John Williams (1761 - 1830)

Born 1761 in Bodelwyddan Castle Flintshire, Wales

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret Williams — married 21 Oct 1791 in Preston, Lancashire, England

Descendants

Died 9 Oct 1830 at about age 69 in Wales

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Biography

John Williams 1st Baronet Williams of Bodelwyddan Was the son of Bennett Williams and Sarah Elizabeth Hesketh he was born in 1761 in Bodelwyddan Castle and Baptized in the Holy Trinity Church in Chester 29 January 1762

He married Margaret Williams 21st October 1791 and they had the following children.

1. John Hay Williams 9/1/1794
2. Harriet Williams 1796-1885
3. Emma Williams 1797-1889
4. Anne Williams 1798
5. Margaret Williams 1799-1880
6. Hugh Williams 1802-1876
7. Mary Elizabeth Williams 1803-1890
8. William Williams 1805-1892
9. Ellen Williams 1809-1876.

Sir John died in Flintshire 9 October 1830

Sources

• England, Select Cheshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1593-1900

Name John Williams Gender Male Baptism Date 29 Jan 1762 Baptism Place Holy Trinity, Chester, Cheshire, England Father Bennett Williams FHL Film Number 1655478 Digital Folder Number 004011836 Image Number 00202 https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NH82-HTL 10 Dec 2017

• Marriages

Name John Williams Marriage Date 21 October 1791 Spouse Margaret Williams

• Wales Deaths and Burials 1538-1975

Name Sir John Williams Death Date 9 October 1830 Death Place Flintshire Wales

Footnotes

Williams baronets-Wikipedia The Williams Baronetcy of Bodelwyddan in the County of Flintshire was created in the Baronet age of Great Britain on 24 July 1798 for John Williams. He had previously served as High Sheriff of Flintshire. Williams was the was the great-grandson of John Williams, second son of Sir William Williams. 1st Baronet.

• Notes about John (Sir) (1st Baronet of Bodelwyddan

CONTEX Administrative and Biographical history : Notable members of the Williams family of Bodelwyddan Flintshire include Sir William Williams (1634-1700), lawyer and MP for Beaumaris, Anglesey and his younger son John Williams (died 1738), who was the attorney General for Denbighshire Montgomeryshire, Chester and Flintshire. On his marriage to Catherine Owen of Orielton, John Williams inherited his father's property in Bodelwyddan and Anglesey, his third son, also John (1700-1787), was a barrister and succeeded his father as Attorney General of Chester, Flintshire, Denbighshire and Montgomeryshire, He was also deputy chief justice of Carmarthenshire and Montgomeryshire circuit and chief justice of Breckonshire. The Family is connected with the Ty Fry Estate, Pentraeth, Anglesey through Margaret Williams (1768-1835), who was the daughter of Eleanor Hughes, formerly of Plas Rhoscolyn, Anglesey and Hugh Williams of Ty Fry. The heiress of Ty Fry, Margaret Williams married John Williams of Bodelwyddan (1761-1830), who's grandfather was John Williams, chief justice of Breckonshire. He was created first Baronet of Bodelwyddan in 1798. Their eldest surviving son Sir John Hay Williams (1794-1859),of the Rhianfa Estate, Anglesey, was the second baronet of Bodelwyddan.

William and Marian Williams of Parciau, in the parish of Lianeugrad, Anglesey had a son Lawrence in 1876,who became Lieutenant-Colonel OBE and served in the South African War 1901,The First World War, 1914-1918 and World War II. With his first wife, Catherine Elizabeth Ann, he had two sons ; the eldest was Sir Reginald Lawrence Williams MBE, the seventh baronet of Bodelwyddan, born in 1900, His brother Sir Francis John Williams QC, eighth baronet, born in 1905,succeeded him. The publication Whittington families has been compiled by Philip James Wood database, Genealogy Online

Have removed Dorothy Wigley as Sir John Williams wife although records state she could be, it doesn't add up will research further

Further research

He held the office of High Sheriff of Flintshire in 1749 and was created 1st Baronet Williams of Boddelwyddan on 14 July 1798