Elisha Williams

1735 - 1812  (77 years)

• Name	Elisha Williams  [1, 2]
  Birth	1735	Prince George's County, Maryland
  Gender	Male
  Death	24 Nov 1812	Millboro Springs, Bath County, Virginia
  Person ID	I17428	Tree1
  Last Modified	29 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family	Anne Swearingen,   b. 1736, Rock Creek Parish, Prince George's County, Maryland d. 11 Oct 1829, Millboro Springs, Bath County, Virginia (Age 93 years)
  Marriage	1757	Rock Creek Parish, Prince George's County, Maryland
  Children	1. Hazel Williams,   b. 1758, Rock Creek Parish, Prince George's County, Maryland d. 1776, Sugarland Hundred, Frederick County, Maryland (Age 18 years)  [Father: natural]   2. Mary Williams,   b. 2 Nov 1759, Rock Creek Parish, Prince George's County, Maryland d. Abt 1828, Bath County, Virginia (Age 68 years)  [Father: natural]   3. John Williams,   b. 1762, Frederick County, Maryland d. Aft 1776, Sugarland Hundred, Frederick County, Maryland (Age > 15 years)  [Father: natural]   4. Thomas Williams,   b. 1764, Frederick County, Maryland d. Aft 1776, Sugarland Hundred, Frederick County, Maryland (Age > 13 years)  [Father: natural]   5. Jared Williams,   b. 4 Mar 1766, Frederick County, Maryland d. 2 Jan 1831, Stevens City, Frederick County, Virginia (Age 64 years)  [Father: natural]   6. Elisha Williams,   b. 1770, Sugarland Hundred, Frederick County, Maryland d. Aft 1776, Sugarland Hundred, Frederick County, Maryland (Age > 7 years)  [Father: natural]   7. Martha Williams,   b. 1773, Sugarland Hundred, Frederick County, Maryland d. Aft 1776, Sugarland Hundred, Frederick County, Maryland (Age > 4 years)  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F11775	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Apr 2024

  
  

• Notes

  1776 census, Frederick Co. MD Sugarland Hundred Elisha Williams age 41 == parents unknown === 1773-1778 Frederick County Land Records; {Patricia Abelard Andersen} W:343-344. Charles Coats records land commission and deposition 29 Nov. 1775. The Right honorable Henry Harford, Esq., issued commission to Mssrs Jonathan Willson, Elisha Williams, Eneas Campbell and Stephen Newton Chiswell, to perpetuate memory of the bounds of tract called Daniel's Discovery. Alexander Pearre, aged 52 years deposed that 19 years before he lay out bounds for Charles Coats. Elisha Williams, aged 40 years deposed, regarding a bound tree. === Montgomery County Land Records, 1777-1781; Liber A1, Page 203. Nov 14, 1778 from Elisha Williams of M, Gent, to George F. Magruder, Gent of Prince George's County, for 3396 £5 shillings, a tract of land called part of the Resurvey on Friends Advice, containing about 455 acres. Also, one other tract of land called the Resurvey on the Beginning, lying in M and contiguous to sd Friends Advice, containing about 162 acres. Signed - Elisha Williams. Wit - AEns Campbell*, Joseph Wilson*. Ann, the wife of sd Elisha Williams, relinquished her right of dower to the within mentioned lands. Recorded Nov 23, 1778. === Montgomery County Land Records, 1777-1781; Liber A1, Page 223. Nov 14, 1778 from Elisha Williams of M, planter, to Zephaniah Dowden of M (blacksmith), for 210 £, a tract of land in M called Williams' Choice, bounded by a tract of land called the Resurvey on Dry Springs, containing 40 acres. Signed - Elisha Williams. Wit - AEns Campbell*, Joseph Wilson*. Ann, wife to the sd Williams, relinquished her right of dower to the within mentioned land. Recorded Jan 16, 1779.

  
  

• Sources

  [S51] Early Families of Southern Maryland, Volume: 7. [S80] Genealogies of Virginia Families Vol. III, from Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine, 24. father unknown. not the s/o Thomas d. 1749