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Harriet Havilah Risher Williams 1787–1844 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1787

Birth Location: Colleton County, South Carolina, USA

Death Date: 12 January 1844

Death Location: Smoaks, Colleton County, South Carolina, USA

Father:

Mother: Mary Fontaine

Spouse(s): Abraham Williams

Children(s): Peter Williams

Harriet Havilah Risher Williams was born in 1787 in Colleton County, South Carolina, USA, the child of Benjamin Risher And Mary De La Fontaine. Harriet Havilah Risher Williams married Abraham Taylor Williams, and had children including Peter Edward Williams. Harriet Havilah Risher Williams passed away in 1844 in Smoaks, Colleton County, South Carolina, USA.

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Biography

  • Harriet Havilah Risher Williams was born in 1787 in Colleton County, South Carolina, USA, the child of Benjamin Risher And Mary De La Fontaine.
  • Harriet Havilah Risher Williams married Abraham Taylor Williams, and had children including Peter Edward Williams.
  • Harriet Havilah Risher Williams passed away in 1844 in Smoaks, Colleton County, South Carolina, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Harriet Williams's Ancestors

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Harriet Williams
1787–1844
Birth Place: Colleton County, South Carolina, USA
Parents
Mary (De La) Fontaine
1753–1814
New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina, USA
Grandparents
Francis (De La Fontaine) jr
1721–1783
King William County, Virginia, USA
Jemima Jasper
1721–1756
New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina, USA
Great-Grandparents
Francis Fontaine
1697–1749
Mary Fontaine
1697–1733
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Harriet Williams's Descendants

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Harriet (Havilah Risher) Williams (1787–12 January 1844) m. Abraham (Taylor) Williams (1786–30 December 1842)
  1. 1. Peter (Edward) Williams 1814–1892 m. Eliza (Caroline) Herndon 1825–1896
    1. 1. Richard (Edward) Williams 1856–1937
    2. 2. Peter (Hamilton) Williams 1848–1930
    3. 3. James (Washington) Williams 1850–1862
    4. 4. Benjamin (Stokes) Williams 1845–1916
    5. 5. Eliza (Caroline) Pearce 1856–1917
    6. 6. Thomas (Franklin) Williams 1852–1939
    7. 7. George (E. C.) Williams 1859–
    8. 8. Lucy (J.) Williams 1861–
    9. 9. William Williams 1863–
    10. 10. Joseph (F.) Williams 1866–1943
    11. 11. Caroline Barker 1857–
    12. 12. Lucy (Jane) Pearce 1861–1941
    13. 13. Jas Williams 1866–

Harriet Williams's Timeline

2 Records

1787
1787
Birth of Harriet Havilah Risher Williams in Colleton County, South Carolina, USA
Colleton County, South Carolina, USA
1844
12 January 1844
Age 57
Death of Harriet Havilah Risher Williams in Edisto Beach, Colleton County, South Carolina, USA
Edisto Beach, Colleton County, South Carolina, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1787
    Event Place: Colleton County, South Carolina, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] Family Data Collection - Individual Records, Birth year: 1787; Birth state: SC
    [2] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 12 January 1844
    Event Place: Edisto Beach, Colleton County, South Carolina, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Smoaks, Colleton County, South Carolina, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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