Timothy WILLIAMSON

Male 1621 - 1676  (55 years)


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  • Name Timothy WILLIAMSON  [1, 2, 3
    • The first certain information which we have about the early life of Timothy Williamson is contained in a deposition before John Alden, Assistant, in 1668, wherein he, "timothy Williamson, aged 47 years or thereabout testifyeth" that he came "to Marshfield about 26 years ago in the suite of the Reverend Edward Bulkeley of Woodhill (now Odell) Bedfordshire England." This would show that he first appeared in Marshfield about 1642, but whence he came has not been ascertained. The parish registers of Woodhill (Oledd) contain no references to anyone named Williamson, and this patronymic is so frequently encountered throughout Great Britain as to render further search for Timothy's ancestry hopeless without some clue. On 24 June 1643 his name is given among the freemen of Marshfield, and on 24 June 1649 Luke Lillie, at a town meeting held "at Robert Wattermanes acknoledged to hae sould to Tymothie Williamson all his upland formely graunted to him by the freemen of this Township & Also the meddow granted to him ye lieth with that pt graunted to john King & Thomas Chilingeworth for and in consideration of ye sum-----. At the same time William Hales sold to timothy Williamson all his upland meadow formerly granted him by the freemen of this township in consideration of---)". At the meeting of the Court at Plymouth on 6 Feb. 1654 the signature of Timothy Williamson who had served on the jury, is given as "Timothy Williams. His mark." It seems singular that he should have been unable to write his name, as the inventory of his estate shows him to have owned books, a fact from which one would infer that he was not illiterate. On 8 June 1655 Timothy Williamson was appointed surveyor of highways for Marshfield, and 3 June 1656 he was further appointed constable, and also stood propounded to take up his freedom and was admitted. he was sworn at the Court of 3 June 1657.......

      ...On the outbreak of trouble with the Indians, which culminated in King Philip's War, masters of garrisons were appointed in Marshfield in 1676, "and Mr Nath. Thomas and Timothy Williamson are to deliver the ammunition to the respective masters of garrisons." And thus, when the call came to the men of Marshfield on 20 June 1676 to bear arms against the hostile red men, Timothy Williamson executed his will and made ready to go. It is not known on what day he was killed, but presumably he fell on the last day of july or on one of the first days of Augyst, perhaps in one of the skirmishes at Bridgewater. He was buried 6 Aug 1676, in what is now called the Cedar Grove Cemetery, at Marshfield, but the exact spot is unknown. [1]
    Birth abt. 1621  England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Death Jul or Aug 1676  King Philips War Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I61952  Main Tree
    Last Modified 14 May 2021 

    Family Mary HOWLAND,   b. 1629, Huntingdon, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 06 Jun 1653  Plymouth, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    Children 
    +1. Mary WILLIAMSON,   b. 07 Jul 1654, Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Between 1720- 1726, Little Compton, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)  [Birth]
     2. Timothy WILLIAMSON,   b. 26 Feb 1655, Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 18 Sep 1682, Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 27 years)  [Birth]
     3. Joanna WILLIAMSON,   b. 21 Mar 1657, Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 17 Sep 1690 (Age 33 years)  [Birth]
    +4. Capt Caleb WILLIAMSON,   b. Mar 1661/2, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Dec 1738, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)  [Birth]
    +5. Experience WILLIAMSON,   b. 1659, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 02 May 1748 (Age 89 years)  [Birth]
     6. Martha WILLIAMSON,   b. 01 May 1670, Marshfield, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 17 Sep 1690 (Age 20 years)  [Birth]
     7. Nathan WILLIAMSON,   b. Marshfield, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1718  [Birth]
     8. Abigail WILLIAMSON,   b. 10 Aug 1672, Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 17 Sep 1690 (Age 18 years)  [Birth]
     9. George WILLIAMSON,   b. 02 May 1675, Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [Birth]
    Family ID F05306  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 13 May 2021 

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  • Sources 
    1. [S5387] Selected and Introduced by Gary Boyd Roberts, "Genealogies of Mayflower Families" From The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. III, (Balitmore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. 1985).

    2. [S03336] Slason-Slauson-Slawson-Slosson Family by George C. Slawson dated 1946.

    3. [S5459] Franklyn Howland, "A Brief Genealogical and Biographical History of Arthur, Henry, and John Howland, and their Descendants, of the United States and Canada", (Franklyn Howard - New Bedford, Mass, - 1885).