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Nelson Rockefeller

41st U.S. Vice-President

Roger Williams

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• • 7th Great-grandfather of Nelson Rockefeller — 10th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 864 
  • Father:
  • James Williams 
  • Mother:
  • Alice Pemberton   
  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1606 
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  • Death Date:
  • from 27 JAN 1682/1683 to 15 MAR 1682/1683 
  • Death Location:
  • Providence, Providence Co., Rhode Island 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Mary Bernard
  • Marriage Date:
  • 15 Dec 1629 
  • Marriage Location:
  • High Laver, Essex, England 
  • Children:
  
  

  Mary Williams

  Freeborn Williams

  Providence Williams

  Mercy Williams

  Daniel Williams (Ahnentafel No:432 )

  Joseph Williams

  • Notes: 

  • 1631 Passenger on the Lyon

    Founder of Providence, Rhode Island

    Some sources state that Roger Williams died on 01 APR 1683, but this isn't possible if his will was proved on 15 MAR 1682/83.

    Sources also say that Roger Williams's remains were re-buried under a monument in Prospect Terrace Park in Providence, Rhode Island, but apparently all that was put there was some dirt that was believed to be from his original grave. His body has never been found.

• Sources for Roger Williams

  • ¹ Lineages of Members of the National Society of Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims, Vol. III, p. 325, Image 337 of 1047.
  • ² NEHGS NEXUS: New England Across the United States, 1996, Vol. 13, p. 25.
  • ³ Order of the Descendants of Colonial Governors Prior to 1750, Roll of Members in the State of California (1899), 29.
  • ⁴ Portrait and Biographical Album of Ionia and Montcalm Counties, Michigan . . ., Chicago: Chapman Bros. (1891), 613.
  • ⁵ Representative Men and Old Families of Rhode Island, Vol. 3, Chicago: J. H. Beers and Co. (1908), 1574.
  • ⁶ The American Genealogist, 1960, Vol. 36, p 86.
  • ⁷ The Narragansett Historical Register, Providence, Rhode Island: Rhode Island Citizens Historical Associations, 1889, Vol. 7, Page 18.
  • ⁸ Anderson, Robert Charles, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Vol. 3, P-W, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (1995), 2007-2010.
  • ⁹ Anderson, Robert Charles, The Great Migration Directory: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1640, A Concise Compendium, Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2015), 376.
  • ¹⁰ Anderson, Robert Charles, The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England 1634-1635, Vol. V, M-P, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2007), 308.
  • ¹¹ Bulkley, Abby Isabel (Brown), The Chad Browne Memorial: Consisting of Genealogical Memoirs of a Portion of the Descendants of Chad and Elizabeth Browne, Brooklyn, New York: Brooklyn Daily Eagle Book Printing Department (1888), 162.
  • ¹² Carpenter, Daniel Hoogland, History and Genealogy of the Carpenter Family in America: From the Settlement at Providence, R.I. 1637-1901, Jamaica, New York: The Marion Press (1901), 319.
  • ¹³ Jacobus, Donald Lines and Edgar Francis Waterman, The Waterman Family: Vol. III, Descendants of Richard Waterman of Providence, Rhode Island, Hartford, Connecticut: The Connecticut Historical Society (1954), 10.
  • ¹⁴ Roberts, Gary Boyd, Notable Kin, Volume 1, Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1998), 215.
  • ¹⁵ Roberts, Gary Boyd, Notable Kin, Volume 2, Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1999), 103.
  • ¹⁶ Tillinghast, Rose C., The Tillinghast Family 1560-1971, Unknown: Unknown (1972), 12.
  • ¹⁷ Weld, Hattie Borden, comp., Historical and Genealogical Record of the Descendants as far as Known of Richard and Joan Borden . . ., (1899), 143.
  • ¹⁸ Wikipedia, "Roger Williams (theologian)", (accessed 02/01/2012).
  • ¹⁹ Wilson, Lelia Morse, Ten Generations from William and Mary Dyer, Pioneer Settlers in Newport, Rhode Island, Putnam, Connecticut: Case, Lockwood and Brainard (1949), 5.