.

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

Charles Williams of Charles City County, Virginia

A brief description of the Charles Williams' family is as follows:

Charles Williams – d 1692 Charles City Co, VA

William Williams – d 1717 Prince George Co, VA

Charles Williams - d 1752 Otterdam Swamp area, Brunswick Co, VA

William Williams – b c 1728 Brunswick Co, VA, d (prob. Rutherford Co, NC) aft. 1805

William Williams – b 1757 Brunswick Co, VA, d 7 Sep 1836 Rutherford Co, NC

Walter Watson Williams – b 1801 Rutherford Co, NC, d. ca 1888 Henderson Co, NC


Also descended from this family (and a member of Williams DNA Group 8) Lee Williams. To contact Lee: sapello@darientel.net

William Thornton Williams Abt. 1864 - 1918

Coal Miner Statue

.
William Thornton Williams

Born: Abt. 1864 in Kentucky
Died: 3 June 1918 Birmingham, Alabama
Married: Dulcina Pearson on 9 Mar 1884 Jefferson Co., Alabama

Children:
William Wesley Williams
Born: 24 Feb 1890 Alabama
Died: 23 Mar 1965 Alabama

Elizabeth
Born: Apr 1886 Alabama

Fred E.
Born: Jan 1894 Alabama

Lillian M.
Born: Dec 1896 Alabama

Wallace R.
Born: Apr. 1899 Alabama

Byron O. (Hob or OB)
Born: Abt. 1902 Alabama

Jake (T.J.)
Born: Abt. 1905 Alabama

2nd generation:
William Wesley Williams, Sr. (son of William Thornton)
Born: 24 Feb 1890 Alabama
Died: 23 Mar 1965 Alabama
Married: __________________

Children:
William Wesley Williams, Jr. (son of William Wesley, Sr.)
Born: 4 Jan 1922 Alabama
Died 17 Feb 1979 Louisiana
.
.
Information from the 1910 Blount County, Alabama Census states that both William Thornton Williams and his son, William Wesley Williams were coal miners. In a document from Monique Chamberlain, William Wesley Williams, Sr. filled out a form for the Social Security Administration in 1938. It stated that he had worked as a miner for the Lillybrook Coal Company in Lillybrook, West Virginia.
.
If anyone has further information on this Williams family, Monique would welcome it with great appreciatiation. Her email address is: nicki8@cox.net.
.
.