Contributed by E. Ross (18 Apr 2002)
The following rough outline was abstracted from letters written by Sarah
F. Hicks Williams to her parents in New York. These letters were transcribed
by James C. Bonner, and published by James Creech in his History of Greene
Co., North Carolina, in 1984. Dr. Benjamin Franklin Williams lived at
Clifton Grove in Greene County.
Joseph Williams (d. 1836 in Greene Co., NC) md. Avey Murphy (1785-1866
in Greene Co., NC)
|.......1. Benjamin Franklin Williams (1820-1892) md. Sept. 20, 1853 in
New Hartford, NY,
|...........to Sarah Frances Hicks, dau. of Samuel Hicks and Sarah Parmelee.
|..............1. Sara Virginia (Lilly) Williams
|...................(others...)
|.......2. Martha Williams md. 1) William Williams; md. 2) James Williams
(bro. of William).
|..............1. Harriet (Hattie) Williams md. William Alexander Faison.
Lived in Duplin Co., NC.
|..............2. John Williams
|..............3. Joseph Williams (youngest son) (1832-1881)
|.......3. Mary Williams (ca. 1829-) md. Elias J. Blount.
|.......4. James Williams (1805-May 16, 1857) md. Elizabeth Josephine
Darden. (ca. 1815-)
|..............1. Joseph J. Williams (ca. 1837-)
|..............2. Mary Jane Williams (ca. 1839)
|..............3. William Henry Williams (ca. 1840-1855)
|..............4. Eliza Ann Williams (ca. 1843-)
|..............5. Emily Williams (ca. 1845-)
|..............6. Susan V. Williams (ca. 1846-)
|..............7. Cora Williams (ca. 1848-)
|..............8. Victoria Williams (ca. 1850-)
|....................(others...)
Sources: (see introduction, above)
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