Person:Providence Williams (2)

Early Land Acquisition in Virginia

Acquisition of Land from Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants:

• K-78: Providence Williams of Hampshire County, 180 acres in said County on Potomack River. Surv. David Vance. 14 March 1760. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 115].

Records in Virginia

• N-15: Daniel Cresap of Hampshire County, 48 acres near mouth of South Branch in said County. Surv. John Moffett. Adj. Providence Williams. 30 May 1766. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 169].

1.   Jackson, Ron V. Virginia, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1607-1890.

   Virginia, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1607-1890
   Name: Providence Williams
   State: VA
   County: Frederick County
   Township: Rent Rolls
   Year: 1759
   Record Type: Rent Role
   Database: VA Early Census Index

2.   GenForum.

   Providence Williams, wife Sarah; Ann Williams Paulson/Poulson, husband Richard. Joseph, Providence, and Ann were siblings. There was also a Richard Williams, and a Remembrance Williams that were connected.
   
   
   Richard Williams line stayed in Hampshire Co., West Virginia, but other Providence Williams went to Old Ninety-Sixth District, Newberry Co., South Carolina. Daniel and
   Cassandra Prather were there during the Rev. War.
   
   Joseph, Providence, and Ann were in Frederick Co.,Maryland 1729-1734 before they moved to Orange Co., later Frederick Co., Virginia.
   
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