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V. Col. THOMAS WILLIAMS, first son of Doct. Thomas Williams, of Deerfield, was born May 5th, 1746. He studied law with C01. Hopkins, and commenced practice in Stockbridge, in 1770, or ’71, with the prospect of being eminent in his profession. In 1775, he went to Cambridge, at the head of a party of minute men, where he volunteered to follow Col. Arnold up Kennebec river to Quebec. His station was in the division com manded by Col. Enos, which returned after proceeding up the Kennebec, as far as Dead river, in consequence of the absolute impossibility of procuring provisions for the troops. The next year being made Lieut. Colonel, he was ordered to Canada, by a different route. On his way, he fell sick and died at Skenesboro’, now Whitehall, July 10, 1776, aged 30. (Hist. of Berkshire.) He married Miss Thankful Ashley, of Stockbridge, in 1771, and had three children. Ephraim Williams, of Lee, born April 1, 1772. Thomas, who died in the West Indies. William Gordon, of New Hartford, Conn., born Oct., 1776. The widow of Col. Thomas Williams, married a man by the name of Ashley, Who resided in Stockbridge, where he died and left her a widow. *********************** https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=YyBYAAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover&pg=GBS.PA264 ********************** The Genealogy and History of the Family of Williams in America, More Particularly of the Descendants of Robert Williams of Roxburg – Stephen West WILLIAMS
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V. Col. THOMAS WILLIAMS, first son of Doct. Thomas Williams, of Deerfield, was born May 5th, 1746. He studied law with C01. Hopkins, and commenced practice in Stockbridge, in 1770, or ’71, with the prospect of being eminent in his profession. In 1775, he went to Cambridge, at the head of a party of minute men, where he volunteered to follow Col. Arnold up Kennebec river to Quebec. His station was in the division com manded by Col. Enos, which returned after proceeding up the Kennebec, as far as Dead river, in consequence of the absolute impossibility of procuring provisions for the troops. The next year being made Lieut. Colonel, he was ordered to Canada, by a different route. On his way, he fell sick and died at Skenesboro’, now Whitehall, July 10, 1776, aged 30. (Hist. of Berkshire.) He married Miss Thankful Ashley, of Stockbridge, in 1771, and had three children. Ephraim Williams, of Lee, born April 1, 1772. Thomas, who died in the West Indies. William Gordon, of New Hartford, Conn., born Oct., 1776. The widow of Col. Thomas Williams, married a man by the name of Ashley, Who resided in Stockbridge, where he died and left her a widow. *********************** https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=YyBYAAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover&pg=GBS.PA264 ********************** The Genealogy and History of the Family of Williams in America, More Particularly of the Descendants of Robert Williams of Roxburg – Stephen West WILLIAMS
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V. Col. THOMAS WILLIAMS, first son of Doct. Thomas Williams, of Deerfield, was born May 5th, 1746. He studied law with C01. Hopkins, and commenced practice in Stockbridge, in 1770, or ’71, with the prospect of being eminent in his profession. In 1775, he went to Cambridge, at the head of a party of minute men, where he volunteered to follow Col. Arnold up Kennebec river to Quebec. His station was in the division com manded by Col. Enos, which returned after proceeding up the Kennebec, as far as Dead river, in consequence of the absolute impossibility of procuring provisions for the troops. The next year being made Lieut. Colonel, he was ordered to Canada, by a different route. On his way, he fell sick and died at Skenesboro’, now Whitehall, July 10, 1776, aged 30. (Hist. of Berkshire.) He married Miss Thankful Ashley, of Stockbridge, in 1771, and had three children. Ephraim Williams, of Lee, born April 1, 1772. Thomas, who died in the West Indies. William Gordon, of New Hartford, Conn., born Oct., 1776. The widow of Col. Thomas Williams, married a man by the name of Ashley, Who resided in Stockbridge, where he died and left her a widow. *********************** https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=YyBYAAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover&pg=GBS.PA264 ********************** The Genealogy and History of the Family of Williams in America, More Particularly of the Descendants of Robert Williams of Roxburg – Stephen West WILLIAMS
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V. Col. THOMAS WILLIAMS, first son of Doct. Thomas Williams, of Deerfield, was born May 5th, 1746. He studied law with C01. Hopkins, and commenced practice in Stockbridge, in 1770, or ’71, with the prospect of being eminent in his profession. In 1775, he went to Cambridge, at the head of a party of minute men, where he volunteered to follow Col. Arnold up Kennebec river to Quebec. His station was in the division com manded by Col. Enos, which returned after proceeding up the Kennebec, as far as Dead river, in consequence of the absolute impossibility of procuring provisions for the troops. The next year being made Lieut. Colonel, he was ordered to Canada, by a different route. On his way, he fell sick and died at Skenesboro’, now Whitehall, July 10, 1776, aged 30. (Hist. of Berkshire.) He married Miss Thankful Ashley, of Stockbridge, in 1771, and had three children. Ephraim Williams, of Lee, born April 1, 1772. Thomas, who died in the West Indies. William Gordon, of New Hartford, Conn., born Oct., 1776. The widow of Col. Thomas Williams, married a man by the name of Ashley, Who resided in Stockbridge, where he died and left her a widow. *********************** https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=YyBYAAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover&pg=GBS.PA264 ********************** The Genealogy and History of the Family of Williams in America, More Particularly of the Descendants of Robert Williams of Roxburg – Stephen West WILLIAMS
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