Person:Elisha Williams (18)
Colonel Elisha Williams
b.20 Aug 1694 Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States
d.24 Jul 1755 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 8 Jul 1686
  1. William Williams1687 - 1687
  2. Rev. William Williams1688 - 1760
  3. Martha Williams1690 - 1766
  4. Colonel Elisha Williams1694 - 1755
  5. John Williams1697 - 1697
Spouse and Children
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m. 23 Feb 1714
  1. Eunice Williams1715/16 - 1741
  2. Captain Elisha Williams1717/18 - 1784
  3. Samuel Williams1720 - 1740
  4. William Williams1722 - 1741
  5. Mary Williams1725 - 1776
  6. Anne Williams1731 - 1750
Spouse and Children
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m. 29 Jan 1750/51
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Facts and Events
Name[1] Colonel Elisha Williams
Alt Name Rev. Elisha Williams
Gender Male
Birth[1][2] 20 Aug 1694 Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States
Degree[3] 1711 BA & MA Harvard College
Marriage 23 Feb 1714 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United Statesto Eunice Chester
Ordination[3] 17 Oct 1722 Newington, Hartford, Connecticut, United StatesFirst minister at Newington.
Marriage 29 Jan 1750/51 Norwich, Norfolk, Englandto Elizabeth Scott
Death[1][2] 24 Jul 1755 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Burial[6] Wethersfield Village Cemetery, Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Reference Number[7] Q5361826?


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Elisha Williams (August 26, 1694 – July 24, 1755) was a Congregational minister, legislator, militia soldier, jurist, and rector of Yale College from 1726 to 1739.

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References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Elisha Williams, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Herringshaw, Thomas William. Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography of the Nineteenth Century. (Chicago, Illinois: American Publishers' Association, 1898)
    1013.

    "WILLIAMS, ELISHA, clergyman, college president, was born Aug. 24, 1694, in Hatfield, Mass. He was ordained to the ministry in 1721, and served the church at Wethersfield till 1726, when he became president of Yale, holding office till 1739. He died July 24, 1755, in Wethersfield, Conn."

  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Elisha Williams, in Colonial Collegians: Biographies of Those Who Attended American Colleges before the War for Independence. (Boston, Mass.: Massachusetts Historical Society & New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2005)
    Harvard:1979-88.
  4.   Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Newton, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1905)
    213.

    WILLIAMS, Elisha, ch. Rev. William and w., (born) Aug. 26, 1694, [in] Hatfield.

  5.   Wethersfield Vital Records [NEHGS], in Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records.
  6. ↑ Col Elisha Williams, in Find A Grave.
  7. ↑ Wikidata.
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