About the same time the families of Solomon, John, and David Williams, from Connecticut, and Daniel Ashby, Deacon Lamb, and William Brewster arrived from Groton, Mass., and settled north of the " Ridge."'
David, John, and Solomon Williams, mentioned above, were brothers, and located on land on the Mohawk, a short distance above Ridge Mills. David Williams served at one time in the garrison at Fort Stanwix, and the acquaintance he at that time formed with the region around the fort undoubtedly led him to remove there, and induce his brothers to come also. The youngest son of David Williams was Jesse Williams, so well known through this region as the inventor of the famous cheese-factory system, and the pioneer in that business. Solomon Williams, who lived to be over ninety-eight years of age, was the greatgrandfather of B. W. Williams, the present postmaster of Rome.
