Anna (Wilbore) Williams (1692 - 1762)

Born 16 Jul 1692 in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Richard Williams — married about 1716 (to before 13 Dec 1727) in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Wife of Jonathan Williams — married before 1741 in Taunton, Bristol, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 13 Aug 1762 at age 70 in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

Anna Wilbore, daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Phillips) Wilbore, was born on 16 July 1692 in Taunton, Massachusetts.^[1]

Her father died a few years after she was born.

Anna married Richard Williams, son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Watson) Williams, some time in or before 1717.

On 25 April 1717, Sarah Wilbore, widow of Samuel Wilbore deceased, her only son Samuel Wilbore of Mary Wilbore, her daughter Mary Wilbore and her son-in-law Richard Williams and wife Anna, all of Taunton, sold to Joseph Wilbore of Taunton, for £50, one quarter of a Purchase Right in lands divided and undivided in Taunton North Purchase, that is, one quarter part of the first hundred acres laid out in the first division unto the right of Joseph Wilbore, late of Taunton, deceased, which said 100A was laid out near the Mill Lot, so called, and the quarter part of the second 100A division, namely 25A, and a quarter part of the third division, namely a 50A division, being 12½, laid out adjoining Joseph Wilbore near the former tract, and a quarter part of the fourth divison or 60A division, being 15A, laid northwesterly from the former about half a mile distant, adjoining lands of Joseph Wilbore, together with a share of meadow and cedar swamp belonging to said quarter part of a Purchase right... etc. Wits. Samuel Danforth, Samuel Terry.^[2]

On 10 December 1718, Mary, widow of John Hathway jun'r late of Freetown, deceased, and Richard and Anna Williams of Taunton, heirs of their father Samuel Wilbore, deceased, each for £50 received, quit claim to their mother Sarah Wilbore, widow, her dower, and to their brother Samuel Wilbore, the homestead of their father. Wits. Samuel Danforth, David Turner.^[3]

Richard Williams, Anna's husband, died in 1727.

Some time before 1741, she married Jonathan Williams, also a widower, and first cousin of her first husband.

On 3 July 1741, Mary Hathway, widow, and Jonathan Williams, Gent. and Anna, his wife, all of Taunton, said Mary and Anna being only daughters of Sarah Wilbore late of Taunton, deceased, to our brother James Wilbore, for £25, quit claim title to all estate, real and personal, of which our mother died seized [with particular mention of a 1A tract, details of which here omitted]. Wits. as to Mary: Ebenezer Richmond, James Williams; wits. as to Jonathan and Anna: James WIlliams, Abiah Macomber. ^[4]

Jonathan Williams of Taunton executed his last will on 21 February 1761, witnessed by Elijah Linkon, James Macomber and Benjamin Webb, nominating David Williams, Abiel Williams, his wife Anne and daughter Abia Macomber as executors and executrices. To his wife Anna, he bequeathed the use and improvement of lands in Taunton on east side of Great River opposite my dwelling house during her natural life, without making strip or waste; also improvement of southwest end of my dwelling house, she to have clapboard, nails to repair the same, also of corn house and garden with liberty to cut wood for one fire ; also all household goods which come with her at time of marriage; also my new feather bead and all furniture, iron pot, kettle and skillet, an the pewter platter called Grand Father Williams Platter and one pewter bason; she to have my two best cows and two best chairs and privilege to pasture yearly during her widowhood; also 5 sheep and 5 lambs; also provisions to support her eight months after my decease; also £13:6:8 above her right of dower.^[5]

The records of Anna's death are in some bit of conflict:

"Anna [dup. Annah], wid. Lt. Jonathan [dup. mother of Capt. G.], Aug. 13, 1762 [dup. Aug. "13 or 14," 1763], in 73d y. [Anna, Aug. 13, 1762 G.R.9]."^[6]

Research Notes

• Researchers of her children will find additional deeds in Bristol County which may assist them in their pursuits.
• Most of the vital records from Taunton during 1700 - 1738 were destroyed by fire in 1738. This profile is affected by the lost records.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ "Taunton Births." The Massachusetts Vital Records Project, 2005-2021, page 451.
2. ↑ Sarah Wilbore, wid. Samuel Wilbore, Samuel Wilbore, Mary Wilbore, and Richard and Anna Williams to Joseph Wilbore, 25 April 1717. Bristol County (Massachusetts). Registrar's Office. "Bristol County (Mass.) deed records, v. 1-556, (1686-1900) and (1686-1956) index. Deeds, vol. 10-11 1715-1718." FamilySearch, film # 7,442,290, page 11:292.
3. ↑ Mary, wid. John Hathway Jr. and Richard and Anna Williams, heirs of Samuel Wilbore, to wid. Sarah Wilbore and Samuel Wilbore, 10 December 1718. Bristol County (Massachusetts). Registrar's Office. "Bristol County (Mass.) deed records, v. 1-556, (1686-1900) and (1686-1956) index. Deeds, vol. 14-15 1721-1725." FamilySearch, film # 7,442,292, page 14:213.
4. ↑ Mary Hathway and Jonathan and Anna Williams, heirs Sarah Wilbore, to James Wilbore, 3 July 1741. Bristol County (Massachusetts). Registrar's Office. "Bristol County (Mass.) deed records, v. 1-556, (1686-1900) and (1686-1956) index. Deeds, vol. 38-40 1750-1755." FamilySearch, film # 7,442,195, page 38:286 / image 159.
5. ↑ Last will of Jonathan Williams, ex. 21 February 1761, pr. 24 April 1761. Massachusetts. Probate Court (Bristol County). "Probate records 1687-1916; index, 1687-1926 [Bristol County, Massachusetts]. Probates, v. 16-17 1758-1762." Bristol Probates, Vol 16-17, 1758-1762, page 17:353 / image 466.
6. ↑ "Taunton Deaths." The Massachusetts Vital Records Project, 2005-2021, page 223.
7. ↑ Martin, George. Records of Taunton, Massachusetts, Lost in a Disastrous Fire in 1738. MASSOG. Ashland, MA: The Massachusetts Society of Genealogists, Inc., 2016. Vol. 40, No. 2, Pp. 74 - 75. Available on MSOGinc.org ($).

See also:

• Williams, Charles C., "Ancestry and posterity of Richard Williams of Taunton, MA", pp 39, 57. Mss 795, R. Stanton Avery Special Collections, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1924. Also available Old Colony Historical Society, Taunton, Massachusetts.
• Martin, George. Descendants of Richard1 Williams, from 1605/06 Through the Destroyed Records of Taunton, Massachusetts to Nancy11 Helen (Williams) Congdon, Born in Worcester, Massachusetts. MASSOG. Ashland, MA: The Massachusetts Society of Genealogists, Inc., 2022. Vol. 46, No. 3, p. 92-93. Available on MSOGinc.org ($).