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461 ADELINE, b. March 27, 1808.
462 ELIZA, b. Dec. 17, 1809.
463 MAY, b. Oct. 22, 1811.
464 JOHN L. THOMPSON, b. Aug. 24, 1813.
465 ALEXANDER F., b. Sept. 24, 1815.
466 ISABELLE, b. May 16, 1817.
467 JAMES H., b. March 19, 1819.
468 JONATHAN J., b. Feb. 18, 1822.
469 ASA, b. and d. in infancy.
William Wheeler (No. 394) m. Wealthy Turner in 1800. CHILDREN:
470 ELIZA ANN, b. in 1802, m. Benjamin F. Williams Sept. 26, 1828 (No. 118), Williams family.
471 WILLIAM E., b. June 16, 1807, m. Pedee Heath Aug. 24, 1831.
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WHEELER FAMILY.
Phineas Wheeler (No. 385) m. Wealthy Maxon Feb. 24, 1810. He d. Aug. 15, 1831 ; she d. Jan. 1, 1851.
CHILD:
472 PHINEAS M., b. July 15, 1817, m. Harriet Swan; 2d, Sarah Woodmancy.
Jesse Wheeler (No. 396) m. Nancy Peckham May 30, 181I. He d. Jan. 16, 1852; she d. March 9, 1885.
CHILDREN:
473 STEPHEN HAZARD, b. March 6, 1812, m. Harriet Newell Williams.
474 ELISHA PACKER, b. Dec. 15, 1815, m. Emeline E. Clark.
475 JOHN OWEN, b. June 5, 1818.
476 THOMAS WILLIAM, b. Oct. 20, 1822, m. Emily Elizabeth Brown.
Christopher Wheeler (No. 397) m. Orinda Gallup March 19, 1812 (No. 256), that family.
CHILDREN:
477 EMELINE, b. Dec. 29, 1812, d. young.
478 CHRISTOPHER P., b. May 2, 1814, m. Mary C. Collins Jan. 20, 1840.
479 ELIZA ORINDA, b. Nov. 8, 1815.
480 CHARLES DENISON, b. Nov. 18, 1817, m. Mary Elizabeth Guild.
481 EMELINE ANN, b. Feb. 3, 1820.
482 WILLIAM COLLINS, b. Feb. 10, 1822.
483 ELIZABETH HARRIET, b. Nov. 22, 1823.
484 MARY ANN, b. Nov. 28, 1825.
485 DAVID MINER, b. Jan. 2, 1828.
Jonathan Wheeler (No. 403) m. Anna Breed June 21, 1819 (No. 103), that family. They lived in Stonington, Conn.
CHILDREN:
486 SARAH ANN, b. Jan. 3, 1821, m. Benjamin F. Stanton (No. 422), Stanton family.
487 JONATHAN ANDREW, b. Aug. 1, 1823, m. Lydia Larkham.
488 ESTHER D., b. Sept. 19, 1825.
489 OLIVER W., b. Oct. 23, 1827, m.
490 FANNY W., b. Feb. 1, 1830, m. Joseph F. Rindge April 10, 1854.
491 JAMES, b. May 27, 1832, d. young.
492 BENJAMIN S., b. May 20, 1833, m. Delia A. Fredenburg Nov. 12, 1858; 2d, Anna E. Major Jan. 22, 1870.
493 EMMA JANE, b. Sept. 4, 1835, m. John S. Heath.
494 HENRY EDWIN, b. March 17, 1838, m. Mary A. McFall Dec. 31, 1865.
495 HARRIET NEWELL, b. Aug. 31, 1840, d. unmarried.
496 ALBERT, b. Aug. 13, 1842.
497 MARTHA ELLA, b. April 14, 1845, d. unmarried.
Allen Wheeler (No. 410) m. Jemima A. Wheeler (No. 422), Feb. 28, 1821. CHILDREN:
498 ANNA, b. June 24, 1822, m. J. Burrows Palmer July 4, 1843.
499 ALLEN, b. Aug. 8, 1823, m. Mary A. Coates Dec. 15, 1846.
500 ELISHA, b. Jan. 15, 1827, m. Mary J. Gallup Nov. 2, 1856.
501 RICHARD, b. Feb. 16, 1829, m. Lucy G. Bentley Oct. 29, 1850 (No. 51), that family.
502 HARRIET, b. Feb. 1, 1831, m. Edgar R. Palmer in 1857.
503 ELLEN C .. b. April 13, 1833, m. Dr. Edwin C. Maine June 13, 1852; went west.
504 FRANCES ABBY, b. April 14, 1839, m. John S. Maine March 18, 1860.
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HISTORY OF STONINGTON.
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Samuel Wheeler (No. 387) m. Rebecca Prentice (No. 70), in 1809; m. 2d, Mrs. Hannah (Heath) Havens. He d. March 24, 1852. Mrs. Rebecca d. Dec. 9, 1842.
CHILDREN:
505 SAMUEL PRENTICE, b. Sept. 12, 1810, m. Amanda M. Avery Nov. 22, 1838 (No. 225), that family.
506 MARY, b. June 1, 1812, m. Hiram Wheeler (No. 432).
507 REBECCA, b. Sept. 17, 1813, m. Joseph Davis Nov. 15, 1832.
508 JOSEPH, b. Oct. 20, 1815, m. Mary M. Swan May 23, 1843, daughter of Thomas W. Swan (No. 185), that family.
509 PHEBE, b. Dec. 8, 1817, m. Clark N. Whitford Sept. 9, 1843.
510 WARREN S., b. July 13, 1819, m. Phebe Gallup (No. 293), that family.
511 CODDINGTON, b. March 23, 1823, d. young.
512 PRUDENCE, b. Jan. 18, 1823, m. Giles Haley.
513 NELSON H., b. March 28, 1827, m. Melinda Gallup (No. 296), that family.
CHILD BY SECOND MARRIAGE:
514 HANNAH E., b. Feb. 3, 1846, m. George Wilcox.
Hiram Wheeler (No. 432) m. Mary Wheeler (No. 506), Feb. 17, 1832, both of Stonington, Conn.
CHILDREN:
515 HIRAM W., JR., b. - , d. young man; unmarried.
516 SAMUEL A., b. - -, m. Martha Emma Green Sept. 30, 1862.
517 RALPH, b. May 14, 1843, m. Mrs. Helen M. Graves Feb. 28, 1884.
518 SILAS B., b. June 25, 1845, m. Mary A. Cooper Sept. 30, 1872. 519 MARY AUGUSTA, b.
Thomas W. Wheeler (No. 476) m. Emily Elizabeth Brown (No. 259) that family, Nov. 7, 1844, daughter of Dea. Cyrus Brown. They lived in North Stonington.
CHILD:
520 NANCY MARY, b. Sept. 2, 1847, m. William Horace Hillard Dec. 3, 1878.
Gilbert Wheeler (No. 406) m. Esther Ann Potter Feb., 1829. He m. 2d, Angelina Byron Wood March 15, 1840.
CHILDREN BY FIRST MARRIAGE:
521 HARRIET ELIZABETH, b. Nov. 18, 1829.
522 HORACE NILES, b. Feb. 1, 1831, m. Margaret A. Havens June 21, 1853. 523 CAROLINE ARABELLA, b. Nov. 18, 1832, m. John F. Larkham April 10, 1854. 524 SARAH ELIZABETH, b. Oct. 5, 1834, m. William A. Green July 25, 1854. 525 ANNA AUGUSTA, b. Feb. 14, 1837, m. Charles A. Geer Feb. 8, 1856.
CHILDREN BY SECOND MARRIAGE:
526 CLINTON GILBERT, b. March 28, 1841, m. Fannie M. Beebe Nov. 26, 1866. 527 ADA ANGELINA, b. June 16, 1844, m. Albert P. Pendleton Sept. 20, 1870. 528 ADRIAN LORENZO, b. March 8, 1846.
Richard Wheeler (No. 431) m. Cynthia Gallup, Nov. 25, 1824. He d. Oct. 28, 1868.
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WHEELER FAMILY.
CHILDREN:
529 LUCY M., b. Sept. 3, 1825. 530 CYNTHIA, b. Aug. 9, 1827, d. young. 531 NANCY I., b. Aug. 17, 1828, d. young. 532 DESIRE, b. Oct. 12, 1830, d. young. 533 EMILY, b. Oct. 27, 1832. 534 CHARLES T., b. Nov. 21, 1834. 535 JOHN G., b. June 10, 1837.
536 ELLEN I., b. Apr. 27, 1840.
537 HANNAH E., b. Aug. 1, 1842, d. young.
538 DELIA D., b. June 4, 1845. 539 ERASTUS D., b. Apr. 5, 1848. 540 JENNIE L., b. Oct. 8, 1851.
Dudley D. Wheeler (No. 414) m. Nancy Wheeler (No. 457), Sept. 3, 1820.
CHILDREN:
541 DUDLEY D., b. Apr. 29, 1821. 542 MARTHA A., b. May 3, 1822.
543 SALLY H., b. Oct. 5, 1823. 544 LUCY O., b. May 8, 1825.
545 WILLIAM L., b. Mar. 8, 1827.
546 MARY E., b. (twin). 547 PHEBE J., b. May 24, 1829.
548 CELIA M., b. Feb. 11, 1831.
549 LYDIA E., b. Dec. 21, 1832. 550 JOHN A., b. July 3, 1836.
551 LOUISA S., b. June 3, 1838.
552 CHAUNCEY P., b. July 3, 1840.
WILCOX FAMILY.
I. In 1638 the name of Edward Wilcox is found among the list of inhabitants of the Island of Aquidneck ; he also had land at Manhattan. It is not known who he married, but there may have been a son,
2 JOHN, and surely Daniel and Stephen, who had grants of land at Ports- mouth, and Stephen was a freeman there in 1658.
3 STEPHEN, b. about 1633, d. in 1690.
4 DANIEL, b. - and m. Elizabeth Cook Nov. 28, 1661.
Stephen Wilcox (No. 3) m. in 1657 Hannah, daughter of Thomas and wife, Martha Hazard. Some time before 1669 he came to Westerly. He left six sons and one daughter when he died.
5 EDWARD, b. about 1662 in Westerly, R. I., d. Nov. 5, 1715.
6 THOMAS, b. at North Kingston, d. 1728.
7 DANIEL, b. in Kingston.
8 WILLIAM, b.
9 STEPHEN, b. .
10 JEREMIAH, b.
11 HANNAH, b. -, m. Samuel Clarke, son of Jeremiah, Jr., of Newport.
Edward Wilcox (No. 5) m. Ist, - Hazard, daughter of Robert and wife, Mary (Brownell) Hazard; was the ancestor of the Westerly and Charlestown, R. I., Wilcoxes.
CHILDREN:
12 MARY, b. , m. Joseph Lewis.
13 HANNAH, b. m. Ezekiel Gavitt.
14 STEPHEN, b. The ancestor of the Stephen Wilcox who has been
the most liberal benefactor Westerly has ever had.
15 EDWARD, b.
Edward Wilcox (No. 5) m. 2d, May 1, 1698, Thomasin, daugh- ter of Richard Stevens of Taunton. She was b. July 3, 1677.
THEIR CHILDREN:
16 SARAH, b. May 30, 1700.
17 THOMAS, b. Feb. 18, 1702.
18 HEZEKIAH, b. April 4, 1704.
19 ELISHA, b. July 9, 1706.
20 AMEY, b. Oct. 18, 1709.
21 SUSANNAH, b. April 4, 1712.
Thomas Wilcox (No. 6) m. Martha, daughter of Robert and wife, Mary (Brownell) Hazard ; she d. 1753.
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WILCOX FAMILY.
CHILDREN:
22 ROBERT, b. - 23 STEPHEN, b.
24 JEFFREY, b. 25 THOMAS, b. Oct. 24, 1693.
26 ABRAHAM, b.
27 GEORGE, b. -
28 EDWARD, b.
29 HANNAH, b.
Daniel Wilcox (No. 7) m. in 1697 Mary Wordell, and in 1717 they were residents of Stonington, Conn. Dec. 8, 1727, he m. 2d, Mary Robeson.
30 STEPHEN, b. 31 DANIEL, b. 32 HEZEKIAH, b.
CHILDREN:
William Wilcox (No. 8) m. Jan. 25, 1698, Dorothy (No. 27), daughter of Moses and wife, Dorothy Gilbert Palmer, and grand- daughter of Walter Palmer.
This family is the ancestor of the North Stonington Wilcox family. After the death of Mrs. Dorothy Palmer he m. 2d, Mrs. Abigail Palmer of Stonington April 1, 1754. He d. Dec. 27, 1757.
CHILDREN:
33 DOROTHY, b. Oct. 28, 1698.
34 ANNA, b. June 14, 1700. 35 WILLIAM, b. June 3, 1703, d. Dec. 27, 1757.
36 JEMIMA, b. July 21, 1705.
37 MARY, b. Dec. 1, 1709. 38 AMEY, b. July 7, 1711.
39 SARAH, b. Aug. 29, 1713. 40 NATHAN, b. Dec. 3, 1716.
Stephen Wilcox (No. 9) m. Elizabeth, daughter of John and wife, Elizabeth (Gorton) Crandall, in 1704.
CHILDREN:
41 STEPHEN, b. 42 ROBERT, b. 43 JOHN, b.
Jeremiah Wilcox (No. 10) m. Mary, daughter of Thomas and wife, Mary Mallett, of Newport, R. I.
Elisha Wilcox (No. 19) m., not known.
THEIR CHILDREN WERE:
44 EDWARD, b. Aug. 12, 1726. 45 ELISHA, b. July 11, 1728. 46 HEZEKIAH, b. Dec. 25, 1731. 47 THOMAS, b. July 9, 1733. Also two or three daughters.
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HISTORY OF STONINGTON.
William Wilcox (No. 35) m. Hannah Brown (No. 43), Brown family, March 24, 1725 ; she was b. Dec. 12, 1705.
CHILD: 48 HANNAH, b. Dec. 24, 1726, and d. young.
Mrs. Hannah Wilcox d. Jan. 4, 1727, and Mr. Wilcox m. 2d, Elizabeth Brown June 5, 1727.
CHILDREN:
49 PRUDENCE, b. March 6, 1728, m. Samuel Frink July 27, 1756 (No. 77), that family.
50 NATHAN, b. April 4, 1730.
51 WILLIAM, b. March 20, 1732.
52 JOHN, b. July 16, 1734.
53 DOROTHY, b. Sept. 16, 1736.
54 HANNAH, b. Nov. 12, 1738, m. Oliver Bentley March 16, 1758.
Hezekiah Wilcox (No. 46) m. Hannah Parker before 1758. He d. in 1819, buried at Watch Hill.
CHILDREN:
54a AMEY, b. - , m. Capt. John West, 1765 (No. 22).
55 HEZEKIAH, b. in 1758, m. Patty or Martha Whittlesey.
56 MARTHA, b. in 1760, m. Tristam Dickens.
57 JESSE, b. Dec. 29, 1762.
58 PELEG, b. -, m. Lucy Whittlesey.
59 DANIEL, b. m. Prudy Wilcox.
60 SUSANNAH, b. -, m. Braddock Hall.
61 SYLVESTER, b. -, m. Marvel Burtch.
62 THOMAS, b. m. Abby Pendleton.
63 ASA, b. , m. Abby Dunbar.
64 SAMUEL, b. -, m. Prudy Grant.
65 ABIGAIL, b. d. young.
Stephen Wilcox (No. 30) m. Susannah, daughter of Caleb Pen- dleton.
CHILDREN:
66 ELIZABETH, b. July 23, 1725.
67 CALEB, b. June 8, 1727.
68 MARY, b. Jan. 21, 1729.
Capt. Jesse Wilcox (No. 57) of Westerly, R. I., m. Nancy or Ann Pendleton Dec. 9, 1784.
CHILDREN :
69 SUSANNAH, b. Dec. 16, 1785, m. Absalom Miner, son of William Miner. 70 NANCY, b. March 15, 1787, m. 1st, Joseph Sheffield; 2d, Samuel Taylor.
71 JESSE JR., b. Nov. 23, 1788, m. 1st, Sally Arden; 2d, Rebecca Miner Dec. 22, 1822.
72 ABIGAIL, b. Sept. 12, 1790, m. Lyman Hall, lived at Lotteryville.
73 PHINEAS, b. Nov. 22, 1792, m. Mercy Taylor.
74 LODOWICK, b. Sept. 18, 1794, m. Fanny Cottrell.
Mrs. Nancy Wilcox d. Sept. 2, 1796, aged 35 yrs, and May 6, 1798, Mr. Jesse Wilcox m. Mehitable, daughter of Ebenezer and wife, Iantha (Mason) Wilcox.
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WILCOX FAMILY
CHILDREN:
75 IANTHA, b. Nov. 3, 1799, m. Moses Sawyer.
76 EBENEZER, b. June 30, 1801, m. Caroline Cottrell.
77 ELISHA, b. Nov. 13, 1803, m. Mary Denison (No. 482), that family.
78 MASON, b. Nov. 13, 1806, m. Louisa Brown.
79 ELNATHAN F., b. April 2, 1808, m. 1st, Mehitable Wilcox; 2d, Julia Denison (No. 490), that family.
80 SILAS, b. Dec. 29, 1811, m. Emma Haskel, lives in Griswold.
81 ELIAS, b. April 3, 1815, m. Hannah Denison (No. 488), lives in Quiambaug Capt. Jesse Wilcox and his son. Jesse Wilcox, Jr., were drowned July 5, 1828, in a thunder squall on their way from Stonington to Quiambaug.
Edward Wilcox (No. 44) m. Eleanor Rathbone. CHILDREN:
82 EBENEZER, b. -, m. Iantha Mason.
83 ELISHA, b. -, m. Molly Gates.
84 JOSHUA, b. , m. Jane Ashcraft.
85 JOHN, b. m. Polly Packer.
86 PRUDY, b.
, m. Daniel Wilcox.
87 SARAH, b.
, m. Nathan Austin.
This Sarah Wilcox's mother may have been a second wife.
Sylvester Wilcox (No. 61) m. Marvel Burtch Sept. 27, 1800. CHILDREN:
88 SYLVESTER, JR., b. Sept. 25, 1802.
89 ALLEN P., b. July 4, 1804.
90 MARY A., b. March 2, 1807.
91 WILLIAM, b. Jan. 9, 1810.
92 FRANCIS, b. Sept. 30, 1812.
Nathan Wilcox (No. 50) m. Tabitha Prosser Jan. 25, 1753. CHILDREN:
93 NATHAN, b. Nov. 15, 1753.
94 WILLIAM, b. Jan. 4, 1755. #
95 TABITHA, b. March 15, 1757, m. - Burdick.
96 LUCY, b. in 1759, m. Benjamin Peckham and d. in 1847.
97 PRUDENCE, b. March 30, 1761, m. - - Williams.
98 DAVID, b. in 1764, m. Rebecca Stanton (No. 59), that family. 99 JOHN, b.
100 JARED, b. in 1770, m. Bridget Stanton (No. 63), that family.
101 DESIAH, b. - -, m. Denison.
102 MARTHA, b. in 1775, m. Samuel Stanton (No. 64), that family.
ROBERT WILLIAMS FAMILY.
The planters of Stonington by the name of Williams were Ebenezer and John Williams, first cousins, sons of Samuel and Isaac Williams of Roxbury, Massachusetts, and grandsons of
I. ROBERT WILLIAMS, son of Stephen and Margaret Cook Williams, b. 1598, bapt. in Great Yarmouth, England, under date of Dec. II, 1608, m. Elizabeth Stalham of Great Yarmouth, and sailed for America in the ship "Rose" from Great Yarmouth, landing in New England in the year 1635. His wife d. July 28, 1674, aged 80 years. He m. again, it is supposed, to Martha Strong, who d. Dec. 22, 1704. He was a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Boston, 1644. He d. at Roxbury, Mass., Sept. 1, 1693.
CHILDREN:
2 ELIZABETH, b. in England, m. Richard Cutter in 1644, he d. June 16, 1693; she d. at Cambridge March 5, 1662.
3 DEBORAH, b. in England, m. John Turner in 1648, he d. in 1705; his wife d. in 1675.
4 JOHN, b. in England, d. Oct. 6, 1658, unmarried.
5 SAMUEL, b. in England in 1632, m. Theoda Park.
6 ISAAC, b. at Roxbury Sept. 1, 1638, m. Martha Park.
7 STEPHEN, b. at Roxbury, Nov. 8, 1640, m. Sarah, daughter of Joseph and Mary (Thomson) Wise, in 1666; she d. in 1728, and he d. Feb. 15, 1720.
8 THOMAS, b. and d. young.
Dea. Samuel Williams of Roxbury, Mass. (No. 5) m. March 2, 1654, Theoda, daughter of Dea. William and wife Martha (Holgrave) Park (No. 6), that family, and sister of Martha, who married his brother, Isaac Williams. He d. Sept. 28, 1698.
CHILDREN:
9 ELIZABETH, b. Feb. 1, 1655, d. March 10, 1655.
10 SAMUEL, b. April 27, 1656, m. Sarah May Feb. 24, 1680; she d. Dec. 29, 1712; he d. Aug. 8, 1735.
11 MARTHA, b. April 29, 1657, d. Feb. 6, 1661.
12 ELIZABETH, b. Feb. 11, 1660, m. Stephen Paine.
13 THEODA, b. July 27, 1662, d. Feb. 8, 1679.
14 JOHN, b. Dec. 10, 1664, m. Eunice Mather July 21, 1687, first minister of Deerfield, Mass., in 1686.
15 EBENEZER, b. Dec. 6, 1666, lived in Stonington.
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ROBERT WILLIAMS FAMILY.
16 DEBORAH, b. Nov. 20, 1668, m. Joseph Warren of Boston, Mass. She was the grandmother of Gen. Joseph Warren, who fell at Bunker Hill June 17, 1775, nobly defending the liberties of this country.
17 MARTHA, b. May 19, 1671, m. Jonathan Hunt.
18 ABIGAIL, b. July 12, 1674, m. May 26, 1698, Experience Porter.
19 PARK, b. Jan. 11, 1677, m. Priscilla Payson.
20 Unnamed infant, b. and d. April, 1680.
Isaac Williams (No. 6) m. Martha Park (No. 8), that family, in 1660; she d. Oct. 24, 1674. He m. 2d, Judith, daughter of Peter and Elizabeth (Smith) Hunt, widow of Nathaniel Cooper ; she d. 1724 ; her husband d. Feb. II, 1707.
CHILDREN:
21 ISAAC, b. and d. March 7, 1661.
22 ISAAC, b. Dec. 11, 1661, m. Elizabeth Hyde, who d. June 26, 1699; m. 2d, Mary, widow of Nathaniel Hammond, who is said to have been sister of his first wife; m. 3d, Hannah -; he d. in 1739.
23 MARTHA, b. Dec. 27, 1663, m. John Hunt.
24 WILLIAM, b. Feb. 2, 1665, m. Elizabeth Cotton.
25 JOHN, b. Oct. 31, 1667, settled in Stonington, Conn., m. Martha Wheeler.
26 ELEAZER, b. Oct. 22, 1669, settled in Stonington, Conn., m. Mary (Rediat) Hyde.
27 HANNAH, b. Oct. 8, 1671, m. John Hyde of Newton, Mass.
28 ELIZABETH (twin), b. Oct. 8, 1671, m. Jonathan Hyde.
29 THOMAS, b. Dec. 23, 1673.
CHILDREN BY SECOND MARRIAGE:
30 PETER, b. Aug. 31, 1680, d. unmarried in 1732.
31 SARAH, b. Oct. 2, 1699, m. John March; 2d, Samuel Gray.
32 MARY (twin), b. Oct. 2, 1699, m. Joseph Hyde.
33 EPHRAIM, b. Oct. 21, 1691, m. Elizabeth Jackson Aug. 8, -; 2d, he m. Abigail Jones May 21, 1719.
CHILDREN:
34 EPHRAIM, b. Feb. 23, 1715; killed in the French and Indian war in battle near Lake George. N. Y., Sept. 8, 1755. He left his fortune, by will, to found a free school at Williamstown, Mass., incorporated in 1685; afterwards became a college, which was called after his name; d. un- married.
35 THOMAS, b. April 1, 1718. He was a surgeon and was in the army with his brother when he was killed. He m. Anna Childs; m. 2d, Esther Williams, daughter of Rev. William Williams (No. 53).
CHILDREN:
36 EPHRAIM, b. in 1760, m. Emily Trowbridge, their son,
. 37 REV. JOHN, Senior Bishop of the Episcopal Church of the United States, was b. Aug. 30, 1817.
Ebenezer Williams (No. 15) came to Stonington about 1685, m. Mary Wheeler, daughter of Isaac and Martha (Park) Wheeler (No. 5), Wheeler family, Jan. 24, 1687. She d. Nov. 3, 1709. He m. 2d, July 12, 1711, Sarah, daughter of Nathaniel and Mary (French) Hammond of Newton; she d. Sept. 5, 1751. He d. Feb. 13, 1747. He settled on lands which he purchased of the Winthrops, just north of what is now Old Mystic, near the junc- tion of the Lantern Hill road with the turnpike.
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HISTORY OF STONINGTON.
CHILDREN:
39 THEODA, b. Oct. 29, 1687, d. Jan. 19, 1694.
40 Unnamed child, b. Sept. 17, 1691.
41 MARY, b. Jan. 7, 1694, d. Jan. 10, 1704.
42 SAMUEL, b. Feb. 4, 1696, m. Jemima Sheldon; 2d, Mary Williams.
43 EBENEZER, bapt. June 23, 1699, d. young.
44 THEODA, bapt. Jan. 3, 1701, never married.
45 SILENCE, bapt. Dec. 8, 1703, m. Oliver Grant (No. 15), that family.
46 EBENEZER, bapt. Oct. 21, 1705, m. Deborah Smith; 2d, Prudence Fellows.
47 ELIZABETH (twin), bapt. Oct. 21, 1705, m. Jonathan Smith June 8, 1732.
48 MARTHA, bapt. April 3, 1708, m. Jeremiah Smith Dec. 16, 1730.
CHILDREN BY SECOND MARRIAGE:
49 Unnamed child, b. June 10, 1713.
49a Unnamed child, b. May 27, 1714.
50 NATHANIEL, b. July 24, 1715, m. Amy Hewitt; 2d, Abigail Eldridge.
51 ELISHA, b. Jan. 12, 1719, m. Thankful Denison; 2d, Eunice Williams; 3d, Esther Wheeler; 4th, Mrs. Eunice (Spaulding) Baldwin.
Rev. William Williams (No. 24) graduated from Harvard, 1683, settled at Hatfield, Mass., in 1685, m. Elizabeth, daughter of Rev. Dr. Cotton, July 8, 1686; m. 2d, Christain, daughter of Rev. Soloman and Esther (Warham) Mather Stoddard, Aug. 9, 1699; he d. Aug. 31, 1741.
CHILDREN:
52 WILLIAM, b. April 30, 1687, d. May 5, 1687.
53 REV. WILLIAM, b. May 11, 1688, m. Hannah Stoddard; 2d, Sarah, widow of Rev. James Stone.
54 MARTHA, b. Oct. 8, 1690, m. Edward Partridge.
55 REV. ELISHA, b. Aug. 26, 1694, m. Eunice Chester. He graduated from Harvard 1711, ordained at Newington, Conn., Oct. 22, 1722; he was. chosen President of Yale College 1726, and served thirteen years and resigned on account of ill health July 25, 1755.
55a JOHN, b. March 7, 1698, d. July 29, 1699.
CHILDREN BY SECOND MARRIAGE:
56 REV. SOLOMAN, b. Jan. 4, 1701, minister of Lebanon, Conn., a graduate of Harvard 1719 m. Mary Porter, who were the parents of Hon. Wil- liam Williams, signer of the Declaration of Independence; he m. Mary Trumbull, daughter of Governor Trumbull of Connecticut.
57 ELIZABETH, b. June 7, 1707, m. Samuel Barnard.
58 ISRAEL, b. Nov. 30, 1709, m. Sarah Chester; he d. in 1789.
59 DOROTHY, b. June 20, 1713, m. Rev. Jonathan Ashley.
Samuel Williams (No. 42) of Stonington, m. Ist, Jemima Shel- don of North Hampton, Mass .; she d. Sept. 21, 1724; he m. 2d, Mary Williams (No. 440) of Stonington April 26, 1725; she d. Jan. 28, 1776; he d. Sept. 18, 1780.
CHILDREN:
60 MARY, b. Jan. 22, 1738.
61 JEMIMA, b. Nov. 12, 1730.
62 SAMUEL, b. Jan. 12, 1734, m. Lois Allyn.
63 CAROLINE, b. July 3, 1735, d. Oct. 24, 1738.
64 JESSE, b. Jan. 13, 1742.
65 EBENEZER, b. May 25, 1743.
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ROBERT WILLIAMS FAMILY.
Nathaniel Williams (No. 50) m. Amy Hewitt July 1, 1759 (see Hewitt family) (No. 50), both of Stonington. Mrs. Amy Wil- liams d. March 16, 1756; he m. 2d, Abigail Eldridge of Groton, Conn., Sept. 19, 1756. He d. Dec. 19, 1793 ; his wife, Abigail, d. July 13, 1818. Mr. Williams and both of his wives are buried at Old Mystic, in the burying ground on the Elias Brown farm.
CHILDREN:
66 Daughter, b. and d. same day.
67 SARAH, b. Oct. 4, 1742, d. Oct. 6, 1744.
68 ANNA, b. Oct. 2, 1744, m. Col. William Ledyard.
69 AMIE, b. Jan. 14, 1746, m. John Bell; 2d, Job Stanton.
70 ISRAEL, b. Aug. 4, 1749.
CHILDREN BY SECOND WIFE:
71 NATHANIEL, b. Aug. 3, 1757.
72 ABIGAIL, b. Aug. 25, 1768, m. Christopher Chesebrough (No. 210), Chesebrough family.
74 EBENEZER, b. Dec. 24, 1759.
75 SARAH, b. June 3, 1761, m. Andrew Denison (No. 216), of that family.
76 THOMAS, b. , m. Abigail Hempstead.
77 ELIJAH, b. . -- , m. Mehitable Rossiter,
78 PELEG, b. 1768, m. Dorothy Denison.
Elisha Williams (No. 51) m. Nov. 5, 1740, Thankful Denison (No. 138), Denison family ; she d. Dec. 15, 1740. He m. 2d, Eunice Williams (No. 447) Nov. 24, 1743; she d. July 26, 1753; he m. 3d, Esther Wheeler (No. 340), Wheeler family, April 25, 1754 ; he m. for his fourth wife, Mrs. Eunice (Spaulding) Baldwin Nov. 1, 1765. He d. Sept. 22, 1788. Mr. Williams and his wives are buried at Old Mystic in the graveyard on the Elias Brown farm.
CHILDREN BY SECOND MARRIAGE:
79 ELISHA, b. Dec. 14, 1744, m. Lucy Denison.
80 EBENEZER, b. Feb. 26, 1748, d. young.
81 THANKFUL, b. July 26, 1750, d. Oct. 13, 1751.
CHILDREN BY THIRD MARRIAGE:
82 EUNICE, b. Aug. 3, 1755, m. Isaac Denison Nov. 19, 1773, (No. 221), that family.
Samuel Williams (No. 62) m. Lois Allyn of Groton June 26, 1757.
CHILDREN:
83 LOIS, b. Nov. 4, 1757, m. Gershom York (No. 51), that family.
84 JAMES, b. Dec. 16, 1759.
85 ADIN, b. Nov. 27, 1761.
86 SIMEON, b. Dec. 18, 1763.
87 DEBORAH, b. July 16, 1766.
88 ALLYN, b. Jan. 22, 1769.
89 DUDLEY, b. July 26, 1771.
90 ELIZABETH, b. Dec. 28, 1773.
91 ALTHEA, b. May 18, 1777.
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HISTORY OF STONINGTON.
Anna Williams of Stonington (No. 68) m. Col. William Led- yard of Groton b. Dec. 6, 1761, the brave defender of Fort Gris- wold in the assault and capture of that fort by the British Sept. 6, 1781, when he lost his life.
CHILDREN:
92 MARY LEDYARD, b. Feb. 16, 1763, d. March 9, 1782.
93 SARAH LEDYARD, b. May 6, 1765, d. July 25, 1781.
94 WILLIAM LEDYARD, b. Dec. 30, 1766, d. Sept. 14, 1777.
95 DEBORAH LEDYARD, b. Jan. 27, 1769, m. Smith Nov. 28, 1786,
d. Dec. 20, 1791.
96 JOHN YARBOROUGH LEDYARD, b. June 24, 1773, d. Jan. 22, 1792.
97 PETER VANWORT LEDYARD, b. Sept. 2, 1775, m. Sept. 22, 1796, Maria Van Tuyl.
98 WILLIAM LEDYARD, b. Sept. 1, 1777, d. Sept. 9, 1795.
99 HENRY YOUNG LEDYARD, b. Jan. 6, 1780, d. May 23, 1782.
100 CHARLES GROVER LEDYARD, b. Aug. 27, 1781, d. Feb. 20, 1790.
Amy Williams of Stonington (No. 69) m. John Bell July 6, 1766. He d. July 17, 1769. She m. 2d, Job Stanton June 2, 1774 (No. 25) of the Robert Stanton family.
CHILDREN BY FIRST MARRIAGE.
101 NANCY BELL, b. Sept. 30, 1767, m. Paul Babcock. 102 AMY BELL, b. July 14, 1769.
CHILDREN BY SECOND MARRIAGE:
103 ABIGAIL STANTON, b. Feb. 29, 1775.
104 NATHANIEL STANTON, b. April 22, 1778, d. at Trinidad March 15, 1808.
105 CHARLES STANTON, b. May 14, 1780, d. April 1, 1782.
106 BENJAMIN F., b. Feb. 25, 1782, m. Maria Davis.
Thomas E. Williams (No. 76) m. Abigail, daughter of Christo- pher and Mary Hempstead May 7, 1787, both of Stonington, Conn.
CHILDREN:
107 ELDRIDGE, b. Dec. 25, 1787.
108 NANCY, b. Jan. 4, 1790, m. Nathan Whiting, 1807.
109 SALLY A., b. Dec. 19, 1793, unmarried, d. July 22, 1868.
110 THOMAS, b. Nov. 6, 1795, m. Lucretia Dudley.
111 EMMA, b. Aug. 19, 1797, m. George Wolf Oct. 11, 1818.
112 ABBY, b. Feb. 20, 1799, d. March 21, 1897, unmarried.
113 MARIA, b. Nov. 20, 1801, m. Henry Hewitt July 9, 1837 (No. 216) Hewitt family.
114 SOPHIA, b. Dec. 9, 1803, m. Henry D. Chesebrough Nov. 10, 1831. See Chesebrough family (No. 338).
115 DANIEL, b. Jan. 26, 1806, m. Matilda Appelman Aug., 1832.
116 GILES, b. Sept. 22, 1808, m. Ann Brown Aug. 5, 1855; 2d, Mary Ann Rog- ers, Jan. 11, 1882; he d. April 3 1887.
Elijah Williams (No. 77) m. Mehitable Rossiter (No. 19), that family, in 1796, both of Stonington, Conn. They are buried in the graveyard on the Elias Brown farm, Old Mystic.
667
ROBERT WILLIAMS FAMILY.
CHILDREN:
117 PHEBE, b. Feb. 12, 1797.
118 BENJAMIN F., b. Nov. 27, 1798, m. Eliza Ann Wheeler Oct. 12, 1825. See Wheeler family (No. 470).
119 SALLY, b. Aug. 30, 1800.
Peleg Williams (No. 78) m. Dorothy Denison (see No. 203, Denison family), both of Stonington, Conn. He d. Aug. 29, 1849; his wife d. Feb. 27, 1836.
CHILDREN:
120 MARY ANN, b. -, m. John Harris.
121 ELIAKIM, b. May 22, 1799, m. Sarah Ann Wightman.
122 ERASTUS, b. , m. Mercy Wightman.
123 DUDLEY, b. , m. Lydia Harris.
124 CHARLES D., b. -, m. Aurelia Gore.
125 JANE D., b. , m. Barton Saunders.
126 BETSEY, b. , m. Capt. Thomas Eldridge.
127 NANCY, b. -, m. Nathan Saunders.
128 CLARK, b. -, unmarried.
129 FANNY, b.
Elisha Williams (No. 79) m. Lucy Denison (No. 301), Denison family, Dec. 22, 1767, both of Stonington, Conn.
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