The history of the Williams family began William Richard Williams who was born in England on 5/2/1825 and Mary Allin who was also born in England on 7/14/1823. Their families moved to Wales when they were quite young. They met each other in Wales and about 1843 they were married. She was 18 years of age and he was 20 years of age. There were a total of 17 children born to this couple, nine of the children died in Wales and are buried there. The known children are as follows:
Name
Date of
Date of
Birth
Death
Who They Married
Mary Ann Williams
6/24/1843
Walter Oldland and later
William Thomas
William Williams
2/6/1844 Died in Wales
Elizabeth Williams
4/9/1845 Died in Wales
Richard Williams
3/14/1847
Ann Harris in the US
Absolam Williams
5/11/1849 Died in Wales
Hannah Williams
5/26/1851 Died in Wales
Sarah Williams
7/19/1853
William Walter Williams
6/1/1855
Sarah Ann Thomas
Henery Williams
4/9/1853
Mary Ann Beecham
George Williams
7/31/1859 Died 3/24/1890
Not Married
Elizabeth Williams
7/2/1862
David James and later
Thomas Griffiths
David Williams
3/31/1864 Died 9/24/1906
Margaret Rogers
Hannah Williams
2/15/1866 Died in Wales
Hannah Williams
9/1867 Died in Wales
The other three children's names are not known but we do know that they died in Wales and are buried there.
In 1868 William Richard Williams came to America leaving behind his wife and 8 children and a grandchild, Ann, left to them to be raised as one of their own children. He came to Taylor, Pennsylvania to work in a coal mine as this was the type of work he had been doing in Wales. Two years later, in 1870, he was in a position to send for his wife and 7 children and his grandchild named as follows: Mary Ann, Richard, William, Henry (known as Harry), George, Elizabeth, David and his granddaughter Ann. Their other daughter, Sarah, married Thomas Griffiths in Wales but later joined her family in this country.
The entire family lived in Phelpsland in Taylor and later moved to Taylor Flats. At the time of William Richard Williams death on 8/8/1884 they were living on Union Street in Taylor. William Richard Williams was 61 years of age when he passed away. Mary Allin Williams passed away on 2/10/1885 at the age of 60. They are both laid to rest in Memorial Cemetery on Main Street in Taylor. A son, George, is buried in the David Williams plot in Forest Home Cemetery, Taylor.
Ann, who after the death of her Grandparents, although being blind kept house for her brothers, Harry, George and Dave. She lost her eyesight at the age of 20. Everything possible was done to try to restore her sight in the early years of her blindness but all efforts were in vain. She was totally blind for the past 63 years. Ann passed away on 10/26/1950 at the age of 83. She is resting in the Williams plot in Memorial Cemetery in Taylor, PA.
Take a look at some of the Williams
Family Photographs and the Williams
Descendency Chart .