Benjamin Williams

Abt 1651 - 1701  (~ 50 years)

• Name	Benjamin Williams
  Born	Abt 1651	Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts
  Gender	Male
  Died	Jul 1701	Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts
  Buried	Aft Jul 1701	Neck O Land Cemetery, Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts
  Person ID	I64280	New England Hall Families Master Tree
  Last Modified	17 Oct 2017

  
  

  Family	Rebecca Macy,   b. Cal 1661,   d. 3 Apr 1738  (Age ~ 77 years)
  Married	Bef 1692
  Last Modified	17 Oct 2017
  Family ID	F2056	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - Abt 1651 - Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts Died - Jul 1701 - Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts Buried - Aft Jul 1701 - Neck O Land Cemetery, Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Benjamin Williams was the youngest son of Richard Williams, the emigrant who came to America in 1636 with his wife and two children. They first settled in Dorchester, removing soon after to Taunton, where the next seven children were born ending with Benjamin in 1651. By the will of his father, Benjamin Williams was given the following land as quoted from the will dated 5 May 1686 and probated 10 Oct 1693: "5thly To my son Benjamin his heirs & assigns for Ever I give my share of land in the north purchase with the other halph of my sd Division of Lands at Weegus .... "9thly To my two sons Thomas & Benjamin I bequeath my pasture with my barn thereupon Standing to be Equally Divided between them...." From the share of land in the North Purchase that Benjamin Williams inherited from his father in 1693, he took up land in 1700 on Mulberry Meadow Brook in the present town of Easton. Benjamin continued to live in Taunton.... After Benjamin Williams Sr.'s death in 1701 [his widow] Rebecca married Capt. James Leonard and moved to Raynham, Mass. where she died in 1738.