Individual Details

William Williams

(27 Aug 1777 - 13 Nov 1860)



This line is an autosomal match from Ancestry family tree. Accuracy not proved by me. The fact that I have an autosomal match to a supposed descendant just may mean the match lies elsewhere!

FindAGrave #71199960
Has copy of Quaker marriage record.
List of children does not include a daughter Jane, nor that this family ever lived in Tennessee where she was married.

William married Phoebe Mendenhall on May 10, 1797 and they had the following children:
*Katharine Williams Hussey 1798-1847
*Mary Williams Painter 1800-1890
*Josiah Williams 1803-1831
*Robert Williams 1804-1849
*Isaac Williams 1807-1831
*Joseph Williams 1810-1887
*John Williams 1812-
*Elizabeth Williams Terrell 1814-1895
*Ann Williams Hunt 1816-1849
*Jonathan Williams 1820-1879
*Phoebe Williams Dudley 1823-

William Williams, son of Isaac (most sources say Owen instead), was born in North Carolina in 1774, and in 1797 was married to Phoebe Mendenall, of Guilford county in the same state. Early in the nineteenth century they became citizens of Highland County (OH), locating in Penn township, where most of their eleven children were reared to maturity. The names of their offspring, as preserved in the old family Bible, were Katharine, Mary, Josiah, Isaac, Robert, Joseph, John, Elizabeth, Ann, Jonathan and Phoebe." [The County of Highland by J.W. Klise, A.E. Hough, Page 525]

From WILLS, ADMINISTRATIONS, GUARDIANSHIPS AND ADOPTIONS OF HIGHLAND CO, OH 1805-1880. [William Williams. Date: "twenty fourth day of the third month" 1842. Wife: Phebe. Children: "youngest daughter Phebe", Catharine Hussey, Mary Painter, Robert, Joseph, Elizabeth Terrell, Jonathan. Grandchildren: "James, Thomas, Mary & Orphah Williams, children of my son Josiah, deceased". Executor: Jonathan. Witnesses: Samuel Carey, Harmon Davis. Proven Nov. 20, 1860. Sureties: Thomas M Davis, Harmon Davis. Appraisers: Edwin Arthur, David C. Johnson, Thomas Hiatt.]

Events

Birth27 Aug 1777Chatham County, North Carolina
Marriage10 May 1797Deep River, Guilford County, North Carolina - Phebe Mendenhall
Death13 Nov 1860Penn, Highland County, Ohio

Families

SpousePhebe Mendenhall (1777 - 1857)
ChildJane Williams ( - 1880)
FatherOwen Williams (1743 - 1810)
MotherCatherine Crawford (1750 - 1786)
SiblingMary Williams (1771 - )
SiblingJohn Williams (1772 - 1849)
SiblingRachel Williams (1775 - 1778)
SiblingEnoch Williams (1778 - )
SiblingJosiah Williams (1779 - 1780)
SiblingOwen Williams (1780 - 1856)
SiblingJames Williams (1782 - )
SiblingIssac Williams (1784 - )

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