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Thomas Gilbert Williams

Male 1796 - 1870  (74 years)

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Thomas Gilbert Williams was born on 12 May 1796 in Westchester, Westchester, New York, USA (son of Stephen Williams and Hannah); died on 13 Dec 1870 in Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 7 Aug 1820, Cortlandt, Westchester, New York, USA
    • Census: 1 Jun 1830, Cortlandt, Westchester, New York, USA
    • Census: 1 Jun 1840, Cortlandt, Westchester, New York, USA
    • Census: 23 Jul 1850, Cortlandt, Westchester, New York, USA
    • Occupation: 23 Jul 1850; tobacconist
    • Census: 19 Jul 1860, Cortlandt, Westchester, New York, USA
    • Occupation: 19 Jul 1860; tobacconist
    • Property: 19 Jul 1860; The value of his personal estate was $300 at this time

    Family/Spouse: Rachel Ann Boyce. Rachel was born in Abt. 1801 in New York, USA; died in Bet. 1850–1860 in Cortlandt, Westchester, New York, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Sarah J. B. Williams was born in Abt. 1831 in Cortlandt, Westchester, New York, USA.
    2. Andrew J. Williams was born in Abt. 1833 in Cortlandt, Westchester, New York, USA.
    3. Isaac Williams was born in Abt. 1835 in Cortlandt, Westchester, New York, USA.
    4. Robert Williams was born in Abt. 1839 in Cortlandt, Westchester, New York, USA.
    5. John E. Williams was born in Abt. 1841 in Cortlandt, Westchester, New York, USA.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Stephen Williams was born on 6 Oct 1767 in Throg's Neck, Westchester, New York, USA (son of Capt. Frederick Williams and Eleanor Pell Hunt); died on 1 May 1811 in Westchester, Westchester, New York, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 2 Aug 1790, Westchester, Westchester, New York, USA
    • Census: 4 Aug 1800, Westchester, Westchester, New York, USA
    • Census: 6 Aug 1810, Westchester, Westchester, New York, USA

    Stephen married Hannah. Hannah was born in Abt. 1769 in Westchester, New York, USA; died in Aft. 12 Mar 1823 in Westchester, Westchester, New York, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Hannah was born in Abt. 1769 in Westchester, New York, USA; died in Aft. 12 Mar 1823 in Westchester, Westchester, New York, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 2 Aug 1790, Westchester, Westchester, New York, USA
    • Census: 4 Aug 1800, Westchester, Westchester, New York, USA
    • Census: 6 Aug 1810, Westchester, Westchester, New York, USA

    Children:
    1. Caleb Williams was born on 21 Mar 1787 in Westchester, Westchester, New York, USA; died on 28 Sep 1842 in Cortlandt, Westchester, New York, USA; was buried in Old Van Cortlandtville Cemetery, Cortlandtville, Westchester, New York, USA.
    2. Elizabeth Williams was born in Abt. 1792 in Westchester, Westchester, New York, USA.
    3. Rachel Williams was born in Abt. 1794 in Westchester, Westchester, New York, USA; died on 7 Jul 1828 in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada; was buried in Loyalist Burial Ground, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.
    4. 1. Thomas Gilbert Williams was born on 12 May 1796 in Westchester, Westchester, New York, USA; died on 13 Dec 1870 in Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
    5. Sarah Williams was born on 28 Dec 1798 in Westchester, Westchester, New York, USA; died in 1820-1840 in Westchester, Westchester, New York, USA.
    6. Ann Williams was born on 21 Nov 1800 in Westchester, Westchester, New York, USA; died on 15 Apr 1867 in Annsville, Oneida, New York, USA; was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, Rensselaer, New York, USA.
    7. Charles Williams was born in Abt. 1802 in Westchester, Westchester, New York, USA; died in Aft. 1860 in Westchester, Westchester, New York, USA.
    8. Tamar Williams was born in Abt. 1804 in Westchester, Westchester, New York, USA; died in Bet. 1870–1880 in Cortlandt, Westchester, New York, USA.
    9. Isabella Williams was born on 22 Dec 1806 in Westchester, Westchester, New York, USA; died on 31 Aug 1882 in Peekskill, Westchester, New York, USA; was buried in Old Van Cortlandtville Cemetery, Cortlandtville, Westchester, New York, USA.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Capt. Frederick Williams was born on 3 Feb 1741 in Throg's Neck, Westchester, New York, USA (son of Stephen Williams and Rachel Vincent); died on 23 Feb 1828 in Digby Neck, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 19 May 1773, Westchester, Westchester, New York, USA
    • Occupation: 27 Jul 1827; yeoman
    • Will: 27 Jul 1827, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada
    • Probate: 28 Feb 1828, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada

    Notes:

    GILBERT WILLIAMS was born in Westchester County, N. Y., on March 5, 1796. His parents were Benjamin and Sarah (Lewis) Williams, and the family were early located in Westchester County being quite numerous at the breaking out of the Revolutionary war. The father of Benjamin Williams was Frederick, and his grandfather Stephen Williams, both of whom resided in Westchester County.

    The early life of Gilbert Williams, until the age of twelve years, was passed upon the paternal farm in his native county. In 1808 his father removed to the town of Newburgh, Orange Co., where he engaged in farming. Gilbert Williams during his boyhood served an apprenticeship as a blacksmith with Samuel Corwin. His schooling advantages were meagre. Frederick Williams, his grandfather, had removed to Nova Scotia, where he owned a large landed estate. Here young Gilbert repaired, by invitation, when about sixteen years of age, taking charge of his grandfather’s affairs, and inheriting at his death considerable property. With a portion of this he returned to Newburgh and purchased his father's farm, where he resided for twenty-one years. At the expiration of that time he bought his present farm, whereon he has since continued to reside.

    source: Ruttenber, Edward Manning and Lewis H. Clark. History of Orange County, New York, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Many of its Pioneers and Prominent Men. Philadelphia, PA: Everts and Peck, 1881.



    Major Robert Timpany accompanied by Captain Frederick Williams of Annapolis, founded Rossway in 1785. Having sailed in a sloop to Little Joggin, they followed the Indian Path to head of St. Mary's Bay, then down the shore to north side, and along Bay to their lands. The former located on farm now owned by Major Timpany, Esq.; while Mr. Williams selected the equally valuable tract William A. Hall, Esq. holds. Mr. Williams erected in 1788 on stream running through his property, the first Saw Mill built in the Peninsula.

    source: Wilson, Isaiah W. A Geography and History of the County of Digby, Nova Scotia. Halifax, Nova Scotia: Holloway Brothers, 1900.



    Frederick Williams of Throg's Neck, one of Delancey's most active captains, after the war filed with the “Commission of Enquiry into the Losses and Services of the American Loyalists,” a claim for damages and losses suffered. In this he mentions among other services that he took part in the attack on the Davenport house in Yorktown when Colonel Christopher Greene was killed. He says:

    “Neither your memorialist or his company ever demanded or received from His Majesty during the war Pay, Clothing, or Forage and although one half your memorialist's company were well appointed dragoons, the Government was never put to any expense in mounting or appointing them.”

    As he and all the members of his company were without means it is obvious that they must have supported, “mounted and appointed” themselves by marauding. The “Westchester Refugees” which at the end of the war consisted of 490 men, lived on the proceeds of plunder obtained in their native county. Late in the fall of 1777 Delancey was taken prisoner by a party of rangers under the command of Lieutenant Frederick Stephenson who surrounded his house at West Farms. Delancey was found hiding under a bed by Garret Dyckman and was completely crestfallen when ordered to come out. Stephenson compelled him to mount one of his own fine horses and getting up behind him carried him in that way to Connecticut. Notwithstanding many protests, the military exigencies of the time compelled the Americans to exchange him for an officer of corresponding rank and permitted the recreant sheriff to add to his sinister reputation.

    source: Hufeland, Otto. Publications of the Westchester County Historical Society, Volume 3: Westchester County during the American Revolution 1775-1783. White Plains, NY: Westchester County Historical Society, 1926.

    Frederick married Eleanor Pell Hunt in Abt. 1766 in Westchester, New York, USA. Eleanor (daughter of Caleb Hunt and Sarah Pinckney) was born in Abt. 1743 in Eastchester, Westchester, New York, USA; died in Aft. 27 Jul 1827 in Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Eleanor Pell Hunt was born in Abt. 1743 in Eastchester, Westchester, New York, USA (daughter of Caleb Hunt and Sarah Pinckney); died in Aft. 27 Jul 1827 in Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada.
    Children:
    1. 2. Stephen Williams was born on 6 Oct 1767 in Throg's Neck, Westchester, New York, USA; died on 1 May 1811 in Westchester, Westchester, New York, USA.
    2. Benjamin Williams was born in Abt. 1765 in Throg's Neck, Westchester, New York, USA; died on 25 Nov 1845 in Newburgh, Orange, New York, USA.
    3. John Williams was born on 17 May 1774 in Throg's Neck, Westchester, New York, USA; died on 2 Dec 1854 in Yonkers, Westchester, New York, USA; was buried in Saint Peters Episcopal Churchyard, Bronx, Bronx, New York, USA.
    4. Tamar Williams was born in Abt. 1775 in Throg's Neck, Westchester, New York, USA; died on 4 Jul 1854 in Marshalltown, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried in Saint Paul's Cemetery, Marshalltown, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada.
    5. Anna Williams was born in Abt. 1785 in Throg's Neck, Westchester, New York, USA; died in Aft. 1861 in Granville, Richmond, Nova Scotia, Canada.
    6. Rebecca Williams was born in Throg's Neck, Westchester, New York, USA.
    7. Eleanor Williams was born in Throg's Neck, Westchester, New York, USA.
    8. Catherine Williams was born in Throg's Neck, Westchester, New York, USA.
    9. Rachel Williams was born in Throg's Neck, Westchester, New York, USA.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Stephen Williams was born in Abt. 1710 in Westchester, New York, USA (son of John Williams and Abigail Hubbard); died in Bef. 25 Jul 1749 in Westchester, Westchester, New York, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 1 Feb 1743, Westchester, Westchester, New York, USA
    • Will: 16 Jul 1743, Westchester, Westchester, New York, USA
    • Probate: 25 Jul 1749, Westchester, New York, USA

    Notes:

    Will of Stephen Williams

    In the name of God, Amen, I, Stephen Williams, of the Borrough town of Westchester, yeoman. After payment of all debts, I leave the rest of my estate to my wife Rachel, to enable her to bring up the children, and the use of all houses and lands till my youngest son Frederick is of age. I leave to my eldest son Stephen all that my land lying on the west side of the highway, opposite to my dwelling house, which I bought of Samuel Warren, John Williams, and the executors of Joseph Halstead; Also a lot of salt meadow which I bought of Samuel Warren, on the east side of the Westchester Great creek; I also leave him a £25 right in the Sheep Pasture, And he is to pay to my daughters Anne and Sarah, £50. My wife is to enjoy the use of 1/2 said lands. I leave to my son Gilbert all the rest of my real estate, and my house and lands, and a lot of salt meadow on the west side of Westchester creek, and a £25 right in the Sheep Pasture. And he is to pay to my son Frederick, £100. I make my wife and my brother, John Williams, and my friend, Israel Honeywell, Esq., executors. My two youngest sons are to be put to learn trades.

    Dated July 16, 1749. Witnesses, John Bartow, Cornelius Hunt, Isaac Williams. Proved July 25, 1749.

    source: Will of Stephen Williams, 16 Jul 1749, Westchester, Westchester County, New York.

    Stephen married Rachel Vincent. Rachel (daughter of Charles Vincent and Rachel) was born in Abt. 1714 in Westchester, New York, USA; died in Aft. 18 Jun 1772 in Westchester, Westchester, New York, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Rachel Vincent was born in Abt. 1714 in Westchester, New York, USA (daughter of Charles Vincent and Rachel); died in Aft. 18 Jun 1772 in Westchester, Westchester, New York, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 16 Jul 1743, Westchester, Westchester, New York, USA

    Children:
    1. Stephen Williams was born in Abt. 1736 in Throg's Neck, Westchester, New York, USA.
    2. Anna Williams was born in Abt. 1740 in Throg's Neck, Westchester, New York, USA; died in Bef. 18 Jun 1772 in Westchester, Westchester, New York, USA.
    3. 4. Capt. Frederick Williams was born on 3 Feb 1741 in Throg's Neck, Westchester, New York, USA; died on 23 Feb 1828 in Digby Neck, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada.
    4. Gilbert Williams was born in Abt. 1740 in Throg's Neck, Westchester, New York, USA; died in Bef. 28 Sep 1784 in Westchester, Westchester, New York, USA.
    5. Sarah Williams was born in Abt. 1744 in Throg's Neck, Westchester, New York, USA; died in Aft. 1820 in Eastchester, Westchester, New York, USA.

  3. 10.  Caleb Hunt was born in Abt. 1710 in Grove Farm, Throgg's Neck, Westchester, New York, USA (son of Joshua Hunt and Mercy Oakley); died in Bef. 12 Dec 1769 in Eastchester, Westchester, New York, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 3 Mar 1769, Eastchester, Westchester, New York, USA
    • Will: 3 Mar 1769, Eastchester, Westchester, New York, USA
    • Probate: 12 Dec 1769, Westchester, New York, USA

    Caleb married Sarah Pinckney. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Sarah Pinckney (daughter of William Pinckney and Ithamar Pell).
    Children:
    1. 5. Eleanor Pell Hunt was born in Abt. 1743 in Eastchester, Westchester, New York, USA; died in Aft. 27 Jul 1827 in Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada.
    2. Thamar Hunt



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