Williams Family

Generation 1

The name of our first ancestor in the Williams family is unknown (Reference # 72) but he was born in Wales and died 1862 at Nicollet Co., MN. He married Anna Thomas (Reference # 73). She was also born in Wales. In 1855 they settled near Jordan, Nicollet Co., MN. They had the following children:

Griffith Samuel Williams

b. 26 November 1842 at Bradford Co., PA
d. 1935 at Minneapolis, Hennepin Co., MN
m. 15 October 1866 to Rachel Adeline Bean at St. Peter, Nicolett Co., MN

Philip Williams

d. MT?

Margaret Williams

m. John Bean (brother of Rachel Adeline Bean)

David Williams
John Williams

d. 1864 at Helena, Phillips Co., AR
Civil War

Generation 2

Griffith Samuel Williams (Reference # 36) was born 26 November 1842 at Bradford Co., PA and died 1935 at Minneapolis, Hennepin Co., MN. He was a veteran of the Civil War. He married Rachel Adeline Bean (Reference # 37) 15 October 1866 at St. Peter, Nicolett Co., MN. She was born c1845 and died 1919 at Montevideo, Chippewa Co., MN. For information on her ancestry see the Bean Family. They resided at Nicolett Co., MN 1866-1867, Renville Co., MN 1867-1878 and Montevideo, Chippewa Co., MN 1878-1920. They had the following children:

Martha Jane Williams

b. 1867
d. 1867

Media Philip Williams

b. 10 June 1870 at Renville, Renville Co., MN

John Edward Williams

b. 14 June 1872 at Renville, Renville Co., MN
d. 26 March 1946
m. 15 October 1901 to Emma Caroline Anderson at Montevideo, Chippewa Co., MN

Harriet Elizabeth Williams

b. 17 April 1876 at Renville, Renville Co., MN
m. c1895 to Archie Aitchison

Generation 3

John Edward Williams (Reference # 18) was born 14 June 1872 at Renville, Renville Co., MN and died 26 March 1946. He was a Rural Mail Carrier for many years. He married Emma Caroline Anderson (Reference # 19) 15 October 1901 at Monetvideo, Chippewa Co., MN. She was born 15 June 1877 at Decorah, Winneshiek Co., IA and died 25 September 1960. For information on her ancestry see the Anderson Family. They had the following children:

Agnes Harriet Williams

m. Orcutt William Frost, Sr.

Walter Whitman Williams
Margaret Williams
Effie Williams

b. 7 September 1908
d. 1969 at Ukiah, CA
m. 8 August 1936 to Otto Hinz at Montevideo, Chippewa Co., MN

Clinton Williams
Alta Williams
Roger Williams (twin)
Unnamed Williams (twin)

b. 15 May 1919
d. 15 May 1919 (stillborn)

Generation 4

Agnes Harriet Williams (Reference # 9) married Orcutt William Frost, Sr. (Reference # 8). He was born 31 May 1901 at Minneapolis, Hennepin Co., MN and died 22 April 1974 at Grand Marais, Cook Co., MN. For information on his ancestry see the Frost Family. They had the following children:

Orcutt William Frost, Jr.

m. Mary Denison Bills
see the Frost Family for further information

Margaret Miriam Frost

m. Edward Keith Edgerton (21 Feb 1925-12 Feb 1974) and had the following children: Darcy Diane Edgerton, Deborah Dawn Edgerton, and Scott Keith Edgerton
m. Sherman William Morton

Griffith Marshall Frost

b. 19 March 1934 at Cloquet, Carlton Co., MN
d. 26 October 1934 at Duluth, MN

David Griffith Frost

m. Barbara Bernice Mitchell and had the following children: Griffith David Frost, Kristin Barbara Frost, Katherine Ann Frost, and Thomas Mitchell Frost

Allan Roger Frost

m. Frances Elizabeth Mitchell and had the following children: Marin Elizabeth Frost, Laura Jean Frost, and Douglas Roger Frost

Sources

Agnes Frost: Her Story by O.W. Frost, Private Printing, 1987

Frost Genealogy in Five Families by Norman Seaver Frost, West Newton, MA 1926