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John williams missionary death

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It was in 1816 that he was accepted by the London Missionary Society and one year later, newly married to Mary Chawner (d 1852), he set sail with his new wife for Tahiti in the South Pacific, a journey that in those early days took 12 months to complete. In the following 18 years is is estimated that he travelled 100,000 miles across the southern seas to teach and preach the gospel of God. To achieve this he built a boat, perhaps using the skills he had learnt as an apprentice in the City Road, and the vessel was named the ' Messenger of Peace'.
  

He discovered the island of Raratonga in the Cook Islands in 1823 and founded missions there and it was here that he also began translating the bible. His travels then took him to Samoa in the Friendly Islands and Tahiti in the Society Islands, his original base, where he was to spread the word of the bible. He found it very frustrating waiting for passing ships to travel between the islands to continue his work. He had many natives who wanted to help him spread the Christian message but he really needed a good ship if

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John Williams (missionary)

English missionary

John Williams (29 June 1796 – 20 November 1839) was an English missionary, active in the South Pacific.

Early life

He was born in Tottenham,[2] near London, to Welsh parents. In 1810 the family moved to north London and there he served as a clerk to an iron foundry. He also took some interest in smithing. There his employer's wife first took him to church and he was immediately drawn to this, and the pastor, Rev Nathan Wilks, enrolled him in a class to prepare for the ministry. However, his heart quickly became set on missionary work.[3]

In September 1816, the London Missionary Society (LMS) commissioned him as a missionary in a service held at Surrey Chapel, London.

South Pacific missionary

On 17 November 1816, John Williams and his wife, Mary Chawner Williams, set sail from London to voyage to the Society Islands, a group of islands that included Tahiti, accompanied by William Ellis and his wife. Travelling via Sydney in Australia they initially only reached as far as Eimeo, west o

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Williams, John (1796 - 1839)

John Williams (1796–1839) was an English missionary, active in the South Pacific. He was born at Tottenham High Cross, London, England, educated at a school in Lower Edmonton, and apprenticed to an ironmonger in 1810. His piety in early youth waned until he became a member of the Tabernacle chapel in Moorfields, London in 1814; he was then appointed London Missionary Society (LMS) missionary to the South Seas, ordained at Surrey Chapel, and married Mary Chauner. He started his journey to the South Pacific via Sydney, 1816; arrived at Moorea, 1817; travelled from Moorea to Huahine, 1818; frustrated by existing LMS practices, moved to Raiatea and, encouraged by the island's chief, Tamatoa, helped to start a mission there, 1818; Williams was anxious to reach inhabitants of the other scattered islands, but the LMS directors were critical of his schemes. He sailed to Sydney to obtain medical advice for his wife and while there purchased a schooner, the Endeavour, for missionary work, 1821; returned to Raiatea, 1822; travelled to the Hervey Islands

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