Rice
Williams
Family
Virginia
Rice Williams
b. c1620-54 Rappahannock Co., Virginia
d. abt August 1701 Richmond Co., VA[will of 1701]
m. Mary ?
b. ?
d. ?
her father: unknown her mother: unknown
her 2m. Francis Settle SR. 1702 (b.1661 d.
1707/1708(+) , 2 Feb
1707?)
his father -
John
Williams
his mother - Mary ...
| known children |
| Thomas Williams |
b. about 1700
|
d. 1732/34 |
1m. Sarah Audley 2 Oct 1726 NF Parish,
Richmond, VA. (d. Jan 1731/32)
2m. Mrs. Winifred (Hill) Pycraft
8 Jun 1732 NF Parish Record (dau. of William and Sarah
(Suggitt) Hill
Widow of John Pycraft (died 3 Dec 1731) |
| Elizabeth Williams
|
b. 1681 or 1690?? Richmond Co, VA |
d. 1724/25 Farnham Parish, Richmond,VA |
1m. Francis Settle Jr. (b.1682? d. 1701/02)(son of
Francis
Settle Sr. who marries Elizabeth's mother)
2m. Stephen Wells III
|
The Williams family apparently came to the
colonies before 1634 and lived in Rappahannock
and
Richmond Co., Virginia.
1677- Francis Settle gave a deed of gift to
George and Jane Bruce, children of George Bruce. [recorded in
Rappahannock County, later Richmond,VA]
1692- Rice Williams has a Proprietor's Deed
in
Westmoreland Co., Virginia for 107 acres. [Virginia
County
Records, New Series, Vol. I, 1913: Westmoreland County,
Proprietor's
Deeds or Grants, Book I. page #144]
1701, 3 March - Thomas Radley files a will
in
Richmond County. He names his son Thomas; daughters Patience and
Isabella Radley; wife Isabella to executor; witnesses Dominic
Dawson, Rice Williams.
[Virginia County Records, Volume
VI,
Richmond County Wills, book 2,
page 417 on Ancestry.com digital records]
1701 - Rice Williams dies and his widow,
Mary,
rather quickly remarries to Francis Settle SR.1702. [Richmond
Marriage
Records, p. 164]
1701, 5 Feb. - Rice
Williams
files his will naming his wife
as Mary;
daughter
Elizabeth Settle;
grandson Francis Settle;
son Thomas Williams to
be
executor. Witnesses were Elizabeth
Jones;
John
Faver.
Probate seems to have taken place on August
4, 1701 [Virginia
County
Records, Volume VI, Richmond County Wills, book 2, page 417 on
Ancestry.com digital records]
Francis Settle has a long and interesting
linage. His father was Francis Settle, (b. 1622, Potterton,
Barwick in
Elmet, England) and Elizabeth Bruce,(b. @ 1639, VA; died
1721-1722,
VA.) Married: 1658, Rappahannock.
Francis III marries Elizabeth Williams.
Both marriages of Thomas and Elizabeth are
found in North Farnham Parish Records and "Marriages of Richmond
Co,
VA. Thomas Williams was executor of his father's will of 1701.
[Will -
24 Jul 1732/4 Mar 1733/34, in "Richmond Co,VA - Wills and
Administrations:"]
I have no other information on this family.
The primary information comes from Melton Meek who is compiling
volumes
3 and 4 on the Williams due to published shortly.
source:
Meek, Records of Melton P., M. D., 3410 N.
W.
Oak, Lawton, OK 7350-5139 email - melmeek@sirinet.net
Wills of Richmond Co., VA
Richmond Marriage Records, p.164. Richmond Co., VA
Virginia County Records, Volume VI, Richmond
County
Wills,
return
to
Wells Family Index || Ancestral
Chart
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