Thomas Williams, Sr., of Wethersfield

Uploaded 1/14/2022 to the Source Tab a January/April 2004 article from The American Genealogist on Thomas and Rebecca (Waterhouse) Williams of Wethersfield, CT by Gale Ion Harris and Norman W. Ingham.

Thomas Williams birth and location are unknown, as are his parents. He and Rebecca had 11 children.

Thomas Williams, Sr.

• Birth: about 1630 in England
• Death: 5 Feb 1692 New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut
• Parents unknown
• wife: Rebecca Waterhouse (abt 1638-aft. 20 Dec 1689) - married 9 March 1656, Prob at Wethersfield. She was the daughter of Jacob Waterhouse and Hannah Collins.

Family

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Waterhouse-60

Rebecca Waterhouse (aka Watrous), daughter of Jacob Waterhouse of Wethersfield and New London, married Thomas Williams Sr. of Wethersfield about 1655. [1] Jacob Waterhouse and his family resided, after moving from Wethersfield, at New London from 1647. [2] Although the marriage records for Rebecca and Thomas have not been found, the traditional location for the wedding would have been the home town of the bride, being New London. On the other hand, Rebecca's early years were spent in Wethersfield, and it is where the couple settled to raise a family.

They had ten children: [2]

1. Thomas, b. 9 Mar 1656, m. Hannah ____
2. John, b. 1658, died young
3. Samuel, b. 11 June 1659, died before 20 Dec 1692 (not in his father's will)
4. John, (again) b. 15 Apr 1662, m. (1) Mary (Deming) Smith, (2) Sarah Hollister, (3) :: Abigail (Ambrose) Clark and (4) Elizabeth (Whitmore) (Clark) Savage
5. Jacob, b. 7 Mar 1664, m. Sarah Gilbert
6. Sarah, b. 18 Jan 1666, d. 3 Sept. 1683
7. Rebecca, b. 14 Mar 1668, m. Samuel Ingham
8. Mary, b. 2 Apr 1671, m. Thomas Deming
9. Ruth, b. 1 March 1673, m. Joseph Parker
10. Hannah, b. 28 Aug 1677, m. John Pratt
11. Abraham, b. 23 Aug 1680, m. Eunice Boardman

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Origins

Unknown. No evidence to support:

• Birth: 1632 Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut
• Chr: 14 Jan 1634 of Wotton-under-Edge, Glos., Eng.

See https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Williams-3314 for discussion.

Notes

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Individual Information Rebecca WATERHOUSE Birth: 1636 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut Death: Aft 1680 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut Father: Jacob WATERHOUSE Mother: Mrs. Jacob WATERHOUSE Individual Information Children Marriage 1
Thomas WILLIAMS Birth: 9 Mar 1647 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut Death: 24 Sep 1705 New London, New London, Connecticut Joanna Marr: Abt 1671 of New London, New London, Con Individual Information 2
Samuel WILLIAMS Birth: 11 Jun 1659 Wethersfield, Hartf, Connecticut Death: Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut Elizabeth Marr:

Individual Information 3
John WILLIAMS Birth: 15 Apr 1662 Wethersfield, Hartf, Connecticut Death: 6 May 1735 Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut Mary Marr:

Individual Information 4
Jacob WILLIAMS, CAPT Birth: 7 Mar 1664 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut Death: 26 Sep 1712 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut Sarah GILBERT Marr: 10 Dec 1685 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connec Individual Information 5
Sarah WILLIAMS Birth: 18 Jan 1666 Wethersfield, Hartf, Connecticut Death: 3 Sep 1683 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut

Marr:

Individual Information 6
Rebecca WILLIAMS Birth: 14 Mar 1668 Wethersfield, Hartf, Connecticut Death: Samuel INGHAM Marr: 3 Nov 1686 Saybrook, Middlesex, Connectic Individual Information 7
Mary WILLIAMS Birth: 2 Apr 1671 Wethersfield, Hartf, Connecticut Death: 24 Aug 1751 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut Thomas DEMING Marr: 2 Jun 1698 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connec Individual Information 8
Ruth WILLIAMS Birth: 1 Mar 1673 Wethersfield, Hartf, Connecticut Death:

Marr:

Individual Information 9
Ruth WILLIAMS Birth: 1674 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut Death: Sep 1742 Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut Joseph PARKER, 11 Marr:

Individual Information 10 Hannah WILLIAMS Birth: 28 Aug 1677 Wethersfield, Hartf, Connecticut Death:

Marr:

Individual Information 11 Abraham WILLIAMS Birth: 23 Aug 1680 Wethersfield, Hartf, Connecticut Death: 15 Dec 1711 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut Eunice Barman or BOREMAN Marr: 24 Dec 1702

Individual Information

References

1. NEHGR   "Oswald, Patricia St. Clair, "Peter Hackley of New London, Connecticut and his Two Wives, Elizabeth (Waterhouse) Baker and Elizabeth (Marshall) Darrow," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 162, 2008, 85-90.
2. The Family Of Brice and Cathy Alvord  By Brice Alvord
3. http://www.langeonline.com/Waterhouse/jacob.html
4. Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Jul 24 2016, 20:24:33 UTC
5. "Thomas and Rebecca William of Wethersfield, Conn" In The American Genealogist (2004) 79: 53 < AmericanAncestors >; (document attached)
6. New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial: A Record of the ..., Volume 4 edited by William Richard Cutter Page 1813. < GoogleBooks >
7. "Thomas Williams" in North American Family History. (document attached)
8. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/149419036/thomas-williams