office replacing the position of chief magistrate. He served a one-year term and then was re-elected in 1853. Family and death In 1830, Williams married Sarah Ward, daughter of Thomas Ward (1770–1861) of Port Hope. Ward was an English naval captain who came to Upper Canada with Governor John Graves Simcoe in 1791. He later served as judge of the county court. Sarah's nephew was Henry Alfred Ward, who served in the Canadian House of Commons. John and Sarah had seven children. One of their sons was Arthur Trefusis Heneage Williams, who later represented Durham East in the provincial legislature and federal Parliament. A commander of militia, Arthur Trefusis died in the North-West Territories of a fever after the Battle of Batoche. His son, and John and Sarah's grandson, was General Arthur Victor Seymour Williams. John Williams died at his estate, Penryn Park, in Port Hope in 1854. He apparently committed suicide after a period of serious mental illness. References External links Williams family - Trent University Williams Family, Port Hope Archives 1789 births 1854 deaths English emigrants to pre-Confederation Ontario Canadian people of Cornish descent Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from Canada West Mayors of places in Ontario People from Penryn, Cornwall People from the Regional Municipality of Durham Immigrants to Upper Canada