John Williams of St Mildred Poultry and Bishop of Chichester

[kiterunner]

Originally Posted by ElizabethHerts

Roger Williams' first wife Frances left a legacy to some of the Barker sons, it appears!

Off to look for the will again, but no success so far.

Whose will, John's or Frances's?

[ElizabethHerts]

Here is Roger Williams' baptism:

http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/16...29/edit/record

http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin...iv=1&ml_rpos=1

[ElizabethHerts]

Originally Posted by kiterunner

Whose will, John's or Frances's?

Frances Williams' will, Kate.

[kiterunner]

http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/51...nSearchResults

[ElizabethHerts]

Thanks, Kate. For some reason I couldn't find it.

I have found lots of material on the Grestock family. Richard Grestock was very litigious.

[ElizabethHerts]

Well, the wife of Roger Williams (Frances Jenkes) had a sister called Sarah Jenkes whose 1698 will mentions :

"my dear Mother Sarah the wife of the Right Reverend Lord Bishop of Chickester"

and

"my dear Sister Frances Jenkes".

So I have discovered that John Williams' first wife must have died and he then married Sarah Jenkes, widow, by licence:

http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin...iv=1&ml_rpos=1


http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin...iv=1&ml_rpos=1
So Roger Williams married Frances Jenkes, his stepmother's daughter.

[ElizabethHerts]

The Jenkes family came from Shropshire:

http://search.shropshirehistory.org....X7381_82_873B/

http://www.melocki.org.uk/salop/EatonUnderHeywood.html

[ElizabethHerts]

I have found a painting of Rev. John Williams:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpainti...ichester-87136

[ElizabethHerts]

Here is Rev. John Williams' burial:

http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/16...d=&usePUB=true

[ElizabethHerts]

I think John Williams' first wife was Margaret. Her burial is here, and that of other family members:

https://www.myheritage.com/research/...ord#fullscreen

Her granddaughter, Margaret Barker, was my 6x-grandmother.