Person:William Williams (135)

Name^[1]	Deacon William Williams
Gender	Male
Birth^[1]	10 Jun 1734	Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States
Degree^[1]	1754	Yale College.
Residence^[1]	1754	Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage	21 Dec 1763	Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, United StatesWilliam Williams and Dorothy Ashley were second cousins. to Dorothy Ashley
Residence^[1]	1775	Dalton, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States
Death^[1]	1 Mar 1808	Dalton, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States
Burial^[1]		Pittsfield Cemetery, Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United StatesDeacon William Williams

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"1048 … (Dea.) William (Williams), b. 10 Jun 1734 (Hatfield VR 1:54 verso, FHL 760648); d. 1 Mar 1808 in Dalton, Massachusetts (Yale Bios. 2:353), bur. Pittsfield, Massachusetts (Williams College (1860) 90); … He graduated from Yale College in 1754. Returning to Hatfield following graduation, he became Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for Hampshire County. He stayed there until the Revolution, when his Loyalist sympathies caused discomfort and, in 1775, he removed to Dalton in Berkshire County. He had been Deacon of the church in Hatfield and became one again when Dalton formed its own church in 1785 (Yale Bios. 2:352-353). In 1785, he was an original Trustee of the Free School in Williamstown which later became Williams College (Williams College (1860) 54,90-91)."