Aaron Williams and Elizabeth Coe

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Husband Aaron Williams ¹

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           Born: 2 May 1753 - Sussex Co, NJ 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried:  - Presbyterian Cemetery, Mingo, Washington Co, PA

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         Father: Josiah Williams (      -      ) 1 2
         Mother: Phoebe Rodgers (      -      ) 1 2

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       Marriage: 5 Jun 1780 3

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Wife Elizabeth Coe ³

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           Born: 9 Mar 1761 - near Elizabeth, Union Co, NJ 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 19 Jun 1847 3
         Buried:  - Presbyterian Cemetery, Mingo, Washington Co, PA

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Children

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1 F Phebe Williams ³

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            AKA: Phoebe Williams 4
           Born: 9 Apr 1781 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 1855 3
         Buried: 

         Spouse: William McDonald (      -      ) 3

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2 M Benjamin Williams ^{2 3}

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           Born: 3 Feb 1783 - Peters Creek, Washington Co, PA 2 3
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           Died: 2 Sep 1860 2 3
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         Spouse: Elizabeth Reid (      -1825) 3

         Spouse: Sarah Ralston (      -      ) 5

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General Notes: Husband - Aaron Williams

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He was born in Sussex County, New Jersey. He came to Pennsylvania as a pioneer and had many trials and difficulties from the Indians. The family were often pursued by the Indians, and fled from their home on Turtle creek, Westmoreland County, their houses burned. They then moved to Peters creek, Washington County, where they spent the remainder of their days.

He was a millwright by trade, and was a noted hewer; he hewed the timbers for the first fort ever erected at Wheeling, (West) Virginia, to defend themselves from the Indians. He also was one of the men who took possession of Fort Duquesne, or Fort Pitt, as it was called, at the point where Pittsburgh now stands. He erected a mill on Peters creek, Washington County, one of the first in that country.

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General Notes: Wife - Elizabeth Coe

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She was the youngest of fourteen children, and she was noted for her fervent piety. She was very much concerned in the time of the Revolutionary war. Two of her brothers were in arms and in battle; some of her friends were taken prisoners by the Indians. This devoted sister and mother would go out in the evening and spend the whole night in prayer for the success of the army, and would return to the house in the morning and say with a grateful countenance: 'The Americans will prevail yet.' Of her the exclamation was made: 'The chariot of the American army and the horse-men thereof.' She always had a place for secret prayer to which she constantly resorted, and spent much time praying there, even to the close of her life.

1 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 67.

2 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 466.

3 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 68.

4 —, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 884.

5 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 69, 1093.