For this section we have scanned pages from a very old encyclopedia, presented in PDF (Adobe Acrobat) format.   Short biographies of a number of Williams' dating back to the 1600s, 1700s and 1800s are contained in the images. You may wish to zoom into the pages to render them more readable. The subjects are prominent scholars, clergy, political and military people from that era with the Williams surname. There is a mix of individuals from England, Wales and the American Colonies. NOTE: The file is about 4 MB long and may take 20-30 minutes to download using a dial-up (telephone) connection. Broadband (cable) may take 2-3 minutes. To enter, click here.