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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Auckland Provincial District]

Mr. John Williams

Mr. John Williams, Old Colonist, sometime of Helena Bay, near Hikurangi. Mr. Williams had a property of 857 acres of freehold land purchased from Mr. Greenway in 1885, and grazed sheep and cattle of a remarkably healthy stamp. A large portion of the property is covered with valuable puriri and kauri timber. A fine eight-roomed dwelling with nice gardens and orchard constitute the substantial homestead, the grounds being tastefully laid out, with oranges and lemons growing abundantly. Mr. Williams was born in Somersetshire in 1833, educated at St. Edmund's College, Donai, France, and had spent some fifty years of his life at farming. His family have dwelt for generations in Somersetshire. He came to New Zealand in 1881 by the ship “Warwick,” landing at Auckland, where he resided for three years before settling at Helena Bay, in 1895, Mr. Williams was seized with a paralytic stroke, which somewhat incapacitated him from active work, and he died in January, 1899. He was married to a daughter of the late Mr. J. B. Toovey, manager of Friar's Bank, Wolverhampton, for over forty years, and had two sons and two daughters.