Ancestry of
James Taylor

Singer-Songwriter

Thankful Williams

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• • 6th Great-grandmother of James Taylor — 9th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 417 
  • Father:
  • John Williams 
  • Mother:
  • Desire Denison   
  • Birth Date:
  • 8 Feb 1717/1718 
  • Birth Location:
  • Stonington, New London, Connecticut 
  • Christening Date:
  • 25 May 1718 
  • Christening Location:
  • First Congregational Church, Stonington, New London, Connecticut 
  • Death Date:
  • 2 May 1767 
  • Death Location:
  • Stonington, New London, Connecticut 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Avery Denison
  • Marriage Date:
  • 31 Jan 1733/1734 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Stonington, New London, Connecticut 
  • Children:
  
  

  Elisha Denison

  Nathan Denison

  William Denison (Ahnentafel No:208 )

  Desire Denison

  Mary Denison

  Prudence Denison

  Mercy Denison

  Thankful Denison

  Zerviah Denison

  Rebecca Denison

  Avery Denison

• Sources for Thankful Williams

  • ¹ Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870, Stonington, p. 76, Marriage record for Avery Denison and Thankfull Williams.
  • ² Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870, Stonington, p. 76, Death record for Thankful Denison.
  • ³ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Families on the Mayflower, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2020), 372.
  • ⁴ Wheeler, Richard Anson, History of the Town of Stonington, County of New London, Connecticut, From its First Settlement in 1649 to 1900, New London, Connecticut: Press of the Day Publishing Company (1900), 344-345, 669.
  • ⁵ White, Elizabeth Pearson, John Howland of the Mayflower, Vol. 1, Camden, Maine: Picton Press (1990, 7th printing 2014), 121, 484-485.