When Eleanor Williams was born on 11 June 1823, in Overton, Tennessee, United States, her father, James W. Williams, was 37 and her mother, Esther Jones, was 34. She married Willis Burten Harper on 16 November 1845, in Harrison, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She died in 1880, in Illinois, United States, at the age of 57.
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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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