I have two Williams lines. Here's the first, of which I am a direct descendent: Generation No. 1 1. JAMES1 WILLIAMS was born 1796 in Georgia or North Carolina or Virginia1, and died 1857 in Hopkins County, Texas1. He married LEVINIA (LAURA LAVINA) WILSON September 04, 1834 in Clark County, Arkansas2, daughter of JOHN WILSON and SALLY BYRD. She was born May 30, 1813 in Missouri or Arkansas3, and died June 02, 1888 in Hopkins County, Texas3. Children of JAMES WILLIAMS and LEVINIA WILSON are: 2. i. WILLIAM MARTIN2 WILLIAMS, b. November 11, 1839, Arkansas; d. June 20, 1908, Hopkins County, Texas. 3. ii. MALONY WILLIAMS, b. Abt. 1836, Arkansas. 4. iii. JOHN WILLIAMS, b. February 10, 1838, Clark (Pike) County, Arkansas. iv. EDMOND OR EDWARD C WILLIAMS4, b. Abt. 1842, Arkansas; d. Texas; m. HORRANCE VADEN5, December 23, 1869, Hopkins County, Texas5. v. ANNA OR AMY WILLIAMS, b. Abt. 1844, Arkansas; d. Bef. 1860, Texas. vi. EVELINE WILLIAMS, b. Abt. 1847, Arkansas; d. Bef. 1860, Texas. vii. AMOS WILLIAMS, b. Abt. 1850, Texas; d. Bef. 1860, Texas. viii. EMILY JANE WILLIAMS6, b. Abt. 1851, Texas; m. WILLIAM E (OR C) BURNS7, June 18, 1870, Hopkins County, Texas8. Generation No. 2 2. WILLIAM MARTIN2 WILLIAMS (JAMES1) was born November 11, 1839 in Arkansas, and died June 20, 1908 in Hopkins County, Texas. He married JULIA VICTORIA STEWART October 20, 1868 in Hunt County, Texas, daughter of JOHN STEWART and ELENOR (STEWART). She was born September 19, 1843 in Texas, and died May 09, 1910 in Hopkins County, Texas. Children of WILLIAM WILLIAMS and JULIA STEWART are: 5. i. ELEANOR3 WILLIAMS, b. February 1876, Hopkins County, Texas; d. September 17, 1909, Hopkins County, Texas?. ii. STEPHEN WILLIAMS, b. September 1869, Texas; d. December 08, 1915, San Angelo, Texas; m. SARRAH G (WILLIAMS)9; b. 1868; d. 1902. 6. iii. JAMES FRANKLIN WILLIAMS, b. September 12, 1871, Texas; d. February 18, 1916, Omaha, Nebraska. 7. iv. JOHN S WILLIAMS, b. October 07, 1873, Texas; d. November 07, 1900. v. WILLIAM MARTIN WILLIAMS, b. January 1879, Texas. 8. vi. DOCIA V WILLIAMS, b. August 17, 1880, Texas; d. September 14, 1910, Ridgeway, Hopkins County, Texas. vii. GRACIE WILLIAMS, b. October 1886, Texas; m. E E FOWLER, Aft. 1910. 3. MALONY2 WILLIAMS (JAMES1) was born Abt. 1836 in Arkansas. She married (1) WILLIAM T HAZLEWOOD March 11, 1855 in Cass County, Texas. He was born in Alabama. She married (2) THOMAS H B BURNS10 August 27, 1863 in Hopkins County, Texas, son of UNKNOWN BURNS and UNKNOWN (BURNS). He was born 1842 in Missouri. Child of MALONY WILLIAMS and WILLIAM HAZLEWOOD is: i. JAMES3 HAZLEWOOD, b. 1856, Texas; m. NANCY A LILLY11, September 28, 187311. Children of MALONY WILLIAMS and THOMAS BURNS are: ii. THOMAS3 BURNS, b. 1864. iii. JOHN N BURNS, b. 1866. iv. RICHARD N BURNS, b. 1869. v. LEINA BURNS, b. 1871. vi. WILLIAM R BURNS, b. 1876. 4. JOHN2 WILLIAMS (JAMES1) was born February 10, 1838 in Clark (Pike) County, Arkansas12. He married (1) LEONA A BITTICK13 January 1862 in Hopkins County, Texas13, daughter of FRANCIS BITTICK. She was born 1836 in Pike County, Arkansas, and died June 29, 1878. He married (2) EMMA V FINLEY13 November 24, 1878 in Texas. She was born 1856 in Tennessee. Children of JOHN WILLIAMS and LEONA BITTICK are: i. JOHN M B3 WILLIAMS13, b. Abt. 1863, Texas. ii. SAMUEL WILLIAMS13, b. Abt. 1865, Texas. iii. DICK WILLIAMS13, b. Abt. 1867, Texas. Generation No. 3 5. ELEANOR3 WILLIAMS (WILLIAM MARTIN2, JAMES1) was born February 1876 in Hopkins County, Texas, and died September 17, 1909 in Hopkins County, Texas?. She married JOEL BEELER GLOSUP, JR. July 12, 1894 in Hopkins County, Texas, son of JOEL GLOSSUP and JULIAN SHELTON. He was born March 05, 1863 in Florence, Lauderdale County, Alabama, and died November 11, 1947 in Dallas, Texas. Children of ELEANOR WILLIAMS and JOEL GLOSUP are: 9. i. WILLIAM DERYL4 GLOSUP, b. March 19, 1901, Sulphur Springs, Hopkins Co. TEXAS; d. May 04, 1976, DALLAS, TEXAS. ii. MARY ETHEL GLOSUP, b. June 30, 189514; d. May 14, 191714; m. L L CAMPBELL15, September 15, 1913, Hopkins County, Texas15. 10. iii. JOHN FRANKLIN GLOSUP, b. November 17, 1896, Hopkins County, Texas; d. October 12, 1969, Solano, California. iv. LEE HORACE GLOSUP, b. February 22, 1903, Hopkins County, Texas; d. 1951, West Texas? or Albuquerque, NM; m. (1) VIRGINIA ROSE COWAN, Abt. 1934; b. 1907; d. 1935, Hopkins County, Texas; m. (2) ALLIE CONDER, January 24, 1939, Hopkins County, Texas15. v. JULIA CLORENA GLOSUP, b. 1905; d. 1915, Hopkins County, Texas. 11. vi. GRACE R GLOSUP, b. September 1909. 6. JAMES FRANKLIN3 WILLIAMS (WILLIAM MARTIN2, JAMES1) was born September 12, 1871 in Texas16, and died February 18, 1916 in Omaha, Nebraska. He married IDA ADELINE SLOAN17, daughter of JOHN SLOAN and SERENIA RICHARDSON. She was born December 02, 1874 in Hopkins County, Texas18, and died May 04, 1967. Children of JAMES WILLIAMS and IDA SLOAN are: i. GRACE4 WILLIAMS19, b. Abt. 1900. ii. MAMIEJANE KIPPLE WILLIAMS, b. May 31, 1901, Beaumont, Texas; d. May 29, 2000, La Mesa, Los Angeles County, California; m. NEAL TERPENING; b. September 01, 1901, Warren, Alexis, Illinois20; d. April 24, 1970, San Diego, California. iii. ROXY L WILLIAMS21, b. June 19, 189821; d. May 04, 1900. iv. CLARA DRUE WILLIAMS21, b. June 17, 1894; d. May 16, 1899. 7. JOHN S3 WILLIAMS (WILLIAM MARTIN2, JAMES1) was born October 07, 1873 in Texas22, and died November 07, 190022. Children of JOHN S WILLIAMS are: i. EARNEST4 WILLIAMS23. ii. GLADIS WILLIAMS23. 8. DOCIA V3 WILLIAMS (WILLIAM MARTIN2, JAMES1) was born August 17, 1880 in Texas, and died September 14, 1910 in Ridgeway, Hopkins County, Texas24. She married LOUIS LAMAR TURBYFILL25 1898, son of THEODORE TURBYFILL and THERESA BAGWELL. He was born May 05, 1875 in Greenville County, South Carolina, and died June 22, 1962. Children of DOCIA WILLIAMS and LOUIS TURBYFILL are: 12. i. LEWIS THURSTON4 TURBYFILL, b. July 14, 1898, Texas; d. January 30, 1963. 13. ii. JULIA THERESA TURBYFILL, b. November 02, 1902, Texas; d. Fort Ogletohorpe, Georgia. 14. iii. VIOLA TURBYFILL, b. September 11, 1904, Texas; d. 1981, Lafayette, Georgia. 15. iv. MORRIS S TURBYFILL, b. September 22, 1906, Texas; d. June 18, 1958. 16. v. THEODORE M TURBYFILL, b. February 12, 1910, Texas; d. March 02, 1966, Chattanooga, Tennessee. I would love to find someone who has information on any of these people, but especially on James Williams. Shannon Abbott Durley, England