gave no location. [** John Drayton Williams, the grandson of Brig Gen. James Henderson Williams (killed at the Battle of Kings Mountain), recorded in 1845, names and birthdates of early family members. These he kept with the family Bible. In 1910 Barbara A. McClung, copied these records, loaned to her by Wm. D. Williams, Jr. of Greenville, Tenn
This website states that John did not emigrate until circa 1690. If this is true, then some of these records are obviously those of another John Williams.
Note: The above doesn't really state that this birth in Wales was in the Bible, nor the records found with the Bible. The transcript of the records I found on line doesn't say anything about Wales. The origin of the Williams name is likely Welsh, I think there is an assumption regarding John Williams, not a certainty. He may very well have come from any place in the British Isles, as did the surname Williams. He could even have been born in the American colonies.
The ancestral home in Hanover Co was called Studley, built sometime prior to 1712.
THE BIBLE
Note: In 1781 the family Bible was in the possession of James Henderson Williams (killed at the Battle of King's Mt.), grandson of John (Sr.), and the son of Daniel, when his South Carolina home was burned during the American Revolution. It was the only item that survived the fire. [Abstracted from a letter of John D. Williams, 17 Jun 1845, Milton, SC to Doct. Williams (in pencil: Alexander Williams) Greenville Court House, Tennessee.]
Jno. Williams Senior was born 24 Jan 1679
Mary Williams his wife was born 26 Sep 1684
Jno. Williams, son, was born 26 Jul 1704 (m. Mary Womack.)
Mary Williams, dau, was born 1 Sep 1706 (m. Henry Graves)
Anne Williams, dau, was born 1 Sep 1708. (m. John Daniel)
Daniel Williams, son, was born 28 Sep 1710 (m. Ursula Clark Henderson)
Nathaniel Williams, son was born 2 Dec 1712 (m. Elizabeth Washington)
Elizabeth Williams, dau, was born 14 Sep 1714 (m. Samuel Henderson)
Sarah W. Williams, dau, was born 15 Feb 1716 (m. _________)
Joseph Williams, son, was born 1 Jan 1721 (m. Henrietta Jouett)
Children's Names and birth dates from Bible Record was copied 26 May 1910 by Barbara A. McCLUNG. Spouses names from "Williams, 300 Years of Leadership in America" and/or "Supplement to Williams: 300 Years of Leadership in America."
Events
| Birth | 24 Jan 1679 |  | |||
| Death | Abt 1741 | | |||
| Marriage | MARY Keeling | |
Families
| Spouse | MARY Keeling (1684 - ) |
| Child | John WILLIAMS (1704 - 1735) |
| Child | Mary WILLIAMS (1706 - ) |
| Child | Ann WILLIAMS (1708 - ) |
| Child | DANIEL WILLIAMS (1710 - 1759) |
| Child | Nathaniel WILLIAMS (1712 - 1766) |
| Child | Elizabeth WILLIAMS (1714 - 1790) |
| Child | Sarah WILLIAMS (1716 - ) |
| Child | Joseph WILLIAMS (1721 - 1792) |
Webtags
Notes
Family Records
Family records found in old BibleEndnotes
1. WorldConnect database at Rootsweb.
2. Worth Stickley Ray, Colonial Granville and Its People, Loose Leaves from "The Lost Tribes of North Carolina" (Austin, TX: Self-published, 1945], p.233.
3. Worth Stickley Ray, Colonial Granville and Its People, Loose Leaves from "The Lost Tribes of North Carolina" (Austin, TX: Self-published, 1945].
4. Worth Stickley Ray, Colonial Granville and Its People, Loose Leaves from "The Lost Tribes of North Carolina" (Austin, TX: Self-published, 1945].