Isaac* Williams

1629 - Bef 1696  (67 years)

• Name	Isaac* Williams
  Birth	1629	Salem, Essex Co, Massachusetts
  Gender	Male
  Residence	7 Jul 1659	Salem, Essex Co, Massachusetts
  	The first mention of Isaac Williams in Salem town records is dated July 7, 1659. At a meeting of the selectmen he and Henry Skerry were chosen to seal the weights. He would then be about thirty years old since according to the list of Early settlers of Essex and Old Norfolk he was aged 36 in 1665. http://www.anamericanfamilyhistory.com/Collins%20Family/CollinsMargeryWilliams.html
  Other-Begin	15 Oct 1664	Salem, Essex Co, Massachusetts
  	constable
  	He is called Constable October 15, 1664, in a Quarterly Court record.
  Death	Bef 9 Nov 1696	Salem, Essex Co, Massachusetts
  Will	9 Nov 1696	Salem, Essex Co, Massachusetts
  	The will of Isaac Williams, cordwainer, was dated January 21, 1695, O.S. and was probated the following November the 9th 1696. To beloved wife Margerie Williams all my estate to be given as she pleaseth to any or all of my children. He appointed her sole executrix, and as overseers my Brother Henry Collins and Mr. Samuel Phillips. A codicil, dated two days later, confirms the will and gives a token payment of a shilling each to daughters Sarah, Deborah and Elizabeth, to sons Isaac and Ebenezer. http://www.anamericanfamilyhistory.com/Collins%20Family/CollinsMargeryWilliams.html
  Notes	He was a cordwainer and constable. A cordwainer (or cordwinder) made shoes from fine, soft leather. There was a distinction between a cordwainer, who made shoes, and a cobbler who repaired them. from The New England Ancestry of Dana Converse Backus, p. 187 The first mention of Isaac Williams in Salem town records is dated July 7, 1659. At a meeting of the selectmen he and Henry Skerry were chosen to seal the weights. He would then be about thirty years old since according to the list of Early settlers of Essex and Old Norfolk he was aged 36 in 1665. That he belonged to the second generation of a Williams family of New England seems probable. The name was not an uncommon one in the Massachusetts Bay region in the early years. He is called Constable October 15, 1664, in a Quarterly Court record. His wife's name was Margery and in all probability she was the daughter of Henry and Ann Collins, aged two when brought to New England in 1635 with her brothers, Henry aged 5 and John aged 3. The birth of a daughter, Elizabeth Williams, August 23, 1660, is the earliest of their family records in Salem, followed by the birth of Isaac, December 20, 1662. Sarah and Deborah were both baptized the 5th of June 1664, but that they were older than Elizabeth is shown not only from the order of their listing in their father's will but from the date of the marriage of Deborah to Joseph Gray, August 10, 1675, eleven years after her baptism. It would appear that these two daughters had been born before the family settled in Salem. Five children (Benjamin, two Jonathans, John and one unnamed) all older than Ebenezer (who was baptized in December 1674) doubtless died young since their names do not appear in their father's will.
  Person ID	I96556	Roots
  Last Modified	30 Jun 2016

  
  

  Family	Margery* Collins, (immigrant),   b. 6 Nov 1633, Stepney Parish, London, Middlesex, England d. Bef 12 Oct 1702, Salem, Essex Co, Massachusetts (Age 68 years)
  Marriage	Bef 1658	Essex Co, Massachusetts
  Children	1. Sarah Williams,   b. Bef 1658, Essex Co, Massachusetts d. Aft 1702, Salem, Essex Co, Massachusetts (Age ~ 45 years)   2. Deborah Williams,   b. Abt 1658, Massachusetts d. Aft 1696, Salem, Essex Co, Massachusetts (Age ~ 39 years) + 3. Elizabeth* Williams,   b. 23 May 1660, Essex Co, Virginia d. 15 Jun 1730, Lynn, Essex Co, Massachusetts (Age 70 years)   4. Isaac Williams,   b. 20 Dec 1662, Salem, Essex Co, Massachusetts d. Aft 1702, Salem, Essex Co, Massachusetts (Age 40 years)   5. Benjamin Williams,   b. Between 1663 and 1673, Salem, Essex Co, Massachusetts d. Bef 1696, Salem, Essex Co, Massachusetts (Age ~ 32 years)   6. Jonathan Williams,   b. Between 1663 and 1673, Salem, Essex Co, Massachusetts d. Bef 1695, Salem, Essex Co, Massachusetts (Age ~ 31 years)   7. Jonathan Williams,   b. Between 1663 and 1673, Salem, Essex Co, Massachusetts d. Bef 1695, Salem, Essex Co, Massachusetts (Age ~ 31 years)   8. John Williams,   b. Between 1663 and 1673, Salem, Essex Co, Massachusetts d. Bef 1696, Salem, Essex Co, Massachusetts (Age ~ 32 years)   9. Ebenezer Williams,   b. Bef Dec 1674, Salem, Essex Co, Massachusetts d. Aft 1702, Salem, Essex Co, Massachusetts (Age ~ 28 years)
  Family ID	F32470	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Jun 2016