page_title: Jane Williams (missionary)
section_title: Paihia mission
hierarchical_section_title: Jane Williams (missionary) / Paihia mission
caption_attribution_description: English: Abraham caroline harriet, son, and bishop wives. via Anne Kirker. 'Abraham, Caroline Harriet', from the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 23-Sep-2013 URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/biographies/1a1/abraham-caroline-harriet (from left) Emily Harper, wife of Henry Harper; Sarah Selwyn, wife of Bishop George Selwyn; Caroline Harriet Abraham, wife of Bishop Charles Abraham and (seated) Jane Williams, wife of Bishop William Williams. The little boy is thought to be Caroline Abraham's son, Charlie (Charles Abraham (bishop of Derby)).
context_page_description: Jane Williams, born Jane Nelson, was a pioneering educator in New Zealand. Together with her sister-in-law Marianne Williams she established schools for Māori children and adults. She also educated the children of the Church Missionary Society in the Bay of Islands, New Zealand.
context_section_description: Jane Williams and her sister-in-law, Marianne Williams, shared mission responsibilities and together cared for and educated their families.  They set up a boarding school for Māori girls in Paihia and provided classes to the children of CMS missionaries in the morning with schools for Māori children and adults in the afternoon. The teachers included the wives of other CMS missionaries, her daughters, nieces or future daughters-in-law. In 1832 Janes and Marianne Williams, together with Mrs. Brown, Mrs. Fairburn, and Mrs. Puckey, continued in charge of the Native Girls' School, and of an Infant School at Paihia.
caption: from left to right Emily Harper, wife of Henry Harper; Sarah Selwyn, wife of Bishop George Selwyn; Caroline Harriet Abraham, wife of Bishop Charles Abraham and (seated) Jane Williams. The little boy is thought to be Caroline Abraham's son, Charlie
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