Thomas Williams Genealogy

Record modified: 2024-11-04
This is my ancestor 7 generations back.

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Born: 1742-00-00 Hanover Co, Virginia USA
Died: 1803-00-00 Halifax Co, Virginia USA
Marriages:
1. 1760-00-00 Frances (unknown)
Children of Thomas Williams and Frances (unknown):
Matthew J Williams
Robert Williams
Jeremiah Williams
Nancy Williams b. 1764-10-04
Molly Williams b. about 1766-00-00
*Mastin Williams b. 1767-00-00
Elizabeth Williams b. about 1776-00-00
Margaret "Peggy" Williams b. about 1782-00-00
Sally Williams b. about 1785-00-00

Notes:

birth date might be wrong

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Sledge says his parents were Joseph Williams and Henrietta Jouett. This is wrong, though. Joseph and Henrietta probably didn't have a son Thomas.

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He was a Captain in the Revolutionary War
In the DAR database he is number A126694.

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He may be a son of Robert Williams + Margery Martin.
That Robert Williams d 1769-04-10 Charlotte Co VA. He also sold land to a Thomas Williams on 1762-12-07. On one land record Robert mentions his son Thomas.
Also note that Thomas named a son (apparently his first) Robert.

There also was a William Williams who wrote his will on 1775-10-07 in Charlotte Co VA, naming his son Thomas as executor and leaving items to Thomas' daughter Molly and son Matthew.

If you are a male-to-male descendant of this Thomas, your DNA might solve the question of his parents. Write to me at the link below for information.

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marriage date might be 1773

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Several trees give his birthdate as 1730-10-21 or 1742. Since Joseph Williams who married Henrietta Jouett was born 1720, the 1730 date is not believable. But if this Thomas is actually a son of Robert, 1730 might be right. It looks like there are two Thomas Williamses that are mixed up.

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This indenture made the third day of December one thousand seven
hundred and ninety two between William Mullins of the county of Charlotte ... and Thomas Williams of the same county ... witnesseth that the said William Mullins for ... seventy two pounds ... sell ... the said Thomas Williams ... one certain ... parcel of land ... seventy nine acres

[acknowledged 1792-12-03]

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This indenture made this twelfth day of May one thousand
seven hundred and ninety seven between William Thweatt of the county of
Charlotte ... and Thomas Williams ... witnesseth that the said William Thweatt for ... two hundred and fifty pounds ... sell ... unto the said Thomas Williams
one certain tract of land containing by estimate two hundred
and three acres ... nr Twittie's Creek ...

[acknowledged 1797-07-03]

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Virginia, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1652-1900
Charlotte Co VA Will Book 2 p244-245

I Thomas Williams of sound mind and memory and mindful of the uncer-
tainty of life do make and ordain this to be my last will and testament
revoking hereby all other heretofore made.
First I desire all my just debts
to be paid by the proceeds of the crop now on hand the crop in cultivation
and such part of my perishable estate not hereafter specifically divised.
I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife Frances the tract of land whereon
I now live lying on Twitties Creek composed of the several parcels of land
bought of May Thweatt and Mullins during her life only. I also lend
to my wife during her natural life only the following slaves, to wit Jesse, Phebe,
Beck, Frankey, Dolley, and Sarah. I also give to my wife to dispose of as she
pleases twenty head of cattle, ten sheep, thirty heads of hogs, three horses to wit
Paddy, a mare called Margey, and her choice of the colts got by Planten &
as much provisions as will plentifully maintain herself and family & stock
until she can make a crop. I also give to her all my household & kitchen
furniture except such as may be hereafter expresley given to some other legatee.
and as many of the plantation tools and fowls of every kind as she may think
proper. I do will and desire that my sons Robert and my two daughters Sally and Peggy
may live with their mother as long as she may think proper. and if
at any time she disire that Robert should live seperate and apart from
her. In that case I do direct that the above tract given to my wife for
life may be divided by a line drawn from a ford on Twitties Creek near
the big log so as to divide the spring now used by my family and from thence
to be continued so as to divide the said tract into two equal parts. Robert is
then to take immediate possession of the northern moiety and my wife
will retain in her possession the southern moiety only. With regard to the
spring my meaning is that they shall equally enjoy the benefit and use of it
however it may hereafter change its course or situation. After the death
of my wife I give to my son Robert the whole of the tract of land first given to my
wife for live to him and his heirs forever.
And in case my two daughters
Sally and Peggy should outlive their mother and remain unmarried, it is
my will and disire that they live with my son Robert and work their hands
jointly with his; but if they or either of them should disagree with and
cannot live in harmony with my said son Robert, it is my will & disire
that they may live on that moiety already assigned my wife, in case she
should not choose to live with Robert and use and enjoy of the same as long as
they remain unmarried and not longer.
I also give to my son Robert a
negroe man named Isaac and four ewes to him and his heirs forever.
I also give to my daughter Sally one negro woman named Betty her male child
John and her female child Rhody, a negro boy named James, one feather bed
and furniture, a cow and calf, and four sheep to her and her heirs forver.
I also give to my daughter Peggy one negro woman named Milley, a negro boy
named Major, a girl named Bitta [?] & a negro boy named Clem, one feather bed
and furniture, a cow and calf, and four sheep to her and her heirs forever.
I lend to my daughter Molly Shelton during the joint lives of herself and husband
one hundred acres of land of the horse pen tract beginning on Brooks line and
running paralel with MCargo's line to my back line, making the parcel of
one hundred acres of equal worth. I also lend to my said daughter Shelton my
slave Kate and a girl named Judy during the joint lives of herself and husband
and after their deaths I will and disire the said one hundred acres of land
be sold, and the money arising therefrom together with the said two slaves Kate
and Judy and their increase to be equally divided among my said daughters
children.
It is my will and disire that the residue of my horse pen tract of land be equally divided
between my three sons Jeremiah, Matthew, and Mastin and their heirs having
regard in the division to quality as well as quantity. and I will and disire the
division to be so made that the plantation on which Mathew lives may have
a due proportion of adjoining land, and that the plantation on which Mastin lives
may have its due proportion of adjoining land, and that the residue of the tract may
appertain and go with the mill and that in the division the value of the mill shall not
be estimated. After this division is made it is my will that Matthew shall be
entitled to that allottment on which he now lives, that Mastin shall be entitled
to that allottment on which he lives, and that Jeremiah shall be entitled to the
residue with the mill to them and their heirs forever.
I do lend to my
daughter Collier during the joing lives of herself and husband a negro girl named
Belsy, a negro girl named Polly, and a negro girl named Mary and after their
deaths to be equally divided among my said daughters children.
I do lend to my daughter Nancy Collins a negro woman named Dicey and a girl
named Hannah during her natural life only and after her death to be equally
divied among her children.
I do give to my son Mastin a negro man named
Sam, a negro man named Bob, a negro woman named Amey, a negro girl
named Dilsey to him and his heirs forever.
I do give to my son Jeremiah
a negro girl named Anockey [?] and four sheep to him and to his heirs forever.
I do give to my son Matthew a negro woman named Lucy and a negro boy named
Archer to him and his heirs forever.
After the death of my wife I will and
disire that out of the negros left to her for live and their increase my daughter
Shelton have one other negro, my daughter Collier one other negro, and my daughter
Collins two other negros, the two first during the joint lives of themselves and
husbands, and my daughter Collins during her own life only. And after their
deaths to be divided among their children as is before directed in divises to them
and the residue of said negros left to my wife for live except Sarah I will
and disire to be equally divided among my five daughters so that my daug-
hters Shelton, Collins, & Collins shall have no greater estate in them than is
before directed in divises to them. And it is my will and disire that my daughters
Shelton, Collins, and Collier shall have choice of the four first devised to them in this
clause.
I will and direct that after the death of my wife my negro woman Sarah
be liberated from any service except what she may voluntarily render and I do
hereby direct and request that she may live with either of my children she
may choose hereby meaning and intending that she is not to go at large, but to
remain with any child she may choose at her discretion.
Also the residue of
my property both real and personal I disire may be sold and my debts due to
me to be collected and the monies applied to the discharge of my just debts, and
if there with the crop on hand and crop growing shall not be sufficient to pay
all my debts, I do direct that the whole of my estate both real and personal
may be kept together until by the crops the whole of my debts shall be fully
discharged and should it be necessary to keep my estate together I wish and
direct during that time my wife and two single daughters may have a com-
fortable maintenance.
It is my will and disire that wherever I have given
female negros, the future increase from this date shall be considered a part of
the gift and upon the same terms as the gift.
Lastly I do will and disire that
the residue of my property both real and personal be equally divided among all
my children, and I do hereby appoint my sons Jeremiah Williams and Robert
Williams executors of this my last will and testament. In testimony whereof
I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal in presence of the subscribing
witnesses, who subscribed their names as witnesses in my presence this twentieth
day of April one thousand eight hundred and three.

Thomas Williams

in presence of W M Watkins, James
Mullings, James Mullings Jr (his mark)


At a court held for Charlotte County the 6th day of June 1803
this last will and testament of Thomas Williams deceased was presented in court
by Jeremiah Williams one of the executors herein named and the same was
proved by the oaths of witnesses M Watkins, James Mullins, and James Mullins
Junr, the thfree witnesses hereto subscribed and ordered to be recorded.

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census records for VA for 1790 and 1800 are missing
Hinds Site: Genealogy of Ken Hinds -- page 265
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