Individual Details
Rev. William WILLIAMS
(Abt 1777 - Jul 1848)
William Williams names two daughters in his will: Margaret Durbin and Mary Jones. He had one daughter born 1811 to 1815 and one daughter born 1821 to 1825 according to the 1830 census. Margaret Durbin is the first daughter named in his will and Mary Jones is the second daughter named in his will but it is not known if he named his children in the order of their births. Mary Jones' husband was Thomas John Jones according to a biographical article for William Williams' son, William Williams. There is no Margaret Durbin and there is no Thomas Jones with a wife named Mary in the Cambria County census records in 1850 and and later. There was a Margaret Durbin living next to William Williams in the 1840 census but it is not known if this household was related to him since the oldest female in the household (50 thru 59) was too old to be his daughter. It is assumed that there was some connection since his daughter was also named Durbin.
Deed records in Cambria County need checked since he left his daughter Mary Jones 30 acres in Jackson Township in his will. Deeds may give more information to help to determine her identity.
Events
| Birth | Abt 1777 | Wales |  | ||
| Marriage | 2 Mar 1798 | Llanllechid, Caernarvonshire, Wales - Joned ROWLAND | | ||
| Immigration | 1801 | United States | |||
| Census | 1810 | Cambria Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania | | ||
| Census | 1820 | Cambria Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania | | ||
| Census | 1830 | Cambria Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania | | ||
| Census | 1840 | Cambria Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania | | ||
| Death | Jul 1848 | Cambria County, Pennsylvania | | ||
| Burial | 1848 | Bethel Baptist Church cemetery, Cambria County, Pennsylvania | | ||
| Probate | 12 Aug 1848 | Cambria County, Pennsylvania | |
Families
| Spouse | Joned ROWLAND (1778 - 1834) |
| Child | Thomas WILLIAMS (1803 - 1894) |
| Child | Elias WILLIAMS ( - ) |
| Child | William WILLIAMS (1808 - 1891) |
| Child | Margaret WILLIAMS ( - ) |
| Child | Benjamin WILLIAMS (1813 - 1897) |
| Child | Iola WILLIAMS ( - ) |
| Child | Dan W. WILLIAMS (1819 - 1852) |
| Child | Mary WILLIAMS ( - ) |
Endnotes
1. Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery (Blacklick Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania), Rev. W. Williams tombstone; read and photographed by Nancy Fowler, 10 June 2012.
2. Samuel T. Wiley, editor, Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Cambria County , Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: The Union Publishing Company, 1896; reprint, Spartanburg, South Carolina: The Reprint Company, 1980), 403-404.
3. Letter from Martha H. Jones, () to Nancy Levitz (currently Nancy Fowler), postmarked 16 October 1985; held in 2012 by Nancy Fowler (formerly Nancy Comer), , Cary, North Carolina 27519. Martha Jones was a great great granddaugher of Ellis Rowland and Catharine Hughes.
4. Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery (Blacklick Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania), Rev. W. Williams tombstone; read and photographed by Nancy Fowler, 10 June 2012.
5. 1810 U.S. census, Cambria County, Pennylvania, population schedule, Cambria Township, page 5, William Williams; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 16 May 2017); from National Archives microfilm M252, roll 46.
6. 1820 U.S. census, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Cambria Township, page 170, William Williams (West); digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 16 May 2017); from National Archives microfilm M33, roll 98.
7. 1830 U.S. census, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Cambria Township, page 186, William W. Williams; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 16 May 2017); from National Archives microfilm M19, roll 161.
8. 1840 U.S. census, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Cambria Township, page 29, William Williams; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 16 May 2017); from National Archives microfilm M704, roll 451.
9. Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery (Blacklick Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania), Rev. W. Williams tombstone; read and photographed by Nancy Fowler, 10 June 2012.
10. Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery (Blacklick Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania), Rev. W. Williams tombstone; read and photographed by Nancy Fowler, 10 June 2012.
11. Cambria County, Pennsylvania, Cambria County Will Books, 6: 528-529, Will of William Williams , written 16 January 1847; probated 12 August 1848; recorded 29 December 1904 ; Cambria County Courthouse, Ebensburg, Pennsylvania.