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     Gladys Q. Williams was born c 1907.¹ She was the daughter of A. H. Williams and Minnie Queen Olds.¹

     Glenn Olds Williams was the son of Coral Williams and Stella Olds.¹

     Hannah Williams married Joseph Snell, son of Thomas Snell and Martha Harris, on 3 Dec 1712 at Bridgewater, Massachusetts.¹ Hannah Williams died on 20 Jun 1755 at Bridgewater, Massachusetts.¹

     Hannah Williams was born c 1650 at Taunton, Massachusetts.¹ She was the daughter of Richard Williams and Frances Deighton.² Hannah Williams died on 12 Aug 1693.³ She was buried at Copps Hill Burying Ground, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.⁴

     Hugh Williams was born c 1560.¹ He was the son of John Williams.¹
     Hugh Williams was named, as a son not yet age 24, in the 1578 will of John Williams.¹

     Jane Williams was born on 19 Mar 1609 at St. Mary the Virgin, Wooton-under-Edge, Gloucester, England.¹ She was the daughter of William Williams and Jane Woodward.¹
     It was this Jane Williams whose will was probated 30 Jun 1655 and mentioned her brother Richard Williams and sister Elizabeth Williams "that are in New England."¹

     John Williams married Ann (?).

     John Williams was born on 13 Dec 1744 at Suffield, Hartford County, Connecticut.¹ He was the son of Thomas Williams and Mary Old.¹

     John Williams was baptized on 27 Mar 1634 at Gloucester, England.^1,2,3 He was the son of Richard Williams and Frances Deighton.¹ John Williams died young.¹

     John Williams was buried on 27 Aug 1578 at St. Mary the Virgin, Wooton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire, England.²
     In 1897, working from the research of Joseph H. Williams, Governor of Maine, including an 1894 pedigree chart supplied by John Phillips, C. E. of Putney, Surrey entitled "Genealogy of the Cromwell-Williams Families from the Conquest to the Commonwealth", Josiah H. Drummond presented the pedigree of Richard Williams of Taunton, Massachusetts and his connection with Oliver Cromwell. According to Drummond, the John Williams who died at Wooton-under-Edge in 1579, was a son of Richard Williams, born in Rochampton in 1487 and died in 1559 in Monmouthshire. Richards parents were John Williams, Steward of Wimbledon Manor in Surrey and his second wife Margaret Smyth, a granddaughter of Margaret Cromwell. The Williams line is continued back to a Morgan Willliams, son of Howell Williams, Lord of Ribour, and Wenlion, daughter and heiress of Llyne ap Jevan of Rady. The Cromwell line in continued back to Alden de Cromwell who lived in the time of William the Conqueror. The purpose of Drummond's article is to show the connection between Richard Williams of Taunton and Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector, which had been a family rumor in colonial America. Drummond concludes "It is not believed that, in the light of Gov. Williams's researches, the relationship of Richard Williams of Taunton, and the Cromwell family, will again be questioned." However, real proof is missing from this article.³
     Holman displays a pedigree, supplied by the College of Arms and headed by John Williams and his brother Edmond. John's children were William of Synwell, John, Hugh, and Frances -- all mentioned in their father's will. William, by his first wife, Jane Shepherd, was the father of Ann who married John Hall, and by his second wife, Jane Woodward, the father of Samuel, Elizabeth, Richard Williams of Taunton, and Jane.¹
     Holman says the Parish Registers of St. Mary the Virgin, Wotton-under-Edge, begin in 1571 and publishes an abstract of the Williams baptism, marriage and burial entries to 1641, as furnished by the Rector.⁴
     "John Williams of Wotton-under-Edge, co. Gloucester, born place unknown, about 1535, was buried in the churchyard of St. Mary the Virgin, 27 Aug. 1578. His wife, whom he named executrix of his will in 1578, was Theobalde _____ , whether she was the mother of his children, or not, is unknown. Theobalde may have been that Tybboll Williams whose burial is recorded in the Registers of St. Mary the Virgin, 9 Jan 1608.
"Abstract of the will of John Williams of Wotton under Edge in Countie of Gloucester, dated 17 Apryll 1578:
"My Soule to God &c and my bodie to be buried in the Churche Yarde of Wotton
"I give to the poore people inhabytinge and dwellinge in the parish of Wotton 4 bushels of malt
"I give to William Willyams my Sonne £5 to be paid him at the Feast of Saynte Michel the Archangell 1579
"I give to John Wyllyams my Sonne £5 in the Yeare 1581
"I give to Hughe Willyams my Sonne £5 at the age of 24 Years
"I give to Frances Willyams my daughter £5 at day of her marriage or at age of 20 Years
"I give to Richard Burnham son of Anthony Burnham a Yew & a lambe
"To Johane Willyams the daughter of Edmond Wyllyams Yew & lamb
""I give all the rest of my Goods to Theobalde my Wife & make her Sole Executrix
"Overseers: William Maynard, Frances Plomer, Nicholas Wynde & give to each of them for their paines 12^d. Witnesses Augustyne Pyllersworthe, Francis Plomer, William Maynde, Nicholas Wynde, John Touche, and others. Proved 25 June 1579, at Gloucester."⁵

     John Williams was born c 1557.¹ He was the son of John Williams.¹
     John Williams is named second, as a son to receive his inheritance in 1581, in the 1578 will of John Williams.¹

     Joseph Williams was born c 1643 at Taunton, Massachusetts.² He was the son of Richard Williams and Frances Deighton.¹ Joseph Williams married Elizabeth Watson on 25 Nov 1667 at Taunton, Massachusetts.^2,3 Joseph Williams died on 17 Aug 1692 at Taunton, Massachusetts.⁴ He was buried at Mayflower Hill Cemetery, Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts.⁵

     Josephus Williams married Lucy S. Olds, daughter of William Olds and Nancy J. Greeley, on 11 Jul 1838.¹ Josephus Williams married Ann E. Olds, daughter of William Olds and Nancy J. Greeley, on 9 Sep 1850.²

     Josiah Williams married Martha Howard, daughter of Ephraim Howard and Mary Keith, on 26 Jan 1714.¹

     June A. Williams was born on 2 Feb 1924.² She married Lewis E. Scruggs in Jan 1956 at Pinellas County, Florida.¹ June A. Williams died on 7 Jul 2011 at age 87.² She was buried at Bay Pines National Cemetery, Bay Pines, Pinellas County, Florida.³

     Leon Williams married Myrtle Olds, daughter of Merton David Olds and Lilla Lazelle.¹ Leon Williams was born c 1888 at Massachusetts.¹
     Leon Williams and Myrtle Williams appeared on the census of 8 Apr 1930 at Belchertown, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, as follows:
     Williams, Merrill E., head, 83, first married at 34, b. Mass.
      , Emma, wife, 77, first married at 28, b. Mass.
      , Leon, son, 42, first married at 37, b. Mass., Gardener for Life Insurance Co.
      , Myrtle H., dau. in law, 31, first married at 26, b. Mass.
      , Bernard G., son, 3 4/12, b. Mass.
      , Shirley A., dau., 7/12, b. Mass.¹

     Mrs. Mary Williams married James Keith in 1707.¹

     Mary Bliss Williams was born on 17 Jul 1830.¹ She married Chauncey Newell Olds, son of Joseph Olds and Sally Whitney, on 9 Sep 1852.¹ Mary Bliss Williams died on 1 Jan 1889 at age 58.¹

     Mary Elizabeth Williams was born on 18 Feb 1902.¹ She married Ellis L. Higgins, son of Asa Higgins Jr. and Sarah Nancy Ridgely, on 1 Feb 1923.^1,3 Mary Elizabeth Williams died on 9 Feb 2001 at Beverly Health Care, Salem, South Dakota, at age 98.⁴ She was buried on 13 Feb 2001 at Dudley Cemetery, Stickney, South Dakota.⁴
     Her obituary states:
     " Mary Elizabeth Williams was born Feb. 18, 1902 to Thomas and Esther (Parry) Williams in Wood County[,] Wisconsin.
"At the age of 6 she came with her parents and lived on a farm near Stickney. When she was eleven years old her father died and she went to live with her grandparents for four years while her mother was working. In 1917 she moved with her mother into Stickney.
"On Feb. 1st, 1923, she was married to Ellis Higgins. They lived on a farm northeast of Stickney until they retired in 1959 and moved into Stickney. Her husband preceded her in death in 1966.
"She was an active member of the Dudley Methodist Church and Aid until the church closed in 1942. She then became an active member in the Evangelical United Brethren Church and at the time of her death she was a member of the Stickney United Methodist Church.
"In 1995, she moved into the Stickney Manor where she was a resident until Jan. 29, 2001 when she went to the Beverly Health Care in Salem where she passed away on Feb. 9th 2001 at the age of 98 years, 11 months and 22 days.
"She is survived by her daughter, LaMarne Krueger and husband Elmer of Salem; 5 grandchildren and their spouses and eight great-grandchildren.
"She was preceded in death by her husband and parents."⁴

     Nathaniel Williams was born on 7 Feb 1641 at Taunton, Massachusetts.¹ He was the son of Richard Williams and Frances Deighton.²

     Pattie M. Williams was born c 1908.¹ She was the daughter of A. H. Williams and Minnie Queen Olds.¹

     Richard Williams was baptized on 28 Jan 1607 at Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Wooton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire, England.³ He was the son of William Williams and Jane Woodward.² Richard Williams married Frances Deighton, daughter of John Deighton and Jane Bassett, on 11 Feb 1632 at Witcombe Magna, St. Nicholas parish, Gloucester, England.¹ Richard Williams died bt 22 Dec 1688 - 15 Sep 1693.^4,5 He was buried at Mayflower Hill Cemetery, Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts.⁶
     According to Pope's Pioneers of Massachusetts, Richard Williams was a tanner and in Dorchester by 1633. He sold out at Dorchester in 1646 and moved to Taunton. He had a brother Samuel of Essington, Gloucester, England, and a sister Elizabeth in New England and a sister Jane of Whetenhurste, Gloucester, England.⁷
     He probably came to New England later than Pope suggests but moved to Taunton earlier. He was among those able to bear arms at Taunton in 1643.⁸
     Richard Williams "aged about Eighty", made his will 5 May 1686. He named his eldest son Samuel, son Nathaniel, son Joseph, son Thomas, son Benjamin, daughter Elizabeth, daughter Hannah, and beloved wife Frances. The will made all five sons executors and directed them to care for "their said Mother". The original will no longer exists but Holman has printed it from a copy in the books at the Bristol County Probate Registry where it was probated 10 Oct 1693. Samuel, Thomas and Benjamin Williams, all of Taunton, and Richard Stephens were made executors.⁹

     Samuel Williams was born c 1639 at Taunton, Massachusetts.¹ He was the son of Richard Williams and Frances Deighton.¹

     Samuel Williams was born c 1604.¹ He was the son of William Williams and Jane Woodward.¹ Samuel Williams died c 1669.¹
     Holman has provided as abstract of Samuel Williams' will: "Samuel Williams made his will, 26 Sept. 1668, proved 1669, in which he mentions his brother Benjamin, his brother James Adams, his brother Richard Williams, his sister Elizabeth Williams, and his cousins [nephews and nieces], the four Hall children; also he gave to his son Nathaniel his written sermons." Among Samuel's children were the Benjamin Williams whose will was proved 22 Sep 1698 in which he mentioned his New England cousins including Elizabeth Bird of Dorchester.²

     Shirley A. Williams was born c 1929 at Massachusetts.¹ She was the daughter of Leon Williams and Myrtle Olds.¹
     "Shirley A. Williams is the wife of Homer W. Cowles of South Amherst and lives in that community."²

     Thomas Williams married Mary Old, daughter of Jonathan Old and Susanna Temple, on 23 Feb 1743.^1,2

     Thomas Williams was born on 24 Sep 1746 at Suffield, Hartford County, Connecticut.¹ He was the son of Thomas Williams and Mary Old.¹

     Thomas Williams was born c 1645 at Taunton, Massachusetts.¹ He was the son of Richard Williams and Frances Deighton.¹

     William Williams was born c 1555.² He was the son of John Williams.¹ William Williams married (1) Jane Shepherd on 15 Nov 1585 at Wooton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire, England.³ William Williams married (2) Jane Woodward on 4 Dec 1603 at Cam, Gloucestershire, England.^4,5
     William Williams is named first, as a son to receive his inheritance in 1579, in the 1578 will of John Williams.²
     A renewed interest in this Williams family seems to have been sparked by the reports of Henry F. Waters. First, he reported the will of a Benjamin Williams as:
"Benjamin Williams, of Stoake, near Guldeford, co. Surrey, schoolmaster, 2 July 1695, proved 22 September, 1698, by Nathaniel Williams his brother and executor. To cousin Samuel Hall, John, Samuel and Daniel Hall, now or late of Whetenhurst, co. Gloucester, twenty shillings apiece, within six months after decease of the testator. To cousins Anna Cliffold (Clifford?), of Bisley, and her two brothers, Richard and Nathaniel Tindall of Nibley, and to my cousin Joseph Tindall of Nibley, sometime of Trotton Hinton, ministers, ten shillings apiece, within six months, &c. To my cousins Samuel, Thomas and Benjamin Williams, of New England, and to my cousin Elizabeth Bird, of Dorchester in New England, and to the eldest child of my cousin Williams, of New England, deceased, in case there (are) any of them living, and also to the eldest child of my cousin Joseph Williams, deceased, in case he have left any living and who shall be living at the time of my decease, to every and each of them the said last mentioned persons the sum of twenty shillings, within one year, &c. To the poor of the parish of Eastington fifty shillings, and to the poor of the parish of Whetenhurst fifty shillings, any poor people of my father's kindred principally recommended. To my brother in law⁶ Nathaniel Williams, of Brandley, in co. Worcester, and his heirs forever, all those my freehold, tenements, lands tenements and hereditaments,&c. in Eastington and Frampton, and elsewhere in Gloucestershire, and all the residue; he to be executor.
"Note that the name Nathaniel is by mistake omitted, and also the eldest child of my cousin Hannah Parmater is to be comprehended. B. W. Lort, 208."
"[The children of Richard Williams, one of the first settlers of Taunton, N. E., were 1. John, 2. Samuel, 3. Joseph, 4. Nathaniel, 5. Thomas, 6. Benjamin, 7. Elizabeth, wife of John Bird, 8. Hannah, wife of John Parmenter. See Reg. v. 414⁴. All these children, except John, who may have died young, are named in the above will.
"Emery⁷, in his "Ministry of Taunton," i. 43-5, quotes a "manuscript of considerable antiquity," but evidently not written before 1718, which states that 'Richard Williams was descended from a family of that name in Glamorganshire, in Wales, and found a wife in Gloucestershire, England.' The same manuscript states that his wife was Frances Dighton, sister of Katherine, second wife of Gov. Thomas Dudley. Baylies, in his 'Historical Memoir of New Plymouth.' part i. p. 284, says there was a tradition that Williams was a relative of Oliver Cromwell. He also prints (i. 272) a letter from the Rev. Roger Williams, in which reference was made to 'my brother.' Baylies thinks this may be Richard Williams, of Taunton.
"John Bird, the husband of Elizabeth Williams, was a son of Thomas Bird of Dorchester. See Bird Genealogy, Reg. xxv. 21-30. --- Ed.]"⁸
Second, Waters reported the will of a Jane Williams as:
"Jane Williams, of Whetenhurst, co. Gloucester, spinster, 31 May 1650, proved 30 June, 1655. To brother Samuel Williams my Scottish print bible. To my brother Richard Williams and my sister Elizabeth Williams that are in New England, each of them twenty shillings apiece. To Benjamin Williams and Nathaniel Williams, the two sons of my brother Samuel Williams, ten pounds apiece when they reach the age of twenty-one years. To John Hall, the younger, my sister's eldest son, ten pounds and a standing bedstead that is in his father's parlour chamber, my brother-in-law John Hall's. To Samuel, Daniel and Susanna Hall, the other three children of my brother-in-law, John Hall, twenty pounds apiece at 21. Brother-in-law John Hall to be executor. Aylett, 292.
[It is possible that the Richard Williams, named above, as in New England, was Richard Williams of Taunton (ante, p. 236); but it is not probable. Six other persons by this name are recorded in Savage. -- Ed.]"⁹
     "William Williams² (John), of Synwell, Wotton-under-Edge, co. Gloucester, born place unknown, about 1555, buried in Wotton-under-Edge, 29 Sept. 1618. He married there, first, 15 Nov. 1585, Jane Shepheard, who died before 1603 [College of Arms states that she was buried in 1600]; he married secondly, in Cam, co. Gloucester, 4 Dec 1603, Jane Woodward, who was buried in Wotton-under-Edge, 2 Feb 1615.
"From 'Men and Armour of Gloucestershire 1608,' it may be noted that in that year, there were but two of the name Williams living in the hamlet of Synwell, and they are listed directly one under the other viz:
'William Williams fuller 3. p
"Mathewe Williams fuller 1. ca.'¹⁰
"Hence William Williams in 1608 was aged between fifty and sixty years and of a tall stature. The woolen industry was at the time the principal occupation of the parish so it is easily seen why both these men were fullers."²
     "Abstract of the Will of William Williams of Synwell in the parish of Wootton under Edge County Gloucester Yeoman dated 26 day of September 1618:
"My Soul to God &c
"Item All my implemnts of household stuff I give to Samuel Williams Richard Williams Anne Williams & Jane Williams (my foure children) to be divided into five equal portions in discretion of my Executor & overseers my sd Sonne Samuel Williams to make choyse for himself first in divided thereof & the rest unto sd Richard Williams, Anne Williams, Elizabeth Williams & Jane Williams my children equally & to be employed for their education until they attain their several ages of 15 Yeares & after they attain that age to the best proper benefit of them if either died under the age of 21 Years their share to remain to the other children surviving.
"And whereas Robert Tratman & William Tratman Junr by obligation dated 13 March 1617 I am Jointly bound unto Anne Williams my sd daughter in sum of four score pounds with the condition of payment of £44 upon 6 March next ensuring the date hereof
"And whereas Richard Gilliam of Huntingford & Thomas Roach by their obligation dated 3 April last stand bound unto Elizabeth Williams my sd daughter in three score pounds for payment of £33 on 23 may next
"And whereas William Beals by his obligation bearing date 3 April last stands bound to Elizabeth Williams my daughter for £20 & £11 of which is to be made on the Feast of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin next
"I do appoint that these several sums & obligations shall be deemed to be part of their several legacies
"I appoint Richard Tindall of North Nibley Co. aforesaid Yeoman to be Sole Executor & I nominate William Marken & Robert Tratman to be my oveerseers & I do give unto each of them for their paines 10s
"The marke of William X Williams
"Witnesses: William Markem, Robarte Tratman, Fra: Wright
"Proved at Gloucester, 14 Jan 1618."¹¹

     Abigail Williamson married Stephen Barden, son of William Barden and Deborah Barker, bt 24 Mar 1691 - 1692 at Taunton, Massachusetts.