Person:Amos Williams (23)

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Amos Williams
b.14 Mar 1645/46 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
d.20 Aug 1683
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  1. Amos Williams1645/46 - 1683
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m. 29 Jun 1670
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Name[1][2][3] Amos Williams
Gender Male
Birth[1][4] 14 Mar 1645/46 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Alt Marriage 27 Jan 1670 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United Statesto Elizabeth _____
Alt Marriage 27 Jun 1670 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United Statesto Elizabeth _____
Marriage 29 Jun 1670 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United Statesto Elizabeth _____
Death[1][5] 20 Aug 1683
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Fam. 2. Amos Williams2, in Adams, Sherman W. (Sherman Wolcott), and Henry R. (Henry Reed) Stiles. The History of Ancient Wethersfield, Connecticut: Comprising the Present Towns of Wethersfield, Rocky Hill, and Newington; and of Glastonbury Prior to its Incorporation in 1693, from Date of Earliest Settlement Until the Present Time with Extensive Genealogies and Genealogical Notes on Their Early Families. (New York: The Grafton Press, 1904)
    2:825.

    "Fam. 2. Amos (Williams),2 (Matthew,1), b. 1646; … he is rec. on tax list, W. T. V. p. 12; was town crier, 1668; for ld. est. see Chapt. VII, Vol. I, and was one of the earliest settlers of the Rocky-Hill section of Old Weth. With his bros. Samuel and Matthew (?) he was one of the second Branford emigration to Essex Co., N. J. Exactly when the Williams bros. severed their connection with Weth. cannot be exactly determined; some make it 1685, while Wick's Hist, of the Oranges, makes Matthew's admission as a planter at Newark to have been in 1680. He also says that Amos remained in Conn. tho' he owned ppy. at North Corner (Orange) N. J., and that it was his son Samuel who came as a settler and took up ld. at First Mountain. There certainly is no rec. of Amos at Weth., after the appraisement and div. of his father's est., 1680. The destruction of Court and Church records during the Revol. war leave much to be desired.

    Acc. to the Invent, of his est. filed in 1683, in Htfd. Co. Prob., he d. 20 Aug., 1683. The invent, of his (Weth.) ppy. amt. to £217-15, taken by Samuel Talcott and James Treat—ment. his ch., viz.: Samuel, ae. 8 y.; Elizabeth, ae. 6; Susannah, ae. 3 yrs.; and Jan. 3, 1697, Lieut. Thos. Hollister moved the Ct. to app. some suitable person to make dist. of est. of Amos Williams 'he, the sd. Hollister having m. the relict of the sd. Williams."

  2. ↑ Amos Williams, in Adams, Sherman W. (Sherman Wolcott), and Henry R. (Henry Reed) Stiles. The History of Ancient Wethersfield, Connecticut: Comprising the Present Towns of Wethersfield, Rocky Hill, and Newington; and of Glastonbury Prior to its Incorporation in 1693, from Date of Earliest Settlement Until the Present Time with Extensive Genealogies and Genealogical Notes on Their Early Families. (New York: The Grafton Press, 1904)
    1:313.

    "Williams, Amos, (s. Matthew and Susannah) b. 1645-6; Town-crier, 1668; dr. ld. in 1670 allot.; in 1673 he bo't a tract of 16½ acs. at Ry-H. fm. Thomas Hollister, it was on W. side Midd. road, betw. Jonathan Boardman's S. and Samuel Boardman's N., and on it he prob. sett, and became one of the earliest inhab. of Ry-H. He bo't 5 acs. more fm. John Miller, next N. of Wm. Morris."

  3. ↑ Amos Williams, in Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862)
    4:558-559.

    "Amos (Williams), Wethersfield, s. of Matthew of the same, had Amos, b. 1670; Samuel, 1675; Eliz. 1677; and Susanna, 1680, wh. all surv. him, and he may have had more; and d. 20 Aug. 1683. His wid. Eliz. m. a. 1690, Thomas, Hollister of W."

  4. ↑ Wethersfield Vital Records [NEHGS], in Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records
    294.

    "Williams, … Amos, s. Matthew & Susannah, b. Mar. 14, 1645 [LR1:18]"
    "Williams, … Amos, s. Nath[an] & Susannah, b. Mar. 14, 1645/6 [LR1:38]"

  5. ↑ Williams, Amos, Wethersfield, in Manwaring, Charles W. A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records. (Hartford, Conn.: R. S. Peck & Co., 1904-06)
    1:386.

    "Probate Records. Vol. IV, 1677 to 1687. Page 145-146.

    Williams, Amos, Wethersfield. Died 20 August, 1683. Invt. £217-15-00. Taken by Samuel Talcott, James Treat. The children: Amos age 13 years, Samuel & Elizabeth 6, Susannah 3 years.

    Court Record, Page 76—6 December, 1683: Invt. exhibited.

    Page 10—(Vol. VI) 3 January, 1697-8: Lt. Thomas Hollister moveing this Court that some suitable persons be appointed to Dist. the Estate of Amos Williams, late of Wethersfield Decd, he the sd. Hollister having married the Relict of sd. Williams, this Court appoint Nathaniel Foote, William Burnham and Jonathan Boreman to Dist. the Estate according to an Order of Court made 18 December, 1683.

    Dist. File: 1701: To Amos, to Samuel, to Susannah, to Elizabeth Williams alias Hollister. By William Boardman, Nathaniel Foote & Jonathan Boardman.

    Page 24—(Vol. VII) 1 January, 1701-2: Whereas the Court did formerly appoint some persons to Dist. the Estate of Amos Williams, late of Wethersfield Decd, to the Widow and Children, they have proceeded therein so far as at present they can, there being £80-18-06 wanting of the Estate. The Distributors having made Return thereof under their hands, viz, William Burnham, Nathaniel Foote & Jonathan Boreman, it being moved to this Court how the remaining part should be paid or made up, the Court are of opinion that the persons to whom the sd. Estate was committed in Trust, their Executors or Adms., should make it good."

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