Joseph Williams (1641 - 1706)

Born Jul 1641 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Husband of Lydia (Somes) Williams — married before 1668 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 1706 at about age 64 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Joseph Williams, the son and eldest child of Robert Williams, was born in Boston, Massachusetts, in July ("fifth month"), 1641. He was baptized at Boston First Church, April 17 ("17 day 2 mo"), 1642.^[1][2][3]

He married Lydia Somes by 1669.^[4]

His father was for years charged with running the ferry between Boston and Winnetsemet (now Chelsea), Massachusetts. After his father died, Joseph and his brother Benjamin were on February 25, 1677-8, granted the "privilege", of carrying on their father's Ferry route:^[5]

25 Febr: At a meetinge of Deacon Henery Allen, Deacon Jacob Eliott, John Joyliffe, L^t. Daniell Turill, Capt. Tho. Brattle & Capt. James Olliver.
Let vnto Joseph & Benjaⁿ Williams the priuiledge of a Ferry from Bostone to Wenesemet, for 3 yeares from y^e 25^th of March next, they or either of them payinge to the treasurer of this towne for the vse of y^e Towne 8^ld. p. ann. in mony. And Transportinge the Hon^rd Majestrates Ferrige Free, accordinge to form^r custome.^[5]

Death

Death Date: 1706

Place: Boston, Suffolk, MA^[6]

Children

Children of Joseph and Lydia Williams, all born in Boston:^[7]

1. Joseph, born February 14, 1669.^[8]
2. Lydia, born December 13, 1671.^[9]
3. Hannah, born May 20, 1674.^[10]
4. Daniel, born December 25, 1676.^[11]
5. Hannah, 2nd, born May 26, 1679.^[12]
6. Jeremiah, born August 22, 1683.^[13]
7. Elizabeth, born August 22, 1686.^[14]
8. Elizabeth, 2nd, born December 9, 1688.^[15]
9. Mary, born November 6, 1689.^[16]

Sources

1. ↑ Savage: Volume IV. (1862). Page 566. Citing: Robert Williams.
2. ↑ Boston Record Commissioners: Vol. 9. Boston Vital Statistics, 1630-1699. City Document 130. Births and Baptisms. Town. 1641. Page 11. Citing: "Joseph of Robert & ___ Williams born 5th month."
3. ↑ Boston Record Commissioners: Vol. 9. Boston Vital Statistics, 1630-1699. City Document 130. Births and Baptisms. First Church. 1642. Page 14. Citing; "Joseph of Robert Williams 17 day 2 mo."
4. ↑ Torrey’s New England Marriages: Volume 3. Page 1681. Citing: "WILLIAMS, Joseph & Lydia ____; by 1669; Boston."
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Boston Record Commissioners: Vol. 7. Boston Town Records, 1660-1701. Page 115. Citing: 25 Feb 1677-8, Joseph & Benjamin Williams, Ferry.
6. ↑ Source: #S590 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Jeremiah WILLIAMS
7. ↑ Savage: Volume IV. (1862). Pages 563-564. Citing; "Joseph, Boston, by w. Lydia..."
8. ↑ Boston Record Commissioners: Vol. 9. Boston Vital Statistics, 1630-1699.City Document No. 130. Births and Baptisms. 1669. Town.Page 112. Citing: "Joseph of Joseph & Lydia Williams born Feb. 14."
9. ↑ Boston Record Commissioners: Vol. 9. Boston Vital Statistics, 1630-1699.City Document No. 130. Births and Baptisms. 1671. Town. Page 120. Citing: "Lydia of Joseph & Lydia Williams born Dec. 13."
10. ↑ Boston Record Commissioners: Vol. 9. Boston Vital Statistics, 1630-1699.City Document No. 130. Births and Baptisms. 1674. Town. Page 134. Citing: "Hannah of Joseph & Lydia Williams born May 20."
11. ↑ Boston Record Commissioners: Vol. 9. Boston Vital Statistics, 1630-1699.City Document No. 130. Births and Baptisms. 1676. Town. Page 140. Citing: "Daniel of Joseph & Lydia Williams born Dec. 25."
12. ↑ Boston Record Commissioners: Vol. 9. Boston Vital Statistics, 1630-1699.City Document No. 130. Births and Baptisms. 1679. Town. Page 150. Citing: "Hannah of Joseph & Lydia Williams born May 26."
13. ↑ Boston Record Commissioners: Vol. 9. Boston Vital Statistics, 1630-1699.City Document No. 130. Births and Baptisms. 1683. Town. Page 161. Citing: "Jeremiah of Joseph & Lydia Williams born Aug. 22."
14. ↑ Boston Record Commissioners: Vol. 9. Boston Vital Statistics, 1630-1699.City Document No. 130. Births and Baptisms. 1686. Town. Page 171. Citing: "Elizabeth of Joseph & Lydia Williams born Aug. 22."
15. ↑ Boston Record Commissioners: Vol. 9. Boston Vital Statistics, 1630-1699.City Document No. 130. Births and Baptisms. 1688. Town. Page 182. Citing: "Elizabeth of Joseph & Lydia Williams born Dec. 9."
16. ↑ Boston Record Commissioners: Vol. 9. Boston Vital Statistics, 1630-1699.City Document No. 130. Births and Baptisms. 1689. Town. Page 186. Citing: "Mary of Joseph & Lydia Williams born Nov. 6."

See also:

• Boston Record Commissioners. Boston Records Commissioners Reports. (Rockwell and Churchill, Boston, 1875).
• Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England. (Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1862).
• Torrey, Clarence Almon. Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700. (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore, 1985).
• Early New England Families, 1641-1700. (Original Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org($), New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2013. (By Alicia Crane Williams, Lead Genealogist.) Robert Williams (m. 1641).

• Source: S590 Author: Ancestry.com Title: Public Member Trees Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006; Repository: #R2 Repository: R2