'Williams08'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Williams of Burley, Williams of Chichester, Williams of Clapton, Williams of Greyfriars, Williams of Stamford, Williams of Welbourn

                               
Thomas Williams of Abergavenny (not Aberconway) (gentleman of the bedchamber to Henry VII)
1. William or Thomas Williams of Stamford & Burley (d 1529?) this generation omitted by BLG1952
  m. Elizabeth
  A. William Williams of Stamford, Burley & Denton (d before 1538)
  m. Elizabeth Upton (d by 1538, dau/heir of John Upton of Denton)
  i. George Williams (d 1556-7)
  m1. Alice Cony (d 1551-4, sister of Richard Cony of Bassingthorpe)
  a. Richard Williams 'of Denton' (b 1540, d 1606)
  m. (1581) Jane Allen (d 1634, dau/heir of George Allen of Grantham)
  (1) John Williams (b 1584, d 1627)
  m. (1607) Selina Worsley (b 1588, d 1654, dau of Richard Worsley of Deeping Gate)
  (A) Richard Williams (b 1610, d 1685, 2nd son)
  m. Frances Anderson (d 1660, dau of Francis Anderson of Broughton)
  (i) Elizabeth Williams (dsp)
m. Edward King of Ashby
  (B) William Williams 'of Rempstone & Denton' (youngest son?)
  m1. Katherine Lane (d 1664, dau of William Lane of Uxbridge)
  (i) daughter (b/d 1664)
  m2. Elizabeth Kenrick (bur 1726, dau of Edward Kenrick of London)
  (ii) John Williams (dsp 1704)
m. Margaret Armstrong (d 1704, dau/coheir of Gabriel Armstrong of East Leake)
  (iii) Susannah Williams (b c1671, bur 1755)
  m. George Gregory (d 1746)
  (iv) Selina Williams
  m. Simon Degge of Derby
  (v)+ other issue (d unm) - Elizabeth, Selina
  (C) Mary Williams (b 1611)
  m. (1642) Charles Harrington
  (D) Hellenor Williams (b 1614, d 1688)
  m. (1633) William Welby of Denton (b 1604, d 1657)
  (E) Elizabeth Williams (b 1621, d 1687)
  m1. (1643) William Denton
  (i) Elizabeth Denton
  m. Humfrey Brooke
  (ii) ? daughter
  m. St. John Saltier (alderman of London)
  (iii)+ other issue - Selina (b 1646, d unm 1719), daughter
  m2. (sp) Robert Price (rector of Stoke)
  (F)+ other issue - John (b/d 1608), John (b/d 1613), George (b/d 1615), George (b 1616, d unm 1685), John (b 1619, d unm 1704), Jane (b 1623)
  (2) George Williams (dsp 1605)
  (3) Bridget Williams (d 1620)
  m. (1604) George Pighte of Woolsthorpe & Denton
  (4) Elizabeth Williams (b 1586)
  m. (1608) John Couper of Bolton, Yorkshire
  (5) Alice Williams (d 1603)
  m. Francis Carteret of Market Rasen
  b.+ other issue - Godfrey (b 1545), Gertrude (b 1543), Anne (b 1544), Margaret (b 1548), Dorothy (b 1549), Anne (b 1551)
  m2. Rosa
  h.+ other issue - Margaret (b 1555), Myldred (b 1556)
  ii. Anthony Williams of London & Mortlake, Surrey (d before 03.10.1557, Auditor of the Mint)
Maddison shows the following family for Anthony.
  m(1). Timothe Wootton (dau of Matthew Wootton of Sarum)
  a. Timothe Williams
  m. Nowell Sotherton (Baron of the Exchequer)
  b.+ 2 sons
  BLG1952 shows the following family for Anthony. We presume that Katherine was his 2nd wife.
  m(2). Katherine Melles (dau of Robert Melles of London, m2. John Coniers)
  d. Alexander Williams of London (d 08.1628) - continued below
  m. Elizabeth Carleton (dau of Anthony Carleton)
  iii. John Williams of Welbourne (a 1558)
  a. John Williams of Welbourne (a 1580)
  (1) Margot Williams (bur 1581)
  iv. Elizabeth Williams
  m. William Spark of London
  v.+ other issue - Thoas, Jane, Anne, Catherine, Alice
  B. Nicholas Williams
  i. Nicholas Williams (a 1584)
  m. _ Williams (dau of Richard Williams)
  a. Nicholas Williams (a 1584)
2. Matilda Williams

 

 

Alexander Williams of London (d 08.1628) - continued above
m. Elizabeth Carleton (dau of Anthony Carleton)
1. Anthony Williams the first mentioned by BEB1841
  m. Mary Peere (dau of William Peere of Wadnal/Waddenhall)
  A. Peere Williams of Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey (a temp Charles II who r. 1649-1685)
m. Joanna Oyler or Oyley of Hoddesdon (d before 22.03.1705, "a lady of good family in Holland")
  i. William Peere Williams of Chichester (Sussex) & Broxbourne (Hertfordshire) (d 10.06.1736, of Gray's Inn)
m. Anne Hutchins (d 19.10.1724, dau/coheir of Sir George Hutchins)
  a. Sir Hutchins Williams of Clapton (Northamptonshire) & (Greyfriars in) Chichester, 1st Bart (b c1701, d 04.11.1758) this line from BEB1841 & TCB
  m. (1726) Judith Booth (d 06.06.1754, dau/heir of James Booth of Theobalds)
  (1) Sir William Peer Williams of Clapton & Chichester, 2nd Bart (b c1730, d unm 27.04.1761, MP)
  (2) Sir Booth William of Clapton & Chichester, 3rd Bart, Sheriff of Northamptonshire (b c1735, dsp 02.02.1784)
  m. (18.05.1763) Anne Fonnereau (b 08.07.1731, d 08.1799, dau of Claudius Fonnereau of Christchurch Park by Anne, dau of Rev. William Bunbury of Catworthy)
  (3) Ann Williams, heiress of Greyfriars (Chichester)
  m. (04.02/09.1758) Rev. William Fonnereau of Munden
b. Frederick Williams (rector of Peakirk, Northamptonshire) d 1747) this line from BLG1952
  m. (1737) Mary Clavering (dau of Robert Clavering, Bishop of Peterborough)
  (1) William Peere Williams, later Williams-Freeman (b 12.12.1741, d 10.02.1832, Admiral)
  m. (20.06.1771) Henrietta Wills
  (A) William Peere Williams, later Williams-Freeman of Fawley Court, Buckinghamshire (b 19.09.1782, d 18.07.1830) had issue
  m. (02.03.1811) Frances Dorothea Blencowe (d 04.08.1881, dau of Robert Wills Blencowe of of Hayes Park, m2. Gen. Sir George Napier)
  (B)+ other issue - William Peere (d 15.05.1776), Frederick Charles (b 17.03.1781, d 01.06.1799), Anne Eliza (d young)
  (2) Robert Williams (b 26.05.1745, Major) had issue
  m. (28.08.1773) Anne Leigh (dau of Thomas Leigh of Ivor, sister of Sir Thomas, 1st Bart)
  (3) Elizabeth Williams
  m. (26.12.1768) Thomas Mitchell of Nafferton
  (4) Mary Williams
m. (12.11.1768) Christopher Nesham of Houghton-le-Spring
  (5)+ other issue (d infant)
  c. William Peere Williams of Cadleigh, Devon (b c1703, d 1766)
  m. (1726) Elizabeth Seignoret (d 1792, 'dau/coheir of Pierre Seignoret of Greenwich & Vevay', "a French lady")
  (1) Elizabeth Williams (d 1827)
  m. (22.06.1771) Thomas (Graves), 1st Baron Graves
  (2) Anne Williams (d 02.12.1787)
  m. (c1770) Sir Richard Sutton, 1st Bart of Norwood Park (d 10.01.1802)
  (3)+ other issue (d young)
  d. Anne Williams (d 31.05.1782)
  m1. (18.06.1726) Sir William Drake, 6th Bart of Ash (d 21.10.1733)
  m2. George Speke of White Lackington
  e. Louisa (or Mary) Williams (d 15.01.1777)
  m. Sir Robert Hamilton, 4th Bart (Colonel)
  f.+ other issue including George
  ii.+ other issue
2.+ other issue

Main source(s):
(1) For upper section (uploaded 06.06.08) : Maddison's Lincolnshire Pedigrees (1906, 'Williams of Denton', p1082+) with some support from BLG1952 ('William-Freeman formerly of Clapton)
(2) For lower section (uploaded 10.04.17) : BLG1952 ('Williams-Freeman formerly of Clapton'), BEB1841 ('Williams of Clapton'), TCB (vol 5, 'Williams of Clapton', p94+)
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