Person:Edward Williams (41)
Edward Payson Williams
b.26 Feb 1745/46 Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
d.1777 Massachusetts, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 15 Sep 1743
  1. Catherine Williams1744 - 1819
  2. Edward Payson Williams1745/46 - 1777
  3. Jeremiah Williams1747 - 1748
  4. Jeremiah Williams1749 - Bef 1759
  5. Henry Williams1751 - 1752
  6. Joseph Williams1753 - 1819
  7. Abigail Williams1755 - 1831
  8. Lucy Williams1756 - 1758
  9. Jeremiah Williams1759 - 1759
  10. Lucy Williams1760 - 1845
  11. Jeremiah Williams1762 - 1793
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Edward Payson Williams1745/46 - 1777
  • W.  Sarah Craft1746 -
m. 21 May 1772
  1. Sarah Williams1773 - 1814
  2. Priscilla Williams1776 -
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Facts and Events
Name Edward Payson Williams
Gender Male
Birth[1] 26 Feb 1745/46 Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage 21 May 1772 Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United Statesto Sarah Craft
Military? Revolutionary War
Occupation? Blacksmith
Death[2] 1777 Massachusetts, United States

American Biographical Library
The Biographical Cyclopædia of American Women
Volume II
Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army During the War of the Revolution
Alphabetical List of Officers of the Continental Army
W
Fifteenth Virginia
page 594
Williams, Edward Payson (Mass). Captain of Heath's Massachusetts Regiment, May to December, 1775; Captain 24th Continental Infantry, 1st January to 31st December, 1776; Major 3d Massachusetts, 1st January, 1777

References
  1. ↑ Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Roxbury, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Salem, Massachusetts: Essex Institute, 1925-1926)
    Vol. 1, p. 378.

    WILLIAMS, Edward Payson, s. Jeremiah and Katherine, [born] Feb. 26, 1745-6.

  2. ↑ Drake, Francis S. The town of Roxbury : its memorable persons and places, its history and antiquities, with numerous illustrations of its old landmarks and noted personages. (Roxbury: The author, 1878)
    p. 31.

    "Edward Payson Williams, a corporal in Capt. Child's company, afterwards commanded a company in Greaton's regiment, and died in the service in 1777."

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