When Garrett Pegram Williams was born in 1811, in Henry, Virginia, United States, his father, Garrett Williams, was 61 and his mother, Winifred Lanier, was 24. He married Rebecca Williams in 1836, in Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Adams Township, Parke, Indiana, United States in 1870 and Raccoon Township, Parke, Indiana, United States in 1880. He died in 1880, in Van Buren, Missouri, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Grant Cemetery, Creighton, Cass, Missouri, United States.
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War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
Historical Boundaries 1825: Parke, Indiana, United States
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
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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