Lt. Joseph Williams, Sr., was born on 11 June 1744 in Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut.
3,4,5 He married
Mary Spelman on 11 November 1765 in First Church, Middleton, Middlesex County, Connecticut. [Marriages - 1st Church, Middletown, Middlesex Co., CT, Early Connecticut Marriages as found on Ancient Church Records Prior to 1800, By Frederick W. BAILEY, New Haven, [in seven volumes, 1896-1906], Vol 6, p 94: Joseph WILLIAMS & widow Mary SPELMAN, Nov. 11, 1765].
6,7,5,8 Lt. Joseph Williams, Sr., married
Eunice Ingram, daughter of
Elisha Ingram and
Elizabeth Smith, on 22 January 1795 in Montague, Franklin County, Massachusetts.
9,10,11,12,13 Lt. Joseph Williams, Sr., died on 11 November 1837 in Cazenovia, Madison County, New York, at age 93.
14,4,5,15 He was buried in South Cemetery, Cazenovia, Madison County, New York. His gravestone reads:
In Memory of
Lieutenant Joseph Williams
A Veteran of the Revolution for
Independance in the United States of America
Died Nov. 11, 1837
Aged 93 years & 10 months
The South Cemetery is loacted in the Town of Cazenovia, Madison County, New York on the East side of No. Nine Road, 700 feet South of East Road.
16,4 He was a private who served two years in the French and Indian War between 1761 and 1763. He took part in several engagements.
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14,17 He was in the Revolutionary War. He was present at the battle of Saratoga and served until the end of the war. He enlisted in 1775 as a sergeant and served as a lieutenant in the Burgoyne campaign. He was placed on the pension roll of Madison County, New York, in 1818 for service of lieutenant in the Massachusetts Continental Line. [
Alphabetical List of Officers of the Continental Army, W, Fifteenth Virginia, page 595: Williams, Joseph (Mass). Sergeant of Brewer's Massachusetts Regiment, June to December, 1775; Ensign 6th Continental Infantry, 1st January to 31st December, 1776; 2d Lieutenant 13th Massachusetts, 1st January, 1777; resigned 5th January, 1778; served subsequently as Quartermaster of Massachusetts State Troops]. He was at the surrender of Burgoyne and eight months at the siege of Boston.
Williams, Joseph (Mass.). Sergeant of Brewer's Massachusetts Regiment, June to December 1775; Ensign 6th Continental Infantry,1st January to 31st December 1776; 2d Lieutenant 13th Massachusetts, 1st January 1777; resigned 5th January 1778; served subsequently as Quartermaster of Massachusetts State Troop.
18,5,14,19,17,20 His DAR Ancestor Number is A126313. His Revolutionary War Pension Number is S. 11,841 for his service in the Revolutionary War.
New York Pensioners, 1835 (www.ancestry.com)
Name: Joseph Williams
Rank: Lieutenant
County: Madison Co.
Annual Allowance: $284 20
Description of service: Massachusetts Continental
When placed on the pension roll: 16 Oct 1832
Commencement of pension: 4 Mar 1831
Laws under which inscribed, increased or reduced OR Remarks: March 18, 1818. Dropped from roll under act May 1, 1820. Pensioned again under act June 7, 1832.
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14 His wife,
Mary, died in 1791 Perhaps in Utica, Oneida County, NY??? in Madison County, New York, at age ~55, leaving him a widower.
21 The Woolley property consists of a 31 acre parcel which was located in the northwest corner of Lot 14 of the Road Township in the Town of Cazenovia. This 31 acre property appears to have been created in 1826. The earliest owner of the property was Lieut. Joseph Williams who purchased all of Lot 14 of the Road Township from the Holland Land Co. on the first day of land sales, June 1, 1793. The Town Road Book shows that Williams lived at #2016 Ballina Road, and the Holland Land Co., Census and Inventories show that he had built himself a frame house some time between 1803 and 1806. Williams, a veteran of the American Revolution, died November 11, 1837, at the age of 93 and was buried in South Cemetery. The 1830 census lists Joseph Williams as the immediate neighbor of Edward Woolley.l.
22 He came to Cazenovia in 1794 with a family of three sons and two daughters. [His wife Mary had died in about 1791.] He was one of the first Trustees of the Presbyterian Church in Cazenovia, organized in 1798.
17 Lt. Joseph Williams, Sr., lived between 1794 and 1837 in Cazenovia, Madison County, New York.
14,23,17 List of New York State Historic Markers in Onondaga County, New York (
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_New_York_State_Historic_Markers_in_Onondaga_County,_New_York): THIS WELL - On Rown Rd. - About 1Mile East Of Manlius, NY - Dug In 1795 By Joseph Williams, Soldier Of The Revolution, whose Log House Stood About 50Feet North.
22 Lt. Joseph Williams, Sr., appeared on the census of 1800 in Cazenovia, Madison (before 1806 in Chenango) County, New York, which lists one male age 45 and over (Joseph would have been about 56), one male age 10 to 15, one male age 16 to 25, one female age 26 to 44 (Joseph's second wife Eunice Ingram would have been about 52), and one female age 16 to 25 (possibly his daughter Anna who would have been about 16).
1800 Census: Williams, Joseph, Page 964, Line 5, present Town of Cazenovia, 1 male 10-15, 1 male 16-24, 1 male 45+, 1 female 16-24, 1 female 25-44, (Joseph Williams Sr., "Lieut.", 1744-1837).
24 He was a volunteer for two monthsin 1815 in the War of 1812 in 1814.
14 His wife,
Eunice, died on 12 October 1829 in Cazenovia, Madison County, New York, at age 81, leaving him a widower.
16,4 Lt. Joseph Williams, Sr., appeared on the census of 1830 in Cazenovia, Madison County, New York, which listed one male age 60-69 (however, Joseph would have been about 84) and one female age 20-29 (perhaps a housekeeper). Joseph's wife Eunice had died in 1829. CAVEAT: This may be his son, Joseph Williams, Jr.
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