Individual Details

Thomas (2) WILLIAMS

(27 May 1753 - 6 Jan 1804)

Events

Birth27 May 1753Gosport, Hampshire, England
Marriage17 Apr 1783Holy Trinity Church,, Gosport, Hampshire, England - Mary MARSH
Civic Duties1803Sheriff of Nottingham - Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England
Illness1803Typhus
Death6 Jan 1804Sneiton, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England
BurialAft 6 Jan 1804Sneiton, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England
OccupationHosier

Families

SpouseMary MARSH (1756 - 1831)
ChildReverend Henry WILLIAMS (1792 - 1867)
ChildMary WILLIAMS (1784 - 1786)
ChildThomas Sydney WILLIAMS (1786 - 1869)
ChildLydia (2) WILLIAMS (1788 - 1859)
ChildJohn WILLIAMS (1789 - 1855)
ChildJoseph WILLIAMS (1793 - 1799)
ChildMary Rebecca WILLIAMS (1795 - 1858)
ChildCatherine WILLIAMS (1797 - 1881)
ChildWilliam WILLIAMS (1800 - 1878)
FatherReverend Thomas WILLIAMS (1724 - 1770)
MotherRebecca ISGAR (1713 - 1799)
SiblingRebecca WILLIAMS (1751 - 1835)
SiblingLydia WILLIAMS (1757 - )

Notes

Civic Duties

Thomas received recognition as a Burgess of Nottingham in 1796 and as a Sheriff of Nottingham in 1803.

Death

Died of typhus.

Occupation

Thomas was a supplier of uniforms to the Royal Navy in Gosport. In 1794 Thomas and Mary and their six children moved to Nottingham, then the thriving centre of the East Midlands industrial revolution. Thomas was listed in the Nottingham trade directories as a hosier. The industry was based on William Lee's stocking frame knitting machine. The business was successful. However the prosperity that had been such a feature of the hosiery industry in the second half of the 18th century ended. In 1804 when Thomas died of typhus at the age of 50, Mary was left with a heavily mortgaged business with five sons and three daughters to look after.