Williams, William, 1780 - 1853
Judge William Williams (October 13, 1780-February 24, 1853) was the son of Captain William Williams and Prudence Stanton of Groton, Connecticut. The General Assembly appointed him overseer to the Western Pequot Indians at Mashantucket in 1813. Serving as a selectman from Groton (1816-1817), he later became Judge of the Probate District of Stonington (1819-1831). The jurisdiction included Stonington, Groton, Ledyard, and North Stonington. Williams lived on Cider Hill in Ledyard, as did his brother, Judge Erastus Williams. He died there in early winter of 1853.
J. Oliver Williams, A Genealogy of Williams Families (Rutland, VT: The Tuttle Publishing Co.,: 1938), 66/ Image: Reproduction portrait of William Williams V at the age of 19 in 1799, courtesy of Anne G. King. State of CT DECD, Historic Resources Inventory, Williams-Forsberg Farmstead, p. 14. Sources for this biography also come from the Related Digital Heritage Items listed below.
Born:
October 13, 1780Died:
February 24, 1853