James williams father confirmed, mother maybe. #familytreethursday

Well  it looks like my theory about Johnson Williams being the father of James is right, I found a DNA match on ancestry that appears to be a cousin through Johnson's father. it looks like Johnson is the son of Burrell Williams and Polly Morris and my DNA match is a descendant of Burrell. in theory this seems to confirm Burrell as the grandfather of James Henry williams and father of Johnson Williams. 

while I know that James is my line without a doubt, Johnson now seems to be his father and Burrell his grandfather. hopefully some kind of records will appear some day some where some how to confirm this theory. 

also, I have a theory on James' mother Malinda. and this one may be wrong. it may be very wrong or it may be right. it's almost too speculative to believe. but here goes, someone said that James was Blackfoot.... and maybe so... or maybe his skin was darker because his mother was Blackfoot. still have no records on her, but a theory of a cousin is that she was born Malinda Mills and she was a person of colour. really wish I could confirm that. apparently she may have been a native American or an African American. a record found says that she was black and she married a Williams later she married a Smith and lived out west. now if James was mixed then he could have had lighter skin toned kids right? I found a picture of his daughter and she looks pretty white so I don't know. if she was say a quarter native it may not look that way I guess. 

so this cousin found a record some where apparently that Johnson did in fact marry a Malinda Mills and she later married a Smith. so the paper trail looks pretty solid. Malinda could have married Johnson to have James then left with him and remarried. while there is no record of a James williams in their home they in fact, did have a James Smith living there. could this Malinda smith be THE Malinda smith who was the mother of James???  sure could use a flux capacitor right now. 

any way I am pretty confident about James father being Johnson Williams now and I know for sure his mother was Malinda smith. but was she Malinda Mills? that's the question. this line has been really difficult to find and I hope it's right now. 

i know James was my ancestor and am pretty sure now that Johnson and Burrell are too. Malinda Mills? maybe so. but some sources would be nice to have for this theory. 

A LITTLE BEDFORD COUNTY HISTORY

After the revolution my ancestors, LT. JOHN NICHOLS and FLAIL PAYNE moved to Bedford from Maryland and started the next chapter in their lives. JOHN married Flayl's daughter MARTHA J PAYNE and had a few kids. Among them, ARCHIBALD G NICHOLS who married JUDITH HATCHER and had my ancestor, JOHN M NICHOLS around 1814. John married MARTHA ANN JONES in Franklin Co. in 1846.

John and Martha Jones had at least five kids, IRA, GEORGE, EZEKIEL, OCTAVIA JANE, and JAMES NICHOLS. GEORGE NICHOLS married MELINDA J YOUNG and ZEKE married HARRIET ISABELLE WILLIAMS.

ARCHIBALD NICHOLS and JUDITH HATCHER were also the parents of SALLIE S KASEY who married GEORGE S. KASEY, DANIEL W. NICHOLS who married POLLY BLACK, KETURAH NICHOLS who married PRESLEY BINER, BYER NICHOLS, JUDITH NICHOLS, LUCINDA HATCHER NICHOLS who married MORGAN MORRIS, BARTLETT NICHOLS who married MARY POLLY RICHARDSON, and MARTHA J NICHOLS who married STEPHEN MORRIS,

MARTHA PAYNE NICHOLS had eight children....

ELISHA, FLAYL, JOHN P NICHOLS, JANE NICHOLS HANCOCK, MOLLY NICHOLS CUNDIFF, ARCH, JESSE, and CATHERINE NICHOLS POLLARD.  

CATHERINE married JOHN POLLARD, FLAYL married NANCY ANN HATCHER, JOHN married SARAH PAYNE, JANE married EDWARD HANCOCK, MOLLY married BENJAMIN CUNDIFF, ARCH married MARY POLLY UPDIKE in 1819 after the death of JUDITH, JESSE married SARAH FIELDS, and ELISHA married NANCY PAYNE.

17. Harriet Isabelle Maywood Williams Nichols #52ancestors

Harriet Isabelle Maywood Williams was the wife of Ezekiel H. Nichols and the daughter of James Henry Williams and Clarissa Richards.

She was the mother of at least ten children including my great grandfather James Ira Nichols.    

She was born in 1852 and died in 1905 and she is buried next to her husband in Franklin County, Virginia. Her father died of fever while serving Virginia in the Civil War. Her husband Zeke died of acute influenza in 1920.

LINKS

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=129141217

http://www.geni.com/people/Harriet-Nichols/6000000020071594282

http://www.hodges-hodge-society.org/db/getperson.php?personID=I561&tree=37

34. James Henry Williams CSA POW #52ancestors #WednesdaysWall

Private James Henry "Bill" Williams was a farmer and a gambler who served Virginia in the Civil War. Legend says, he was captured by the union army and died a Prisoner of War. His wife, Clarissa Richards Williams also lost 5 brothers in the war and so she hid one of her sons to keep him from being hanged by Homeland Security, oops, I mean the "Home Guard."              

Bill Williams father is unknown and so he is my Wednesdays Wall. His mother's name was Malinda Smith Williams. He was the father of my ancestor Isabelle Williams Nichols and he is my 3rd great grandfather....

LINKS

http://www.hodges-hodge-society.org/db/getperson.php?personID=I557&tree=37   
http://www.geni.com/people/James-Henry-Williams-CSA-POW/6000000011016399097   

16. Ezekiel H. Nichols AKA Zeke #52ancestors

This seems like a good time to write about my 2nd great grandfather Ezekiel H. Nichols as my cousin recently took a picture of his grave and his wife Isabelle's too. Zeke was born probably about 1844 in
Franklin, Virginia and died in 1920 at the age of 76 from Influenza. He is buried in Franklin County, Virginia. My cousin Kathie recently went to his grave to take photos and she created a Find A Grave profile for him too...

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=129141101                           

Although his tombstone says he died in April, his Death Certificate says he died in May. And while all other known records say his father was named John his Death Certificate says he is the son of Ezekiel.

http://www.geni.com/people/Ezekiel-H-Nichols/6000000010935258011

Zeke was the father of James Ira Nichols and the grandfather of my grandfather Rufus. He married Isabelle Williams the daughter of James Williams and Clarissa Richards, His mother was Martha Jones, daughter of Ezekiel Jones and Elizabeth Prindle.          

Here he is pictured with his wife Isabelle and 3 sons the one on the right is my great grandfather James....

L-R Emanuel Hankin Nichols, Ezekiel Hankin Nichols, George Haden Nichols, Isabelle Maywood Williams Nichols, James Ira Nichols.

The Kings of King's Cove: John King of Weymouth, Mass. #52ancestors

"Seaman" John King of Weymouth came from England and settled in the part of Weymouth, Mass. known as King's Cove. His son, Phillip, was a Captain and an ancestor of George King who fought in the American Revolution....

"On 23 June, 1657, John King of Weymouth deposed before Thomas Danforth in Middlesex County Court in the case of Joshua Tead versus Richard Collicut. He stated that he was "about 57 years" of age and " that he was with Mr. Richard Colicut in Xenebeak River . . . " in May, 1656. (The Genealogical Advertiser, 1: 90-95.) This deposition gives his approximate age as born near 1600."

"John Humphrey came from Dorchester in the county of Dorset, which is six miles north from Weymouth, and it is likely that John and Mary King came from the same locality. Neither the marriage of John Humphrey nor that of John King is on record in the parish of Holy Trinity in Dorchester."

"John King, Sr., was a resident of Weymouth from 1639 to 1669. He married Mary -, who was his wife 2 Sept. 1640. (Lechford's Note-Book, 308.) He married (2), near 1647, widow Dorothy (Barker) Hunt, successively widow of - Barker and of Enoch Hunt of Weymouth... He married (3) at Weymouth, 14 Oct. 1658, Abigail (Hewes) Hatch, widow of William Hatch, Jr., of Scituate, and daughter of John Hewes of Scituate, 'theWelchman.'"

Children:

1. John, received grants 14 Dec. 1663.
2. Samuel, marriageable, 17 Sept. 1658.
3. Mary, b. at Weymouth, 15 June, 1639; m. there 30 Nov. 1658, Josiah Chapin of Braintree and Mendon; d. 30 May, 1676.
4. Abigail, b. at Weymouth, 14 Mar. 1641.
5. Philip, b. at Weymouth, near 1645.

John King who settled prior to 1640 in that part of the town of Weymouth Massachusetts still known as King's Cove where he was on record as "seaman," "planter" and "goodman". He was of English birth and parentage and came to New England with John Humphrey deputy governor of the Massachusetts Colony.

Descent from him is followed through Philip King known as Captain Philip King of Taunton Massachusetts a man of influence in the community as proved by his impressive funeral with military honors. Captain Philip King won the friendship of the neighboring Indians to such a degree that he and his family were never molested thereby He married about 1680 Judith daughter of John Whitman of Milton Massachusetts and they were the parents of seven children...  

Children of Philip King and Judith Whitman King: Elizabeth born before 1680, m. Samuel Richmond Hannah born 15 Apr 1681 m. Jonathan Padelford Abigail born 1671 Esther born circa 1674 m. Stephen Williams Judith born 1690 m. Mr. Alden Experience born 1678 m. Nicholas White Mary born 18 May 1668 m. John Leonard John born 1681 m. Alice Dean Elijah born 1686 Johannah born circa 1682 m. John Alger Josiah born 1688 Lydia born 03 Mar 1688 m. (1) Nathaniel Rogers and (2) John Macomber.

John King, son of Captain Philip and Judith Whitman King, was born in Taunton Massachusetts in 1681 and died according to his graveyard inscription in 1741 in his 60th year. Like his father he was friendly with the Indians doing humanitarian work among them and educating two Campbell and Occeun at his own expense to become missionaries among their people. He married about 1700 Alice Dean of a well known Taunton family and they had thirteen children.

John's son, Phillip was born in 1702 in Taunton, Mass. Captain Phillip King married Abigail Williams.

274. Capt. Philip KING¹¹⁷ was born on 5 Aug 1702 in Raynham, MA.¹¹⁶ He was born on 5 Aug 1702. He died on 10 Nov 1786 in Raynham, MA. He was buried in King Cemetery, Raynham, MA. "He was a Captain of militia, which was an office of no small note at that day, and it was usual for a commissioned officer to wear his regimental suit on public days after the English fashion. He was the first representative to the General Court from Raynham. He was aproprietor of the "Taunton Company Lands," as they were called. He had been at a meeting of this company, when 84 years of age and returning on the Steep Hill road in the woods late in the evening, it being dark, got lost and perished. He was found lying on a rock, having died of exhaustion." Sanford, Genealogy of the Family of Kings, p. 8.

Capt. Philip KING and Abigail WILLIAMS were married on 19 Mar 1727/28 in Raynham, MA.³⁰⁶ Abigail WILLIAMS (daughter of Samuel WILLIAMS) was born on 29 Mar 1701 in Taunton, MA.³⁰⁷ She died on 6 Oct 1756 in Raynham, MA.³⁰⁶ She was buried in King Cemetery, Raynham, MA.¹¹⁵ Born 1701 or 1707?

Katherine LEONARD and John KING were married on 9 Jan 1755 in Raynham, MA.⁴¹⁹ John KING³⁰⁶ (son of Capt. Philip KING and Abigail WILLIAMS) was born on 26 Aug 1730 in Raynham, Bristol Co., MA.³⁰⁸ He was the brother of Abigail King who married Nathan Leonard. He livednear the south cemetery. Katherine LEONARD and John KING had the following children: 

+892	i.	John KING.
+893	ii.	Isaac KING.
894	iii.	Nabby KING was born on 22 Jun 1763 in Raynham, Bristol Co., MA.420
+895	iv.	Silas KING.
896	v.	Zenas KING was born on 31 Jul 1768 in Raynham, MA.420 He died on 31 Aug 1775 in Raynham, MA.
897	vi.	Katherine KING was born on 7 Dec 1770 in Raynham, Bristol Co., MA.420
898	vii.	Bathsheba KING was born on 12 Oct 1773 in Raynham, Bristol Co., MA.420
+899	viii.	Nathan KING.

Sources

• American Biography: A New Cyclopedia, Volume 6 edited by William Richard , Cutter, page 162
• http://www.laurenceholbrook.net/Weymouth1923/weygenk.txt
• http://genforum.genealogy.com/king/messages/19061.html 

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=71727123 
http://www.geni.com/people/Goodman-John-King-of-Weymouth/6000000008702098002
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=48522392 
http://www.bradsport.com/jamesleonarddescendants1107/b4468.htm
http://www.bradsport.com/jamesleonarddescendants1107/b3152.htm

35. Clarissa "Betty" Richards Williams #52ancestors

My third great grandmother, Clarissa A. Richards Williams AKA Betty. Ancestor 35.

http://www.hodges-hodge-society.org/db/getperson.php?personID=I466&tree=37
http://www.geni.com/people/Clarissa-Betty-Williams/6000000011016399093
http://records.ancestry.com/Clarissa_Betty_Richards_records.ashx?pid=126138363

Born in Franklin, Virginia, USA on May 1827 to Christopher Richards and Nancy Moore. Clarissa Betty married James Henry Williams and had at least 2 children. She passed away on 1910 in Virginia, USA. 


Betty's husband was a professional gambler and was a CSA private in the Civil War and died as prisoner of war June 1, 1862. After Betty's husband and five of her brothers died during the Civil War, Clarissa hid one of her boys in a cave, to keep him from being drafted or caught and hanged by the "Home Guard."

Sometimes Isabelle would go with her to take him food. They would walk down a stream bed, so they couldn't be tracked. After the war, Clarissa went with her daughter and son-in-law, who was a minister, to Bluefield, West Virginia. She owned a large amount of land in Franklin County, bought with her husband's gambling winnings (but we have not yet located the land records).

 In 1910 at age 85, she was living with her son Noah H. "Hank" Williams in Montgomery County, Virginia. *
 * This is taken from the book of John Marchel Reed and Anne Cora Nichols Reed by Nancy Mae Little Randers-Pehrson and Glenn Randers-Pherson