JOHN WILLIAMS

b. abt 1797, Blythe, Lincolnshire
Parents and siblings under research

* 1791: John Wesley, founder of the Methodist Church, preached his last sermon only one week before he died, aged 88
* 1798: Samuel Taylor Coleridge & William Wordsworth publish “Lyrical Ballads”, a collection of poems

occ: Agricultural labourer
d: ?

m: 2 November 1824, Cherry Burton, East Yorkshire

* 1811-17: Recession in Britain leads to machine breaking by Luddites
* 1824: Britain legalises trade unions - the first nation to do so

Sp: MARY WITTY

b. abt 1801/ bp: 19 Jan 1802, Cherry Burton
Parents: William & Martha Witty

(nee Mickelthwaite [Mikelfitt])
- m. 10 Jan 1793, St John & St Martin, Beverley

d. ? (Note: on 1861 census - living alone at

65 Bay Horse Inn, Cherry Burton. Widow.)

* 1791: James Bothwell publishes The Life of

Samuel Johnson

Siblings: (All b/bp in Cherry Burton)
* Robert (b/bp.1793)
* William (b/bp.1795)
* John (b/bp.1798)
* Henry (b/bp.1800)
* Martha & Jonathan (twins?) (b/bp: 1803)
* Hester (b/bp.1804)

Known Children : (All b/bp in Cherry Burton, E/Yks)
* Martha Williams (bp.1825)
* George Williams (bp.1826)
* Joseph WILLIAMS (b.1828/bp: 5 October 1828)

* Margaret Williams (b. 1830)

* William Williams (b. 1835)
* John & Mary Williams (twins?) (bp.1838)
* Mary Jane Williams (b.1840)
* John Williams (b.1843)