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Rev Joseph Williams 1705 – 1750 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 19 Mar 1705

Birth Location: Spring Mill, Whitemarsh, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Death Date: November 1750

Death Location: Gulph Mills, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Father: David Williams

Mother: Mary Rhodes

Spouse(s): Sarah Griffith

Children(s): Edward Williams

Rev Joseph Williams Sr was born in 1705 in Spring Mill, Whitemarsh, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, the child of David Rhys Williams and Mary Rhodes. Rev Joseph Williams Sr married Sarah Ann Griffith, and had children including Edward Williams. Rev Joseph Williams Sr passed away in 1750 in Gulph Mills, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

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Biography

  • Rev Joseph Williams Sr was born in 1705 in Spring Mill, Whitemarsh, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, the child of David Rhys Williams and Mary Rhodes.
  • Rev Joseph Williams Sr married Sarah Ann Griffith, and had children including Edward Williams.
  • Rev Joseph Williams Sr passed away in 1750 in Gulph Mills, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

David Williams
1660 – 1714
Birth Location: Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire, Wales
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Mary Rhodes
1662 – 1706
Birth Location: Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England
MR

Spouses(s)

Sarah Griffith
1707 – 1773
Birth Location: Merion, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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Children(s)

Edward Williams
1731 – 1804
Birth Location: Delaware, Pennsylvania
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Rev Williams's Ancestors

Self
Rev Williams
1705 – 1750
Birth Place: Spring Mill, Whitemarsh, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Parents
David Rhys Williams
1660 – 1714
Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire, Wales
Mary Rhodes
1662 – 1706
Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England
Grandparents
Reed Williams
1653 –
Llandiao, Carmarthen, Wales
Anne (Lloyd) Rosindale
1630 –
Foxhall, Mayo, Ireland
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Rev Williams's Descendants

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Rev (Joseph) Williams (19 Mar 1705 – November 1750) m. Sarah (Ann) Griffith (25 Jun 1707 – Aft. Apr 1773)
  1. 1. Edward Williams (21 Oct 1731 – 4 Sep 1804) m. Jemima (Carter) Anderson (1742 – 1828)
    1. 1. Daniel Williams (31 Mar 1763 – 3 Jul 1820) m. Rebecca (Violet) Crouch (1765 – 10 Jun 1830)
      1. 1. John (T) Williams (07 Nov 1789 – 10 Mar 1869) m. Phoebe Ferguson (12 Feb 1791 – 23 Sep 1852)
        1. 1. Daniel (Webster) Williams (17 Jun 1810 – 1870) m. Rebecca Day (1812 – 1870)
        2. 2. Captain (John T.) Williams (24 Oct 1822 – 11 Jul 1884) m. Rebecca Henry (25 Dec 1826 – 9 Dec 1906)

Rev Williams's Timeline

2 Records

1705
19 Mar 1705
Birth of Rev Joseph Williams Sr in Spring Mill, Whitemarsh, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Spring Mill, Whitemarsh, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
1750
November 1750
Age 45
Death of Rev Joseph Williams Sr in Gulph Mills, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Gulph Mills, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 19 Mar 1705
    Event Place: Spring Mill, Whitemarsh, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: November 1750
    Event Place: Gulph Mills, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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