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NOTE THAT AS AT 14 OCTOBER 2007 THIS PAGE IS A RESEARCH GUIDE ONLY.
FULL AND CORRECT DETAILS OF THE WILLIAMS FAMILY WILL BE DISPLAYED HERE IN DUE COURSE.
1 William WILLIAMS
Born: Unknown
Occupation: Carpenter & Joiner, Bath and Bristol, and House Carpenter and Victualler of Limehouse Causeway, Middlesex.
"Having means, he moved to London somewhere about the latter part of the 1700s. He invested in land and property in Spreadeagle Street, St. Annes, Limehouse. He built the Spreadeagle Hotel at the corner of Limehouse Causeway and Spreadeagle Street. It was a three storied building with porticos in each street. His initials, with the date of erection of the building, are on the uppermost corner
of the building facing the Limehouse Causeway. He was an officer of the Volunteers at the time that Napoleon threatened invasion of England. Of an easy and trusting nature he got involved, and his daughter (Mrs. HOLMES) became the landlady of the Hotel." (Source: Transcript of Williams family letter held by Darryl Coote, Melbourne)
+ Ann UNKNOWN
Married: Unknown
2 Ann WILLIAMS
Baptised: 13 Nov 1785, St Anne, Limehouse, Middlesex, aged 26 days.
Father's Occupation 1785: Carpenter, Limehouse Causway.
2 Sophia WILLIAMS
Baptised: 15 June 1788, St Anne, Limehouse, Middlesex, aged 21 days.
Father's Occupation 1788: House Carpenter.
2 Isaac WILLIAMS
Baptised: 11 Sep 1790, St Anne, Limehouse, Middlesex, aged 22 days.
Father's Occupation 1790: Carpenter.
Died: Unknown
2 Elizabeth WILLIAMS
Baptised: 6 Nov 1791, St Anne, Limehouse, Middlesex, aged 26 days.
Father's Occupation 1791: House Carpenter.
2 William WILLIAMS
Born: 5 Jun 1794, Limehouse, Causeway, England (Source: Mike Power, Web. Unconfirmed.)
Baptised: 29 June 1794, St Anne, Limehouse, Middlesex, aged 24 days.
Father's Occupation 1794: Carpenter.
Declared Bankrupt: Whereas a Commission of Bankrupt is awarded and issued forth against William Williams, of Limehouse Causeway, in the County of Middlesex, Victualler, Dealer and Chapman, and he being declared a Bankrupt is hereby required to surrender himself to the Commissioners in the said Commission named, or the major part of them, on the 13th and 20th days of February instant, and on the 23rd
day of March next, at Eleven of the Clock in the Forenoon on each day, at Guildhall, London, and make a full Discovery and Disclosure of his Estate and Effects; when and where the Creditors are to come prepared to prove their Debts, and at the Second Sitting to chuse Assignees, and at the Last Sitting the said Bankrupt is required to finish his Examination, and the Creditors are to assent to or dissent
from the allowance of his Certificates. All persons indebted to the said Bankrupt, or that have any of his effects, are not to pay or deliver the same but to whom the Commissioners shall appoint, but give notice to Messrs. Loxley and Son, Solicitors, Cheapside. (Source: London Gazette - 10 February 1816. Page 13)
Died: 18 Nov 1851, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (Source: Mike Power, Web. Unconfirmed.)
Emigrated to Australia in 1829.
"Left London in November 1829, was one of the first Swan River settlers in Western Australia. With no prospects there he left for Hobart Town in the ship "Eliza". On his arrival he wrote to Mrs. Williams to come out with the family. She came, bringing the rest of the family on the ship "Medway". Some of those children were Joseph, Mortimer, Maria and Henry." (Source: Transcript of Williams family
letter held by Darryl Coote, Melbourne)
+ Sarah Anne HAWKINS
Baptised: 2 Aug 1794, St Anne, Limehouse, Middlesex, aged 25 days.
Father's Occupation 1794: Shipwright.
Died: 4 Dec 1837, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (Source: Mike Power, Web. Unconfirmed.)
Note: Died Novbr 30th 1837 at Kangaroo Point & buried at Clarence Plains in Tasmania aged 43 years. (Source: Williams family notes written in The Athenaeum Journal of Literature 1848)
Father: Joseph HAWKINS, Shipbuilder, of Brunswick St., Poplar, near Blackwall.
Mother: Sarah (Source: IGI. Submitted. Unconfirmed.)
Married: 18 Feb 1816, St Mary's, Whitechapel, London, England, by Banns (both signed)
Marriage Witnesses: William Hallett, Ann Hallett
Emigrated to Australia in 1830.
3 William Hawkins WILLIAMS
Born: 25 Dec 1816
Baptised: 27 Apr 1817, St Anne, Limehouse, Middlesex
Father's Occupation 1817: Boat Builder
Died: 1903
Emigrated to Australia in 1830, aged 13 years.
3 Sarah WILLIAMS
Born: 26 Feb 1819
Baptised: 21 Mar 1819, All Saints, Poplar, Middlesex
Father's Occupation 1819: Boatbuilder
Died: Decbr 11th (?) 1820 (Source: Williams family notes written in The Athenaeum Journal of Literature 1848)
3 Maria Anne WILLIAMS
Born: 13 May 1821
Baptised: 4 Nov 1821, St Anne, Limehouse, Middlesex
Father's Occupation 1819: Shipwright
Emigrated to Australia in 1830.
3 Joseph WILLIAMS
Born: Not recorded
Baptised: 5 Sep 1824, All Saints, Poplar, Middlesex
Father's Occupation 1824: Shipwright
Emigrated to Australia in 1830.
Note: Died at sea by the loss of his vessel with all hands on board on Morton Island Queensland in 186_ (Source: Williams family notes written in The Athenaeum Journal of Literature 1848)
3 Henry WILLIAMS
Born: 22 Jan 1826
Baptised: 17 May 1829, All Saints, Poplar, Middlesex
Father's Occupation 1829: Boatbuilder
Died: 17 Nov 1878, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (Source: Mike Power, Web. Unconfirmed.)
"Henry was a ship's captain and was involved in the trade between Hobart and the east coast ports of Australia. He commanded two vessels: the "Welcome" and the "Kestral", and at the time of his death was part owner of a ship. He was a fairly enterprising individual. As a young man he went digging in the Californian goldfields. He was involved in cattle breeding in Tasmania and prior to his death
he owned a large store in Hobart. On his death, the flags of the ships in the port of Hobart were flown at half-mast as a mark of respect for him." (Source: Mike Power, Web. Unconfirmed.)
Emigrated to Australia in 1830.
+ Elizabeth SAWYER (Source: Mike Power, Web. Unconfirmed.)
Born: Aug 1834, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (Source: Mike Power, Web. Unconfirmed.)
Married: 15 Apr 1856, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (Source: Mike Power, Web. Unconfirmed.)
Died: 10 Oct 1918, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (Source: Mike Power, Web. Unconfirmed.)
4 Sarah Jane WILLIAMS
Born: March 19th 1857 (Source: Williams family notes written in The Athenaeum Journal of Literature 1848)
4 Arthur William WILLIAMS
Born: August 17th 1858 (Source: Williams family notes written in The Athenaeum Journal of Literature 1848)
4 Walter Washington WILLIAMS
Born: May 17th 1860 (Source: Williams family notes written in The Athenaeum Journal of Literature 1848)
4 Alice Elizabeth WILLIAMS
Born: April 13th 1862 (Source: Williams family notes written in The Athenaeum Journal of Literature 1848)
4 Percy Hawkins WILLIAMS
Born: Sept 25th 1864 (Source: Williams family notes written in The Athenaeum Journal of Literature 1848)
4 Helena WILLIAMS
Born: Octobr 24th 1866 (Source: Williams family notes written in The Athenaeum Journal of Literature 1848)
4 Francis Henry WILLIAMS
Born: 14 Jan 1869 (Source: IGI)
4 Marian Maud WILLIAMS
Born: 30 Oct 1871 (Source: IGI)
4 Ide Kate WILLIAMS
Born: 4 Sep 1873 (Source: IGI)
3 Eliza WILLIAMS
Born: 25 May 1828
Baptised: 17 May 1829, All Saints, Poplar, Middlesex
Father's Occupation 1829: Boatbuilder
+ Unknown HAYES (Source: Williams family notes written in The Athenaeum Journal of Literature 1848)
3 Thomas WILLIAMS
Born: Not recorded
Baptised: 16 May 1830, All Saints, Poplar, Middlesex
Father's Occupation 1830: Boatbuilder
+ Eliza Phipps (1st)
Married: 24 Jun 1857, Tasmania, Australia (Source: IGI)
Died: Unknown
+ Sarah ?????? (2nd)
3 Sarah WILLIAMS
Born: 11 June 1833
Baptised: 27 Apr 1836, All Saints, Poplar, Middlesex
Father's Occupation 1836: Shipwright
3 Elizabeth WILLIAMS
Born: 3 Apr 1836
Baptised: 27 Apr 1836, All Saints, Poplar, Middlesex
Father's Occupation 1836: Shipwright
2 Isaac WILLIAMS
Born: Unknown
Buried: 19 May 1797, St Anne, Limehouse, Middlesex, aged 9 months.
Father's Occupation 1797: Victualler
2 Mary WILLIAMS
Baptised: 25 Mar 1798, St Anne, Limehouse, Middlesex, aged 26 days.
Father's Occupation 1798: Victualler, Limehouse Causway.
TO BE REVIEWED:
2 Unknown WILLIAMS
+ William HOLMES (Sources: Transcript of Williams family letter held by Darryl Coote, Melbourne. Unproven ; plus The Proceedings of the Old Bailey Ref: t18161204-112.)
Note: William Holmes, Dec 1816 "I keep the sign of the Spread Eagle" (Source: The Proceedings of the Old Bailey Ref: t18161204-112.)
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