Thomas WILLIAMS
Will of Thomas William, Tess Williams Family Records
Death Certificate, Tess Williams Family Records
1851 Census Bedworth, Warwick, England
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RESEARCH NOTE: Most sources state that Tomas and Sarah were never married. The children used Williams and/or Pearson as their last name. PARENT CONNECTION: Evidence of correct parentage could not be proven in this session, further research in original parish records is necessary.
PARENT CONNECTION: Evidence of correct parentage could not be proven in this session, further research in original parish records is necessary.
OCCUPATION: School Teacher and Bookkeeper PIONEERS AND PROMINENT MEN OF UTAH: - (Excerpt) Williams, Thomas (son of Thomas Williams, born 1800, and Sarah Pearson, both of Bedworth, Eng.). He was born Nov. 12, 1837. Bedworth, Warwickshire, Eng. Came to Utah Sept. 15, 1861, Ira Eldredge company. Married Jane Fawson June 27, 1859 (daughter of Abraham Fawson and Ann Hodrienne, latter died May 18, 1864, on the way to Utah)...Married Emma Fairless Brown (daughter of David Brown and Emma Fairless), who was born Nov. 28, 1865, Salford, Yorkshire, Eng... Assistant clerk of Tooele stake; tithing clerk. Clerk of Grantsville ward 38 years; city and county assessor and collector. PIONEER: Came to Utah in the Ira Eldredge Company, 1861, as specified above. PARENT CONNECTION: Evidence of correct parentage comes from Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah, his Utah Death Certificate, and the Grantsville Cemetery Index.
He married Sarah Pearson at Unmarried . Sarah Pearson was christened at Bedworth, Warwick, England 20 Nov 1808 daughter of Thomas Pearson and Sarah Cook .
They were the parents of 5
children:
Hannah Pearson Williams
christened 4 Nov 1832.
Rebecca Pearson Williams
christened 28 Sep 1835.
Sarah Pearson Williams
christened 12 Jun 1836.
Thomas Pearson Williams
christened 12 Nov 1837.
Martha Pearson Williams
christened 3 Nov 1839.
Thomas Williams died 1 Dec 1849 at Hertford Street, Coventry, Warwick, England .
Sarah Pearson died 25 Jan 1840 at Bedworth, Warwick, England .