William Williams

1752 - aft 1818  (66 years)

• Name	William Williams  [1]
  Birth	28 Nov 1752	South Wales?   [1]
  Occupation	abt 1797 - 1818	103 St Martin's Lane, Westminster ; Button Maker  [1]
  Death	aft 1818	[1]
  Notes	Pedigree of Williams -------------------- Walter Williams, of Court Robert, in S. Wales, m. ......... by whom he had issue 1 son: William Williams,*+ who was born 28 Nov., 1752; he m. Mary (?) ... b. 14 Oct., 1746; d. 21 Dec., 1787; by whom he had issue 1 son, Walter, and 2 daus: 1. Mary-Ann, who m. 4 Oct., 1798, Henry Tatham, 1770-1835, brother of Charles Heathcote Tatham. 2. Harriet, who was b. 18 Jan., 1780, and d. 13 Jan., 1834; bur. at Brompton Old Church. She m.,1801, at St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, Charles Heathcote Tatham, 1772-1842; p.32. A miniature of Harriet Williams, by John Linnell, (1792-1882, the friend of William Blake) is in the possession of Mr. Justice Tatham, D.S.O., of the Supreme Court, Pietermaritzburg, Natal. * He was the well-known Button-maker at 103, St. Martin's Lane, London, where his firm appears at this address in 1797, as Williams & Son; in 1808, as Wm. Williams & Son, Button-makers, Platers and Thimble-manufacturers; in 1818, as Wm. Williams, Button and Trimming Seller; and in 1822, as Walter Williams, Button-maker and Wholesale Silversmith. + This William Williams may be identical with the William Williams, Esq., who m., Lambton, 3rd surv. dau., of Crosier Surtees, of Redworth, co. Durham, who m. 12 Sept., 1769, at Heighington, his cousin Jane Surtees, dau. and co-h. of Robert Surtees, of Redworth. [Curtis] [Note: The last connection is speculative: - (1) The name William Williams is frequent at all periods, and there is no reason to suppose these 2 persons are one and the same; - (2) The present Williams family was from South Wales, settled in London; whereas the Surtees family was from Co. Durham and had no known links with London, or South Wales; - (3) In Burke's Commoners (Vol II pp 656-659, 1836), presumably Curtis's source, the husband of Lambton Surtees is "William Williams, esq. of Durham". For these reasons Lambton Surtees has not been included in the Tatham tree as 2nd wife of William Williams.]
  Person ID	I1144	Tatham | Bloxham branch, Heathcote branch | Parent of spouse
  Last Modified	12 Feb 2014

  
  

  Family	Mary Gearing,   b. 14 Oct 1746, London? ,   d. 21 Dec 1787  (Age 41 years)
  Children	+ 1. Mary Ann Williams,   b. est 1777,   d. 26 Dec 1799, Charing Cross, Strand  (Age ~ 22 years) + 2. Harriet Williams,   b. 18 Jan 1780, London ,   d. 13 Jan 1834, Montpelier Square, Brompton  (Age 53 years)
  Last Modified	01 Feb 2013
  Family ID	F0354	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  William Williams (1752- ) Portrait abt 1828, by his grandson Frederick Tatham, in the style of Holbein. One of a pair, with portrait of his second wife. Both inscribed on reverse. Sold by the family in abt 2001. Now in the collection of the Yale Center of British Art, New Haven, CT.

  
  

• Sources

  [S04] H Curtis: Notes for a Pedigree of the Tathams of Co. Durham.