Lewis 'Louis' WILLIAMS & Mary UNKNOWN

NORTH CAROLINA WILLS 1663-1722
557. LEWIS (X) WILLIAMS 1 Oct 1716 O 16 Apr 1717 (before R. Hicks)
Of Chowan Precint in Albemarle Co. "very Sick and weak in Body"

Son ANTHONY & his wife MARTHA-250 acres where they now live for live, & then to my grandson LEWIS WILLIAMS, sd land joining LAZARUS THOM. Son ANTHONY-100 acres on Poplar Swamp at Catawatskey. Grandson JOHN JONES-100 acres joining Cattawatskey. Grandson CHARLES LOWELL [SAWELL?]-100 acres joining Poplar Run. Grandson LEWIS JONES-100 acres joining Poplar Run, Litle Branch. Grandson JOHN PATCHETT-100 acres. JOHN son of WM. WILLIAMS dec'd-5 pds. Daughter PRECILLA WEST-land where I now live after the decease of my wife MARY, sd land joining JAMES RUTLAND excepting 100 acres which JAMES RUTLEDGE bought from me & he should have the land joining Katherines Creek & ROBT. ROGERS. Wife-plantation at Catawatskey for life & then to my grandson LEWIS WILLIAMS. Grandchildren (the children of ANTHO. WILLIAMS)-cattle. Wife-use of a negro man JONATHAN SAYERS is to bring me in the fall. Other legacies.

Ex. wife MARY, son ANTHONEY WILLIAMS

Wit. WILLIAM CRANFORD, GRISSIE (X) LITTLESON

[Precilla West was the wife of Peter West]
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Family History: Southern Genealogies #1, 1600s-1800s
Historical Southern Families, Vol. VI, Lewis Williams of Nansemond, Va., and N. C., Page 224

Lewis Williams of Nansemond Co., VA, and Chowan Co.,NC was probably the immigrant to this country. He may have made several trips to and from England to Virginia, as land was claimed for his transportation by three different individuals in 1679 and 1680, all of land in Isle of Wight Co., VA.
(Va. Patent Bk. 7, pp. 14, 16 and 20)
He had been settled in Nansemond Co., several years before the above date, however, as in 1677, he signed the so-called "Second Grievances of Nansemond Co." along with more than 100 other inhabitants of the county, asking redress for the grievances out of which grew Bacon's Rebellion. He was probably born about 1645-50, and died in Chowan Co., N. C. in 1717. His wife was named Mary and she survived him until after 1720
Lewis Williams was granted 100 acres in Nansemond County adjoining Richard Peirce April 24, 1682 (Patent Book 7, p. 170). He claimed land for the importation of Rowland Williams, among others, and Rowland Williams was probably a brother. This Rowland Williams died in Isle of Wight Co., VA., in 1679, leaving a son George Williams, who died in 1744, leaving issue, and a daughter Mary, who was married to Charles Baker by 1689 (Chapman "I. of W. Wills", I, pp. 26 and 112). Another brother or kinsman may have been John Williams, who died in Isle of Wight Co. in 1692, leaving a large family; as Lewis Williams in his will left a bequest to a grandson of this John Williams, namely, John Williams son of William Williams. Lewis Williams owned land on Craney Creek in the Upper Parish of Nansemond, which he deeded to Aaron Blanchard, and the latter deeded it to John Parker in 1707 (Henings "Statutes", 4, p. 528).
Lewis Williams was granted land in North Carolina as early as 1697, and continued to live there until his death in Chowan Co. in 1717. He was on the rent roll of Chowan Co., in 1700 with 650 acres of land. Was a vestryman of the Southwest Parish of Chowan Precinct, and was attacked by the Meherrin Indians in 1707 and wounded, though he drove the Indians away. These facts are shown by the following records:
(1) Colonial and State Records of N. C., Vol. 2, p. 208. Lewis Williams Vestryman of Southwestern Parish, Chowan Precinct.
(2) Same, Vol. I, pp. 659-60. June 17, 1707, it is stated that Lewis Williams is engaged in a dispute with the Meherrin Indians, that the latter have attacked him in his house, and that "his life is doubted and his family in danger".
(3) Same, Vol. 2, p. 643. Reference to the same dispute, and Lewis Williams is said to have driven the Indians away.
(4) N. C., Hist. and Gen. Reg., Vol. I, p. 5. Lewis Williams was granted 640 acres on the Chowan River May 15, 1697 and the tract was conveyed to Peter Parker of Nansemond Co., by William Williams of Isle of Wight Co., VA., Oct. 26 1706. The land was conveyed to William Williams by John White, Sr., to whom Williams sold it in 1700 (same, p. 85).
(5) Same, p. 85. July 1, 1701, Lewis Williams to John Markwell of Isle of Wight Co., VA., deed.
(6) Same, p. 89. Dec. 7, 1703. Lewis Williams and Mary his wife to Dennis Macklendon tract of land called Mount Pleasant on Wicocon Creek.
(7) Same, p. 85. Nicholas Crisp to Edward Smithwick land bought of Dave Perkins and wife Mary Sept. 26, sd. Mary being one of the heirs of Robert Walburton, decd.: the deed is signed by Lewis and Mary Williams, which may indicate that Mary was his second wife, the former wife of Dave Perkins. However, Lewis and Mary Williams may have signed as withnesses.
(8) same p. 92. April 9, 1701, John Giles and Philarete his wife of Isle of Wight Co., Va., to Lewis Williams 500 acres granted to Thomas Woodward in 1663.
(9) Same, p. 94. April 6, 1708, Lewis Williams to son-in-law and daughter, James and Elizabeth Rutland 100 acres.
(10) Same, p. 99. Oct. 19, 1713, Lewis Williams and Mary his wife deed 300 acres on Deep Creek.
(11) Same, p. 290. Sept. 7, 1715, Lewis Williams and Mary his wife to Benjamin Wood.
(12) Same, p. 304. Lewis Williams 650 acres, Chowan Co., Rent Roll 1700.
(13) Same, p. 621, Mar. 18, 1717, Mary Williams, relict of Lewis Williams to James Rutland.
(14) N. C. Dept. of Hist. and Archives, N. C. Wills 1663-1679, Vol. 34, p. 68. Will of Lewis Williams of Chowan Precinct, dated Oct. 1, 1716 and proved April 16, 1717; son Anthony Williams and Martha his wife land, etc., then to grandson Lewis Williams; grandson John Jones 100 acres; grandson Lewis Jones 100 acres; grandson Charles Sowell 100 acres; grandson John Patchett 100 acres; John Williams son of William Williams, decd. 5 pound; daughter Priscilla West land after decease of wife Mary; wife Mary; grandson John Williams; grandson Lewis Williams my cane and silver shirt buckle, wife Mary and son Anthony, exrs.
(15) Chowan Co. Deed, 1714-35 (24.029), p. 323. Peter West and Priscilla his wife to Mary Williams 300 acres, Oct. 26, 1722
From the above records it appears that Lewis Williams and Mary his wife (unless she was his second wife, widow of Dave Perkins and daughter of Robert Walburton) had the following children;
1. Anthony Williams, b. ca. 1675.
2. A daughter who m. Jones. The husband seems to have been John Jones, who died in Chowan Co., in 1734. His will, dated August 6, 1734, mentions sons John, Lewis and Samuel, and makes his wife and son John exrs. (Hathaway I, p. 327).
3. Martha Williams m. Charles Sowell, who died in 1739. The will of Charles Sowell of Bertie Precinct, dated Nov. 25, 1738 and probated at the Feb. Cout, 1739, mentions sons Richard, Thomas, Lewis and Charles; daughters Elizabeth, Hannah, Mary and Sarah Sowell; wife and exx. Martha (Grimes " Abstracts", p. 352)
4. A daughter who m. Patchett. This was probably John Patchett, who died in Chowan Co., in 1711. His will, dated march 19, 1710/11, mentions wife Elizabeth; son John the land betwixt my father-in-law and Henry Bonner; my three daughters; father-in-law executor (Hathaway I, p. 69.) Elizabeth, wife of John Patchett, could not have been the daughter of Lewis Williams, however, for his daughter Elizabeth married James Rutland. Perhaps Elizabeth was a second wife of John Patchett, or else Lewis Williams' daughter married John Patchett, Jr. not John Patchett, Sr.
5. Elizabeth Williams m. James Rutland prior to 1708.
6. Priscilla Williams m. Col. Peter West. Peter West was a Justice of Bertie Co. in 1742 and is called Col. Peter West at about the same time (Hathaway, II, pp. 199 and 620). He died in Bertie Co., in 1751. His will, dated July 31, 1749 and probated at the may Court, 1751, mentions his daughter Sarah, daughter Elizabeth Cotten; son Peter, and grandson William West.