Person:William James (89)

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William James
 
d.Bef 7 Nov 1743
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Name William James
Gender Male
Marriage to Mary (add)
Will[1] 30 May 1743 Charlestown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States
Death[1] Bef 7 Nov 1743 Will proved
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 Abstracts of Charlestown Wills, in Rhode Island Genealogical Register. (Princeton, Massachusetts: A. G. Beaman)
    p. 359, April 1982.

    William James of Charlestown. Will dated 30 May 1743, codicil dated 26 July 1743, proved 7 Nov 1743, pp 112-114.
    Wife Mary
    Sons: Joseph probably deceased, Thomas probably deceased, Jonathan, James, William, Edward, John & Benjamin.
    Daughters: Mary Hyames, Susannah Colegrove, Sarah Shelding, Hannah Moor, Anne James & Miriam James under 18.
    Grandson John James son of Joseph, his father having rec[eived] his portion all ready in land.
    Grandsons: Jonathan James & Thomas James under 21 sons of Thomas, their father having rec[eive]d his portion all ready in land.
    Land of Thomas James deceased, Joseph James deceased, Edward Boss & Stephen Willcox.
    Codicil gives 2 acres given in the will to testator's wife as part of her dowry to son Jonathan James.
    Witnesses: (both will & codicil) William Clarke, David Moore, Nathaniel Lewis.

  2.   William James, Blacksmith, of Westerly, R. I., in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society)
    [1] 126:249.
  3.   27 Oct 1740 A jury chosen to lay out a highway includes Capt. William James.