Thomas Williams (Congregational minister)
| The Rev. Thomas Williams | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1724/25 |
| Died | 19 June 1770 Gosport, Hampshire, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Congregational minister |
| Spouse(s) | Rebecca (née Isgar) |
Thomas Williams (1724/1725–1770) was a 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 was a popular preacher. In 1752 he was proposed for membership of the Kings Head Society, which then administered the dissenting academy at Plasterers' Hall, London, which in 1768 moved to Homerton, where the academy became known as the Homerton Academy or Independent College, Homerton.
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.
Williams married Rebecca Isgar on 6 August 1750, at Rowner near Gosport. Rebecca was born about 1713 and died on 8 April 1799. Thomas and Rebecca had three children: Rebecca (born on 1 May 1751), Thomas (born on 27 May 1753) and Lydia (born on 24 July 1757).
Rebecca married John Voke, a purser on HMS Acteon and Lydia married John Fenn. John Fenn was one of the directors of the Missionary Society of London, which was a non-denominational missionary society formed in England by evangelical Anglicans and Nonconformists, largely Congregationalist in outlook, which in 1795 became the London Missionary Society. In 1804 he participated in the foundation of the British and Foreign Bible Society.
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