When John Williams was born on 5 November 1946, his father, Mellie Miller Williams, was 25 and his mother, Della McRoberts Stephens, was 19. He died on 13 February 2012, in Florida, United States, at the age of 65.
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.
As a nonprofit, we offer free help to those looking to learn the details of their family story.