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WILLIAMS family Cochwillan, Caernarvonshire in 1485, received letters of denization in 1486 and probably died 1500 (Breeze, Kalendars, 50; Cal. Pat. Rolls, 1485-94, 55). His son, WILLIAM WILLIAMS (died c. 1559), commissioner and sheriff of Caernarfonshire Public and Social Service, Civil Administration Son of William ap Griffith, and the first of the family to adopt the surname Williams. He married Lowry, daughter of Henry Salesbury of
WILLIAMS, JOHN LLOYD (1854 - 1945), botanist and musician Born 10 July, 1854 at Plas Isa, Llanrwst, one-time home of William Salesbury, the eldest of seven children of Robert and Jane Williams. For five years, 1868-1872, he served as pupil teacher at the British School, Llanrwst, before going to the Normal College, Bangor, 1873-74; in 1875 he was appointed headmaster of the Board School, Garn Dolbenmaen, Caernarfonshire. In the mid-1890s he worked with

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