Humphrey Williams (abt. 1725 - abt. 1775)

Born about 1725 in Pennsylvania [uncertain]

Descendants

Died about 1775 at about age 50 in Orange, North Carolina Colony

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Biography

Humphrey was born about 1725 in likely Pennsylvania due to Williams Quaker records and migration pattern to Fairfax MM, Loudoun, Virginia. He married Mary Tansey 1748 in a Quaker Marriage at Fairfax MM, which is now at Waterford in Loudoun County.^[1] The family migrated with their children from Loudoun, Va, to Cane Creek MM, Orange, North Carolina.^[2] Humphrey, John, William, and son Edward Williams along with a cousin William Tanzey were all dismissed/disowned from the Cane Creek MM for fighting 1771 in likely the Battle of Alamance by the Regulators, the farmers/planters uprising against the colonial North Carolina Governor Tryon for high taxes on their property.^[3][4]Humphrey Williams took the Oath of Allegiance to not take up arms against the colonial government being he was a merchant trading with Great Britian^[5] Humphrey Williams taxable property in 1779 taxes owed was $400, excessive for 1779.^[6]

The sons Humphrey, William, and Edward were farmers all establishing home improvement on a land grant on Back Creek (sic: Rock Creek per deed) which flows into Stinking Quarter Creek, then that part of Orange County that became Alamance, North Carolina.^[7][8] Humphrey Williams on 10 Jan 1793 sold part of his land grant to Elizabeth Williams of Orange County.^[9] By this date Abraham Jones was listed as an adjoining land owner. Abraham Jones' daughter Mary Polly Jones married Abel Williams, son of Edward Williams when both the Williams and Jones families migrated to Anderson, Tennessee.^[10][11] Humphrey Williams, the father, passed away after 1779 in Orange, now Alamance County, North Carolina.

Research Note

A James Williams and Ann Lewis, son was James Williams and Priscilla Rees (not Roberts), had sons named William Williams, Daniel Williams, and James Williams, of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. Humphrey Williams, son of James, was named by his uncle Daniel Williams in Daniel's will of 27 July 1781 which probated Philadelphia County, PA. Humphrey Williams was named executor of Daniel's will while living in Philadelphia County. This Humphrey Williams married a Rebecca, and children named were Tacy Thomas wife of Benjamin Thomas, Luke, Ann, and Absalom Williams. His will probated 3 July 1786 in Northern Liberties, Philadelphia County, PA.

This genealogy Williams family was not the Humphrey Williams that married Mary Tanzey at Fairfax MM, Loudoun, VA, although MANY of this Williams family had the same Quaker migration pattern from Gwynedd MM in Pennsylvania to Fairfax MM Loudoun, Virginia, to Cane Creek MM, Orange, North Carolina. Humphrey/Mary Tanzey Williams appears to be connected to the William Williams who came 1745 from Gwynedd to Fairfax MM, Loudoun, Virginia, about the same time 1748 Humphrey Williams married Mary Tanzey at Fairfax MM. William Williams' son Richard Williams also migrated to Cane Creek MM, Orange, NC. More research records need to be located in Loudoun, Virginia. Humphrey Williams of Va and Cane Creek MM, Orange, NC, did name a son William Williams.^[12]

Sources

1. ↑ Hathi Trust Digital Library. Hinshaw, William Wade. "Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol. 6, p. 580. Image 592 of 1064. Fairfax MM, Waterford, Loudoun, Virginia: Humphrey Williams married Mary Tansey, 29 August 1748. Received in membership 25 Sep 1749 Hathi Trust, Accessed 29 March 2024.
2. ↑ Waterford, Loudoun Co. Virginia: Humphrey Williams, Mary Williams, and children to Cane Creek Monthly Meeting from Fairfax MM, VA, 4 October 1755. "Encyclopedia of American Quaker genealogy." Hinshaw, W. Wade., Marshall, T. Worth. (1936) Ann Arbor, Mich.: Edwards brothers, Inc. #459 (p. 428-29). "Hathi Trust," https://babel.hathitrust.org/. Accessed 23 March 2022.
3. ↑ Cane Creek Monthly Meeting, 1 June 1771 to 7 September 1771: members disowned for aiding the revolution, William Tanzy, John and William Williams, Humphrey Williams. Journal Storage. "NORTH CAROLINA FRIENDS AND THE REVOLUTION." by Dorothy Gilbert Thorne. "The North Carolina Historical Review," Vol. 38, No. 3 (JULY 1961), pp. 323-340 (18 pages) Published by: North Carolina Office of Archives and History. p. 326. "JSTOR," https://www.jstor.org/. Accessed 23 March 2022.
4. ↑ Cane Creek Monthly Meeting, North Carolina: Humphrey Williams, disowned for aiding a company contending with arms, 7 July 1771. Edward Williams, dismissed for fighting, Feb 3, 1776. "QUAKER FAMILIES IN THE CHATHAM AREA OF NORTH CAROLINA." submitted by Sue Ashby - Updated May 5, 2004. NCGenWeb. Accessed 23 March 2022.
5. ↑ Orange County, North Carolina: Merchants trading with Great Britain taking Oath of Allegiance to State of NC, Humphrey Williams, others. August Court, 1777 FamilySearch Digital Collections. "Abstracts of the minutes of the Inferior Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of Orange County, N.C., 1777-1788." Digitized Book. p. 5, Image 9 of 187. Accessed 23 March 2022.
6. ↑ *Tax Lists, Orange County, 1779: Humphrey Williams, $400 Taxable Property Tax Lists, Orange County, 1779, Image 51 of 58. North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, North Carolina State Archives, Digital Collections, Tax Lists and Records. Accessed 23 March 2022
7. ↑ [Orange, North Carolina, Land Entry 190: Umphrey Williams enters 575 ac, Back Creek (sic: Rock Creek per deed), including the improvement of Edward Williams, Wm Williams, & his own. Warrant issued 15 Nov 1786, grant 18 Feb 1787] Orange County, North Carolina, Land Entries 1778-1795. p. 136. by A. B. Pruitt. North Carolina Archives, State Library of North Carolina, Government and Heritage Library Repository. Raleigh, North Carolina. Accessed 23 March 2022.
8. ↑ Orange, North Carolina, Land Entry 190: Umphrey Williams enters 575 ac, Back Creek (sic: Rock Creek per deed), including the improvement of Edward Williams, Wm Williams, & his own. Warrant issued 15 Nov 1786, grant 18 Feb 1787 Orange County, North Carolina, Land Entries 1778-1795. p. 136. by A. B. Pruitt. North Carolina Archives, Government and Heritage Library Repository. Familysearch.org, Orange NC Land Entries 1779-1795, Image 360 of 811. FHL Film #19473 Item 2. FHL Digitized Film #4770551. Accessed 29 March 2024.
9. ↑ FamilySearch Digital Collections. "Deeds v. 5-6 1787-1798." [Orange County, North Carolina, Deed: Umphrey Williams to Elizabeth Williams, 20 pds,190 acres, Rock Creek adjoining Abraham Jones.] Bk 5, p. 49. Image 47 of 644. FHL Film #305926. FHL Digitized Film #7545823. "Familysearch.org" https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99DH-X9H5-V?i=46&cat=302251 Accessed 29 March 2024
10. ↑ Annie Blanche Williams Priddy Holy Bible (Donaldson/ Hill/Campbell/Wallace, Williams/Jones, Oakes/Norton, written by Blanche Priddy) p.8 FamilySearch, Memories Documents, " Annie Blanche Williams Priddy Holy Bible, p. 8, Abel Williams and Polly Jones. "Familysearch.org." Accessed 29 March 2024.
11. ↑ FamilySearch Digital Library. [Abel Williams, https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LTD9-H1T] FamilySearch.org. Accessed 29 March 2024
12. ↑ Descendants of Robert CADWALADER (James Williams will of 17 Oct 1707 Phila. PA, son of James Williams and Ann Lewis, married Priscilla Rees, not Priscilla Roberts) https://www.friendsjournal.org/legacy/abington/gwynedd/roberts.htm#15

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