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John Williams

Male about 1600 -


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  • Name John Williams 
    Birth about 1600 
    Gender Male 
    Notes 
    • Otis and Deane claim that John came to Scituate in 1632, but the earliest record of him in New England is on 5 Mar 1638/9 when he was propounded for a freeman of Plymouth Colony. The likely time of arrival for John is late in the 1630s.

      From Deane’s History of Scituate:
      John Williams came, we believe, with Mr. Hatherly from London 1632, and took up a farm on the north side of Scituate Harbour, very early. In 1646 he was one of the Conihasset partners, when his farm was included in Mr. Hatherly’s 400 acres, which he accepted as his quarter of the purchase. The house which was erected by John Williams as early as 1634, has been built upon since, and if tradition is be true, there is one part of the original building preserved. The massive beams, the wooden walls, interlined with brick, and the port holes, witness that it was a garrison house, as we know from records that it was. It is the oldest house in Scituate, if this be the original house. The Stockbridge house was built 20 years later. We think there are few if any older houses in New England than these.

      It is sometimes said that John Williams was a son of a Nathaniel Williams. [1, 2]
    Person ID I413  Schirado
    Last Modified 26 July 2013 

    Family/Spouse Ann 
    Children 
    +1. Ann Williams,   b. say 1620, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 March 1657/8, Barnstable, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 38 years)
     2. Capt. John Williams,   b. about 1624   d. 22 June 1694, Scituate, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 70 years)
     3. Edward Williams   d. 1671
    +4. Mary Williams,   b. say 1626
    Family ID F322  Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S11] Robert Charles Anderson, (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1995).

    2. [S6] Samuel Deane, (Loring, Boston, 1831).


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