Ancestors of Christopher John Augustine Morry

Living

Sex: F

Parents

Father: Living Mother: Living

Living

Sex: M

Parents

Father: Living Mother: Living

Living

Sex: M

Parents

Father: William Joseph Williams ³⁴²⁴ Mother: Living

Spouses and Children

1. Living

Col. Griffith Williams

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: Wales ¹⁴⁶³ Christening: Death: 18 Mar 1790 - Woolwich, Kent, England ⁴⁵⁴² Burial: Cause of Death:
Events
• Military: Joined British Army as Private, 1743.
• Military: Major in British Army Artillery, 1745, Carbonear, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Occupation: Farmer, Grove Farm, Quidi Vidi, 200 acres, Between 1745 and 1759, Quidi Vidi, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Interesting: Author of Pamphlet on Newfoundland Fishery, 1765, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Arrival: 1776, Canada.
• Military: Appointed to de facto rank of General in US War of independence, 1776, United States of America.
• Occupation: Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland, 1782, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Parents

Father: General George Williams ¹²⁹² ^,2688 Mother: Butler ¹²⁹²

Spouses and Children

1. *Ann Fathersall ⁴⁵⁴¹ Marriage: Cir 1771 ⁴⁵⁴¹ ^,4542 Children: 1. Ann Williams 2. Jane Williams

Notes
General:

290212 from Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online

1771-1800 (Volume IV) WILLIAMS, GRIFFITH, army officer and author; m. by 1771 Ann Fothersall, and they had three daughters; d. 18 March 1790 at Woolwich (London), England. His brother John was a merchant of St John's, Newfoundland, in 1785. Griffith Williams entered the Royal Artillery as a private in January 1743 and became a cadet at the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich the following year. His next few years are the subject of some uncertainty; according to a pamphlet he wrote later he was in Newfoundland from about 1744, but another source states that he served as an additional sub-engineer in South Carolina and Georgia from 1744 to 1749. At all events, by October 1749 Williams, now a lieutenant-fireworker of artillery, was stationed at the Newfoundland outport of Carbonear, and by 1750 he had been transferred to St John's. Rather unusually for an officer, Williams took a keen interest in the fishery and in farming; indeed, the Newfoundland historian Daniel Woodley Prowse* </009004-119.01-e.php?id_nbr=7657> considers him to have been one of the pioneers of farming on the island. By the time of his departure from the island he had received and cleared a grant at Quidi Vidi. In 1758 Williams, now a first lieutenant, was sent to Europe, and he served in the battle of Minden (Federal Republic of Germany) the following year. By 1763 he was a captain in command of a company of artillery and for two years was stationed at various London garrisons. During this time he maintained his interest in Newfoundland. He claimed to have lost over £2,000 in livestock, buildings, and crops during the French attack on the island in 1762 [see Charles-Henri-Louis d'arsac </009004-119.01-e.php?id_nbr=1737> de Ternay], and for several years he addressed memorials to the British government in an apparently futile attempt to obtain compensation. After his departure for the island in 1765 to become artillery commander there, a friend had Williams' observations on the fishery printed in a pamphlet, An account of the island of Newfoundland . . . (London, 1765). Williams served in Newfoundland for a further eight years, during which time he explored the interior of the Avalon peninsula and defended the Anglican missionary Edward Langman against charges brought by his parishioners. He and his wife received more grants of land and continued their farming. In June 1773 Williams left Newfoundland and returned to garrison duty in England. Three years later he was promoted major and sent out with the reinforcements under Burgoyne destined for Canada. Williams served throughout the campaigns of 1776 and 1777, holding de facto command of the artillery in the Burgoyne expedition until he was captured at the battle of Bemis Heights (near Schuylerville, N.Y.) on 17 Oct. 1777. Released from captivity by 1780, he served as brigade-major of the New York garrison for a time. In 1782 Williams, then a lieutenant-colonel, was sent to Gibraltar to take command of the artillery during the closing stages of the siege. In December of the same year he was promoted colonel. The following year he was appointed to command the Woolwich garrison of the Royal Artillery, a post he held until 1786 and again from July 1789 until his death. Williams' importance to Canadian history rests not on his unspectacular service as an officer, but on his pamphlet. An interesting document, it is one of the few non-official sources on Newfoundland in the 18th century. At the time of its publication the British and French governments were disputing the rights of their fishermen on the French Shore of northern Newfoundland, and Williams evidently intended his pamphlet to awaken the British public to the necessity of securing fishing rights for Britain in the region. Using some questionable and certainly unverifiable statistics, he claimed that during the years 1745 to 1752 the Newfoundland fishery had been worth £1,000,000 annually to Britain, but during the 1760s only about one-sixth of that total. This decrease Williams ascribed to the lack of adequate garrisons since 1750, which discouraged British merchants from competing with the French on the French Shore because they lacked protection in case of disputes. It is unlikely, however, that the presence of garrisons would have made much difference to the merchants, and the decline Williams noted was probably a result of the depletion of the resource following the fishery's operation at maximum capacity in the 1740s. As well, during the 1750s and 1760s the northern shore became less important to British fishermen as they began to exploit the rich Grand Banks fishery. Williams did, however, make some telling arguments against the naval governors, criticizing their negligent computation of the seasonal catch, which they often underestimated by as much as two-thirds. He also proposed interesting innovations, including the institution of a resident governor, a legal amendment that would allow fishermen to winter on the island, and a reduction in price for the equipment and food needed in the fishery. All in all, the pamphlet is a good "Account" of some aspects of 18th-century Newfoundland. Stuart R. J. Sutherland <009004-02-4-e.html> </Vol_IV_B_Eng.htm>Griffith Williams is the author of An account of the island of Newfoundland . . . (London, 1765). Cathedral of St John the Baptist (Anglican) (St John's), parish registers, 1752-1800, 1, ff.2, 4. PRO, Adm. 80/121, f.108; CO 194/12, ff.123-24, 196; 194/13, ff.31, 74, 137, 184, 207, 234; 194/14, ff.10, 28; 194/16, f.193; 194/20, f.19; 194/23, ff.325, 341; 194/28, ff.97, 118; 194/30, f.113; Prob. 11/1190, f.176. USPG, B, 6, nos. 165, 169. Gentleman's Magazine, 1790, 373. Battery records of the Royal Artillery, 1716-1859, comp. M. E. S. Laws (Woolwich, Eng., 1952), 27-52. G.B., WO, Army list, 1756-90. Officers of the Royal Regiment of Artillery, comp. John Kane (4th ed., London, 1900), 4, 4a, 169. J. P. Baxter, The British invasion from the north: the campaigns of generals Carleton and Burgoyne from Canada, 1776-1777 . . . (Albany, N.Y., 1887), 286-87. John Drinkwater [Bethune], A history of the siege of Gibraltar, 1779-1783 . . . (10th ed., London, 1861), 155. Francis Duncan, History of the Royal Artillery, compiled from the original records (2v., London, 1872-73), I, 315, 330, 389. C. G. Head, Eighteenth century Newfoundland: a geographer's perspective (Toronto, 1976). Porter, History of Royal Engineers, I, 166. Prowse, History of Nfld. (1895), 296-97, 427.

Hannah Williams

Sex: F

Individual Information

Birth Date: Cir 1824 - Middlesex, England ²⁵⁶¹ Christening: Death: Burial: Cause of Death:
Events
• Census: Cambridge Terrace, No. 8, Saint Pancras, Marylebone, 1841, London, Greater London, England. (Household Member)

Parents

Father: Col. Monier Williams ¹⁷² ^,1292 ^,2562 Mother: Hannah Sophia Brown ⁹³⁸

Notes
General:

030418 from FindMyPast:

1841 Census details
First name(s)Hannah
Last nameWilliams
SexFemale
Age17
Birth year1824
Birth countyMiddlesex
Birth county as transcribedMIDDLESEX
Birth place (other)England
House name-
House number-
StreetCambridge Terrace
Parish or townshipSt Pancras
Town-
City or boroughMarylebone
Registration districtSt Pancras
CountyLondon, Middlesex
CountryEngland
Occupation-
Family member first name(s)Esther, Catherine, Maria, William, Augusta, Charlotte, Hannah, Mary, Charles, Monier
Family member last nameJackson, Lee, Gartland, Pasfield, Aitchison, Williams
Archive referenceHO107
Piece number684
Book number17
Folio number18
Page number5
Record set1841 England, Wales & Scotland Census
CategoryCensus, Land & Substitutes
SubcategoryCensus
Collections fromUnited Kingdom, England
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Hannah Williams

Sex: F

Individual Information

Birth Date: Bef 16 Sep 1770 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ¹²⁹² ^,1464 Christening: 16 Sep 1770 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁵¹¹ ^,1464 Death: Burial: Cause of Death:

Parents

Father: Lt. Col. George Williams ⁴⁸¹ ^,1292 ^,1463 ^,2675 Mother: Mary Monier ¹²⁹² ^,6757

Spouses and Children

1. *Lieut. William Bartham ⁵¹¹ Marriage: 28 Oct 1783 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁵¹¹

Notes
General:

271009 from NGB: Hannah WILLIAMS George & Mary MORIER or MONIER bap Sep 16 1770

Harold Baxter Williams

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: 21 Mar 1912 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ²³⁹ Christening: Death: 19 Aug 2001 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ( at age 89) ²³⁹ Burial: Cause of Death:
Events
• Religion: Anglican but converted to Catholicism to be married.

Parents

Father: Living Mother: Living

Spouses and Children

1. *Madeline Mary Stanford ⁵³ ^,239 Marriage: 8 Oct 1933 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ²³⁹ Children: 1. Robert James Williams 2. Living 3. Living 4. Living 5. Cyril Patrick Williams 6. Living 7. Living 8. Living 9. John Clarence Williams

Living

Sex: M

Parents

Father: Harold Baxter Williams ⁵³ ^,239 Mother: Madeline Mary Stanford ⁵³ ^,239

Spouses and Children

1. Living

Henry Williams

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: Bef 3 May 1772 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁵¹¹ ^,6758 Christening: 3 May 1772 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁵¹¹ ^,6758 Death: Burial: Cause of Death:

Parents

Father: Lt. Col. George Williams ⁴⁸¹ ^,1292 ^,1463 ^,2675 Mother: Mary Monier ¹²⁹² ^,6757

Notes
General:

271009 from NGB: Henry WILLIAMS George & Mary MORIER or MONIER bap May 3 1772

Herbert James Williams

Sex: M
AKA: Herb Williams ²²⁷
Individual Information

Birth Date: 11 Jan 1936 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ²⁶⁹ Christening: Death: 5 Dec 2017 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ( at age 81) ²⁶⁹ ^,270 Burial: After 9 Dec 2017 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ²⁶⁹ Cause of Death:
Events
• Census: Household of James Clowe, 1945, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. (Household Member)
• Living: 22 Mar 2008.
• Living: 14 Aug 2010.
• Living: 10 May 2015.

Parents

Father: Patrick Joseph Williams ²⁶⁷ Mother: Bridget ²²⁷

Spouses and Children

1. *Helen Ann Harvey ⁴⁹¹ Marriage: Cir 1961 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ²⁶⁹ Children: 1. Living 2. Living 3. Living

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