Talk:John Andrew Williams (Johann Andreas Wilhelm)

Interestingly enough, the Town of Venice, NY didn't exist prior to its being created from part of Scipio in 1823 -- at least according to Wikipedia -- yet the children born before 1823 are listed as being born in Venice.  I wonder if this is an error, or if the area was commonly called Venice prior to its "official" creation?  
--[[User:JCharlesW|JCharlesW]] 21:35, 18 November 2006 (Mountain Standard Time)
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I found a reference at http://fam.eastmill.com/f945.htm#f27534 which lists John A. Williams as born in New York City in 1775.  This would cut the age gap between him and his wife Mercy Farrington to 5 years instead of 20 years, which seems reasonable enough, and would make him about age 24 rather than 40 at the time of his marriage.  This too seems reasonable, but is far different than the birth in Germany in 1760 that I've found elsewhere.  This definitely deserves to be investigated further.  
--[[User:JCharlesW|JCharlesW]] 14:35, 8 August 2010 (UTC)
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Found Mercy's grave in Barton, NY, headstone indicates she was actually born in 1776: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=williams&GSfn=mercy&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=36&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=134884515&df=all&
--[[User:JCharlesW|JCharlesW]] 20:23, 11 October 2016 (MST)

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Best bet for census find seems to be in Sempronius in 1800: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cenfiles/ny/cayuga/1800/pg676.txt
Household lists one male age 26-45 (John would have been 40), a female age 0-10 (no idea who this could be), one female age 16-26 (Mercy would be 24 based on the above 1776 birth year), and one female age 45+, which could be John's mother. But who is the 0-10 female?
--[[User:JCharlesW|JCharlesW]] 20:23, 11 October 2016 (MST)