Ancestry of
Bill Weld

68th Governor of Massachusetts

Joseph Williams

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• • 6th Great-grandfather of Bill Weld — 9th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 432 
  • Father:
  • Stephen Williams 
  • Mother:
  • Sarah Wise   
  • Birth Date:
  • 24 Feb 1681/1682 
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  • Death Date:
  • 17 Aug 1720 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Abigail Davis
  • Marriage Date:
  • 22 May 1706 
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  Joseph Williams

  Mary Williams

  John Williams (Ahnentafel No:216 )

• Sources for Joseph Williams

  • ¹ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Roxbury, Vol. 1, pp. 380-382, Birth records for children of Joseph and Abigail Williams.
  • ² NEHGS NEXUS: New England Across the United States, 1991, Vol. 8, p. 29.
  • ³ New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1982, Vol. 136, p. 308.
  • ⁴ Kidd, Charles, Debrett Goes to Hollywood, New York: St. Martin's Press (1986), 122.
  • ⁵ Roberts, Gary Boyd, Notable Kin, Volume 1, Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1998), 21, 202.
  • ⁶ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States (2 vols.), Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. (2008), 541.
  • ⁷ Roberts, Gary Boyd and William Addams Reitwiesner, American Ancestors and Cousins of The Princess of Wales, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. (1984), 34.
  • ⁸ Williams, Edward H., Jr., Robert Williams of Roxbury, Mass. and His Descendants, Newport, Rhode Island: Reprinted from The Magazine of New England History (1891), 9, 28.
  • ⁹ Williams, Stephen West, The Genealogy and History of the Family of Williams in America, More Particularly of the Descendants of . . ., Greenfield: Printed by Merriam and Mirick (1847), 287.
  • ¹⁰ Williams, Stephen West, The Genealogy and History of the Family of Williams in America, More Particularly of the Descendants of . . ., Greenfield: Printed by Merriam and Mirick (1847), 287, 294.

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