When Andrew Jackson Williams was born on 2 June 1870, in North Carolina, United States, his father, Hugh Larkin Williams, was 32 and his mother, Susan Graybeal, was 34. He married Caroline " Callie" Roten on 23 July 1893, in Ashe, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Creston, Ashe, North Carolina, United States in 1900 and Laurel Township, Ashe, North Carolina, United States in 1910. He died on 2 April 1953, in Taylor, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Brookside Cemetery, Campbellsville, Taylor, Kentucky, United States.
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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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