Edward "Ned" WILLIAMS was born about 1794 in North Carolina. He died 22 Jul 1864, possibly in Sumner County, Tennessee. He was married to Nancy Ann DEFREES on 1 Jan 1814 in Rowan County, North Carolina. She was the daughter of James DEFREES (corruption of the original family name DEFOREST) and Sophia Sevier RISELY (Anglicanized spelling of the original family name of REUSCHTLE) of North Carolina.

Edward "Ned" WILLIAMS and Nancy Ann DEFREES had the following six children:

1. Unknown WILLIAMS, born 1815-1820.
   
2. Joseph B. "Joe" WILLIAMS, born 1815-1820 and died 1847-1850 in Sumner County, Tennessee. He married Priscv ?
   
3. Green Berry WILLIAMS, born about 1826. He married Malvina STOVALL, 19 Aug 1847 in Sumner County, Tennessee.
   
4. Goolsberry WILLIAMS, born about May 1828. He first married Mary Jane GREGORY, 19 Dec 1850 in Sumner County, Tennessee. He married secondly Emeline "Emily" FITTS.
   
5. Berry Rickman "Rick" WILLIAMS, born 8 Nov 1830 in Tennessee. He married Louisa "Lou" MORRIS in 1853. He died 3 May 1912 in Bethpage, Sumner County, Tennessee.
   
6. Sarah WILLIAMS, born about 1830. She married John RICHMOND, 6 Mar 1851 in Sumner County, Tennessee.

SECOND GENERATION

Berry Rickman "Rick" WILLIAMS, son of Edward "Ned" WILLIAMS and Nancy Ann DEFREES, was born on 8 Nov 1830 in Sumner Co., TN. He was buried in May 1912 in Defrees/Perdue Cemetery, , Sumner Co., TN. He died on 3 May 1912 in Bethpage, Sumner Co., TN. 1880 Sumner County Census He was married to Louisa "Lou" MORRIS in 1853. Louisa "Lou" MORRIS was born on 10 Sep 1836 in Sumner Co., TN. She was the daughter of Joseph MORRIS and wife Mary ?, who were born in North Carolina. Louisa was buried in Jul 1923 in Ellis Co., TX. She died on 11 Jul 1923 in Ellis Co., TX.

Berry Rickman "Rick" WILLIAMS and Louisa "Lou" MORRIS had the following 13 children:

1. John Edward WILLIAMS
   
2. James H. "Jim" WILLIAMS was born on 19 Jan 1858 in Sumner Co., TN. He died on 21 Mar 1924 in TN. He was buried on 22 Mar 1924 in Bradley Cemetery, Bransford, Sumner Co., TN.
   
3. Robert Graham WILLIAMS
   
4. Jodiah Thomas "Tom" WILLIAMS
   
5. Samantha Ellen "Sis" WILLIAMS
   
6. Nancy Elizabeth WILLIAMS
   
7. Louisa Jane WILLIAMS was born on 15 Sep 1868 in Sumner Co., TN. She died in 1880.
   
8. George L. WILLIAMS
   
9. Russell Austin WILLIAMS was born on 3 Mar 1874 in Sumner Co., TN.
   
10. Louis Rickman WILLIAMS was born on 13 Mar 1876 in Sumner Co., TN. He died in 1912 in Lorena, McLennan Co., TX. Louis R. Williams resided in Lorena, Texas in 1912.
    
11. Bernice Newsom WILLIAMS
    
12. Eliza WILLIAMS died in 1913. She was born in Sumner Co., TN.

THIRD GENERATION

John Edward WILLIAMS was born in 1855 in Sumner Co., TN. He died in 1912. He was buried in 1912. John E. Williams resided in Millford, Texas. John Edward WILLAMS was married to Nancy Jane REESE (daughter of David Starling REESE and Emily Caroline HUNT) on 30 Oct 1878 in Sumner Co., TN. Nancy Jane REESE was born on 19 Feb 1862 in Sumner Co., TN. She died on 13 Jan 1941.

Robert Graham WILLIAMS was born on 28 Jun 1859 in Sumner Co., TN. He was buried in Mar 1908 in Williams Cemetery, Leath Chapel Road, Sumner Co., TN. He died on 24 Mar 1908 in TN. He was married 1st to Margaret Caroline "Callie" GREGORY (daughter of James S. GREGORY and Mary Ann BRADLEY) on 22 Jun 1893 in Sumner Co., TN. Margaret Caroline "Callie" GREGORY was born on 19 Dec 1874 in Macon Co., TN. She died on 9 Feb 1956 in TN. She was buried on 10 Feb 1956 in Eulia Baptist Church Cemetery, Eulia, Macon Co., TN.

Robert Graham WILLIAMS and Margaret Caroline "Callie" GREGORY had the following children:

1. Odell WILLIAMS was born on 26 Dec 1894 in TN. He was buried in Feb 1895 in Williams Cemetery, Garretts Creek, Sumner Co., TN. He died on 11 Feb 1895 in TN.
   
2. Johnny Rickman WILLIAMS Sr.
   
3. Tennie M. WILLIAMS
   
4. Mandy Lillian WILLIAMS

Robert Graham WILLIAMS was married 2nd to Sarah Frances "Fannie" WOOLEY (daughter of Hiram Wallace WOOLEY and Elizabeth) on 4 Nov 1879 in Sumner Co., TN. Sarah Frances "Fannie" WOOLEY was born on 12 Sep 1856 in Sumner Co., TN. She was buried in Jan 1892 in Williams Cemetery, Leath Chapel Road, Sumner Co., TN. She died on 27 Jan 1892 in TN.

Robert Graham WILLIAMS and Sarah Frances "Fannie" WOOLEY had the following children:

1. Jefferson Barton "Jeff" WILLIAMS
   
2. Charles Russell "Base" WILLIAMS
   
3. Noel Jackson WILLIAMS was born on 16 Jul 1888 in Sumner Co., TN. He was buried in Oct 1953 in Bethpage Cemetery, Bethpage, Sumner Co., TN. He died on 1 Oct 1953 in TN.
   
4. Bessie Alice WILLIAMS

Jodiah Thomas "Tom" WILLIAMS was born on 19 Oct 1861 in Sumner Co., TN. He was buried in Aug 1913 in Williams Cemetery, Leath Chapel Road, Sumner Co., TN. He died on 6 Aug 1913 in Sumner Co., TN.

Maggie E. DONNELL was born on 7 Nov 1863 in Sumner Co., TN. She was buried in Williams Cemetery, Leath Chapel Road, Sumner Co., TN.

Jodiah Thomas "Tom" WILLIAMS and Maggie E. DONNELL had the following child:

1. Olie C. WILLIAMS

Samantha Ellen "Sis" WILLIAMS was born on 8 Oct 1864 in Sumner Co., TN. She died in 1958 in TX. She was married to William Washington "Wash" BRADLEY (son of James BRADLEY and Caroline REESE) on 27 Dec 1886 in Sumner Co., TN. William Washington "Wash" BRADLEY was born on 27 Jul 1860 in Sumner Co., TN. He died in 1946 in TX. Information from FJB Notes: Washington Bradley lived in the Plum Grove Community, near Milford, Ellis County, Texas according to Mrs. Gaston Mince of Bethpage, Tennessee. She grew up in the same neighborhood in Texas and knew them personally.

Samantha Ellen "Sis" WILLIAMS and William Washington "Wash" BRADLEY had the following children:

1. Willie Rufus BRADLEY
   
2. Minnie Lee BRADLEY
   
3. Nettie Lou BRADLEY
   
4. James Louis BRADLEY
   
5. Elbert Simmons BRADLEY
   
6. Charlie N. BRADLEY was born on 30 Apr 1902 in Sumner Co., TN. He died on 24 Feb 1910

Nancy Elizabeth WILLIAMS was born on 6 Oct 1866 in Sumner Co., TN. She died on 19 Nov 1944 in Vanderbilt University Hospital, Nashville, Davidson Co., TN. She was buried on 20 Nov 1944 in Bethpage Cemetery, Bethpage, Sumner Co., TN.

Nancy Elizabeth WILLIAMS married John Franklin TEMPLETON (son of Absalom "Ab" Gray TEMPLETON and Mary Ann BUGG). He was born on 4 Apr 1861 in Trousdale Co., TN. He died on 21 Oct 1933 in Bethpage, Sumner Co., TN. He was buried on 22 Oct 1933 in Bethpage Cemetery, Bethpage, Sumner Co., TN.

Nancy Elizabeth WILLIAMS and John Franklin TEMPLETON had the following children:

1. Grover Cleveland "Cleve" TEMPLETON
   
2. Grady C. "Grade" TEMPLETON
   
3. Annie TEMPLETON
   
4. Mamie TEMPLETON

George L. WILLIAMS was born on 4 Jul 1870 in Sumner Co., TN. He was buried in Feb 1933 in Williams Cemetery, Garretts Creek, Sumner Co., TN. He died on 2 Feb 1933 in Sumner Co., TN. He was married to Mary Alice GREGORY (daughter of James S. GREGORY and Mary Ann BRADLEY) on 25 Oct 1895 in Sumner Co., TN. Mary Alice GREGORY was born on 28 Apr 1877 in Macon Co., TN. She died on 3 Dec 1964 in Macon Co., TN. She was buried on 4 Dec 1964 in Eulia Baptist Church Cemetery, Eulia, Macon Co., TN.

George L. WILLIAMS and Mary Alice GREGORY had the following children:

1. Fannie Lee WILLIAMS
   
2. Margaret Lucy WILLIAMS
   
3. Carney WILLIAMS
   
4. Maggie Lou WILLIAMS
   
5. Robert Lewis WILLIAMS
   
6. Cordell WILLIAMS

Bernice Newsom WILLIAMS was born on 14 Feb 1877 in Sumner Co., TN. He was buried in Jun 1971 in Bradley Cemetery, Bransford, Sumner Co., TN. He died on 15 Jun 1971 in TN. 1880 Sumner County Census Sumner County Cemetery Book

He was married first to Blanche MORGAN (daughter of William H. "Bill" MORGAN and Harriet Ellen Lucinda THOMPSON) on 21 Mar 1906 in Sumner Co., TN. Blanche MORGAN was born on 18 Mar 1889 in Sumner Co., TN. She was buried in Jul 1974 in Bradley Cemetery, Bransford, Sumner Co., TN. She died on 12 Jul 1974 in TN.

Bernice Newsom WILLIAMS and Blanche MORGAN had the following child:

1. Paul WILLIAMS

He was married secondly to Minnie M. STINSON (daughter of Henry F. STINSON and Nancy CARUTHERS) on 7 May 1895 in Sumner Co., TN. Minnie M. STINSON was born in Sep 1877.

Bernice Newsom WILLIAMS and Minnie M. STINSON had the following children:

1. William L. WILLIAMS was born in Jan 1899.
   
2. Nellie Maybelle WILLIAMS
   
3. Roscoe WILLIAMS