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Anna B. (Anna Bolles) Williams

b. 1840

A 19th-century American writer remembered for family stories and historical sketches, she also helped preserve the history of the Rogerenes through her writing. Her work reflects a strong interest in New England life, memory, and faith.

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The Rogerenes: some hitherto unpublished annals belonging to the colonial history of Connecticut

The Rogerenes: some hitherto unpublished annals belonging to the colonial history of Connecticut

by John R. (John Rogers) Bolles, Anna B. (Anna Bolles) Williams

About the author

Born in 1840, Anna B. Williams—also identified as Anna Bolles Williams—was an American author associated with New England writing. Verified details are limited, but available records connect her with literary work as well as with The Rogerenes, a history related to the religious community founded by John Rogers.

She appears to have written in a style rooted in local history and domestic storytelling, the kind of work that helped preserve family and regional memory in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Although she is not widely known today, her surviving publications suggest a writer interested in belief, place, and the lives of earlier generations.

Available memorial records indicate that she lived from 1840 to 1928. Because online biographical information is sparse, some aspects of her life and career remain unclear, but her name endures through the historical and literary works attributed to her.