The origin of the name Williams is Welsh and the Coat of Arms contains A shield divided gyronny ermine and black, with a gold lion rampant. The Crest is A talbot passant divided per pale ermine and gold. The family motto is Cywir in gwlad.
Spelling variations include: Williams, Quilliams, Guilliam, Guilliams and others.
First found in Breconshire and Monmouthshire on the English/Welsh border, where the williams family was seated from very ancient times.
Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: David Williams and Elizabeth Williams, who both settled in Virginia in 1623; as did Edward Williams in 1624; Richard Williams, who came to Maine in 1630.
