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JOHN WILLIAMS
ANN UNKNOWN
The 5 March 1638/9 court noted that John Williams was to be named a freeman at the next court. [PC01]
John Williams was appointed a constable in Scituate on 2 June 1640. He was appointed surveyor of highways in Scituage on 2 March 1640/1.He was elected deputy for Scituate in 1643, 1644, 1647 and 1648. [PC02]
On 7 June 1648 Samuel Mayo complained against trespass against by John Williams, Sr., asking damages of forty pounds. [PC03]
The core of the Williams-Barker tavern in Scituate is believed to have been built by John Williams as early as 1634. John's house on his farm in Scituate was first inherited by his son Captain John Williams and then by Captain John Williams' grand-nephew Samuel Barker, upon the death of his brother Williams.
Children of John and Ann Williams:
i. Ann Williams married John Barker.
ii. John Williams
John Williams, Jr. was chosen constable of Scituate on 4 June 1650. He was propounded for freeman on 5 June 1651 and 3 June 1652. He was on the grand inquery jury on 7 June 1653. He was chosen ensign of the Scituate military company on 8 June 1655. [PC04]
John Williams was granted 75 acres in Scituate on 26 February 1673. [SCT]
iii. Edward Williams (?)
Edward Williams of Scituate was presented to the 2 March 1651/2 court for pilfering wood and a sack and was fined. [PC05]
References:
SCT. Jeremy Dupertuis Bangs, The Seventeenth-Century Town Records of Scituate, Massachusetts, 3 vols. (Boston: New England Historical Genealogical Society, 1997, 1999, 2001), vol. 1: 60.
PC01. Nathaniel Shurtleff, Records of the Colony of New Plymouth: Court Orders, vols. 1–3 (Boston, William White, 1855), vol. 1: 116–7.
PC02. Records of the Colony of New Plymouth, vol. 1: 154–6, vol. 2: 9, 59, 72, 117, 123.
PC03. Records of the Colony of New Plymouth, vol. 2: 125.
PC04. Records of the Colony of New Plymouth, vol. 2: 153, 167; 3: 8, 32, 80.
PC05. Records of the Colony of New Plymouth, vol. 3: 5.
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03-Aug-2020