When Martha Jane Endicott was born on 4 March 1820, in Kentucky, United States, her father, John A Endicott, was 30 and her mother, Nancy Adair, was 27. She married John Stark Williams on 29 September 1839, in Posey, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Linn, Missouri, United States in 1860 and Yellow Creek Township, Linn, Missouri, United States for about 30 years. She died on 31 December 1917, in Posey, Indiana, United States, at the age of 97, and was buried in Bucklin, Linn, Missouri, United States.