Person:Frances Dighton (1)

Name^[1]	Frances Deighton
Alt Name	Frances Williams
Gender	Female
Christening^[1]	1 Mar 1611	St Nicholas, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England
Marriage	11 Feb 1632/33	Great Witcombe, Gloucestershire, Englandto Richard Williams
Will^[1]	20 Oct 1703	Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
Death^[1]	Bet 20 Oct 1703 and 7 Mar 1705/06	Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United StatesBetween date of will and date of probate.
Probate^[1]	7 Mar 1705/06

ADOPTED TWO GREEK GIRLS, SARAH RUTH PUTNAM AND REBECCA JANE PUTNAM. JEAN LEONARD, MESA, AZ.^{Citation needed}

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 Holman, Winifred Lovering. English Ancestry of Richard Williams and His Wife Frances (Deighton) Williams. American Genealogist and New Haven Genealogical Magazine (D. L. Jacobus). (Jan, Apr, Jul 1933)
10:25.

"… Frances Deighton, baptised in St. Nicholas Church, City of Gloucester. 1 Mar. 1611, died in Taunton, between 20 Oct. 1703, and 7 Mar. 1705-06, daughter of John Deighton, Surgeon of Gloucester, by his wife, Jane Bassett.”

“The original will of the widow is likewise lost, but a copy appears on the books, and a brief abstract of this copy follows:

'I Frances Williams (widdo Relict of Richard Williams Deceased) of Taunton being of a great Age … Make this my last Will & Testament … 1 give of my worldly Estate to my son Parmiter to son Natha^l Williams his widdow & to son Joseph williams widdow & to son Benjamin Williams his widdow to Each of them twelve pence All the Rest of my Estate … I give to my son Thomas williams of Taunton & to my daughter Elizabeth Bird of Dorchester … whom I do make Joynt Executors …' Dated 20 Oct. 1703, proved 7 Mar. 1705-06, signed 'Frances Williams her mark'

Witnesses: Joseph Hall John Haskins Ezra Dean”
General Society of Mayflower Descendants. Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims Who Landed at Plymouth, Mass. December 1620. (New England - United States: General Society of Mayflower Descendants., Various)
19:18.