Francis Williams (1752 - 1833)

Born Jan 1752 in Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died 1 Mar 1833 at age 81 in White County, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

Soldier Francis Williams served with Harford County Militia, Maryland Militia during the American Revolution.

Francis Williams is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A126080.

Participated in Revolutionary War. A soldier from Harford County, Maryland. Pension Number: *S3575. ^[1]

Francis Williams applied for revolutionary pension while residing in White County, Tennessee, in 1832. He was born in January, 1752, in Pennsylvania, and moved to Maryland in infancy with his mother, his father then being dead. Their names are not stated in his pension application. While he resided in Hartford County, Maryland, about twenty-five miles from Baltimore, he was a member of small parties in protecting the property of citizens from attacks by the enemy. He then volunteered and served as a private in Captain Bennett Bussey's company in Maryland troops. The company marched from Baltimore to Annapolis and returned to Baltimore and then marched by way of Philadelphia to Fort Washington. He witnessed the battle of White Plains where three members of his company were killed, although the company was not actually engaged in the battle. He moved from Maryland to what was later Carter County, Tennessee and moved from there to White County, Tennessee, where he died March. 1, 1833. His wife, Rebecca Trager Williams, predeceased him. Their children were: Mary Connor (O'Connor), born in 1772; James Williams, who in 1861 was 66 years of age and living in White County, Tennessee; and Francis Williams, born 1791. ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 23 March 2024), "Record of Francis Williams", Ancestor # A126080.
2. ↑ Revolutionary War Pension Number: *S3575