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JOHN WILLIAMS (living
1677) of Scituate m. Ann Unknown
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JOHN WILLIAMS (living 1677) of Scituate
Parents: Unknown
John Williams died after 19 Dec 1677, when he signed his will. [Ref] He married Ann Unknown.
It is claimed that John Barker and John Williams of Scituate arrived in 1632 and that John Barker married John Williams' daughter Ann that year. However, Anderson [Ref] argues that it is more likely that John Barker and John Williams arrived late in the decade.
John was one of the Conihassett Partners of Scituate. He was a freeman in Scituate in 1639. [Ref] He was a deputy from Scituate in 1643, 1644, 1647 and 1648. [Ref]
In his will, John Williams, Sr. of Scituate mentions his daughter Mary Dodson, his son John, [granddaughter] Ann, the wife of John Pratt, [granddaughter] Deborah, the wife of William Bordon, [granddaughter] Mary Barker, grandchildren John and Abraham Barker and Nicholas Baker of Scituate. [Ref]
Children of John Williams:
ANN WILLIAMS
Parents: John Williams and Ann Unknown
Ann Williams died before 19 Dec 1677, as she is not mentioned in her father's will. [Ref] She married John Barker 1. [Ref]
References
Encylopedias
Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633. Vol. 1-3. Boston, 1995, Note for John Barker.
Family Genealogies
Barker, Elizabeth Frye, Barker Genealogy, Frye Publishing Co., New York, 1927.
Local Histories
Deane, Samuel, History of Scituate Massachusetts, Digital Scanning Inc, 2002.
Stratton, Eugene Aubrey, Plymouth Colony: Its History and People 1620 - 1691, Salt Lake City, Ancestry, 1986.
Vital Records
Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850. Online Database: NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2007.
Wills
Winsor, Justin, "Abstract of the Earliest Wills in the Probate Office, Plymouth," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 7, 1853, 178