When John Henry Williams was born on 18 November 1834, in Sutton Forest, New South Wales, Australia, his father, Henry Thomas Williams, was 31 and his mother, Elizabeth Jenkins, was 16. He married Marion Wilson on 1 April 1858, in Willunga, South Australia, Australia. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. He died on 10 September 1922, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, at the age of 87.
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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.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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