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Williams, John (1796-1839)

English missionary who travelled extensively in the South Seas and helped convert many of the islands of Polynesia to Christianity. He was killed by cannibals while on a mission to Erromanga in the New Hebrides in November 1839.

Williams was born in London and became a missionary in 1816. Charged with spreading the Gospel in the South Seas, he settled on the island of Raiatea in the Society Group but soon began to explore further afield. On one such voyage, he was stranded on Rarotonga in the Cook Islands, so built himself the boat Messenger of Peace. Over the next 10 years, he covered huge distances in this vessel, opening up the Samoan and other islands to Christianity.

Williams, John (1664-1729)

American clergyman and author. Born in Roxbury, Massachusetts, he was captured in the French and Indian raid on Deerfield where he was the town's minister. Following two years in captivity in Canada (1704-06), he returned to Massachusetts and wrote The Redeemed Captive Returning to Zion (1707).



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