Ancestral Glimpses » Joseph Williams (1643-1724)

Personal data Joseph Williams 


Household of Joseph Williams

He is married to Lydia Olney.

They got married on December 17, 1669, he was 26 years old.


Notes about Joseph Williams

Joseph Williams - TimeLine

JOSEPH, b. 1643, Dec. 12, Providence, R. I.; d. 1724, Aug. 17.
m. 1669, Dec. 17.
LYDIA OLNEY, b. 1645 of Thomas & Mary (Small) Olney; d. 1724, Sep. 9.

1665, Feb. 19. He had lot 43 in a division of lands.
1676. He served in King Philip's war, as his gravestone testifies.
1679, Jul. 1. Taxed 6s., 3d
1683-84-93-96-97-98-1713. Deputy.
1684-85-86-87-88-91-93-94-1713-14-15. Town Council.
1687, Sep. 1. Taxed 7s., 10d.
1687. Ratable estate, 2 oxen, a horse, a steer, 6 cows, 4 three years, 4 two years, 3 yearlings, a colt, 10 acres pasture, 3½ shares meadow.
1698-99-1700-1-2-3-4-5-6-7. Assistant.
1699, Oct. 25. He was appointed on committee, by Assembly, to inspect into the transcription of all laws of the colony, in performance of His Excellency the Earl of Bellomont's request.
1717, Oct. 26. Will—proved 1724, Oct. 12. Exx. wife Lydia. To son Thomas, 330 acres at Rocky Hill where he dwelleth, and other land. To son Joseph. 130 acres at Mashapauge adjoining house where he dwelleth, &c. To son James, 200 acres at Rocky Hill, and 130 acres at Mashapauge, adjoining
my house, with dwelling house, orchard, &c, but wife Lydia to have use of outward room, wherein I now dwell, for life. To wife, bed and bedding. To son James, all the rest of movable estate and cattle, he providing for his mother all things she needs and that are necessary for an ancient woman.
Inventory, £55, 4s., 2d, viz: wearing apparel, cane, pewter, books, warming pan, churn, 2 bedsteads, 6 cows, a calf, a case of bottles. His son James took administration on his father's estate.
1724, Sep. 3. Will—proved 1724, Oct. 12. Widow Lydia. Ex. son James. To him, all estate.
Inventory, £16, 10s., Qd.
He and his wife, and many descendants, were buried on his homestead farm; the graveyard being now within the limits of Roger Williams Park, Providence.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Joseph Williams

Roger Williams
± 1603-????

Joseph Williams
1643-1724

1669

Lydia Olney
± 1645-1724


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Birthday December 12, 1643

  • Stadhouder Prins Frederik Hendrik (Huis van Oranje) was from 1625 till 1647 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1643: Source: Wikipedia
    • May 14 » Four-year-old Louis XIV becomes King of France upon the death of his father, Louis XIII.
    • May 19 » Thirty Years' War: French forces under the duc d'Enghien decisively defeat Spanish forces at the Battle of Rocroi, marking the symbolic end of Spain as a dominant land power.
    • July 1 » First meeting of the Westminster Assembly, a council of theologians ("divines") and members of the Parliament of England appointed to restructure the Church of England, at Westminster Abbey in London.
    • July 13 » English Civil War: Battle of Roundway Down: In England, Henry Wilmot, 1st Earl of Rochester, commanding the Royalist forces, heavily defeats the Parliamentarian forces led by Sir William Waller.
    • August 24 » A Dutch fleet establishes a new colony in the ruins of Valdivia in southern Chile.
    • December 13 » English Civil War: The Battle of Alton takes place in Hampshire.

Day of marriage December 17, 1669

Day of death August 17, 1724

  • The temperature on August 17, 1724 was about 19.0 °C. Source: KNMI
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    Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
  • In the year 1724: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 28 » The Russian Academy of Sciences is founded in St. Petersburg by Peter the Great, and implemented by Senate decree. It is called the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences until 1917.
    • April 7 » Premiere performance of Johann Sebastian Bach's St John Passion, BWV245, at St. Nicholas Church, Leipzig.
    • November 11 » Joseph Blake, alias Blueskin, a highwayman known for attacking "Thief-Taker General" (and thief) Jonathan Wild at the Old Bailey, is hanged in London.
    • December 7 » Tumult of Thorn: Religious unrest is followed by the execution of nine Protestant citizens and the mayor of Thorn (Toruń) by Polish authorities.


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