History of Matthew Williams to Judson Williams

(1) Matthew Williams, progenitor of the Essex County, New Jersey, families, born about 1605, was according to the
best authority the eldest son of Richard Williams, who descended from the Williams family of Glamorganshire, the
south principality of Wales. Authority further states that Richard was a kinsman of Oliver Cromwell, a traditional claim
of Richard Williams as well, and, moreover, which is not common to other pioneer Williams families of New England. It
is claimed that Oliver Cromwell was a Williams by birth.  Coyle states that Cromwell descended from General
Williams, of Berkshire, or from Morgan Williams, of Glamorganshire, and called him Cromwell, alias Williams, he
having assumed the name from his maternal uncle, Thomas Cromwell, secretary of state to Henry VIII, on account of
estates left to him. Matthew Williams for a time seems to have been at Watertown, Massachusetts, from whence, like
many other settlers there, allured by the attractive reports of Oldham and Hall, the pioneer traders and explorers of
the Connecticut valleys, came to Pyquaug, the old Indian name of Wethersfield, in 1642. He was doubtless a brother
of Thomas, who later settled at Rocky Hill (Old Wethersfield) and a cousin of Richard Williams, of Taunton, born
January 28, 1606, son of William Williams, who descended from a family of that name in Glamorganshire, Wales.
William Williams was of Synwell, a hamlet in  Wotten-under-Edge. According to his will he speaks of his brother, Mr.
Richard Williams.
Matthew Williams, of Wethersfield, was a brickmaker by trade, and a yeoman, which is proved by the earmarks of his
cattle, which were recorded in the records. After 1655 he was for a time at Long Island, and eventually at the
Barbadoes, though still a householder at the Wethersfield colony, where his family were still living. January 14. 1678,
according to Hutton's emigration records, he was granted a ticket of leave back to the colonv with his servant, a
slave. His death probably occurred the following year (1679), for in 1680 his widow, Susanna Williams, asked the
court at Wethersfield to appraise the estate and divide between the sons, and this step on her part probably fixes a
conclusive date for the departure of the widow and her three sons as follows: Amos, now thirty-five years of age, with
his wife and three children-: Matthew, twenty-nine years of age. Samuel, twenty-seven, all coming to Essex county.
New Jersey, in the second Branford emigration. Samuel settling at Elizabethtown, and Amos near-by. Samuel died in
1706. Matthew Williams Sr. married, about 1644, Susanna Cole, of English birth, probably a sister of James Cole,
an early settler there, and in 1639 an original settler and planter of Hartford, Connecticut. Children: Amos, born
March 14. 1645; Matthew, October 27, 1647, died an infant; Matthew born May 14, 1651: Samuel, born January 4,
1653-54, died at Elizabethtown, 1706

(II) Amos Williams, son of Matthew Williams (I-q. v.), was born at Wethersfield, Connecticut, March 14, 1645-46, died
August 20, 1683. He was on the tax list and town crier in 1668 at Wethersfield, and was one of the earliest settlers of
Rocky Hill section of Old Wethersfield. With his brothers, Matthew and Samuel, he was one of the second Branford
emigration to Essex County, New Jersey. Exactly when the brothers severed their connection with the Wethersfield
colony is not obtainable, and it is almost certain that he settled not far from his brother Samuel at Elizabethtown. The
Amos who owned property at the North Corner at Orange, was Captain Amos WiIllams, his son, who was the father of
Samuel Williams, who died in 1812, aged ninety -nine years. There is no certainty of record of Amos Williams at
Wethersfield after the appraisal and division of his father's estate in 1680, although he may have been there. He did
not, however, visit his brother Matthew in Newark (who lived at Day and Washington streets, Orange). Amos Williams
died August 20, 1683 and the inventory of his Wethersfield estate when probated was £217 15s. January 3, 1697,
Lieutenant Thomas Hollister moved to Connecticut to appoint a suitable person to make distribution of the estate of
Amos Williams, Hollister having married the widow of Amos Williams in 1690. Amos Williams drew land in the 1670
allotment. In 1673 he bought a tract of sixteen and a half acres at Rocky Hill from Thomas Hollister, on west side of
Middle road, between Jonathan Boardman's south and Samuel Boardman's north, where he settled. He bought five
acres from John Miller next north of William Morris at Rocky Hill. He married, June 29, 1670-71, Elizabeth Rogers(?)
--. Children: Amos, born March 17, 1670-71, mentioned below; Samuel, born June 25, 1675, named for his uncle;
Elizabeth, born March 3, 1677, named for her mother; Susanna, born July 22, 1680, named after her grandmother.

(III) Captain Amos Williams(2), son of Amos (I) Williams, was born at Wethersfield, Connecticut, March 17, 1670-71,
died at Orange, New Jersey, April 19, 1774. On January 3, 1705, Josiah Ogden, merchant, and Catherine his wife, of
the town of Newark, Essex county, in the eastern division of New Jersey, sell to Amos Williams, of Newark, a tract of
land belonging to said Ogden and from his beloved mother, Elizabeth Ogden, comprising twenty acres, lying on the
side of the "long hill" (Mountain) bounded south by the highway, west partly by Nathaniel Wheeler's and John
Johnson's lands, north by George Day's and on the east by "Paraway's" brook as the brook  runs.  He was a yeoman
and prominent in town affairs, a devout churchman. His name appears in the list of grand jurors of Essex county in
1700, and he was among the signers of the agreement for the Third Indian purchase of over Mountain lands in 1701,
on which land he settled in the Northfield region (now Livingston) where his children were born. He was witness to will
of Peter Condit, of Newark, February 7, 1713-14. He was captain of militia April 2, 1720. "Upon reading a complaint
made by one Captain Amos Williams, of Newark, that Major Josiah Ogden in Colonel Johnson's regiment, has lately
made it his business to make the people believe that the military commissions lately granted by his Honor the
President of the Council, are not legal, the President having no power to grant military commissions; Ordered that
said Captain Amos Williams and Major Josiah Ogden appear before the board Monday, April 4, 1720. Captain Amos
Williams, of Newark, being ordered to attend this board today, but he being sick could not come and has sent Joseph
Jones his ensign." Captain Amos Williams and Eunice his wife are buried in the old burial-ground on Scotland street,
where their headstones now stand. He married (first) 1700, Hannah Wheeler, born 1676, died November 13. 1719.
daughter of Nathaniel and Esther Wheeler. Children: I. David, born 1703, died March 8. 1781; he was a lieutenant of
horse troop, and purchased half the Anthony Olive farm, May 18, 1726, and in 1730 bought the other half. 2. Josiah,
born 1705, died November 17, 1758. 3. Phebe, born 1706, died May 3, 1769. 4. Samuel, born 1713, mentioned
below. Captain Amos Williams married (second) Eunice-, born June 6, 1692, died August 19, 1752.

(IV) Samuel Williams, son of Captain Amos (2) Williams, was born in Newark, New Jersey, 1713, died at West
Orange, April I, 1812, aged ninety-nine years. He took up land in First Mountain, where he had twelve children born
to him. They settled around him in the valley and at St. Cloud, the locality which now covers the old Williams farms
and homesteads. The homestead of Samuel, modified in 1892, stands diagonally opposite the St. Cloud
Presbyterian Church. A painting of this homestead can be seen in the home of Hanford S. Williams, on Hawthorn
street, Orange. He became a prosperous well-to-do farmer, and made cider and rum, as was the custom in those
days. As a man he possessed many noble traits of character. He was an upright, intelligent man and useful citizen.
He and his wife were faithful members of the First Presbyterian flock, both being deeply religious. Their gravestones,
beside that of his father, Captain Amos Williams, can be seen in the old Scotland street burial -ground. The following
obituary was in the Newark Sentinal of Freedom, April, 1812, contributed by Rev. Asa Hillyer, D. D.
"Died at Orange on the 2nd inst. :Mr. Samuel Williams in the 99th year of his age. Born Newark, 1713. He enjoyed an
almost uninterrupted health from his youth. He was the head of a family more than 70 years, and during this time had
but one death in his family, that of an infant, until his wife departed her life a few years since (1810). He retained in a
remarkable manner the use of his mental faculties to the last. In the relations of husband, parent and neighbor he
discharged his duty with great fidelity. He was indeed an honest man and through his life he uniformly expressed a
high respect for the institutions of our Holy religion, and was always a cheerful supporter of the Gospel. But not
withstanding the many virtues which adorned his fair and unexceptional character, he was often heard to lament his
imperfect life and guilt and to declare his only hope of salvation rested in the mercy of God through a crucified
Saviour, As long as any live who knew him, he will be affectionately remembered. He left twelve children, all of whom
were at his funeral and paid their last respects to a father who they deservedly loved and revered. He had at time of
his death forty-five grandchildren, forty-one great-grandchildren. His descendants now living (1903) are just equal in
number to the years he lived."
He married Hannah Harrison, born 1723, died April 6, 1810, daughter of Joseph and Martha (Sargeant) Harrison.
Children: I. Martha, married Cyrus Baldwin; children: "i. Sarah, married Joshua Baldwin, and had children: Eunice,
married Stephen Peck; Martha, married Asher Crane; Sarah, married Uzal Hedden; Uzal S. ; ii. Charlotte, married
McDaniel; iii. Eunice; iv. Henry, married Sarah Baldwin; children: Cyrus, Catherine and Albert; v. Amos, married
Sarah Crane; children: Sears, Daniel and Nathaniel. 2. Hannah, married (probably) Joseph Brown;  children: i.
Hannah, married Durand; ii. Samuel, married Ellen Brown; iii. Phebe. 3. Daniel, born 1744, died January 9, 1823. 4,
Jonathan, born June, 1747, died November IS, 1838. 5. Dorcas, born 1752, died January 2, 1818; married Henry
Towl1ley. 6. Samuel, born 1754; see sketch, 7. Susan, born 1757, died September 8, 1832; married Jonathan
Baldwin; children: i. Noah, married Catherine Sears; ii. Elihu, married Jemima Matthews; iii. Hannah; iv. Lydia, married
Silas Washburn; v. John, married Hulda Hamilton; vi. Dorcas; vii. Cyrus, married Phebe Mingus; viii. Lewis; ix. Sarah,
married Henry Ball; x. Caleb Z., married Sarah Hamilton. 8. Eunice, born 1763, died March 3, 1829; married Nathan
Squire. 9. Joseph, born 1758, died July I, 1815. 10. Lydia, born 1761, died January 6, 1836. II. Moses, born
November 28, 1762,  12. Mary, born 1764, died unmarried, September 26, 1841.

(V) Jonathan Williams, son of Samuel Williams (IV -q.v.), was born on his father's homestead at West Orange,
June, 1747, died November 15, 1838, in the family homestead now (1903) owned by his great-grandson, Orlando
Williams. He was a farmer all his life and owned considerable property in the valley, as shown in his will dated May
22, 1818: To his son Nathan and grandson Jonathan Squire Williams all his lands and real estate except his lot of
twenty acres adjoining the lands of Richard Harrison and Jonathan Force in the township of Livingston, subject to
right of dower in name of Polly, his wife. Later he empowers his executors (Nathan and Jonathan S.) to sell his lot of
land in Livingston and divide proceeds equally between his five daughters. He served in the revolution, a private in
Captain Craig's company of state troops, also a private in Captain Thomas Williams' company, Colonel Phillip Van
Cortland's Second (Essex county) regiment, Heard's brigade, quartered in the Orange Valley. There was much
dissension and discontent among the troops, and not a few were fined for insubordination, among whom was
Jonathan Williams, an account of which will be found in Wick's "History of the Oranges," p. 308. This was no disgrace,
as many of the soldiers, fearing their families were in .dire need and possibly starving, left their regiment to
administer to the needs of their household. Jonathan Williams married Mary Squier, who was said to have been a
most estimable and capable woman. Children: Phebe, married Richard Harrison; Catherine, married Moses De
Camp; Martha, married Elijah Pierson; Hannah, married David Dobbins; Mary; Nathan, mentioned below.

(VI) Nathan Williams, son of Jonathan Williams, was born at West Orange, New Jersey, October 12, 1774, died
there in the Williams' homestead, December 11, 1861. He was reared a farmer, and in early days learned the trade
of shoemaker. He followed farming throughout his lifetime, was prosperous in the affairs of his farm, and acquired
much property in the vicinity of Mt. Pleasant street, West Orange Valley. He was a member of the First Presbyterian
Church at Orange. He was a Whig in politics but took no active part in the affairs of his township. He was elected in
1812 one of the overseers of highways, and in 1815 a member of the township committee. He was a representative
of the South Orange or Camptown district. He and his wife Catherine are buried side by side in the Scotland street
burial- ground, appropriate stones marking their last resting place. He married Catherine Wade, born December 30,
1779, died August 5, 1841.Children: I. Jonathan Squier, mentioned below. 2. Abigail, married Joseph Dobbins. 3.
Electa, married Henry Beach. 4. Albert, graduate of Princeton College and a clergyman in California; married Mary P.
Havens; children: Henry W., and Henrietta Mulford, married Dr. T. C. Barron.

(VII) Jonathan Squier Williams, son of Nathan Williams, was born on the old Williams home-stead, in West Orange
Valley, February II, 1801, died there August 5, 1875. He was: brought up on his father's farm, acquiring the usual
common school education of a farmer's son at that period. During the early manhood years he learned the trade of
hatter, and during the winter months was engaged in traffic, selling the products of the farm, such as honey. butter
and fowl, doing his own teaming and finding a ready market in New York. Newark, Paterson, and other nearby towns.
He invested in property later, buying a portion of the old Condit estate, which he later sold to the hat firm of William
Bodwell and Nathaniel Stevens,. who erected a shop. Mr. Williams was at that time following the trade of hatter. He
later associated himself with Mr. Stevens in the manufacture of hats, and after the death of Mr. Stevens continued in
business under his own name for a number of years. His shop, situated on the main road, near the Rahway river
(west branch), was destroyed by fire. Mr. Williams then gave up the business and devoted the remainder of his years
to farming, which he continued until his death. He was a justice of the peace, and had the settlement of many
estates. He was chairman of the town committee, and devoted much time to the interests of the business of the town.
During his latter years he was an invalid, yet directed his work with the best results. He was honest, industrious and
frugal, deeply religious, being an elder of the First Presbyterian Church since 1834. He was a Whig in politics, later a
Democrat. He served in the early military company of Orange. He was a man of great wiII power, and strong
character. He was tall, light complexioned, with blue eyes. He was known for his Christian character. He acquired a
tract of land where the present city of Detroit, Michigan, now stands, but this was lost through the dishonesty of his
agent, who was a lawyer. He married, at West Orange, December 22, 1822, Phoebe Perry, born in West Orange.
October 18, 1802, died there August 8, 1882. daughter of William Samuel and Rachel Perry, the former of whom was
a farmer and black-smith. Children: I. Samuel Augustus, born September 3, 1824 (q. v.). 2. Rachel Catharine, born
November 23, 1825, died December 27, 1906; married, November 28, 1849. Albert Condit, who died August 4, 1899;
children: i. Orlando Emmons, born March 20, 1853, married, October 16, 1878, Elizabeth R. Mulford; children: a.
Helen Louise, born December 12, 1879; married, October 16. 1903, Fred Rutherford Hood; children: Elizabeth
Mulford, born September IS, 1905; Alan Condit, August 16, 1907 ;Fred Rutherford, November 6, 1908; b. Albert
Emmons, born February 26, 1882; c. Timothy Mulford, born March 25, 1884: ii. Alice Cary, born August 23. 1857; iii.
William Elmer, born March 6, 1861; iv. Bertha Catherine, born July 24, 1865. 3. William Nathan, born September 15,
1829 (q. v.). 4. Orlando, mentioned below. 5. Albert Squier, born January 2, 1834. 6. Jotham Edgar. born October
27. 1836 (q. v.). 7. Sarah Amelia, born May 3, 1844: married. August 18, 1863. Herman Woodruff; children: i. Ernest
Herbert, born June 10, 1866.

(VIII) Albert Squier WiIIiams, son of Jonathan Squier Williams (q. v.), was born on the old Williams homestead, on
Mt. Pleasant Place, in the West Orange Valley, January 2, 1834. He acquired the usual district school education,
supplemented by a select course at Orange. Before and after school hours he assisted his father on the farm, and
learned the trade of shoemaker, doing work in the attic of the old homestead. About the age of sixteen years he was
apprenticed until of age to the trade of jeweler with Durand & Company, on Franklin Street, Newark, where he
learned the art of  watchcase making, stone setting and general jewelry manufacture. For three years, until twenty-
four years old, he worked for them as journeyman, when he became engaged in the same line with Hunting Earle, in
New York. He was master in the art of stone setting and fine special work, and did much of the fine work for Tiffany &
Company and other leading concerns in New York. After about five years he became foreman in the diamond
department of Hunting Earle, where he remained four years. Owing to a general depression in business he went to
Brooklyn, where he was engaged as foreman for Jaenott & Sheibler, on State street, taking charge of their
watchcase department. During his service for the firm his system became poisoned from inhaling the fumes of
quicksilver used in the process of smelting, though he still worked two years in this condition. His system was so
thoroughly permeated with this poison that he was obliged to resign, and for ten years suffered from the effects.
During this period he engaged in the paper supply business at Paterson, New Jersey, in his own name, on Van
Houten street, where he remained one year, but was obliged to give up on account of his condition, disposing of his
stock to his brother, J. Edgar Williams. He returned to Orange and in course of time his health seemingly improved,
and he again entered the employ of Daniel Fitzgerald, a manufacturing jeweler in New York, where he remained as
journeyman two years, subsequently accepting a similar position in the Crescent Watch Case Factory at Roseville,
New Jersey, working there fourteen months. While on a vacation he was suddenly stricken at his home, and after a
few hours died from a stroke of paralysis, December 18, 1892. He was a man of rare excellent qualities, and
possessed of generous impulses. He was greatly domesticated, and while devoted to his home and family he brought
his children up to respect and revere the church. He was a deep reader and thinker, and a student of the Holy
Scriptures. He held strongly to the principles of temperance through life, and it is said of him that he never used,
liquor in any form. He was a strictly moral man, and his uniform courtesy and agreeable manners made him many
friends. He was a Republican in political principles, but never accepted office in the gift of the citizens, believing that
to attend to his home and family was the first and highest duty of a citizen.
He married, January 11, 185 I. Abby Frances Townley, born July 13, 1836, daughter of Calvin and Jane Salyer
(Ward) Townley, of Orange, New Jersey. Calvin Townley was a shoemaker. Children: I. Albert Durand, born August
11, 1852, died May 25, 1892; married Henrietta Walker; children: i. Sarah Frances, married George Ruby; children:
Edwin and Emma; ii. Charles Frederick, married Elizabeth Watson; child, Albert; iii. Harriet, married Charles Butte; vi.
Albert Valentine. 2.Charles, born November 29, 1855., died November 23, 1862. 3. Clara, born March II, 1854, died
February I, 1857. 4. Clara Louise, born December 27, 1857; married, November 14, 1884, William Rainard
Henderson, born July 28, 1859, son of William Henry Henderson and Louisa Sommers Henderson; children:i. Albert
Squier, born February 20, 1886; ii. Ethel Frances, born April 16, 1891, died March 14, 1892. 5. Frank Elwood, born
October 8, 1859, mentioned below. 6. Emma Augusta, born June 24, 1862. 7. Mary Frances, born January 18, 1867;
married (first) September 31, 1891, Charles Brewster Boies, who died July 31,.1897; children: i. Mary Hazel, born July
28, 1892, died July 6, 1897; ii. Ethel Elvina, born January 16, 1895; married (second) June 2, 1906, Henry Ward
Bucher. 8.Charles Edwin, born November 19, 1870
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(IX) Frank Elwood Williams, son of Albert Squier Williams, was born at Newark, New Jersey, October 8, 1859. His
elementary educational training was limited to the public schools of Newark until eleven years of age, when he
removed with his parents to Brooklyn, New York, where he attended the Meadow Street school for two years,
removing then with his parents to Bergen, New Jersey, where he attended the public schools for two years. He
possessed thrift and enterprise, and like many boys with an idea of getting a start in worldly goods, conducted a
prosperous business in the selling of newspapers, an experience which he never regretted. At thirteen years of age
he practically left school and became clerk for Peter Lee in his grocery store at Cedar Grove, New Jersey, remaining
for a year, when he removed to Orange with his parents and was clerk in the stationery store of Thomas Bayse a
year, and subsequently clerk in a grocery store for a like period. After a year as clerk for Joseph Hardwick, a butcher,
he entered the hat manufacture of Damon F. Stocker, to learn the trade of hatter as an apprentice, and was for three
years in the finishing department, after which time his energy and strict attention to business in all its de-tails and his
probity gained for himself such favor with his employer that he was promoted to a position of greater responsibility
and renumeration, that of foreman of the finishing department, where he remained one year. He subsequently
accepted a position in the hat factory of John B. Stetson in Orange Valley. After a year there he was employed six
months by Austin Drew as finisher. He subsequently entered the employ of F. Berg & Company, where for four and
one-half years he attended to the bookkeeping of the concern. He later accepted a position from Austin Drew &
Company as buyer and salesman, where he remain-ed five years. He then became traveling salesman for Abegg &
Rusch, makers of hat bands and satins, and was in their employ eleven years, when he became salesman in the
same line for Pass & Company, in 1903, which position he now holds. Mr. Williams is first among his equals in this
particular line of trade, having attained a high success as a salesman, commanding the confidence and regard of
those with whom in business relations he is brought in contact. He has a high regard for the institution of harmony,
having been a member of Markwith's Fifth Regiment Band. He is a member of Grace Episcopal Church of Orange,
and has taken an active interest in the work of the Sunday school, as has also Mrs. Williams. Mr. Williams was among
the founders of the church at Lake Hopatcong, Morris county, New Jersey, where his family reside during the summer
season. He is a Republican in politics, and has served as justice of the peace. He is a member of Hillside Council, No.
1529, Royal Arcanum, and served that body as secretary five years. He erected his residence on Park place,
Orange, in 1903. Mr. WilIiams married, at Orange, New Jersey, November 15, 1881, Augusta Heick, born there April
14, 1861, daughter of John and Eliza Jane (Hull) Heick, of Orange. John Heick was a hat
manufacturer. Children: I. Ethel Augusta, born September 6, 1882, died July 28, 1883. 2: Donald Elwood, born
February 8, 1886.. 3. Lucy Evelyn, born May 26, 1887. 4. Verna May, born May 25, 1888. 5. Frank Everett, born
February 4, 1893. 6. John Albert, born January 27, 1896. 7. Roger Augustus, born January 27, 1901. 8. Judson
Edwin Williams, born July 6, 1903.

(X)Judson Edwin Williams Sr. son of Frank Elwood Williams was born in Orange NJ on July 6, 1903. His mother
was Augusta Heick, Daughter of John and Elizabeth  Jane (Hull) Heich. His brothers and sisters included Donald,
Lucy,  Verna May, Frank Everett, John Albert and Roger.

Judson lived his formative years at the family home on Park Place, in Orange, NJ. His summers as a youth were
spent at Lake Hopatcong, NJ. One of his first jobs was as an office boy for Thomas Edison. His favorite sport while in
school was baseball, where he was  pitcher. As he grew up, he saw the transition from gas lights to electric lights and
the first talking movies.

He left high school after the eighth grade, choosing to go to work at an early age. His life’s work was in sales of
decorative fabrics. His early experience came from working with the firm of  Collins and Ackeman. He later joined the
Sanford Mills of Maine, where he worked out of their New York City office, and specialized in drapery  fabric sales.
The company changed ownership a number of times, first becoming Goodall-Sanford, and finally the L. C. Chase
Company. He reached the position of Vice-President and General Manager of the New York office. He frequently
traveled by train to the Market in Chicago.
Judson E. Williams married Myrtie Phelps in Ashville, NC in 1927. She was born on May 23,  1900 in Levy County, Florida. Her parents were Joseph P. Phelps, Jr. and Sarah E. Tindale whose father Henry "Hill" Tindale was married to Anna J. Hillard who was born in Marlboro County, South Carolina.  Myrtie's family moved from Otter Creek FL to Plant City, Florida by covered wagon while she was an infant. Joseph Phelps was to  become one of the pioneer strawberry farmers in Plant City, now known as the strawberry capitol of Florida. 

There is a story told of the family dog disappearing from the new home in Plant City.
Word came from Otter  Creek some months later that the dog had found its way back to his old home through the
wilderness a distance of some 120 miles as the crow flies. According to family tradition, Sarah Tindale's grandmother was Seminole Indian but has not been verified. Joseph P. Phelps, Jr.  died in 1904 of typhoid fever in Crystal River, Florida. Myrtie Phelps’ older sisters and brother were Grady, Annie, Elsie and Bessie. Their grandfather Joseph P. Phelps, died in a hurricane in Levy County at the age of 73. He is listed as having been a  "farrier" (blacksmith) in the muster rolls of the Florida Militia Volunteers (cavalry) which was disbanded January 1858. Location of his birth is listed as Washington County, NC and he was described as being 5' 6" tall with blue eyes and blond hair. His unit was involved in the Seminole Indian Wars.

Myrtie taught in a one room school house in Ortega Florida after attending normal school. She moved to Jacksonville and boarded with the Jackson family while working there. It is also there that she  and Judson Williams, Sr.met and married.

After their marriage they moved briefly to Cleveland, Ohio where their daughter Verna Lu was born in 1929.  Myrtie
and Judson then returned to Jacksonville where a son, Judson Jr. was born Feb 9, 1931, followed by Joseph in May 12, 1933. It was during this period that Myrtie  converted from Baptist to the Christian Science faith to which she was very devout
throughout the rest of her life.

The family moved to New Jersey about 1934 or 1935 and settled in Maplewood. As the family grew up and the
children began leaving home, Myrtie and Judson began buying and renovating  houses as hobby/business.

Meanwhile Judson had formed his own textile sales company named Jud Williams, Inc. which was located at 55 E 53rd
St., New York City. Judson commuted by train to NYC every day.

Judson enjoyed tennis and golf and belonged first  to the Maplewood Country Club and later to the Rock Spring
Country Club. The kids all became excellent swimmers because of the pool at the club. Myrtie was very active in the
First Church of Christ Scientists in Maplewood and most of her activities centered around church work. The couple
had a circle of friends with whom they would regularly play bridge. Myrtie’s other love was gardening. Sunday get-
togethers with relatives were a very strong tradition in the family.

The family was not inclined to travel much, but time was spent during summers at Lake Mohawk, NJ. The country
clubs  supplied most of the family entertainment.

The family survived the depression and World War II. Judson always seemed to have excellent employment during
the depression and the only inconvenience the family felt during the war was
rationing.