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CLAUNCH/COTAUNCH-GULICK-WILLIAMSON-WYCKOFF; NJ; 1700s
>From New Jersey Marriages...
#550; William COTAUNCH (COTANCH) and William WILLIAMSON, both
of the County of Sussex... [bound to]... William FRANKLIN,
Governor... 500 pounds... 8 Dec 1773. ... William COTAUNCH...
obtained license of marriage for himself and for Sarah
WILLIAMSON... [w] And'w LEDLIE and Tho's POTTS
Source = NEW JERSEY MARRIAGES
Copyright (c) 1999 by Patricia m. Bergener (brgnr(a)ix.netcom.com)
>From the September 1791 will of Peter WILLIAMSON (married Catherine
GRIGGs) of Greenwich Township (then Sussex, now) Warren Co., NJ:
... I Peter WILLIAMSON of the Township of Greenwich in the
County of Sussex ... do this day TwentyFirst of September and
in the year of our Lord one thousand Seven Hundred and ninety
one 1791 do Publish and declare this to be my Last will and
Testament .... and the next place I do give and bequeth unto
my daughter Sarah CLAUNCH ... my Daughter mary LACY ... my
wife Catherine (35:41; File 513S, New Jersey State Archives,
Trenton, New Jersey)
THEORY: Sarah's married name appears as CLAUNCH in the abstract of
Peter WILLIAMSON's will but an examination of the original show
that it is entirely possible that her married name was actually
COTAUNCH. Sarah (WILLIAMSON) CLAUNCH, dau. of Peter and Catherine
(GRIGGS) WILLIAMSON, and Sarah (WILLIAMSON) COTAUNCH, wife of
William COTAUNCH, are the same individual.
Q. Who was the William WILLIAMSON of Sussex Co., NJ that
supported the marriage of Sarah WILLIAMSON and William
COTAUNCH in 1773? Is he identical with...
>From New Jersey Colonial Documents: Calendar of Wills--1771-1780:
1775, Sept. 6. WILLIAMSON, William, of Sussex Co. Int.
Adm'x--Elizabeth WILLIAMSON, of said Co. Fellowbondsman--
Henry GULICK, of Hunterdon Co. Witnesses--Martha Hughes and
Rachel Caldwell. Lib. 16, p. 531
THEORY (RED HERRING?!): I initially thought that the William
WILLIAMSON who supported the marriage of William COTAUNCH and Sarah
WILLIAMSON might be an otherwise undocumented eldest son of Peter
and Catherine (GRIGGS) WILLIAMSON (Peter was reportedly the son of
a William WILLIAMSON himself). Elizabeth WILLIAMSON (William's
widow or daughter?) married Christian W.-2 CUMMINS (Christian-1),
b. 4 December 1751, d. 15 October 1833.
On reason to speculate that William was the son of Peter and
Catherine (GRIGGS) WILLIAMSON is the fact that Catherine (GRIGGS)
WILLIAMSON's mother, Jacomyntie (GULICK) GRIGGS, had a brother
Hendrick-3 GULICK (Jochem-2, Hendrick-1). From an examination of
the original document abstracted above pertaining to William
WILLIAMSON (Sussex 00219, New Jersey State Archives, Trenton, New
Jersey), it is clear that Henry GULICK actually signed his name as
Hendrick at "Greenwich Forge." It is presumed that Greenwich Forge
was located somewhere within Greenwich Township.
>From New Jersey Marriages...
#064; Hendrik (Hendrick) GULICK and George GARRISON, both of
Hunterdon County, yeomen... [bound to]... Jonathan BELCHER,
Governor... 500 pounds... 26 Sept 1754. ... Hendrick GULICK...
and George GARRISON obtained license of marriage for Hendrick
GULICK... and for Mary WILLIAMSON... [w] blank
Source = NEW JERSEY MARRIAGES
Copyright (c) 1999 by Patricia m. Bergener (brgnr(a)ix.netcom.com)
>From New Jersey Queries #12 (1992):
Nicholas WILLIAMSON, resided at New Brunswick, Middlesex Co., NJ
1738; died Hunterdon Co., NJ 1760 had a daughter, Mary
WILLIAMSON who married 1754 Capt. Henry GULICK.
According to Jan Gulick, it was Henry-5 GULICK (Samuel-4,
Hendrick-3, Jochem-2, Hendrick-1) (1734-1798) who was married in
1754 Mary WILLIAMSON, dau. of Nicholas WILLIAMSON. They named
their second son Nicholas and their second daughter Rachel. Thus,
the following baptismal records must pertain to Mary (WILLIAMSON)
GULICK and two of her siblings, including a brother, William
WILLIAMSON:
>From New Brunswick DRC:
21 Apr 1734 William to Nicholas WILLIAMSON and Ragel
19 Feb 1738 Maria to Nicholas WILLIAMSEN and Rachel
>From Readington DRC:
Cathelina WILLEMSEN 6 Nov 1744 to Nicholas WILLEMSEN and Rachel
THEORY: The Hendrick GULICK of Hunterdon Co. who marred Mary
WILLIAMSON was identical with the Hendrick GULICK of Hunterdon Co.
who was a bondsman in the administration William WILLIAMSON's
estate. Hendrick was William's brother-in-law. Thus, William
WILLIAMSON was *not* the son of Peter and Catherine (GRIGGS)
WILLIAMSON as originally though; he was the son of Nicholas and
Rachel (_____) WILLIAMSON.
>From the WILLIAMSON genealogy in the Vliet/Williamson Day Book
(hereinafter VWDB) it is confirmed that Peter WILLIAMSON (d. 1791)
had a brother, Jacobus WILLIAMSON. On 3 September 1755, "William
HENERY of Greenwitch in the County of Sussex...and Hannah his wife"
deeded to "James (English equivalent of Jacobus) WILLIAMSON of the
County of Middlesex... a Tract or Parcel of Land Situated on the
northwest Side of Muskonetcong river in the Township of Greenwitch"
for L-25. A Jacobus WILLIAMSON was listed as a freeholder in New
Brunswick, Middlesex County in 1752 (GMNJ, Vol. 4).
THEORY: Brothers Peter and Jacobus/James WILLIAMSON, early
settlers of Greenwich Township (then Sussex, now) Warren Co., NJ
both originated in New Brunswick, Middlesex Co., NJ. Peter and
Jacobus were somehow related to William WILLIAMSON who died in 1775
in Greenwich Township and who was the son of Nicholas WILLIAMSON of
New Brunswick.
Any information that supports or refutes the theories posed above
would be greatly appreciated as well as response to these specific
questions:
Q. Who were the ancestors of William COTAUNCH?
Q. Who were the descendants of William and Sarah (WILLIAMSON)
COTAUNCH?
Q. How were Peter and Jacobus/James WILLIAMSON related to
Nicholas WILLIAMSON? Sons, nephews or cousins?
Q. Who were the ancestors and descendants of Nicholas and Rachel
(_____) WILLIAMSON of New Brunswick, Middlesex Co., NJ?
Q. Nicholas WILLIAMSON named his first (known) son William and
his second (known) daughter Cathelina. Could Nicholas have
been the son of Willem-2 WILLIAMSON (Willem-1 WILLEMSEN &
Mayke Pieterse WYCKOFF) and Catelyntie-3 GULICK (Jochem-2,
Hendrick-1)?
Perry Streeter (perry(a)streeter.com)
Canandaigua, New York USA
http://www.perry.streeter.com