MR. ELIAS WILLIAMS. FLOYD, ONEIDA COUNTY, NEW YORK.
Tachwedd 15fed, 1881, yn Floyd, New York, Mr. Elias Williams, yn 83 mlwydd oed, ar ôl hir afiechyd, a gwendid henaint.Yr oedd yn enedigol o Pentyrch Uchaf, plwyf Llangybi, Sir Gaernarfon, Gogledd Cymru.
Daeth i'r wlad hon yn y flwyddyn 1831. Efe a'i deulu a sefydlasant yn ardal Penymynydd, Steuben, New York. Bu yno am tua 33 o flynyddoedd. Yno y bu farw ei wraig, yr hon oedd yn hynod mewu duwioldeb. Yn mhen rhyw gymaint o amser, priododd â Mrs. Grace Jones, Floyd, yr hon sydd wedi ei gadael mewn unigedd a galar dwys.
Gofidiai fod ei ferch, priod William Lewis, Ysw., Steuben, wedi marw o'i flaen. Nid oes ond dau o'r teulu yn fyw, sef Ellis a Mary.
Dyn crefyddol iawn oedd Elias Williams. Bu yn ddiacon ffyddlon yn Penymynydd a Floyd am flynyddoedd lawer, nes o'r diwedd y pallodd ei nerth.
Yr oedd ganddo feddwl mawr o Dr. Everett, ei hen weinidog - hiraethai am fyned ato i fyw, "a bod gyda'r Iesu." Pan y byddem yn myned i'w weled, dywedai yn aml, "Mae yn rhywyr gen i fyned adre'." Unwaith gofynais iddo, a oedd yn sicr y cai fyned? synodd am fynyd, a dywedodd, "Ddemnir byth mo'nai beth bynag."
Cymered ei wraig a'i blant gysur, y mae wedi cyrhaedd adref. Yr oedd yn frawd i'r diweddar J. W. Jones, Floyd, a Mr. William W. Jones, ac yn ewythr i Mr. J. W. Jones, Golygydd y Drych. Gellr dyweyd am dano, y byddai yn gefnogaeth i'w weinidog, drwy ei sirioldeb a'i weddiau bob amser, pwy bynng a fyddai. Da fyddai i bob diacon fod yn debyg iddo.
Cafodd gladdedigaeth anrhydeddus. Y mae ei feddrod yn mynwent Steuben Corners, yn ymyl ei ferch, Mrs. Lewis. Gweinyddwyd y rhanan cysegredig gan y Parch. D. M. Jones, M. C., a'r ysgrifenydd.
J. R. GRIFFITH.
Y Cenhadwr Americanaidd ~ Mehefin 1882.
MR. ELIAS WILLIAMS. FLOYD, ONEIDA COUNTY, NEW YORK.
In the name of God, Amen.I, Elias Williams of the town of Floyd in the County of Oneida and State of New York, being of sound mind and memory and considering the uncertainty of this frail and transitory life, do therefore make, ordain, publish and declare this to be my last Will and Testament, that is to say :
First : After all my lawful debts are paid and discharged, I give and bequeath to my wife Grace Williams one hundred dollars.
Second : I give and bequeath to my grandson Elias Lewis and to my grand daughter Berry Jane Griffiths one hundred and fifty dollars each.
Third : I give and bequeath one hundred dollars each to my son William's children that may be alive at the time of my decease.
Fourth : I set apart one hundred dollars to be expended by my Executors for a tombstone or monument to be placed at my grave.
Fifth : I give and bequeath all the rest, residue and remainder of my property to my three children Jennet Lewis, Ellis Williams and Mary Griffiths to be equally divided among them, share and share alike.
Likewise, I make, constitute and appoint my son in law William Lewis and my son Ellis Williams to be Executors of this my last Will and Testament, hereby revoking all former Wills by me made.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal the eighteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy nine.
The mark of Elias Williams.
The above written instrument was subscribed by the said Elias Williams in our presence, and acknowledged by him to each of us; and he at the same time declared the above instrument, so subscribed, to be his last Will and Testament, and we, at his request, have signed our names as witnesses hereto, in his presence and in the presence of each other, and written opposite our names and our respective places of residence.
William Wheldon residing in Steuben Oneida County.
Henry E. Griffith residing in Steuben Oneida County.