Zephaniah Williams
(1795-1874)
Chartist, convicted leader of the Chartist march on Newport, and transportee (from 1840)
Died aged c. 79
Wikidata WikipediaZephaniah Williams (1795 – 8 May 1874) was a Welsh coal miner and Chartist campaigner, who was one of the leaders of the Newport Rising of 1839. Found guilty of high treason, he was condemned to death, but his sentence was commuted to life imprisonment in Tasmania. Eventually he was pardoned, and his discovery of coal on that island earned him a fortune.
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Commemorated on 1 plaque
The Chartists From this riverside on 3rd February 1840, John Frost, William Jones, and Zephaniah Williams, the convicted leaders of the chartist march on Newport, sailed to begin their transportation to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania)
The Back, Chepstow, United Kingdom where they sailed from (1840)