Michelle, I am wondering if you may have already checked out the material available on your Williams family available through the "genealogies, Greaves Papers section" at the following First Families of Westfield site: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/5096/ Good luck, Jan ---------- >From: MICHELLE FERRETTI <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Subject: [NJUNION] Williams/NJ-OH-IA-CA >Date: Sun, Apr 16, 2000, 5:55 PM > > Hi, I'm new to the list. > > My ggreat grandfather was John Marsh Williams, born in NJ. In 1836, he > married Catharine Lane in Butler County, Ohio. They had the following > children: Mary Eliza Williams, HenriettaWilliams, Emma Hetfield > Williams and Francis Jane Williams. Catharine and Emma died in 1848. > John remarried Harriet Noble in 1849 in Hamilton County, Ohio, although > he resided in Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa. They had the > following children: Clara Belle Williams, Benjamin Franklin Williams, > Ella Amelia Williams (married name Bergstrom), and Edward Noble H. > Williams (my line). They moved to California in 1875. > > I believe that John Marsh Williams parents were Abraham and Elizabeth > Williams. LDS's file shows a christening for a John Marsh Williams on > Dec. 6, 1812, with those parents in the Presbyterian Church, Westfield, > Union, New Jersey. A biography of Edward Noble Williams says that his > father, John Marsh Williams, was born in New Jersey. > > If there are any connections please let me know. > > Michelle > >