The Right Reverend

Huntington Williams Jr.

D.D.
Suffragan Bishop of North Carolina
ChurchEpiscopal Church
DioceseNorth Carolina
Elected1990
In office1990–1996
PredecessorFrank Vest
SuccessorJ. Gary Gloster
Orders
OrdinationJanuary 1953
by Noble C. Powell
ConsecrationApril 28, 1990
by Edmond L. Browning
Personal details
Born(1925-10-27)October 27, 1925
Albany, New York, United States
DiedJanuary 28, 2013(2013-01-28) (aged 87)
Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
NationalityAmerican
DenominationAnglican
ParentsHuntington Williams MD & Mary Camilla McKim
SpouseMary Comer Britton
ChildrenSarah Britton Williams, Huntington Williams III, Samuel Wells Williams, & Thomas Comer Williams

Huntington Williams Jr. (October 27, 1925 – January 28, 2013) was suffragan bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina from 1990 to 1996.

Early life and education

Williams was born on October 27, 1925, in Albany, New York, the son of Huntington Williams, a doctor and future Baltimore Health Commissioner, and Mary Camilla McKim.[1] He was educated at Calvert School and Gilman School, before matriculating at Harvard College in 1943. He then served with the 87th Infantry Division during WWII, notably during the Battle of the Bulge. He was also involved in the liberation of Buchenwald concentration camp. After the war, he was awarded the Bronze Star Medal and Combat Infantryman Badge. He returned to Harvard and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1949. Afterwards, he enrolled at the Virginia Theological Seminary and graduated with a Master of Divinity in 1952.[2]

Personal life

He is the grandson of George Huntington Williams (and Mary Clifton Wood), who was a Mineralogist, Petrologist, and Professor of Geology at Johns Hopkins University.[3] He is the great-grandson of Daniel P. Wood (and Lora Celeste Smith) who was an American Lawyer and Politician from New York.

He is the great-grandson of Robert Stanton Williams (and Abigail Obear Doolittle Williams[4]) who became President of Oneida National Bank in 1886[5] and helped found the Utica Public Library in 1893.

Williams is related to Talcott Williams and Samuel Wells Williams.[6]

He is the great-great grandson of William Williams who served in the War of 1812 and was a Publisher and Journalist.[7] He is the great-great-great grandson of Thomas Williams (and Susanna Dana) who was a participant in the Boston Tea Party.[8]

Williams is a direct descendant of Robert Williams (1607-1693) who embarked for Boston from England on the ship "Rose".[9]

His great-great grandfather, John McKim, founded McKim's Free School.[10] Through his grandmother, Lydia Hollingsworth Morris, his great-great grandfather is Reverdy Johnson.

Williams's father in-law, Sydney William Britton,[11][12] was a British doctor and his mother in-law, Louise Weibel Britton,[13] was the first female receipt of a higher law degree at McGill University.

Williams's son, Huntington Williams III, is the former president of Merit Network, Inc., and previously served as the CEO of Community of Science Inc.[14]

Williams's granddaughter, Caroline Grace Williams, was nominated NCAA Woman of the Year.[15]

Ordained ministry

Williams was ordained deacon in June 1952, and priest in January 1953 by Bishop Noble C. Powell of Maryland. His first post, in 1952, was as curate at St Thomas' Church in Owings Mills, Maryland, before becoming assistant at St George's Church in New York City in 1954.[16] Between 1956 and 1963, he served as rector of St Timothy's Church in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and between 1963 and 1990 served as rector of St Peter's Church in Charlotte, North Carolina.[17]

Episcopacy

Williams was elected Suffragan Bishop of North Carolina in 1990 and was consecrated on April 28, 1990, by Presiding Bishop Edmond L. Browning, in Duke Chapel.[18] He retired in February 1996.[19] Williams died on January 28, 2013, at The Stewart Health Centre of The Cypress in Charlotte, North Carolina.

References

  1. ↑ "Huntington Williams, was health commissioner", The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore, 5 May 1992. Retrieved on 7 June 2020.
  2. ↑ "Rt. Rev. Huntington Williams Jr.: Obituary". The Times-News. Burlington, NC. January 31, 2013 – via Legacy.com.
  3. ↑ Williams. "George Huntington Williams Collection". Johns Hopkins Libraries. Archived from the original on 2021-12-09. Retrieved 2021-12-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. ↑ "THE DOOLITTLE FAMILY - MIDDLETOWN UPPER HOUSES". dunhamwilcox.net. Retrieved 2021-12-14.
  5. ↑ "Oneida County New York Biographies". oneida.nygenweb.net. Retrieved 2021-12-07.
  6. ↑ "Samuel Wells Williams family papers". Archives at Yale.
  7. ↑ family, Williams. "William Williams family collection 1808-18511819-1851". quod.lib.umich.edu. Retrieved 2021-12-07.
  8. ↑ "Thomas Williams". Boston Tea Party Ships. Retrieved 2021-12-07.
  9. ↑ "Robert Williams, Cordwainer". geni_family_tree. Retrieved 2021-12-07.
  10. ↑ "History – The McKim Center". mckimcenter.org. Retrieved 2021-12-07.
  11. ↑ "John Simon Guggenheim Foundation | Sydney William Britton". Retrieved 2021-12-07.
  12. ↑ "Britton, Sydney William (February 24, 1892 - 19??): Geographicus Rare Antique Maps". www.geographicus.com. Retrieved 2021-12-07.
  13. ↑ "A Noble Roster": One Hundred and Fifty Years of Law at McGill University.
  14. ↑ "The Washington Advisory Group". www.arestrategies.com. Retrieved 2021-12-07.
  15. ↑ "Caroline Williams Nominated for 2019 NCAA Woman of the Year Award". Cal Poly. Retrieved 2021-12-07.
  16. ↑ "Changes". The Living Church. 128 (22): 22. 30 May 1954.
  17. ↑ "Requiescat: Bishop Williams", The Living Church, 13 February 2013. Retrieved on 7 June 2020.
  18. ↑ "Huntington Williams, Jr". The Episcopal Church Annual: 354. 1991.
  19. ↑ "North Carolina Consecration Mixes Worship and Play". The Living Church. 213: 6. 18 August 1996.
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