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I receive many emails from Williams researchers each month. After reading this blog, they write me, hoping I can help them connect to their Williams ancestors. It is always a pleasure to hear from other Williamses. Unfortunately, I don't have answers to everyone's questions about their ancestors -- I wish I did!

Recently, in August, I received an exciting email from someone who wanted to help our DNA blog identify the family members in the photo of Isaac J. Williams and family. This very nice man, Larry, happens to be a distant cousin to me and to Ken and Rebecca, two other DNA Group 8 members. Larry is also a cousin to JoAnn and Jessi who are not members of the DNA group but are related to our William Williams from Brunswick County, Virginia.

Larry sent the following names to identify the Isaac J. Williams family of Muncie, Indiana which is located at the bottom of this page:

Front Row from Left to Right:
* Adda B. Williams (daughter) - born 16 July 1875
* Emiline Jones Williams (Mother) - born 15 Oct. 1845
* Isaac J. Williams (Father) - born 30 Dec. 1840
* Jennie Williams (daughter) - born 31 July 1868

Back Row from Left to Right:
* Marion Williams (son) - born 9 Sept. 1866
* Burten Williams (son) - born 27 Sept. 1872
* John W. Williams (son) - born 12 Feb. 1878

I would like to encourage Larry and anyone else who is related to this Williams line to please try DNA testing. We would like to have more evidence to prove the lineage of William Williams and his descendants. In order to prove the past, we need to look to DNA testing -- we know it doesn't lie!

Thanks so much for your help, Larry. It is so nice to find a new cousin.

As a result of this email, I would like to encourage other Group 8 members who need help identifying family photos to send them to me. We can post them on this blog and see if we can solve other mysteries.

Judith
jw62002@yahoo.com

Jones Williams

Jones Williams of Rutherford County, North Carolina
Flora / Roy– Flora and Roy also share the same common ancestor as Danny, Jeaneane, Heath and Lee:

Charles Williams - d. 1692 in Charles City Co. VA, wife unknown

William Williams - d. 1717 in Prince George CO. VA, m. Ann [--?--]

Charles Williams - d. Bef. 28 Jul 1752 Otterdam Swamp , Brunswick Co, VA wife unknown

Jones Williams, Sr., - b Bet. 1731 - 1732 in VA [probably in Brunswick Co] d Bef. 07 Jul 1807 in Rutherford Co. NC, m Elizabeth Ledbetter, daughter of Richard Ledbetter II and Mary Walton

Jonathan "Biby" Williams - b. Abt. 1779 in VA d.1854 Rutherford Co, NC, m. Rhoda "Vinie" Elliott 17 Mar 1803 Rutherford Co. NC, daughter of William Elliott Sr. and Linda [--?--].

William Elliott Williams - b. 30 Dec 1809 in Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina.; died 13 Jan 1894 in Baker Hill, Cleburne Co, AL, m 1) H. Bagwell m. 2) Elizabeth "Betsie" Alexander.

Flora's email is: fdbarr120@gmail.com

We have another new member from 2009 to welcome into our group - Flora. She is also able to trace her line back to Charles Williams. I'll post her line on this blog today. Welcome Flora!!

Please try DNA testing!! It is the best way to help solve your brickwalls and link with other cousins who are researching the same Williams line. Our group has used Family Tree DNA which has a very large Williams database (probably the largest one anywhere).

Happy 2010 to everyone,
Judith
jw62002@yahoo.com