Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Williams, James
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Tinicum Township


   JAMES WILLIAMS retired, P.O. Erwinna, is a great-grandson 
of Benjamin Williams, who came to this country from Wales 
and settled on Long Island. Thence he came to Quakertown, N. 
J., and from there to Pennsylvania, where he purchased land 
in Tinicum, Nockamixon and Buckingham, whereon his children 
settled. He was a shipwright by trade. His youngest son, 
Samuel, settled in Buckingham, and he lived with him until 
his death, and is buried at the Friends' meetinghouse there. 
His son Jeremiah, father of John, lived in this township 
until his death, which occurred in February, 1834. He and 
his wife were buried in the Friends' burying ground at 
Quakertown. He married Mary Blacklidge, by whom he had seven 
sons and two daughters, all now deceased. Their oldest son, 
John, was born in 1780 and died in 1858. He was a boatman 
and farmer, and owned three hundred and twelve acres of 
land, on part of which Erwinna now stands. He married 
Christiana Moore, of Bridgeton, Pa., who was born in 1781, 
and died in 1876. They had six children, Mary (deceased), 
Newberry D. (deceased), Ann Eliza, Barzilla, Caroline M. and 
James, who was born August 23, 1809. He followed boating for 
fifteen years, mercantile business for about the same time, 
and for two years was in the milling business, when he 
retired. In 1835 he married Phebe, daughter of David and Ann 
Treichler, of Kintnersville. She was born in 1815, and died 
May 29, 1884. They had five children:  Emeline (deceased), 
who was the wife of Hugh E. Marford; Isabel, wife of John Z. 
Rufe, of Quakertown; Charles T., also in Quakertown; 
Clayton, a merchant in Erwinna; and Mary E., wife of Francis 
Kern, of Quakertown. James Williams was appointed postmaster 
at Erwinna by President Lincoln and served twenty-five 
years, until January 1, 1886. He was poor director for three 
years, and for two years was almshouse visitor, by 
appointment of the court. He has always borne an honorable 
repute.