Individual Details
Mary Rebecca WILLIAMS
(3 Jun 1795 - 17 Dec 1858)
'Mary, was a clever and talented girl but wild and whimsical. She went out as a governess and made plenty of money, out of which she was always cheated by some pretended saint. She went to America and there was bitten with a desire to convert the Jews and to be in Palestine at the time of the 'Second coming of Christ', which she believed to be in 1860 or thereabouts, but she was again cheated out of all she had by a baptised Jew in whom she believed, and died in Bethlehem, I believe in great distress.' - From E.S. Williams autobiography.
She was present as a witness to her brother Sydney's marriage to Caroline Heath in April 1814 at Beeston, Nottingham.
She was present as a witness to her brother Sydney's marriage to Caroline Heath in April 1814 at Beeston, Nottingham.
Events
| Birth | 3 Jun 1795 | Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England | |||
| Death | 17 Dec 1858 | Bethlehem, Palestine |  | ||
| Known as | Rebecca |
Families
| Father | Thomas (2) WILLIAMS (1753 - 1804) |
| Mother | Mary MARSH (1756 - 1831) |
| Sibling | Reverend Henry WILLIAMS (1792 - 1867) |
| Sibling | Mary WILLIAMS (1784 - 1786) |
| Sibling | Thomas Sydney WILLIAMS (1786 - 1869) |
| Sibling | Lydia (2) WILLIAMS (1788 - 1859) |
| Sibling | John WILLIAMS (1789 - 1855) |
| Sibling | Joseph WILLIAMS (1793 - 1799) |
| Sibling | Catherine WILLIAMS (1797 - 1881) |
| Sibling | William WILLIAMS (1800 - 1878) |
Notes
Death
One family source says she died in great distress in Bethlehem.Another family source says that she died of cholera in Jaffa, where she was helping missionaries and teaching children.