When Thomas A. Williams was born in February 1845, in Washington, Illinois, United States, his father, John Stanley Williams, was 44 and his mother, Nancy Elizabeth Bird, was 27. He married Dorcas Jane Shubert on 5 October 1866, in Union, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Hubble Township, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States in 1870 and Rich Election Precinct, Union, Illinois, United States in 1880.
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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.
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