Abigail Williams

• Name	Abigail Williams  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	Westchester, Westchester, New York, USA
  Gender	Female
  Person ID	I1007	Ryer Genealogy
  Last Modified	11 Feb 2025

  
  

  Father	John Williams, Jr.,   b. Abt. 1700, Westchester, New York, USA d. Bef. 3 Mar 1774, Westchester, Westchester, New York, USA (Age ~ 74 years)
  Mother	Mary Lawrence   d. Aft. 10 Jan 1774, Westchester, Westchester, New York, USA
  Family ID	F329	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  In the name of God, Amen. I, ANNA WILLIAMS, of the Borough town of Westchester, daughter of Stephen Williams, “a semster, being indisposed in health.” All funeral charges and debts to be paid, and the remainder of my money I leave to my sister Sarah Valentine's three daughters, Efey, Rachel, and Elizabeth, when of age. I leave to my sister, Sarah Valentine, all my wearing apparell or clothes. I leave to Efey Valentine my little trunk. To Abigail Williams, daughter of John Williams, Sr., my little stand. I leave to my mother, Rachel Williams, my bed and bedstead. I make Isaac Valentine and John Valentine, executors. Dated April 27, 1772. Witnesses, Margaret Guion, John Williams, Sr., Daniel Quinby. Proved June 15, 1772. source: Collections of the New York Historical Society for the Year 1899: Abstracts of Wills on File in the Surrogate's Office, City of New York, Volume 3, 1771-1776. New York, NY: The New York Historical Society, 1900.

  
  

• Sources

  [S136] Collections of the New York Historical Society for the Year 1899; Abstracts of Wills on File in the Surrogate's Office, City of New York, Volume 3, 1771-1776, (New York, NY: New York Historical Society, 1900). [S195] Will of Anna Williams, 27 Apr 1772, Westchester, Westchester County, New York. [S6] William Smith Pelletreau, Early Wills of Westchester County, New York: from 1664 to 1784: a Careful Abstract of all Wills (nearly 800) recorded in New York Surrogate's Office and at White Plains, N.Y. from 1664 to 1784 : also the Genealogy of "the Havilands" of Westchester County and Descendants of Hon. James Graham (Watkinson and Ackerley Families): with Genealogical and Historical Notes, (New York, NY: F. P. Harper, 1898).