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David Williams (b. 1758, d. date unknown)

David Williams (son of Williams)²⁵⁹⁶ was born 1758 in Edgecombe, North Carolina, USA²⁵⁹⁷, and died date unknown in Anson, North Carolina, USA²⁵⁹⁷. He married Martha (Patty) Ivey.

Notes for David Williams:
came to Alabama with the Harris family in 1819
fought in the Revolutionary War and may have been the David Williams who was with the party that captured Major Andre
married in Virginia or North Carolina
considered himself an English gentleman of Virginia

His grandfather came to Virginia from England. He was one of the younger sons of a wealthy Englishman. He was educated for the ministry and sent by the English government to preach to the colonists in the Shenandoah River Valley. He was paid in hogsheads of tobacco, became wealthy, invested in slaves. As an old man, he became an abolitionist and freed all his slaves, thus impoverishing his family.

David and Patty reared 7 daughters and 2 sons (one a doctor and the other a lawyer).

Children of David Williams and Martha (Patty) Ivey are:

+Lizzie Williams, d. date unknown.
+Henry Williams, b. Abt. 1792, d. date unknown.
Elias Williams, d. date unknown.
+Leodicia (Dicy) Williams, d. date unknown.
+Ailey Elsie Williams, d. date unknown.
Lanie Williams, d. date unknown.
+Mary (Polly) Williams, d. date unknown.
+Charles Williams, d. date unknown.
+Martha (Patsy) Williams, d. date unknown.
+Louvicy (Vicy) Williams, d. date unknown.