Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
Individual Notes
• Eunice?1923, p 413
Spouses
Individual Notes
• Name given as Isaac. Lived in Ledyard, now [sic] Groton, Conn.95
• Possibly from Westerly, R. I. - boundary dispute between R. I. & CT not settled until 1728.1565, p 1
• Possibly from Westerly, R. I. - boundary dispute between R. I. & CT not settled until 1728.1565, p 1
Research
• Look for in 1790
• 1800 Census: Groton, New London, Connecticut. 00010/00100. Perhaps the correct family; the only Isaac Williams in Groton, but he may be too young. Perhaps this is his son, Isaac.1922
• Perhaps Isaac is this Richard.1923
• 1800 Census: Groton, New London, Connecticut. 00010/00100. Perhaps the correct family; the only Isaac Williams in Groton, but he may be too young. Perhaps this is his son, Isaac.1922
• Perhaps Isaac is this Richard.1923
General
• Ledyard is a town in the southeastern part of Connecticut that, although it is predominantly rural in part, is rapidly becoming suburban in character. Bordered on the West by the Thames River with its gently rolling, tree covered hills and occasional outcroppings of ledge, it stretches off the east bordering Mystic and Stonington, and is approximately 40 square miles in area. Originally Pequot Indian territory, the first land grants to the early settlers were assigned as part of New London territory. In 1705, land on the eastern side of the Great (Pequot) River became the independent town of Groton within which the present boundaries of Ledyard exist. Early land records and legal transactions referred to this location as Groton until 1836, when the residents of this part of the North or Second Society of Groton incorporated and took the name of Ledyard. The town was named after Colonel William Ledyard, who was the commander of the Colonial forces that defended Fort Griswold in 1781 at the Battle of Groton Heights.1924, p 1
• This book is an attempt at the early family records of William Williams of New London, Conn., but is incomplete [since] many of the early records were destroyed by war and fire during the War of the Revolution, the Battle of Groton Heights, etc. Moreover, so many by the name of Williams came into New London County and settled at New London, Groton, Stonington, Norwich and Vicinity at about the same dates, several Families using the same names for their children, even in the same town, and especially as often no Family records were kept, it has been very difficult to collect the facts from descendants, or even to find many of them.
The author has worked on this problem for over 40 years. Some of the descendants of Robert Williams of Roxbury, Mass. came into Connecticut and settled at Stonington and Pomfret, Conn., and many other Connecticut Towns, and intermarried with descendants of William Williams of New London County. Wheeler’s History of Stonington, Conn., gives descendants largely of Robert Williams of Roxbury.
Then after the War of the Revolution scores of descendants by the name of Williams removed to New Hampshire, Vermont and Massachusetts, New York State, the Western Reserve in Ohio, to Pennsylvania and even farther west.1925, p 3
• This book is an attempt at the early family records of William Williams of New London, Conn., but is incomplete [since] many of the early records were destroyed by war and fire during the War of the Revolution, the Battle of Groton Heights, etc. Moreover, so many by the name of Williams came into New London County and settled at New London, Groton, Stonington, Norwich and Vicinity at about the same dates, several Families using the same names for their children, even in the same town, and especially as often no Family records were kept, it has been very difficult to collect the facts from descendants, or even to find many of them.
The author has worked on this problem for over 40 years. Some of the descendants of Robert Williams of Roxbury, Mass. came into Connecticut and settled at Stonington and Pomfret, Conn., and many other Connecticut Towns, and intermarried with descendants of William Williams of New London County. Wheeler’s History of Stonington, Conn., gives descendants largely of Robert Williams of Roxbury.
Then after the War of the Revolution scores of descendants by the name of Williams removed to New Hampshire, Vermont and Massachusetts, New York State, the Western Reserve in Ohio, to Pennsylvania and even farther west.1925, p 3