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52 Ancestors: Week 22, Hugh and Ann (Lewis) Williams

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Hugh Williams was born in Wales about 1800 and died at his son's house in North Eaton (in Eaton Township), Wyoming County, Pennsylvania 18 May 1889.1,2,3 He married probably about 1831, Ann "Nancy" Lewis. She was born in Wales about 1800 and died in Wyoming County, Pennsylvania 15 September 1853.4

He arrived in Philadelphia with his wife and infant son on 25 September 1833 aboard the Criterion.5 They settled in what was then Luzerne County, now Wyoming County, Pennsylvania.6 In 1850 and 1860, the family was in Forkston where Hugh was farming.7,8 By 1870, Hugh moved in with his son William in North Branch Township.9

Children of Hugh and Ann (Lewis) Williams:2

  1. Richard Williams, b. Bedwellty, Monmouthshire, Wales 22 Jan. 1832;10 m. Elizabeth Ann Raugh.
  2. William Williams, b. Luzerne (now Wyoming) Co., Pa. 1 Oct. 1836;11 m. Zady Ann Kasson.
  3. John L. Williams, b. Luzerne (now Wyoming) Co., Pa. 1838; m. Nancy Ellen.
  4. Mary Ann Williams, b. Luzerne (now Wyoming) Co., Pa. about 1840; m. John Leonard DeKalb.
  5. Hugh L. Williams, b. Wyoming Co., Pa. 6 July 1842;12 m. (1) Harriet Malvina Robinson, (2) Margaret Smith.
  6. Evan H. Williams, b. Wyoming Co., Pa. April 1849; m. Jennie Jadwin.

  1. "Jottings," Tunkhannock (Pennsylvania) Republican, 24 May 1889, p. 3, col. 1, Hugh Williams death notice; digital images, Newspapers.com.↩

  2. Wyoming County, Pennsylvania, Will Docket 5:266-268; digital images, FamilySearch, DGS 7327893 > images 480-481.↩

  3. Find a Grave, memorial 80805881, Hugh Williams (about 1800 [calc.]-18 May 1889), Old Brick Church Cemetery, Eaton Township, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania.↩

  4. Find a Grave, memorial 81124946, Ann, wife of H. Williams (about 1804 [calc.]-15 Sept. 1853), Old Brick Church Cemetery, Eaton Township, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania.↩

  5. Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Philadelphia, 1800-1882, Criterion manifest, 25 September 1833, Hugh Williams, Anne Williams, and Richard [Williams]; database and images, Ancestry, “Pennsylvania, U.S., Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists, 1798-1962” > [NARA microfilm] M425 - Philadelphia, 1800-1882 > [roll] 48 > images 556-557.↩

  6. 1840 U.S. census, Luzerne Co., Pa., population schedule, p. 149 (stamped), Windham Twp.; digital images, FamilySearch, DGS 5154878 > image 304.↩

  7. 1850 U.S. census, Wyoming Co., Pa., population schedule, p. 120 (penned), Forkston, dwelling 1123, family 1140; digital images, FamilySearch, DGS 4205400 > image 124.↩

  8. 1860 U.S. census, Wyoming Co., Pa., population schedule, p. 172 (penned), Forkston, dwelling 1223, family 1216; digital images, FamilySearch, DGS 5171197 > image 89.↩

  9. 1870 U.S. census, Wyoming Co. County, Pa., population schedule, North Branch Twp., p. 4 (penned), dwelling 26, family 28; digital images, FamilySearch, DGS 4276468 > image 248; citing National Archives microfilm publication M593, roll 1467.↩

  10. Saron Chapel (Tredegar, Wales), Register of Baptisms, sheet 24, baptism of Richard Williams, 22 January 1832; database and images, Ancestry, "England & Wales, Non-Conformist and Non-Parochial Registers, 1567-1936" > Rg4: Registers of Births, Marriages and Deaths > Monmouthshire > Independent > [National Archives (Kew, UK)] Piece 1341: Tredegar Iron Works, Sharon [sic] Chapel (Independent), 1821-1837.↩

  11. District of Columbia, Certificate of Death, no. 274865, William Williams, d. 9 Dec. 1922; digital images, Ancestry, "Washington, District of Columbia, U.S., Death Certificates, 1874-1931" > Death Certificates: 272101-275500, 1922-1923 > image 2859.↩

  12. Pennsylvania, Certificate of Death, file no. 32556, Hugh L. Williams, d. 4 March 1930; database and images, Ancestry > "Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1972," 1930 > 030501-033500 > image 2220.↩