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John William's, the great-grandfather of the subject of this biographical sketch, born in 1670, was a resident of Merineth, in Wales. While yet in his minority he associated himself with a land company, where, by warrant dated 13th of Tenth Month, 1690. William Markham, Robert Turner and John Goodson surveyed five thousand acres of "Welsh Tract," part of Merion, of liberty lands, to John Thomas, John Williams and others. He also invested at later periods largely in lands in Cheltenham and Bristol townships, as well as in other sections of the new country. The same John Williams married Ellen Klincken on the 3d of Sixth Month, 1696, at the place of religious meetings of Friends, in Germantown. Ellen was the daughter of Arents Klincken, who came from Dalem, near Creyfelt, in Holland, to this country in 1683, having known William Penn in Holland.

Birth	17 May 1671	Bettws, Carmarthenshire, Wales
Marriage	3 Jun 1696	Germantown, PA - Eleanor Klincken
Event	1704	Germantown, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Death	14 Jun 1740	Merion, Pennsylvania

Spouse	Eleanor Klincken (1670 - 1736)
Child	Mary Williams (1697 - 1769)
Child	Ann Williams (1698 - 1773)
Child	Hugh Williams (1700 - )
Child	Susanna Williams (1701 - )
Child	Hannah Williams (1702 - 1742)
Child	John Williams (1705 - 1736)
Child	Arret Williams (1708 - )
Child	Anthony Williams (1711 - 1793)

Father	William Ap John (1621 - 1691)
Mother	Ann Reynold (1648 - )
Sibling	Alice Williams ( - )
Sibling	Robert Williams (1647 - 1734)

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