Roger Williamson from England and Princess Ann County, Virginia#
PARENTS of Roger Williamson and Ann Foster are unknown at this time.
ROGER WILLIAMSON married ANN FOSTER
Ann Foster was born in England in 1620 and died in Princess Ann County, Virginia around 1692. Roger Williamson died about 1650 and his wife, Ann Foster Williamson remarried. Her new husband was John Carroway who came to America with his good friend Roger Williamson. It is unknown if Ann Foster married Roger Williamson in England or America. All three came to America about 1640. This was about 33 years after the London Company first settled in Jamestown Virginia. John and Ann Foster Williamson had three children. Ann Foster Williamson and John Carroway also had three children.
CHILDREN of Roger and Ann Foster Williamson:
John Williamson
Bartholomew Williamson married Martha Christopher
Richard Williamson married Mary Kempe
Children of John and Ann Foster Williamson Carroway:
Mary Carroway married Lancaster Lovette
Elizabeth Carroway married Nichols
John Carroway Jr. married Ann Kempe, Mary Kempe Williamson’s sister.
VIEW THE ORIGINAL WILL OF ANN FOSTER WILLIAMSON CARROWAY (PAC)
Richard Williamson, son of Roger and Ann Foster Williamson#
Richard Williamson married Mary Kempe, daughter of George and Mary Hutchinson Kempe of Kempe’s Landing. There is some question about the marriage date since George and Mary Hutchinson Kempe may not have arrived in America before 1650. Richard and Mary Kempe were probably married around 1670 to 1675.
From Richard Williamson’s 1721 will we learn that his children were:
- Roger Williamson
- John Williamson
- Bartholomew Williamson
- George Williamson
- Mary Williamson married Robert Berry
- Sarah Williamson married Matthew Mathias
- Anne Williamson married Hugh Whitehurst
Richard Williamson also mentions his granddaughter Mary Williamson (daughter of George Williamson) and his grandson Caleb Whitehurst (son of Hugh and Anne Whitehurst). There is no mention of any other grandchildren in the will. All of the other grandchildren were likely grown and married by 1721 when Richard wrote this will. We know that Robert and Mary Williamson Berry had other children but they may have all been born after Richard Williamson died. With seven children, Richard and Mary Kempe Williamson must have had many grandchildren. From Ann Foster Williamson Carroway’s will we know that Richard’s father Roger Williamson was dead by 1650. Therefore Richard Williamson must have been at least 71 years old in 1721.