John Williams (abt. 1692 - 1761)

Born about 31 Oct 1692 in Stonington, New London County, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Desire (Denison) Williams — married 19 Feb 1711 in Stonington, Connecticut

Husband of Prudence (Potter) Williams — married 24 Nov 1741 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island

Descendants

Died 30 Dec 1761 at about age 69 in N. Stonington, New London County, Connecticut

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Biography

This John Williams was born 31 Oct 1692 at Stonington, Connecticut; he was the second child of John Williams & Martha (Wheeler) Williams.

He married:

1) 19 Feb 1711 @ Stonington, Connecticut, Desire Denison of Stonington.#S-1760367276 They had 9 children during the span of 1711 to July 1726. In addition to those profiled herein, this child died in infancy:

Prudence Williams (17 Jan 1726 - 25 Jan 1726)

2) 7 Mar 1737/38 Mary (Dyer) Helme, widow of Christopher Helme (also spelled Helms) of Kingston, Rhode Island. They had 2 children until her death, 20 Dec 1740:

• Edward Williams, b. 27 Jul 1740; married Mary Stanton
• Mary Williams, bapt. after her mother's death, Jan. 25, 1741

3) 24 Nov 1741 Prudence Potter at Portsmouth, Rhode Island, by Justice Stephen Brown #S-1734139737

Col. John Williams passed away 30 Dec 1761 at North Stonington, Connecticut.

His grave is in Whitehall Cemetery, Mystic, New London County, Connecticut. The imposing marker is prominently inscribed "Col John Williams died Dec. 30 1761 Aged 71 Years. He possessed energy and enterprise, public spirit and influence." His personal grave marker nearby is inscribed "To the Memory of Col. John Williams Who Departed This Life Dec 30th 1761 in ye 71 year of his age."

Sources

• Denison Genealogy: Ancestors and Descendants of Captain George Denison; E. Glenn Denison, Josephine M. Peck and Donald L. Jacobus; Gateway Press, Inc. Baltimore, MD 1993 [Originally published, Pequot Press 1963; Reprinted, Baltimore, MD 1978, 1982, 1993], no. 57: https://archive.org/details/denisongenealogy00deni/page/7/mode/1up

• Connecticut Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection); Ancestry.com; Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006. Repository #R-1958205582

• Source S-1760367276 Repository: #R-1958205582; U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900; Yates Publishing; Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004.

• History of Stonington, Connecticut, 1649 - 1900; Richard Anson Wheeler; New London, CT, Press of The Day Publishing Company, 1900; p. 340, no. 64: https://archive.org/stream/historyoftownofs00whee_1#page/n362/mode/1up; p. 668, 669, no. 156: https://archive.org/stream/historyoftownofs00whee_1#page/n691/mode/1up

• John Howland of the Mayflower, Vol 1, The First Five Generations, Elizabeth Pearson White, Picton Press, Camden, Maine, 1990

• http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/19199371/person/777582774

• Mayflower Society Application Database: "Community Trees," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:QVQV-DML : accessed 15 February 2022), entry for John Williams, cites sources; "Mayflower Pilgrim Genealogies" file (2:2:2:MMXD-DP8), submitted 24 February 2020 by FamilySearch. Source: Elizabeth Pearson White, John Howland of the Mayflower (Vol. 1) - The First Five Generations Through his first chile Desire Howland and her husband Captain John Gorham (Camden, Maine: Picton Press, 1990)

Acknowledgements - GEDCOM Contributors

This profile was created on 14 September 2010 through the import of 124-DeCoursey.ged;

Later merged with data through the import of master 11_12.ged on 21 October 2010.

Later merged with WikiTree profile Williams-6118 created through the import of BDM7-7-11.ged on Jul 8, 2011 by Brian McCullough.

Later merged with profile created by Ron Hallberg on Sunday, May 3, 2015.