Maria Jane Williams, Welsh musician and folklorist (born circa 1794)

Maria Jane Williams

Welsh musician and folklorist (c.1795–1873)

Maria Jane Williams was a 19th-century Welsh musician and folklorist born at Aberpergwm House, Glynneath in Glamorgan, South Wales. She rescued many Welsh songs from obscurity, including Y Deryn Pur and Y Ferch o'r Sger.