Show r b rr r l I T k K S Sp p o 1 1 0 DWY y r riI rr J r I I iI 4 P 3 Os I 1 j Ij I R I I Iii BY ELEANOR LEXINGTON Without Interesting traditions family fam faro ily lIy hl histories would be prosaic reading rendIng The tradition regarding the Williams fa family sly ha has to do with Its descent fromM from M I chief of one of or the fifteen tribes of or North orth Wales Vales In hu the ninth c The pros and cons com of the theory arc are about evenly distributed and amI perhaps It J Js Is wj wise e c to waste no time in ar argument but merely to remark that was alt also o the progenitor tor of or the royal house of ot Tudor rudol and an anto to accept him as the founder of th the house of ot Williams One Ono of tho fan faut- faut lI s at any rate would be in goo good company compan was doubtless called callec gwilym or guard gURId or sentinel th the word word being derived from the tho ol old Briton or Cambrian wor word ord Sw to watch This accounts for 01 the thc family when we have disposed of or the Williams o of Wales ales or settled the derl ion aHon of oC the thc name we wo have perhaps o sane hone down to the loot of the tho matter Jo Wo find tied Williams In Sri Germany where the name appears as n a compound of oC Will HI and Helm mean- mean Iyer helmet of or resolution I. I 14 19 nn rut old German form Olm The Dutch mane nunc In Ix the Danish t tin Bohemian Vilem tho Norde I VII- VII tho the French Drench Will- Will n. Villeman and the Italian an Gu the llio Portuguese UCHO the tho Greek Greck os nn and The rho great groat seal scalar of William m mantho tho the Nor Nor- 01 n reads 18 bul but the form occurs most frequently on c ns ns ns I p being an old form of or w v. Since the Conquerors Conqueror's day William illiam hURl has hUR ber l been Nm ii a name in fu England and am uy Book Bool records sixty eight o othis or of orthis this family Fifteen out of every hun hun- died diel d Englishmen were William o or Williams during the fourteenth an and fifteenth centuries an and It Is never ne safe sarf t to say 1 nn anything thing In mixed company compan aS the family In Wales ales or 01 Eng Eng- land lahd There is a stOl story that two of th the knights o of Hc n. n Sh Sit- S St John and Sir William Imam lIam Fitz on on gave a n feast ft-ast la t in the great chamber and nod the guests acre cro all Williams and andaU andu u uH aU knights all and rd one OIW hun bun lh and unel That was an n ago age c when form of or spellIng spell spell- ing One distinguished member of the family was Oliver Oll Cromwell Ills His ancestor four times removed was Morgan Williams or 01 Morgan Ap Williams Will Will- lams iams a Welshman of oC considerable property whose father William Ap hel held a t position of honor in the thc house of the Duke of De Bedford ford Morgan Williams married a sister of Lord Thomas Cromwell afterward Earl of Essex and his descendants assumed assumed assumed as as- as- as the name of Cromwell rl Ci lo has it Cromwell alias Will Will- lams iams It Is also stated by one authority au aU- that Cromwell traced hi hIs genealogy back to Richard Williams who assumed the name of Cromwell from his maternal uncle Thomas Cromwell Secretary of State to Hem Henry VIII and through William Ap Yovai Yovan back to tho batons barons of true tile el eleventh century Roger Williams born In Wales founder of Rhode Island Illand was a friend and contemporary of Cromwell some I say ay 1 a relative Both were born 1599 The Thc Pilgrim ancestor was Robert Williams 11 8 who ho came to America with hIs r wife Elizabeth Stratton in 11 the theRose Rose nose 1625 and helped to found the town own of Roxbury glass ln Tho The following follow follow- ing ng year Cal Richard Williams 11 IIams an and wife Frances Dances were wele living at nt Taunton Mass lass ho he Is called the tho father Cather of or the I town own Ho lIe was born bom in to Gloucester I to Il England The records s give S1 Robert Williams two wo wives the wives the second one Martha Murtha Strong Strong Strong- four children ren and coat coat- armor armol His Isis will disposes es of considerable considerable consider consider- able ahle property I To m my son Stephen I S give Se e more mote than han to my other children because he has lived cil with me Ine and been more helpful and comfortable to me The Williams have always been true to their Hag flag in war Call to arms aims aroused their lighting fighting blood The They were in the ranks rank they were ers drummers rummer majors drum ensi ensigns ns surgeons ons quartermasters sergeants captains corporals colonels lieuten- lieuten ants adjutants majors generals brigadier generals JOM Joseph Josoph Ih Wan Warren en who fell tell at Bunko I Hill HilLa was wab fifth in descent from Robert Williams pilgrim General Ott OUe Williams was a confidant ant of or as tons ton's William Williams also a lineal descendant of or Robert Hobert was ft n member of con congress ress 1776 and a l signer from Crom Connecticut The Tho following story ston Is tol told of or him him- If It success should crown the arms said Mr 11 Williams I f shall shaH be hung for I have done ono one thing thins they will never pardon I have signed igne the Declaration of or Independence One member of or the tho council observed ed that he himself should be exempt from Crom the gallows JaJo for he had never written anything against the British h govern govern- ment To this Mr 11 Williams replied his eyes ees kindling Then sir you OU deserve to be hung for not having done dono your duty A county In Ohio Is named for David Williams one of the captors of or Andre In commemoration o of the event Colonel Jonathan Williams was with Franklin at the French court cOUlt and It was his father who was vas chairman chairman chair chair- man of or orthe the meeting which voted vote to throw the tea tet into Boston harbor harbol Castle Williams on Go Governors Island New York harbor was built and named named named nam nam- ed b by Colonel Jonathan as us well as ns Ca Castle tle Garden All colonial wars wan had their representatives e and descendants have no trouble In estul establishing eligibility to much coveted co membership with the Society of Colonial Wars Wait tn nel l' l Ephraim Williams of Massachusetts Massachusetts Mas Mas- born 1716 fell in hu battle Lake Lae whore his bod near George body rests o He was the founder of or a free school at ot which has hus become become become be be- come the me present college e. e The Thc of coat reproduced Is 18 sable a lion rampant argent armed and languid gules The rhe lion Is one ono o of the most valued of heraldic charges Crest a n fighting cock symbol cock symbol o of wa watchfulness I ness Motto Y Motto Y Dw Dwy Y F dd d- d What God Will Be Ile The sJ side e motto I Is Occa- Occa Ratch atch Watch Your Opportunity J Is the al' al arms ns of the Williams of Vales and Norfolk England Ingland and was waR borne orne by the pilgrim Robert Williams of oC f Roxbury Heraldic Heraldic- charges borne bOIno b by different I branches Branches o of the tho famil family are ore the stag fox ox greyhound hound wolf boar hoi horse so eagle agle ea le dragon and griffin Traveling through Wales alef the coat coal arms of which Is IN herewith reproduced Is s found b blazoned In 01 old 1 records records- He lIc careth a sable sable a 11 lion oh rampant rampant rampant-arg- aig- aig and Cat armed and languid gules meets you OU at nt ever every turn cut in stone ton monuments engraved upon in mural ural tablets blet In churches churche and upon brass plates on pew doors |