Line engraving of William Peere Williams

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from 1722 to 1727. Williams was born in Greyfriars,

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to Peere Williams and Joanna Oyley. William married Anne Hutchins, daughter of

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. They had four sons: Hutchins Williams, Frederick, William-Peere, George and two daughters: Anne Williams, and Louisa .

References

* *Burke, Bernard. ''A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland.'' London: Harrison, 1858. (p. 414
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