Thomas Williams

Thomas Williams (1724/1725–1770) was a British Congregational minister.

Life as an Independent (Congregational) minister From 1745 to 1749 Williams was a student at Plasterers' Hall, London, which was a dissenting academy that provided for the training of Congregational ministers in the Calvinist tradition. Williams was a student of Dr. Zephaniah Marryat. On 6 June 1750 Williams began his ministry at the Independent Chapel in the High Street of Gosport, Hampshire, which was a large chapel capable of seating twelve hundred persons.

Williams died at Gosport on 19 June 1770. He was succeeded at Gosford by Rev. James Watson and when he resigned in 1776, David Bogue was appointed as the minister of the Independent Chapel of Gosport.

Rebecca married John Voke, a purser on HMS Acteon and Lydia married John Fenn. In 1804 he participated in the foundation of the British and Foreign Bible Society. Thomas was listed in the Nottingham trade directories as a hosier. The industry was based on William Lee's stocking frame knitting machine. The business was successful. Thomas received recognition as a Burgess of Nottingham in 1796 and as a Sheriff of Nottingham in 1803.