Ebenezer WILLIAMS

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Son of Samuel Williams and Theoda Parke

Ebenezer married Mary WHEELER on 24 Jan 1687 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA. Mary (daughter of Isaac WHEELER and Martha PARKE) was born on 28 Nov 1668 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA; died on 03 Nov 1709 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Theoda WILLIAMS was born on 29 Oct 1687; died on 19 Jan 1694.
2. Unknown WILLIAMS was born on 17 Sep 1691.
3. Mary WILLIAMS was born on 07 Jan 1693/4; died on 10 Jan 1703/4.
4. Samuel WILLIAMS was born on 4 Feb 1695/6; died on 18 Sep 1780.
5. Ebenezer WILLIAMS was born in 1699; was christened on 23 Jun 1699; died before 21 Oct 1705.
6. Theoda/Theodiah WILLIAMS was born on 31 Jan 1700/01 in Stonington, Connecticut; was christened on 24 May 1702; died before 11 May 1729 in Groton, Connecticut.
7. Silence WILLIAMS was born before 09 Dec 1703; was christened on 8 Dec 1703.
8. Elizabeth WILLIAMS was born in 1705; was christened on 21 Oct 1705.
9. Ebenezer WILLIAMS was born in 1705; was christened on 21 Oct 1705.
10. Martha WILLIAMS was born in 1708; was christened on 3 Apr 1708.

Ebenezer married Sarah HAMMOND on 12 Jul 1711 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA. Sarah died on 5 Sep 1751 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Unnamed WILLIAMS was born on 10 Jun 1713.
2. Unnamed WILLIAMS was born on 27 May 1714.
3. Nathaniel WILLIAMS was born on 24 Jul 1715; died on 19 Dec 1793.
4. Elisha WILLIAMS was born on 12 Jan 1717/8 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA; died on 22 Sep 1788 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA.

Samuel married Theoda PARKE on 2 Mar 1654. Theoda (daughter of Deacon William PARKE and Martha HOLGRAVE) was born on 2 May 1637; died on 26 Aug 1718. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Son of Stephen and Margaret Cook Williams

Robert married Elizabeth STALHAM. Elizabeth was born about 1594 in England; died on 28 Jul 1674. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Children: 1 Jun 1658, 2 unbaptized children were buried

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He came to America in 1630 and settled in Roxbury, where he became one of the prominent men of the colony. "He came to New England in the 12the month, 1630, a single man and was one of the first in the church at Rocksbrough." - Rev. John Eliot's Record of Church Members. He was a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Co., 1638; represented Roxbury, Mass., in the General Court from 1635 to 1667, the longest known term of service under the old charter. He was one of the endowers of the Roxbury free school, the first in the United States and the oldest in Continued existence in America. He was undoubtedly a man of influence and a power in the colony. The records of the Massachusetts Bay Colony show that he was always on hand, always on committees, always adjusting difficulties. He was executor the the will of Thomas Dudley and of many others who died during the early days of the Colony. He married Martha, a daughter of John Holgrave, of Salem.

William married Martha HOLGRAVE in 1636. Martha was born about 1614; died on 25 Aug 1708. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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English baronet
Came to America from England in the "Arbella" in 1630 as secretary to John Winthrop. Moved to Wethersfield, CT in 1639. Moved to Pequot (now New London), in CT before moving to Mystic (now Stonington), CT in 1649.
Deputy to General Court and selectman.
Served in the colonial forces

He and his family sailed from Cowes, Isle of Wight, for America, on board the "Arabella," with seventy-six passengers, March 29, 1630, and landed in Boston, Mass., June 17, 1630; making the voyage in seventy-eight days. He lived for a time at Roxbury, Mass.

In 1639 he went, with his son Thomas , through the wilderness to Wethersfield, Conn., with the first settlers there.

He resided at Wethersfield about ten years, and in 1649 removed to Pequot, (now New London,) Conn. He was a resident of the town plot of New London for about six years, and then removed to lands which he owned on the Mystic river.

In the first book of the town records of New London, the two Winthrops, John and Deane, are uniformly entitled "Mr." as also Jonathan Brewster and Robert Parke, when they appear in the records of the plantation; but all others are styled "Goodman," or mentioned by Christian and surname, without any prefix.

When Mr. Blinman, (the first minister of the Gospel who preached regularly in New London), came in 1650, there was no meeting house. During the first years of his ministry he preached in the barn meeting house which stood on the corner of Hempstead and 'granite streets. It belonged to Mr. Robert Parke.

August 29, 1651, the following vote of the town is recorded: "for Mr. Parke's barne the towne doe agree for the use of it until midsummer next to give him a day's work a peace for a meeting house, to be by the Saboth come a moneth." In 1652 Mr. Parke sold his house lot to Mr. William Rogers, of Boston.

He was elected a Freeman of the colony in April, 1640, a Representative or Deputy to the General Court, September 1641, and again in August, 1642. He was a Selectman in 1651, and again a Representative in 1652. In 1658 he as a Selectman of Southerntown, (afterwards named Mystic and now known as Stonington,) Conn.

Robert married Martha CHAPLYN in 1601. Martha was born on 04 Feb 1583/4 in Semer, Suffolk, England; died before 1630 in Roxbury, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Also Known As: Martha Chapen
• Fact: Daughter of Capt. Robert Chaplin and Elizabeth Ansty of Bury, England

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Robert Parke married 1st, Martha, a daughter of Capt. Robert and Elizabeth Ansty) Chaplin, of Bury, England. Her father gave her portion of L300. It is probable that she died in England before the family came to this Country, as no mention has been found of her here.