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Note: He was in the Revolutionary War - wagonmaster, Berks Co. Militia, Hollenbach rosters. Although the roster didn't give him as being Captain, he was called Capt. Williams in some of the Hopewell Furnace account books. William owned land next to the furnace which was actually too hilly and stony to make good farmland. He sold 29 acres (located within a mile of Hopewell Furnace and within a mile of a little village called St. Mary's) of his farm to Joseph Whitaker. William was found in the Union Twp. tax lists of 1768 owning 200 acres, 2 cows, 1 horse, and 1 sheep. He was a woodcutter and all-around furnace man at Hopewell. He was also tax assessor for some years for Union Twp.
William may have lived in Amity Twp., Berks Co. before moving to Union Twp., Berks Co. If so, his parents were probably Joshua and Sarah Williams.
William's two marriages were found in a book called "The Berks County Records of the 18th Century, Pastoral Records of John Caspar Stover. The book gives William as being from Junyon Twp. when he married Rosina. Junyon is probably Union Twp., Berks Co. Also a marriage for William Williams and Rebecca McCaddoms was found in Cumberland Co. records of Rev. John Casper Stoever that they were married at Bethel; Cumberland's parent county being Lancaster Co.
1800 census - Berks Co. - Union Twp.:
William Williams
males under 10 - 2 females under 10 - 0
males thru 15 - 0 females thru 15 - 0
males 16 to 25 - 1 females 16 to 25 - 1
males 26 thru 44 - 0 females 26 thru 44 - 0
males 45+ - 1 females 45+ - 1
1810 census - Berks Co. - Union Twp:
William Williams
males to 10 - 1 females to 10 - 1
males to 16 - 1 females to 16 - 1
males to 26 - 1 females to 26 - 0
males to 45 - 0 females to 45 - 0
males 45+ - 1 females 45+ - 1
Maskel Straton was found on the preceding page
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