Agnes Williams

Agnes Lydia Williams (1855–1940) was a New Zealand artist and a member of the families of Henry Williams and James Busby.

Biography Agnes Lydia Williams was born in the Bay of Islands on 9 July 1855. She was the daughter of Sarah Williams (née Busby) and John William Williams, and granddaughter of Henry Williams and James Busby.

In 1882, Williams married Thomas Sydney Williams, her cousin, and son of Edward Marsh Williams. They lived in Kaharau, near Ruatoria. Together, they established the Kaharau Church.

In December 1940, she died as "probably the oldest surviving settler on the East Coast" and was buried alongside her husband in their Kaharau home's garden cemetery. Her letters and other papers are also within the National Library's archive.