Arthur Williams1

#9833, (say 1619 - before 11 February 1677)

Family

Catherine _____
Child 1.Zebediah Williams+7 (1649 - 1675)
Birth*say 1619He was born say 1619.2 
1640He was admitted as a Freeman in 1640 at Windsor, Connecticut.3 
Marriage*30 November 1647He married Catherine _____ on 30 November 1647 at Connecticut.4,5,6 
Death*before 11 February 1677He died before 11 February 1677.2 

Citations

  1. [S289] George Sheldon, History of Deerfield, Massachusetts, Volume 2 (Deerfield: E.A. Hall and Co., 1896), p. 375; no birth record, no death record but his widow remarried 11 Feb 1677.
  2. [S289] George Sheldon, History of Deerfield II, p. 375; no birth record, no death record but admitted as freeman 1640 and his widow remarried 11 Feb 1677.
  3. [S165] James Savage, A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, four volumes (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1860-1862), p. 559: "ARTHUR, Windsor, freem. 1640, m. 30 Nov. 1647, Catharine, wid. of Joshua Carter of W. had Zebediah only; rem. to Northampton 1659 ; and d. late in 1673, or early next yr. his inv. being of 27 Mar. 1674. His wid. m. William Branch. "
  4. [S165] James Savage, First Settlers of New England, p. 559: "ARTHUR, Windsor, freem. 1640, m. 30 Nov. 1647, Catharine, wid. of Joshua Carter of W. had Zebediah only; rem. to Northampton 1659 ; and d. late in 1673, or early next yr. his inv. being of 27 Mar. 1674. His wid. m. William Branch."
  5. [S923] Henry R. Stiles The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut 1635–1891, Two Volumes (Hartford: The Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company, 1891–1892), II:140 names three sons only of Joshua Carter "born here" but I:153 entry for Joshua Carter has "Arthur Williams m. his dau. and oocup. his homestead". Savage and GMB both have Catherine as the widow of Joshua.
  6. [S292] Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633 (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995), online AmericanAncestors.org, 319, naming her as Joshua's Carter's wife and, after his death m. Arthur Williams. This concurs with Savage Genealogical Dictionary 559. Stiles Windsor History II:791 names Catherine as the dau. of Joshua, not his widow.
  7. [S289] George Sheldon, History of Deerfield II, part II, p. 375; no birth record, no death record but his widow remarried 11 Feb 1677.