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:''To be distinguished from William Williams (missionary) (1859–1892) in Khasi Hills India'' William Williams (18 July 1800 – 1878) was the first Anglican Bishop of Waiapu and the father and grandfather of two others. Williams was consecrated as the Bishop of Waiapu on 3 April 1859 at the meeting of the General Synod at Wellington. Williams led the Church Missionary Society (CMS) missionaries in translating the Bible into Māori and he also published an early dictionary and grammar of the Māori language. ==Early life== Williams was born in Nottingham to Thomas and Mary Williams on 18 July 1800. His paternal grandfather was the Reverend Thomas Williams (1725–1770), a Congregational minister at the Independent Chapel of Gosport. After the death of William's father in 1804, his mother moved with her younger children to Southwell, Nottinghamshire where she opened a school for young girls. William Williams was educated at Southwell Grammar School. Williams completed an apprenticeship to a Mr Forster, a Southwell surgeon. Williams was influenced by the Rev. Edward Garrard Marsh to become an Anglican in February 1818 and then to join the Church Missionary Society (CMS). William entered Magdalen Hall (later Hertford College, Oxford), in 1822, as a prospective CMS trainee. He left Oxford in 1824 with a BA in classics. On 26 September 1824 he was ordained as a deacon of the (Anglican) Church of England. In 1825 he entered the Church Missionary Society College, Islington with the intention of following his brother, Henry, to New Zealand. On 11 July 1825, Williams married Jane Nelson of Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire, a teacher at his mother's school.〔 On 12 August they embarked on the ''Sir George Osborne'' to sail to Sydney, Australia, then on to Paihia, Bay of Islands, where they arrived on 25 March 1826. Williams and his wife had nine children: * Mary, born 12 April 1826; married Samuel Williams * Jane Elizabeth, born 23 October 1827; married Henry Williams, jr. * William Leonard, born 22 July 1829〔(NTETC )〕 * Thomas Sydney, born 9 February 1831 * James Nelson, born 22 August 1837 * Anna Maria, born 25 February 1839 * Lydia Catherine, born 7 April 1841 * Marianna, born 22 August 1843 * Emma Caroline, born 20 February 1846 Williams' third child and eldest son, Leonard, after completing his university education at the University of Oxford then being ordained, worked with Williams in the Waiapu diocese. In 1862 Leonard Williams was appointed to be Archdeacon of Waiapu. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「William Williams (bishop)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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