Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
NameBarnabas WILLIAMS 
Birthbef 17863309
FatherPaul WILLIAMS (~1767-1828)
MotherMartha GEER (<1769-1796)
Individual Notes
• Her [Hannah Allen] husband may have been the son of Paul Williams who also came as early as 1811.3233, p 872
• On 25 Feb 1826, Barnabas Williams was named as principal in a surety bond as Administrator of the estate of Dennison M. Williams, deceased. On 15 May 1826, Richard Chapman was named as principal on the estate of Dennison Williams, presumably to replace Barnabas as the result of his death.1538, p 116
Source: File #112, Portage County Probate Court, obtained August 1991.
• Obituary notice given in Western Courier: “22 Apr 1826 WILLIAMS, Barnabas -- Tallmadge, 34y”3310, p 2
• Will probated, 1826, file #119, Miner Spicer?, administrator.1538, p 182
• On 25 Feb 1826, Barnabas Williams was named as principal in a surety bond as Administrator of the estate of Dennison M. Williams, deceased. On 15 May 1826, Richard Chapman was named as principal on the estate of Dennison Williams, presumably to replace Barnabas as the result of his death.1538, p 116
Source: File #112, Portage County Probate Court, obtained August 1991.
• Obituary notice given in Western Courier: “22 Apr 1826 WILLIAMS, Barnabas -- Tallmadge, 34y”3310, p 2
• Will probated, 1826, file #119, Miner Spicer?, administrator.1538, p 182
Census
• 1800 Groton, New London, Connecticut. 20011/20010.3236
• 1810 Groton, New London, Connecticut. 11101/31101.3237
• 1820 Census: Portage, Portage County, Ohio. 100010/1001. On same page with his father, Paul Williams, and Miner Spicer.3053, p 555,3161
• 1810 Groton, New London, Connecticut. 11101/31101.3237
• 1820 Census: Portage, Portage County, Ohio. 100010/1001. On same page with his father, Paul Williams, and Miner Spicer.3053, p 555,3161
Spouses
Marriage1 Oct 1814, Portage, Summit, Ohio2600, p 101; date only,3311, date only,3312, gives marriage date of 9 Oct 1814
ChildrenOliver Geer (Died young) (1815-<1817)
Oliver Spicer (1817->1828)
Birth16 Sep 1792, North Groton, New London, Connecticut2600, p 483
Death7 Mar 1856, Akron, Summit, Ohio2600, p 94,3085, p 32; date only,3313, month, year, place only Age: 63
Ancestral File #8TNX-893314
FatherEphraim ALLYN (1747-1816)
MotherTemperance MORGAN (1752-1799)
Individual Notes
• The year following his wife's death, Major Spicer married her sister, Hannah Allen, widow of Barnabus Williams. Her husband may have been the son of Paul Williams, who also came as early as 1811.3233
Census
• 1820 Census: Portage, Portage county, Ohio. 11 in household. 100010/1001.3161
• 1850 Census: Portage, Summit, Ohio. Age 57, b CT.3315
• 1850 Census: Portage, Summit, Ohio. Age 57, b CT.3315
Marriage10 Jun 1819, North Groton, New London, Connecticut3316, p 157; marriage only,3313,3309, marriage only
Marr Memonow Ledyard