The Genealogy of one Vermonter, Darrell A. Martin

Samuel Williams

(6 September 1789 - 17 April 1864)

Samuel Williams|b. 6 Sep 1789\nd. 17 Apr 1864|p282.htm|Nathaniel Williams|b. probably 1753\nd. 6 Nov 1817|p275.htm|Hannah Lawrence|b. ca 1765\nd. 31 Oct 1845|p276.htm|||||||||||||

4-greats-grandfather of Darrell Allen Martin.

Samuel was born in Massachusetts on 6 September 1789.^1,2,3,4 He was the son of Nathaniel Williams and Hannah Lawrence. He married Polly Tarbell in Mount Holly, Rutland County, Vermont, on 7 November 1813.^5,6,7 He was a head of household in the 1850 census taken in Mt. Holly a farmer age 61; his real estate was valued at $800, the equivalent of $17,400 in the year 2000; Polly Tarbell resided in the same household, as "Polly Williams" age 54.⁵ He was a resident in the household of Zopher White in the 11 July 1860 census taken in Mt. Holly a farmer age 78 [sic], whose real estate was valued at $1,100, the equivalent of $22,400 in the year 2000.⁸ Samuel died on 17 April 1864 in Mt. Holly at age 74.⁹ He was buried in the Tarbellville Cemetery in Mt. Holly.¹⁰

Appears on these charts: Pedigree of Darrell Allen Martin

Children of Samuel Williams and Polly Tarbell

Mary Ann Williams (or Maryann)+ (30 Nov 1814 - 20 Mar 1902)
Samuel Alonzo Williams (who died an infant) (7 Jul 1816 - 14 Aug 1816)
Adeline Williams+ (12 Mar 1819 - 26 Feb 1909)
Charles Otis Williams+ (20 Jun 1821 - 23 Apr 1912)
Laura Mary Williams+ (1827 - 1924)
Warren S. Williams+ (1833 - 1908)

Cited documentation

[S39] Williams, Samuel, 1850 US Census, Mount Holly, Rutland County, Vermont; NARA M432 Roll 927, pg. 356A, age 61 b. "N.H."
[S101] Margaret R. Jenks., Wallingford and Mount Holly Cemetery Inscriptions, Rutland County, Vermont, Recorded Summer, 1991 (Privately Printed by the author, 1992), pg. 111, "WILLIAMS, Samuel, 1789 ..."
[S191] White, Zopher, 1860 US Census, Mount Holly, Rutland County, Vermont; www.ancestry.com October 2002, Ancestry online image 17 of 40, pg. 5?, age 78, b. "Mass." but both pieces of information (as well as Samuel's name) are dubious; only the composition of the household, with his wife, daughter, and son-in-law, argue for the identification of this person with "Samuel Williams" b. 1789.
[S192] Williams, Charles O., 1880 US Census, Mount Holly, Rutland County, Vermont; www.ancestry.com October 2002, Ancestry online image 6 of 36, pg. 6, as father of Charles O., b. "Mass."
[S39] Williams, Samuel, 1850 Census Mt. Holly, VT.
[S101] Margaret R. Jenks, Wallingford and Mount Holly Cemetery Inscriptions, Rutland County, Vermont, Recorded Summer, 1991, pg. 111, "WILLIAMS, Samuel ... Polly Tarbell, wife."
[S191] White, Zopher, 1860 Census Mt. Holly, VT, but the identification of Samuel is questionable.
[S191] White, Zopher, 1860 Census Mt. Holly, VT.
[S101] Margaret R. Jenks, Wallingford and Mount Holly Cemetery Inscriptions, Rutland County, Vermont, Recorded Summer, 1991, pg. 111, "WILLIAMS, Samuel, 1789 - 1864."
[S101] Margaret R. Jenks, Wallingford and Mount Holly Cemetery Inscriptions, Rutland County, Vermont, Recorded Summer, 1991, pg. 111, "WILLIAMS, Samuel."