When John Henry Williams was born on 27 June 1837, in Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Williams, was 26 and his mother, Maria Thornton, was 25. He married Sarah Woods on 22 August 1867, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Llanelly, Breconshire, Wales, United Kingdom in 1841 and Utah, United States in 1870. He died on 20 February 1912, in Coalville, Summit, Utah, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Coalville Cemetery, Coalville, Summit, Utah, United States.
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The Rebecca Riots were a group of protests in west Wales from 1839-1843. The people involved were mostly poor farmers, primarily men dressed as women. The group was called “Rebecca and her daughters”, a title believed to have come the book of Genesis. They mostly fought against the toll-gates. There is only record of one death during the riots: a young Sarah Williams had been warned that the rioters were coming, but upon refusing to leave, was killed.
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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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