William James, of Igtham Ct., Kent

• Burke, Bernard, Sir. A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Great Britain & Ireland 6th ed. London : Harrison 1879. Vol I. page 862

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John left Wales in consequence of a difficulty with his sovereign about a mill pond and fish, moved to Ireland, where he was a soldier under King William III of England in his wars in Ireland against King James II of England. He was Captain of Dragoons.

--Witherspoon, Joseph B. The History and Genealogy of the Witherspoon Family (1400-1987). Fort Worth, Tex: Miran Publishers, 1988. Print. p. 53.

• High Sheriff of Kent 1732