Jonas Williams

1754 - 1828  (73 years)

• Name	Jonas Williams  [1]
  Birth	5 Nov 1754	New Windsor, Orange, NY   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	25 Jul 1828	Cornwall, Orange, NY   [1]
  Burial	New Windsor (Old Cemetery), Orange, NY   [1]
  Person ID	I6062	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	17 Sep 2023

  
  

  Family	Abigail Brewster, <,   b. 23 Nov 1761, New Windsor, Orange, NY d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	13 Jan 1779	New Windsor, Orange, NY   [1]
  Children	1. Samuel Williams, <,   b. 23 Nov 1790, Canterbury, ?, NY d. 27 Feb 1862, Newburgh, Orange, NY (Age 71 years)
  Family ID	F2911	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Mar 2026

  
  

• Notes

  He transported provisions to the army and paid out a portion of money furnished to France to assist in carrying out the War. He gave $700 to the Theologicval Seminary of the Presbyterian Church at Princeton, NJ for support of students. He was Treasurer of the American Bible Society in NY in 1816 and contributed a sum of $100 a year.

  
  

• Sources

  [S12] Susan H. Carmiencke and Bayard C. Carmiencke, compiled by., A Hawkins genealogy supplement; volume II. Record of the descendants of Robert Hawkins of Charlestown, Massachusetts (Baltimore : Published for The Hawkins Association by Gateway Press, c2, p. 13.