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ANCESTRY OF LAWRENCE WILLIAMS TIDS EDITION IS LIMITED TO ONE HUNDRED COPIES OF WHICH TIDS IS No. / Cf General Joseph 5 Williams Captain William Coit6 Williams 1798 1813 ltki~ ' . ' ' ·<' :' ' ·t Simeon Breed7 Williams 1899 Lawrence8 Williams 1()01 Lawrence9 Williams, Jr. \Vheeler9 Williams ANCESTRY OF LAWRENCE WILLIAMS PART.I ANCESTRY OF HIS FATHER SIMEON BREED WILLIAMS DESCENDANT OF JOHN WILLIAMS OF NEWBURY AND HAVERHILL, MASS. 1600-1674 PART II ANCESTRY OF HIS MOTHER CORNELIA JOHNSTON DESCENDANT OF THOMAS JOHNSTON OF BOSTON, MASS. 1708-1767 COMPILED BY CORNELIA BARTOW WILLIAMS CHICAGO PRIVATELY PRINTED 1915 COPYRIGHT, 1915, BY CORNELIA BARTOW WILLIAMS TO MY FATHER AND MOTHER WHOSE LIVES WERE AN INSPIRATION TO RIGHT LIVING THIS RECORD OF THEIR ANCESTORS IS DEDICATED I THINK every man would like to come of an ancient and honorable race. As you like your father to be an honorable man, why not your grandfather and his ancestors before him? w. M. THACKERAY. HE only deserves to be remembered by Posterity who treasures up and preserves the history of his Ancestry. EDMUND BURKE. FOREWORD Taking as a basis the family chart made by Lawrence Williams, this volume has been compiled from many authentic sources, and contains little original matter. The Williams monographs written some years ago by Timothy Dwight Williams have been edited to come within the scope of the work. As these pages record the lives of some eighty ancestors among the "First Settlers," as those were called who came to this country between the years 1620 and 1643, it may be well to recall some of these early emigrations. The "Mayflower" arrived in Cape Cod Harbor in November, 1620, with its precious freight of 102 human souls, the pioneers who had suffered most in the old world and who suffered most in the new, who blazed the way for those who should come after. The "Fortune" arrived in 1621, bringing Robert Cushman, John Winslow and 35 new Colonists; the "Ann" and "Little James," in 1623, with 96 more, among them George and Nathaniel Morton and kinsfolk and friends of the earlier comers. In 1629 six ships landed at Salem, and among the passengers thirty members of the Leyden Church. In 1630 came the "Mary and John," and also Roger Ludlow's company, landing at Nantasket. The same year still another party of 840 persons came in the "Arbella" and fifteen other accompanying vessels. This was the ''Massachusetts Bay Company" under John Winthrop, composed of men of char acter and sterling worth like their Plymouth brethren, but who had endured less of the hardships of life. Of them Bancroft says: '' All of them were Puritans inclined to the party of Independents; many of them men of high endowments, large fortunes and best edu cation; scholars well versed in all the learning of the times; clergy men who ranked among the most eloquent and pious of the realm." After these settlers came other ships in rapid succession, among them the "Lyon" in 1631, with Roger Williams and John Eliot; 7 8 FOREWORD the "Griffin" in 1634, with Stone, Hooker and Cotton; the "Abigail" in 1635, with John Winthrop, Jr., and party; the "Hector" in 1637, with Theophilus Eaton and John Davenport; and the "St. John" in 1639, with Whitfield, Hoadley, Stone and Leete. To quote Bancroft again: "The settlement of New England was a result of the Reformation and of the implacable differences between the Protestant Dissenters and the Established Anglican Church." It was the time of Charles I, and his Archbishop Laud, the time of the Star Chamber and High Commissions. Many of the most active and godly ministers of the Church of England and their congregations fled to New England as non-conformists. Many companies were formed also of influential men of wealth and education who came in great numbers. So formidable was the emigration that an order was issued at one time to stop the sailing of ships. Before the Long Parliament assembled in 164r, 21,000 persons in 198 ships had arrived in New England. It is asserted on good authority that between 1630 and 1690 there were in New England as many graduates of Cambridge and Oxford as could be found in any population of similar size in the old country. It was by such men as these that the original mother towns in New England were settled. YEAR OF ARRIVAL OF EMIGRANT ANCESTORS 1620 Mayflower. Elder William Brewster and wife Mary " " . Edward Fuller and wife " " Samuel Fuller 1621 Fortune ....... Jonathan Brewster " " . Robert IDcks , ,~ 1623 Ann .......... Mrs. Margaret IDcks and daughter Phebe " . Mrs. Lucretia (Oldham) Brewster 1628 .............. Walter Palmer and ck.ughter Grace 1629 .............. Thomas Harris, wife Elizabeth and son William " .............. Thomas Wright 1630 .............. John Coit, wife Mary Uenners) and son Joseph " . Philip Pinckney " ............... William Thomas and son Nathaniel " Mary and John. John Gallup, :i:st 1630 Arbella ......•. Allen Bread, wife and son Allen " " . .. Mrs. Mary Hall and son Stephen " " . Thomas Minor " " ......... Robert Parke, wife Martha (Chaplyn) and son Thomas " " ......... Jonas Weed :i:631 Lyo'ft .•••.•.... William Denyson, wife and son George " " ......... John Perkins, wife Judith and son Jacob " " ......... Valentine Prentice and son John " .............. Christopher Avery and son James " . John Clarke 1632 .............. William Knowlton, wife Ann (Smith) and son William " .............. Robert Watson, wife Elizabeth and son George 1633 . Nicholas Clap and daughter Barbara " . Simon Huntington, wife Margaret (Baret) and son Simon " .............. Nicholas Jacob and wife Mary " . .. Henry Rutherford and wife Sarah " .............. Joseph Weld and wife Elizabeth " . John Williams " Griffin ......... John Gallup 2nd and his mother Christabel 1634 Griffin ........ John Lothrop, son Samuel and daughter Jane " .............. John Crow and daughter Hester " . Dolor Davis and wife Margery (Willard) " .............. Edward Spalding, who had emigrated in 1619 to Virginia and came thence to New England 9 IO YEAR OF ARRIVAL OF EMIGRANT ANCESTORS . • . Henry Farwell . Thomas Bliss, wife Margaret and son Thomas " . Thomas Lincoln " . John Otis, wife Margaret and son John " . Thomas Scudder, wife Elizabeth and daughter Elizabeth " . Thomas Wheeler " James. Thomas Coleman and son John " Hopewell, ...... John Kirby " Abigail. Mrs. Margaret Lake and daughter Hannah " Increase. Matthew Marvin, wife Elizabeth and daughter Mary Hercules.. • . Comfort Starr and son Thomas Susan and Ellen Benjamin Thwing . Henry Andrews - . Thomas Tracy Hector ......... David Atwater Hector. John Punderson " . Thomas Leffingwell . Edward Collins and wife Martha . Thomas Sayre, wife and daughter Damaris 1639 . John Porter ,. " . Mrs. Alice Thompson and daughter Dorothy " St. John. Francis Bushnell and son Richard . John Gallup . William Hodges " . James Leona.rd and son Thomas " . Roger Pritchard " . John Thompson . William Bradley . Timothy Prout 1651 . Thomas Adga.te 1652 . David Sage 1653 . Giles Ha.:m1in 166o? . Peter Bradley 1665 . Christopher Christophers, wife Mary and son Richard 1666 . Richard Stevens 1670 .............. John Pell 1683 .............. John Reid, wife Margaret (Miller) and daughter Helina i:702 . John Bartow i:725? . Patrick: McLaren i:7- . Thomas Johnston LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE Five Generations Frontisp,iece Comelia4 CT ohnston) Williams 14 Simeon Breed7 Williams 14 House of John3 Williams, Poquetannock, Connecticut, 1723 24 House of Gen. Joseph5 Williams, Norwich, Connecticut, 1779 24 Family Chart of Simeon Breed7 Williams . 28 Commission of Gen J oseph5 Williams 32 Simeon Breed7 Williams 40 Family of Simeon Breed7 Williams, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1855 44 Family of Lawrence8 Williams, Chicago . 48 Shubael5 Breed 56 Lydia6 (Perkins) Breed 56 Gravestones, Breed Family 64 " Perkins Family 64 Capt. William5 Coit 72 Gravestones, Capt. William5 Coit and Sarah8 (Lathrop) Coit 72 " Gen. J oseph5 Williams and Abigail6 (Coit) Williams . 72 Commission, Capt. William5 Coit 76 Gravestone, Simon1 Huntington 100 " Sarah2 (Clarke) Huntington . 100 " Mary3 (Bushnell) Leffingwell 100 '' Thomas3 Leffingwell and Lydia3 (Tracy) Leffingwell . 100 House of Simeon Breed7 Williams, Lake Forest, Illinois, 1870 II8 House of Thomas1 Leffingwell, Norwich, Connecticut, 1660 II8 Lydia6 (Perkins) Breed 152 Nancy6 (Breed) Williams Whiting 152 Gravestones, "\\neeler Family 168 " Gallup Family 168 " Avery Family 168 Clarina 8 (Bartow) Johnston 172 William Sage3 Johnston 172 Family Chart of Comelia4 Johnston . 180 II 12 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Major Samuel2 Johnston 184 William Sage3 Johnston 184 Comelia4 (Johnston) WiJHams 188 House of Capt James2 Avery, Groton, Connecticut, 1656 196 House of Maj. Samuel2 Johnston, Middletown, Connecticut, 1785 196 Gravestone, David7 Atwater 208 " John2 and Damaris8 (Atwater) Punderson 208 " Abram.2 Bradley 208 " Hannah2 (Thompson) Bradley 208 Reproduction Pages, "Brewster Book" 212 Christopher3 Christophers, 2nd . 216 Sarah6 (Prout) Christophers 216 Gravestones, Christophers Family . 224 Johnston Family Group, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1849 . 228 Gravestones, Thomas Minor 240 " Walter Palmer 240 " John and Mercy (Palmer) Breed 240 Wequetequock Burial Ground, Stonington, Connecticut 240 Interior "Old North Church," Boston, Massachusetts, showing Organ of Thomas Johnston . 248 Clock Face engraved by Thomas Johnston 256 Gen. Comfort4 Sage 264 Sarah4 (Hamlin) Sage . 264 Psalm Tune Plates engraved by Thomas Johnston 280 Simeon Breed7 Williams and his Descendants 288 Family Chart of Lawrence8 William~ Inside back cover Cornelia