Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 14159, Jeremiah Williams, R. I.
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William Jeremiah N. 14159
Allamy N.
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July 22, 1936

Mrs. John F Marvel
5 Whelden Avenue
East Providence, Rhode Island

Jeremiah Wlliams
W.14159
BA-J/AWF

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Jeremiah Williams of Rhode Island, and Thomas Walling(Walley or Wallin) of Connecticut or Rhode Island.

Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims for pension and bounty land, which have been made to the United States, based upon service in that war. A search of the records fails to show such claims on file on account of the Revolutionary War service of Thomas Walling; the surname searched under similar spellings.

The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, W.14159, based upon the service of Jeremiah Williams in the War of the Revolution.

Jeremiah Williams was the son of Jeremiah Williams, the name of his mother is not given, nor are the date and place of his birth shown.

While a resident of Cranston, Rhode Island, he enlisted sometime in March, 1777 and served as a private in Captain Caleb Carr's company, Colonel Archibald Crary's Rhode Island regiment; he was in the battle of Rhode Island, length of service about two years.

The soldier, Jeremiah Williams, married January 6,
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1785 in Johnston, Providence County, Rhode Island, at the house of the "Widow McIntire", Amey N. Knight; she was born in the month of November, 1762 and was the daughter of "Thomas" Knight, who was the son of Richard Knight of Cranston, Rhode Island. The name of the mother of Amey N. Knight was not given.

The soldier, Jeremiah Williams, died January 11, 1816 in North Providence, Rhode Island. His widow, Amey N Williams, was allowed pension on her application executed, November 5, 1839, at which time she was living in North Providence, Rhode Island. She was still living there in 1848.

There is no reference to children of Jeremiah Williams and his wife, Amey N.

Reference was made to a sister of the soldier, at one time living in the state of New York, her name not given.

In 1839 Anna Williams of North Providence, Rhode Island, aged seventy-five years, stated that her husband, Stephan Williams then deceased, was an attendant at the wedding of Jeremiah Williams and Amey N. Knight. There is no real relationship shown between the said Jeremiah and Stephen Williams.

Very truly yours

A.D. Hiller
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator