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Joshua Thomas Williams 1755 – 1846 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1755

Birth Location: Virginia, United States

Death Date: 1846

Death Location: Cumberland, Cumberland, Virginia, United States

Father: Matthias Williams

Mother: Jean Harris

Spouse(s): Sarah Ward

Children(s): Mary Williams

Joshua Thomas Williams was born in 1755 in Virginia, United States, the child of Matthias M Williams and Jean Jane Harris. Joshua Thomas Williams married Sarah Jane Bryan Ward, and had children including Mary May Williams. Joshua Thomas Williams passed away in 1846 in Cumberland, Cumberland, Virginia, United States.

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Biography

  • Joshua Thomas Williams was born in 1755 in Virginia, United States, the child of Matthias M Williams and Jean Jane Harris.
  • Joshua Thomas Williams married Sarah Jane Bryan Ward, and had children including Mary May Williams.
  • Joshua Thomas Williams passed away in 1846 in Cumberland, Cumberland, Virginia, United States.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Joshua Williams's Ancestors

Self
Joshua Williams
1755 – 1846
Birth Place: Virginia, United States
Parents
Matthias M Williams
1720 – 1782
Cumberland, Virginia, USA
Jean (Jane) Harris
1725 – 1806
Cumberland, Cumberland, Virginia, United States
Grandparents
7ggm (Susannah) Anderson
1685 – 1780
Hanover County, Virginia, USA
Marie (Cecile) Leclerc-Jean
1702 – 1749
L'Islet-sur-Mer, Montmorency, Québec, Canada
Great-Grandparents
8ggm Cornwell
1667 –
8ggf Anderson
1665 – 1780
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Anderson
1642 – 1727

Joshua Williams's Descendants

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Joshua (Thomas) Williams (1755 – 1846) m. Sarah (Jane Bryan) Ward (26 Aug 1757 – 1789)
  1. 1. Mary (May) Williams (1770 – 03 May 1857) m. Abraham (Dietrich) Nave (24 March 1769 – 29 Nov 1850)
    1. 1. Peter (Teter) Nave (6 August 1794 – 25 November 1852) m. Miriam ("Jemima") Stover (11 December, 1798 – 28 May, 1876)
      1. 1. Sarah (T) Nave (21 March, 1832 – 24 October, 1900) m. William (Nave) Crow (Nov 1831 – Abt. 1905)
        1. 1. Robert Crow (abt 1853 – )
        2. 2. Henry (T) Crow (abt 1856 – )
        3. 3. James (Daniel) Crowe (17 June 1856 – 25 January 1937) m. Mary (Elizabeth) Hoover (7 January 1858 – 26 January 1937)
        4. 4. Emeline Crow (abt 1859 – )
        5. 5. Mary (E) Crow (abt 1862 – )
        6. 6. Sarah (E) Crow (abt 1864 – )

Joshua Williams's Timeline

2 Records

1755
1755
Birth of Joshua Thomas Williams in Virginia, United States
Virginia, United States
1846
1846
Age 91
Death of Joshua Thomas Williams in Cumberland, Cumberland, Virginia, United States
Cumberland, Cumberland, Virginia, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1755
    Event Place: Virginia, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1846
    Event Place: Cumberland, Cumberland, Virginia, United States

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