Isaac Williams (abt. 1841 - 1913)

Born about Oct 1841 in Vermont, United States

Descendants

Died 10 Apr 1913 at about age 71 in New Haven, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Isaac Williams is a part of US Black heritage.

Isaac Williams was born in October^[1] about 1835-1846^[2][3] in Vermont^[4][5]

He was the husband of Adaline,^[4] and the husband of Mary.^[1][3][5] of Mary.^[2] He served with the famous 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry during the American Civil War. ^[6].

Occupations

• 1860-1880: Laborer
• 1863^[7]: Farmer
• 1900^[1]: Gardener
• 1910: Cemetery Laborer

His son Kendrick also worked as a gardener in New Haven.

Residences

• 1900-1910: 64 Webster Street, New Haven, Connecticut with his wife Mary and children^[1][2]
• 1880: Windsor, Vermont with his wife Mary and their children^[3]
• 1863: Windsor, Vermont (military enlistment)^[7]
• 1860: Woodstock, Vermont with his wife Adaline, their child Isaac Fredrick, Parmelia and Peter Miller, Norman B. Williams, and Betsey Harvison^[4]

Military Service

During the Civil War, he served as a Private in Company H of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry of the Union Army, the second^[8] regiment in the United States made up entirely of enlisted men of color. He was about 22 years old, married and working as a farmer when he enlisted on 10 August 1863 from Windsor, Vermont. He mustered out with his regiment on 20 August 1865.^[7]

Death

He passed away in 1913^[9] and is buried at Grove Street Cemetery.^[10]

His children Frederick Isaac and Kendrick also buried at Grove Street Cemetery.

Research Notes

Raymoure-1 21:24, 4 January 2020 (UTC): Possible census match?

Year: 1850; Census Place: Woodstock, Windsor, Vermont; Roll: M432_930; Page: 80A; Image: 165

Isaac Williams / b. abt. 1835 Vermont / Mulatto / with Sophia & Jared Richard and their family

Raymoure-1 21:35, 4 January 2020 (UTC): There is a Permilia Williams in 1850 in Woodstock who might be the same as Permilia Miller in 1860, and the Permilia Miller of 1860 is living with Adaline and Isaac Williams. Could Permilia be Isaac's mother?

Raymoure-1 21:45, 4 January 2020 (UTC): Elisha Bradish is related to the possible Williams relatives - both Permilia and Norman; appearing with both in separate households in 1850.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M97H-MB8 : 11 March 2022), Isaac Williams, 1900.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MK22-K8P : accessed 6 May 2023), Isaac Williams, New Haven Ward 9, New Haven, Connecticut, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 415, sheet 21A, family 520, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 140; FHL microfilm 1,374,153.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8WK-FLF : 15 January 2022), Isaac Williams, Windsor, Windsor, Vermont, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFDW-LZT : 18 February 2021), Isaac Williams, 1860.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6RF-XNJ : 29 May 2021), Isaac Williams, 1870.
6. ↑ 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry: Long Island, Boston Harbor Recruitment Records (see Images)
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2} Emilio, Luis Fenollosa. History of the Fifty-Fourth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, 1863-1865, Boston, Massachusetts: Boston Book Co., 1891 (1st ed.) and 1894 (2nd ed.)
8. ↑ and the first with federal recognition; the 1st Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry regiment was against the wishes of the Secretary of War and filled only six companies, but did see action a full year before the 54th
9. ↑ Military pension files of Private William M. "John" (2nd) Johnson, Co. H
10. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #127946020

• National Archives Catalog #300020. "Case Files of Approved Pension Applications of Widows and Other Veterans of the Army and Navy Who Served Mainly in the Civil War and the War With Spain, compiled 1861 - 1934."
• "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7FF-XY4 : 16 January 2020), Isaac Williams, .