Mastin Williams Genealogy

Record modified: 2025-03-22
This is my ancestor 6 generations back.

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 / Thomas Williams|
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Mastin Williams |
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 \ Frances (unknown) |
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Born: 1767-00-00 Charlotte Co, Virginia USA
Died: 1850-00-00 Allen Co, Kentucky USA
Marriages:
1. 1793-12-12 Amelia Jane Collins
2. 1843-03-07 Helen C Potter
Children of Mastin Williams and Amelia Collins:
Frances Ann Williams
Henry Williams b. 1794-00-00
Lucinda Williams b. about 1799-00-00
Wyatt Williams b. 1801-10-12
*Narcissa N Williams b. 1803-07-30
Asberry Gaines Williams b. 1807-00-00
Richard Thomas Williams b. 1808-00-00
Edna Williams b. about 1814-00-00
Elizabeth Ann Williams b. about 1816-00-00

Children of Mastin Williams and Helen Potter:
Julia Ann Frances Williams b. 1844-12-17
James W M Williams b. 1846-01-00

Notes:

Children's names from Sledge
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married in Charlotte Co VA
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moved from Virginia in 1818
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Did he also marry Susannah Woodall and have a daughter Frances 1816?
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Surely the birth dates for the children by Helen Potter are wrong.
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Descendants of this family on many different lines all have stories of Indian blood in their family.
It looks to me like it is probably Mastin's mother Frances who was the Indian.

This is very interesting:
Several descendants of this family on different lines who have been DNA-tested by Ancestry.com show Bengal India as part of their ethnic makeup. I always assumed the Indian story above meant Native American. Could it really be India the country? Could Thomas' father have been from England and served in the British Army in India?

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Nov. 25, 1818. Between James MOTLEY of the county of Allen and state of Kentucky ...and Maston WILLIAMS of the
county and state aforesaid...$240.50...sell unto the said Maston WILLIAMS...parcel of Land..71 acres...being in the
county of Allen on the sulpher lick fork of Bays fork...Signed: James MOTLEY pg 362-3

That's my ancestor James Motley.

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I can't find him on the 1850 census. Presumably he died before the census was taken that year.

1840 census Allen Co KY p70a, twp not given
Mastin Williams 1 M 70-80, 1 F 5-10, 1 F 40-50

He didn't marry Helen Potter until 1843. The women are probably one of his daughters and her child.

1830 census Allen Co KY p53, twp not given
Mastin Williams 1 M 50-60, 1 F 10-15, 1 F 20-30, 1 F 30-40
[Mastin 63, Edna 15, x (Frances?), x]

1820 census Allen Co KY p110, twp not given
Mastin Williams 1 M 0-10, 1 M 10-16, 1 M 16-26, 1 M 45+, 2 F 0-10, 1 F 10-16, 1 F 16-26
[x, (Richard 12 or Asberry 13), Wyatt 19, Mastin 53, Elizabeth 4, Edna 6, x (Frances?), Narcissa 17]

1810 census Charlotte Co VA p67, twp not given
Mastin Williams 3 M <10, 1 M 16-26, 1 M 26-45, 3 F <10, 1 F 10-16, 1 F 26-45
[Richard 2, Asberry 3, Wyatt 9, Henry 16, Mastin 43, x, x, Narcissa 7, Lucinda 11, Amelia 37]

census records for VA for 1790 and 1800 are missing
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