When Temperance Williams was born about 1670, in Hempstead Town, Queens, New York Colony, British Colonial America, her father, John Williams, was 24 and her mother, Leah Townsend, was 20. She married David Seaman about 1690, in Oyster Bay Town, Queens, New York Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She died in her hometown.
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Historical Boundaries 1683: Queens, New York Colony, British Colonial America 1776: Queens, New York, United States 1898: Borough of Queens, New York, United States
English: variant of William , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. This form of the surname is also common in Wales. In North America, this surname has also absorbed some cognates from other languages, such as Dutch Willems . Williams is the third most frequent surname in the US. It is also very common among African Americans and Native Americans.
History: This surname was brought to North America from southern England and Wales independently by many different bearers from the 17th century onward. Roger Williams, born in London in 1603, came to MA in 1630, but the clergyman was banished from the colony for his criticism of the Puritan government; he fled to RI and founded Providence.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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