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More About ELISABETH "BETSY" NORFLEET
HUNTER WILLIAMS: Notes for JOSEPH JOHN
WILLAMS: Nov, Ct. 1808 Will posted in records
compiled by Margaret Hoffmann for Halifax Co., NC. Will #768 2 Aug 1807, Nov. Ct. 1808. wife BETSY NORFLEET HUNTER WILLIAMS every negro
and increase that came to me by her also my household goods etc.,and my extras. to move her to her father's (name not given)
if she wishes to move plantations to be kept and negroes hired out until children (names not given ) are of age my father
(name not given) to make my children a right to my land. Wit.: Not given Extrs. and Guardians
to my children: My brother WILILAMS WILLIAMS and JAMES HARRISS Codicil: this 22 Jan 1808 my wife to have an equal share of my crop with the children
Wit." not given Probate indicates will proved by JAMES HARRISS, JOSEPH GEE, MARK HARWELL and ISHAM
MATHEWS Children of ELISABETH WILLIAMS and JOSEPH WILLAMS are: i. JAMES CONNOR WILLIAMS,
b. 1 Jan 1798; d. 1813
The following reference is to Betsy's daughter, Elizabeth. The General William "Pretty
Boy" Williams was the brother of Betsy's first husband, Joseph John Williams. He built the mansion in Shocco Springs
NC, Montmorenci, which passed to the widow of Betsy's son, Joseph John Williams. We find Betsy living there in the 1860
federal census with her daughter-in-law Mary Kearney Davis Williams. Charles Willson Peale
with Patron and Populace. A Supplement to "Portraits and Miniatures by Charles Willson Peale". With
a Survey of His Work in Other Genres. By Charles Coleman Sellers; Charles Willson Peale, Transactions of the
American Philosophical Society, New Ser., Vol. 59, No. 3. (1969), pp. 1-146. Correction, PGM, 871. SP 146, 83. The staff of the Frick Art Reference
Library, to whom the author of this work and its predecessor is so
largely indebted, has identified Peale's portrait of "Miss Eliza Williams," niece of "Gen. Williams," not as Elizabeth
Cook Williams (1813-1890) who married Richard Cooke Tilghman, but as Elizabeth Alston Williams (1803-1830), a girl
of nineteen at the time of the painting. She was a daughter of Joseph John Williams, I1 (1775-1808), and Elizabeth Norfleet
Hunter (1778-1864)) who by a second marriage became the wife of Lemuel James Alston. Elizabeth herself, in her short life,
was twice married, first to Harry Thorne, and second to Nicholas Drake. Her uncle, the General Williams with whom she was traveling through Philadelphia in the
summer of 1822, was not Otho Holland Williams (q.v., P&M 985-987), but General William Williams of "Montmorenci," Warren
Co., N.C., remembered by the engaging soubriquet of "Pretty Billy." Peale's letters confirm this identification by a reference
to the family "in Carolina." The painting had been "nearly finished" on June 9, and "just finished" on the fourteenth.
1822. Canvas, 283 X 234. Half length. Brown hair with a tortoise shell comb. Brown eyes.
Light blue dress, ruffled lace collar and gold necklace. Basket of cherries under her hand. Brown chair, on which is draped
a rose-red scarf with a border of roses and green leaves. Brown background with a column at the left.
Mrs. Frank H. Gibbs, Warrenton,
N. C. (Desc.)"
Winterthur was home and hobby to Henry Francis du Pont, a superb landscaper and the
world's most prodigious collector of American decorative arts made or used in this country from 1640 to 1860. As museums go
Winterthur is still in its infancy and is not as widely known as might be expected given the premier quality of its contents
and its gardens. www.winterthur.org Du Pont inherited the original 18th-century country house in 1927, transformed it into a 175-room home and moved out in
1951 when it became a museum. He bought facades and entire rooms of gracious American residences and restored and installed
them here. Du Pont then filled the quarters with appropriate furniture, art and accessories. He purchased entire portions
of the house of a Philadelphia mayor, a Pennsylvania Dutch
farm, a 19th-century Delaware inn named the Red Lion
and the family room of a 17th-century Essex, Massachusetts
dwelling. A free-standing staircase and several rooms at Winterthur had originally been part of an estate called
Montmorenci in North Carolina.
Wharton Jackson Green goes on to say "After the summer
season was over, my father engaged the famous old Montmorenci, belonging to a particular friend, Mrs. Mary K. Williams, where
the intervening cold seasons were passed until my wedding day rolled around on the 4th of May, 1858." The Treasure House of Early American Rooms book says "Montmorenci, a famous house built at Shocco Springs, near Warrenton, North Carolina, about
1822 by General William Williams" and puts the location of Montmorenci in Shocco Springs. Other
references indicate it is located SW of Warrenton. The book goes on to say: "The graceful free-hanging staircase
dominating the Montmorenci Stair Hall was formerly the outstanding feature of Montmorcnci, a famous house built at Shocco
Springs, near Warrenton, North Carolina about 1822 by General William Williams. Lafayette, on his tour of the United States in 1824 to 1825, was entertained at Montmorenci, and here a later owner's
daughter, Lucy Williams, was married to the brother of President James Knox Polk. The staircase was probably made by a North
Carolina craftsman, but whether it was designed by a professional architect is not known. It resembles the design for an "elliptical
stairs" illustrated in Peter Nicholson's The Carpenter's New Guide, a builder's handbook first published in London in 1792
and widely used in America during the first half of the nineteenth century. Gouge carving and finely molded plasterwork, probably
made in Philadelphia and bearing a resemblance to the work of Robert Wellford, reflect the refined taste of the Federal period. Augmenting the architectural splendor is furniture by skilled craftsmen of the early Republic. The mahogany and satinwood
chairs and settees, upholstered in old green silk, represent the product of John Seymour and his son Thomas, who worked in
Boston from 1796 into the early years of the nineteenth century. The octagonal sewing table between the side chairs is a further example of the Seymour furniture, which is unmatched
for its delicacy of form and exquisitely detailed inlay. Also in the room, and illustrative of the French influence on American
decorative art at this time, is a mahogany and satinwood pier table, bearing the label of Charles Honore Lannuier,
a French emigre cabinetmaker who worked at 6o Broad Street, New York, from 1805 until 1819. Looking glasses, gilded and embellished
with delicate foliage motifs popular in the Federal period, reflect the light of candles held in late-eighteenth-century candelabra
and sconces of cut glass. Chinese export porcelain, imported in quantities in Amcrican ships, is represented by punch bowls on the side tables
and pistol-handled urns elsewhere in the room. A portrait of Catherine Browne, of New York, sometimes called the "tragic Kate
Browne," hangs above the settee. On the floor are Persian Feraghan carpets dating from the early nineteenth century. The spindles
of the stair railing and the soft moldings of the soft moldings of the plaster cornice cast numerous shadows around the room.
Mahogany paneled doors from Montmorenci contrast with the ivory-colored walls. In the Montmarenci Stair Hall are porcelain punch bowls and ornamental urns made in China for export to the West. Among
them is a pistol handled urn patterned after a model first executed at the Marieherg factory in Sweden and representative
of many made for the American market."
Elizabeth “Betsy”
Norfleet Hunter Williams Alston Daughter of Elisha Williams and Sarah Josey 8 February 2008 In the 1860 Federal Census B. N. H. Alston, age 81, is living with M. K.
Williams in Warren county, NC. We know that two years earlier Betsy N. H. Williams Alston was living with
her daughter-in-law Mary Kearney Davis Williams at Montmorenci near Shocco Springs in Warren County. Betsy’s daughter, Elizabeth Alston Williams Drake had died in 1830
and her son, Joseph John Alston had died in 1833. Her only other child, James Conner Williams appears to
have died young. All this is based on the bible records below. She did have grandchildren
living in 1860. Did Betsy marry Lemuel James Alston on 3 Feb 1818 after his first wife died
there and move with him to southern Alabama? If so, it appears from the census records below that she moved back to North
Carolina after he died in 1836 and lived with her widowed daughter-in-law, Mary Kearney Davis Williams, in 1840, disappears
in 1850, and back with Mary K. Davis Williams in 1860. The
following is from U. S. Census records on Ancestry.com Warren
County NC 1860
M. K. Williams, age 57, Female Warren County NC 1850
M. K. Williams, age 47, Female Halifax NC 1840
Mary Williams, 1
male 10 to under 15
Thomas Calvin age 12 ?
1 male 15 to under 20
Joseph John age 16 ?
1 female 10 to under 15
Lucy age 14 ?
1 female 15 to under 20
Mary Elizabeth age 18 ?
1 female 30 to under 40
Mary K. Williams age 38 ?
1 female 60 to under 70
Betsy N. H. Williams age 62
The following web site says that Elizabeth Williams,
daughter of Col. Joseph John Williams and wife Rosanna Conner, married Judge Lemuel Alston, born 1760, and she died before
15 Feb 1816. It also says Judge Lemuel James Alston married
Elizabeth Norfleet Hunter Williams, daughter of Elisha Williams and Sarah Josey, on 3 Feb 1818 at Halifax NC and he died in
1836 in Alabama. Descendancy Chart of John
Alston of North Carolina Questions, comments email
at fkroots@aol.com http://hometown.aol.com/vafdking/alston.htm 4. JOSEPH JOHN WILLIAMS COL married ROSANNA CONNER at of, Edgecombe, North Carolina. He was born at Edgecombe, North Carolina. He married
ELIZABETH MATILDA ALSTON, daughter of PHILIP ALSTON SR and WINIFRED WHITMELL, in 1770 at Bute, North Carolina. He
died after 15 Feb 1816 at Halifax,
North Carolina. i)
ELIZABETH WILLIAMS married LEMUEL JAMES ALSTON JUDGE, son of SOLOMON ALSTON
JR and SARAH HINTON, at of, Halifax, North Carolina. She was born at Halifax,
North Carolina. She died before 15 Feb
1816. a) LEMUEL
JAMES ALSTON JUDGE married ELIZABETH WILLIAMS, daughter of JOSEPH JOHN WILLIAMS COL and ELIZABETH MATILDA ALSTON, at of,
Halifax, North Carolina. He was born in 1760 at North Carolina. He married ELIZABETH NORFLEET HUNTER WILLIAMS, daughter of ELISHA WILLIAMS and SARAH JOSEY, on 3 Feb 1818
at Halifax, North Carolina. He died in 1836 at Alabama. From the below paragraphs we learn that Lemuel
James Alston moved to southern Alabama in 1816 where he died in 1836. He had
eight children and was survived by one son, Col W. W. Alston, who was born in 1799 in South Carolina. From his age at death we can infer that Lemuel James Alston was born in 1760. ALSTON Lemuel
J. ALSTON removed from Greenville, South Carolina, and settled on the Tombigbee river, opposite St. Stephens, in 1816. He
owned two river plantations, one on the east, and one on the west side of the river. About the year 1827 he removed to
a location one mile and three-quarters north-east of where Grove Hill was afterwards founded. This became known as the Alston
place, and here, in 1836, he died, at the age of seventy-six; leaving of six sons and two daughters, one only surviving child,
Colonel W. W. Alston. Colonel
Alston was born in 1799 before the famiIy left South Carolina. Re resided on the plantation near Grove Hill at the
time of his father’s death, and continued there for several years.. He was probably married before the removal
from, the river plantation. He had six sons and six daughters, of whom one son
only died in early infancy. Mrs. Alston, the mother of these children, was very careful
in regard to the diet as well as the general training of her children. She was a woman of refinement, intelligence, and Christian
principle. Her daughters were noted for their fine personal appearance. They were quite distinguished for beauty among the girls of Clarke. Their father, Colonel Alston, was a man of wealth and
of good position, and was noted among even Southern gentleman for his extreme politeness.
His home was quite a stopping pIace for the two brethern, Talbert and Creighton, when out from their homes on preaching
tours. Mrs. Alston died at the age of thirty-eight, September 21st 1841.
The oldest daughter, Sarah, was married to Samuel A. Fitts,
of Union Town, in Perry county. She is still residing there, having a large
family of sons and daughters. Mary, the second daughter, married James A. Howze of Clarke,
whose home was at ‘the Rocks”. They are now both dead, but have children Living and grown up. Laura married W. J. Howze of
enterprise, MIssissippi. They are still living near that town. Cornelia married J. J. Pegues, of Dallas county. She died in 1852. Colonel Alston, who a1so made his home for some years with
his daughter, Mrs. Howze, died in 1859, being sixty years of age. Four of his
sons are yet living. William Alston is a resident in Lamar county, Thomas Alston died a few years ago in that county. Joseph J. Alston is residing in Paris in the same county. Ann and Emma, young ladies residing at the home of
their sister, Mrs. Mary Howze, in 1852, will be mentioned in another connection. Dr. Alfred A. Alston, the youngest of the famly, was
about one year of age at the time of his mother’s death. He was for some
years a student at the Grove Hill Academy. He was a very pleasant and winsome
boy, although occasionally wayword. He had a quick memory, was an excellent declaimer,
and a bright, attractive scholar, generous and kind, and intelligent. He studied
medicine, married Miss Ulmer, one of the beautiful girls of C1arksville, and at length removed to Texas. He is now living in the town of Paris, in the county of Lamar. Dr. Lemuel
L. Alston, the only brother remaining in the state of Alabama, settIed at Grove Hill as a physician about 1852. He had but lately completed his course of study, was very affable and courteous, endowed by nature with
a very fine personal appearance, and was by culture very polite and refined. It
was soon rnanifest that in his chosen profession he was humane, kind, gentle, and careful.
A more considerate and tender family physician none needed to desire. In the
fall of 1854 he was married to Miss Jackson of Gainestown, a daughter of Jamea M. Jackson, and continued to reside at
Grove Hill. Mrs. Alston was found to be a valuable accession to the social life
of the town. In the course of years, one daughter, Mary, and two sons, Lemuel
and William gladdened their home, and became attendants of the Grove Hill Sunday school.
At length
Dr. Alston removed from Grove Hill and is now with his wife residing at Orrville. The
children grew up, as the years came rapidly upon them. Miss Mary was married
to Dr. B. P. Heryer, a physician at Tuskaloosa, where they now reside. The elder
son Lemuel Alston, is there also, engaged in business and William W. Aiston is
at this date, (1877) a member of the State University, as a student. Dr. Alston and his estimable wife are left therefore alone
in their home in Dallas county, and years are weighing upon them. The meridian of life will soon be passed. Thus it appears that of the large and wealthy Aiston family no one
now remains in the county of Clarke. The river plantation and the old homestead
are in the hands of other and where eleven children sported amid the shades of mulberries and china trees, and gathered the
flowers and summer fruits, probably not one of them will ever tread again. But on the records of social life and business
and professional life in “old Clarke,” from 1816 lip to about 1866, or for fifty years, the name of Alston is
indelibly impressed. Alas
for parental hopes! February 22nd 1878, W. W. Alston was shot by a fellow student and almost instantly killed. President Smith testified: “I believed him to be one of the most fearlest young men in college. In all my transactions with him, I found him to be extremely honest reliable and trustworthy.” Another witness testified; “Alston was sober and gentlemanly — was
a member of the church and a Good Templar. From the below paragraphs we learn that
Lemuel James Alston was indeed a very wealthy man, owning more than 10,000 acres, and that he was living in the Greenville
NC area earlier than 1788. We also see that he sold all of his land there in
1815. Several years before the village of Pleasantburg came into
existence, and no doubt before there was a single house upon its future location, there existed somewhat of a community about
the present Tanglewood school section. There, near the present intersection of
the White Horse road and state highway No.2 (newly paved road to Easley), was the general store of A. McBeth & Company,
which is known to have been doing a flourishing business as early as 1794. Near
the McBeth establishment lived a number of planters and summer residents who had early selected that vicinity because it commanded
such an excellent view of the mountains to the north, and was at the same time considered more healthful than other nearby
locations on account of its elevation. In
1788 Thomas Brandon conveyed the 400 acres granted to him in 1784 unto Lemuel J. Aiston, who already resided in the county,
and was the owner of much land adjoining and near that purchased from Brandon. It
will be recalled that this property included the “Richard Pearis mill site” which was later to become the village
of Pleasantburg, now Greenville. Aiston was a man of wealth and great political
influence, and no doubt for this reason the commissioners who had been appointed to select a site for the location of a court
house in Greenville County chose the eastern side of Reedy river near the Pearis mill site.
And here started the first “real estate development project”
in the county, when in 1797 was laid out the town of Pleasantburg by Aiston, upon the lands which he had purchased from Colonel
Brandon…………………But near the present High School Building, which was then outside
the village, stood the beautiful home of Lemuel J. Aiston, which was said to be the most elaborate residence in the entire
up-country, and leading from it to the village was a wide avenue (now West McBee) lined on either side by trees. Alston was the owner of more than 1O,000 acres of land which
he very successfully cultivated with slaves. About him and his magnificent home, where well-stocked cellars could always be
found, revolved the social life of early Greenville and its surrounding plantations. A
very good picture of the impression made upon a stranger by the village during its babyhood may be had by reading an extract
from the diary of Edward Hooker, a native of Connecticut, who paid Greenville a visit in 1806. He says: “Approaching the village of Greenville, we pass in view of
Chancellor Thomson’s (Thompson) seat—quite retired in the woods, about two miles from the Court House. Arrived
at Col. Alston’s about 12. His seat is without exception the most beautiful that I have seen in South Carolina. The mansion is on a commanding eminence which he calls Prospect Hill.
Fronts the village of Greenville from which it is distant just six hundred yards; and to which there is a spacious and
beautiful avenue leading, formed by two rows of handsome sycamore trees planted twenty four feet apart—the avenue being
15 rods wide. In like manner another handsome avenue formed by cutting a passage through the woods leads from the north front of the house to the mountain road, about a
quarter of a mile in length. The cultivated grounds lie partly on the borders of the great avenue leading to the village and
partly on the borders of Reedy river, south and west of the house.” All
who know anything at all of the early history of Greenville have heard the name of Vardry McBee, ancestor of so many, who
with himself, have contributed greatly to the upbuilding of Greenville, both city and county. In 1815 he purchased the entire holdings of Lemuel J. Alston, consisting of 11,028 acres in and around
the village of Greenville. Mr. McBee then resided at Lincolnton, North
Carolina, and did not move to Greenville till 1835, but almost immediately after his Greenville purchase he set on foot many
enterprises which were soon to give a zest of life to the languishing community. In
fact, the advent of Vardry McBee into Greenville marked its real beginning. HISTORIC GREENVILLE
TOUR http://www.greenville.k12.sc.us/league/tour1.html 6. PROSPECT HILL, Westfield Street (present day Greenville
Water Works office) Look for the marker and photograph the site of Lemuel Alston's
home, "Prospect Hill". Built around 1788, Alston lived in the house which he later turned into Greenville's first hotel
(1815). He sold the property to Vardry McBee and moved to Alabama. This house was tom down in 1920 and Greenville High School was built on this site. Greenville http://books.google.com/books?id=ZrL3WQPHTkoC&pg=PA13&lpg=PA13&dq=alston +mansion+greenville+sc&source=web&ots=D7QaEtzm8W&sig=JJc8sbPwEfY7lNl64OF-MptQVY0#PPP1,M1
When
it was constructed in the late 1700s, Prospect Hill sat 600 feet from the main road or Pearis’s Wagon Road, which
continued to present-day White Hone Road and into the hillsides of the district. By
the 1900’s, Prospect Hill was located Westfield Street and McBee Avenue. Prospect hill also became one of Greenville’s
first hotels after Alston sold it to Vardry McBee. In 1815, Alston relocated to Clarke County. Alabama, where be died in 1836. In 1835 Vardy McBee finally moved from Lincolnton, North Carolina, to Greenville. McBee lived in this house until his death in 1864. In 1920 Prospect Hill was demolished. (Special Collections. South Carolina
Library, USC. Columbia.) Great Plains became part of (Greenville County through
the Count Court Act of 1 785. Alston, a visionary, donated some land for the
construction of a county courthouse. He also created a plat and labeled the mapped
area Pleasantburg, a village that would divide the county in an effort to honor the General, Nathaneal Greene. North of the hamlet’s log courthouse were the
foothills called the Dirk Corner. Southward lay the Possum Kingdom, flatlands
best utilized for farming. Greenville, both county and city, had been organized,
with Greenville the beneficiaryof low country merchant’s dealings. Coastal
plantation owners began to vacation at local mineral springs while drovers pushed herds of cattle, sheep, hogs. and turkeys
from Kentucky and Tennessee through Greenville to Charleston. This profitable activity caught the eye of a Lincolnton, North
Carolina saddle maker, Vardry McBee. In 1815 McBee gave Alston $27,554 for the Alston estate, or Prospect Hill. From the below paragraphs we learn that
Lemuel James Alston first married Elisabeth, daughter of Col. Joseph John and Elizabeth (Alston) Williams, and a second time
Elisabeth, widow of Joseph John Williams, Jr., the half brother of his first wife. Note
the spelling of Elisabeth with an “s” for both the wives with the older Elizabeth spelled with a “z”. We know Elizabeth N. H. Williams Alston’s name was spelled with a “z”
and likely his first wife as well since her grandmother’s name was Elizabeth. The Twentieth Century Biographical
Dictionary of Notable Americans: Volume IA ALSTON,
Lemuel James, representative, was born in Granville county, N.C., in 1760; son of Solomon Alston, grandson of Solomon and
Nancy (Hinton) Alston, and great-grandson of John and Mary (Clark) Alston. John Alston was a native of Bedfordshire, England,
and settled in North Carolina about 1711. Lemuel
removed to what is now Greenville, S.C., represented that district in the 10th and 11th congresses, serving 1807-11, and removed
thence to Clarke county, Ala., in 1816, where he became chief justice, presiding over the Orphans and county courts from 1816
to May 1821. He married Elisabeth, daughter of Col. Joseph John and Elizabeth (Alston) Williams, and a second
time Elisabeth, widow of Joseph John Williams. Jr., the half brother of his first wife.
He died in Clarke County, Ala., in 1836. In this article we confirm that Lemuel
was born in 1760 and moved to Greenville, South Carolina after the Revolutionary War with ended in 1777 and moved to South
Alabama in 1816. ALSTON, Lemuel James (1760—1836) ALSTON, Lemuel James, a
Representative from South Carolina; born in the eastern part of Granville (now Warren) County, N.C., in 1760; moved to South
Carolina after the Revolutionary War and settled near Greens Mill, which soon became the town of Greenville; studied law;
was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Greenville; member of the State house of representatives, 1789-1790; elected
as a Republican to the Tenth and Eleventh Congresses (March 4, 1807-March 3, 1811); moved in 1816 to Clarke County, Ala.,
and settled near Grove Hill, where he presided over the orphans’ court and the county court from November 1816 until
May 1821; died at “Alston Place,” Clarke County, Ala., in 1836. From the census record below we can see
that Lemuel was living in what is now sourthern Alabama in 1816 with no females in the house.
However, in the following census record we can see that in 1830 he is living with a female between the ages of 50 and
60 at a time when Betsy Norfleet Hunter would have been 52 years of age. The
above record states they married on 3 Feb 1818 in Halifax NC. http://www.trackingyourroots.com/data/1816clrk.htm Clarke County Mississippi
Territory 1916 Census The original image is
available (if you are a member) at Ancestry.com 2 White Males over 21 1 White Male under 21 O White Females 3 Free Persons of Color 83 Slaves 1830 U. S. Census The original image is
available (if you are a member) at Ancestry.com One White Female between the ages of 50 and 60 This bible was most likely written by Lucy
Eugenia Williams who married Maj. William H. Polk, the brother of President Polk. I
base this on the fact that the writer says she is the granddaughter of Elizabeth Norfleet Hunter Williams. Notice the nickname Betsy for Elizabeth N. H.
Williams and the spelling of Elizabeth Williams, the sister of Betsy’s first husband spelled with a “z”. Betsy’s husband, Joseph John Williams,
was born in August 1775 and died 18 September 1808. So it’s likely that
his sister Elizabeth was born sometime around 1775. If she is the one who married
Lemuel James Alston first, then it would have been around 1800. They had eight
children which would have taken about fifteen years. The timing would be right for her to die before
15 Feb 1816 in South Carolina, Lemuel to move to south Alabama in 1816 and then come back to North Calolina to marry Betsy
N. H. Williams, who in 1797 had married Joseph John Willliams who died in 1808. After
all, his first wife was the sister of Betsy’s first husband, so they were family.
When Lemuel died in southern Alabama in 1836 he only had one child living. Lemuel had been living in Greenville, SC since
sometime after the Revolutionary War ended in 1777 and before 1788. He would
have been 17 in 1777 and 28 in 1788. His first wife Elizabeth’s parents
were married in 1770 so she likely was born around 1775. Did he return to North Carolina about 1795 when
he was 35 and Elizabeth was about 20 and marry her and take her to South Carolina? After
she died about 1815, did he return again and marry his first wife’s sister-in-law, Betsy Williams and move with her
to southern Alabama? When he died, did she come back to North Carolina
where she grew up? Stranger things have happened and the records seem to support
this theory. Betsy N. H. Williams Mar. 6, 1778 James Conner
Williams, son of J. J. Williams & Betsy Jan. 1, 1798 Jos John
Williams Jr. son of Jos John Williams Senior & Betsey N. H. Williams was born the 19th day of August 1800 Elizabeth
Alston Williams Sept. 5, 1803 Mary Kearney
Davis daughter of Archibald & Elizabeth Davis born the 13th of Dec. 1802 Deaths Mrs. B.
N. H. Alston Jan. 31, 1864 Mrs. B. N. H. Alston departed this life on Sunday morning
the 31st of January on her 87 year of age 1864 Elizabeth
Alston Williams Daeke [Drake] Dec. 2, 1830 Jos Jon Williams Senior departed this life in his 34th year Sunday Eve 11 oclock 18th Sept.
1808 Jos Jon
Williams Senior Sept. 18, 1808 Jos. John
Williams Sen. departed this life on Saturday the 13th of April in his 33rd year 1833 Joseph
John Williams, son of Jos John Williams & Betsy N. H. Williams Apr. 1833 Jos. John
Williams Jun. son of Jos. J. Williams Sr. departed this life at Randolph Macon College Wednesday the 15th of March 1843 Mary K. Williams departed this life on Sunday Evening about
9 o’ck February 27 in the 85th year of her age 1887 Marriages Elisha
Williams & Sarah Josey Mar. 24, 1775 Elisha
Williams & Sarah Josy were married March 24th 1775 – children were William, Elisha, Josiah, Elizabeth Norfleet Hunter Williams my grandmother Jos. Jon. Williams and Betsey N. H. Williams was married the 11th of February 1797 Jos John
Williams and Mary K. Davis were married the 9th of February 1820 Col Joseph
John Williams 1st youngest son of Samuel Williams and Elizabeth Alston (daughter of Judge John Alston of England) was a member
of the Provincial Congress that met at Halifax April 4th 1776 and May 11th 1776. Appointed one of the commuter of safety for
the State and was a member of the Legislature from Halifax County in 1777. He died in 1818. His will dated Feb. 15, 1816 was
1st married to Rosannah Conner who bore him; Elizabeth Williams = Hon Lemuel James Alston (1st wife) son of Solomon Alston Jr. & wife
Sarah Elisha
Williams of Roanoke= Sarah Josie children
– William,
Josiah,
Elisha
and Elizabeth who married Joseph John Williams Jr. who born him three children. 1.
James
Conner Williams died. 2.
Elizabeth
Alston Williams 1st Harry Thorne 2nd Dr. Nicholas Drake one
child died in infancy 3.
Joseph
John Williams= Mary Kearney Davis (daughter of Archibald
Davis & Elizabeth Crafford Hilliard) Issue
1.
Mary Elizabeth Williams= Dr. Peter Hawkins,
2.
Joseph John Williams= died unmarried, 3.
Lucy Eugenia Williams= Maj. William H. Polk
Tenn. * See bio of Maj. Polk below 4.
Thomas Caboin Williams= Virginia Poyer Boyd After the death of Joseph John Williams 2nd his widow married Hon Lemuel James Alston as his
2nd wife (no issue) children: § Col Joseph John Williams died in 1818 o
Joseph
John Williams 2d. married Elizabeth Norfleet Hunter Williams (daughter of Cleoha (Elisha) Williams & Sarah Josie § Joseph John Williams 3rd married Mary Kearney Davis
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