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3 unusual facts about Zephaniah Williams


Zephaniah Williams

Along with John Frost and William Jones, he led a large column of men from the Nantyglo area to march south reaching the outskirts of the town Newport at about 9am; halting at St. Woolos church, then moving as a mass to Stow Hill, continuing to the square, and on to the Westgate Hotel, Newport.

At the age of 25 he married Joan, then living for some time in Machen and having a son Llewellyn.

Williams was born near Argoed, Sirhowy Valley, Monmouthshire, Wales, with much of his childhood spent near the then village of Blackwood, also living for some periods in Caerphilly and Nantyglo.



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