Elisha Williams (1744 - 1825)

Born 14 Dec 1744 in Stonington, New London County, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Lucy (Denison) Williams — married 22 Dec 1767 in prob. Stonington, New London, CT

Descendants

Died 26 Oct 1825 at age 80 in Knox, Albany County, New York, United States

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Biography

Sergeant Elisha Williams served with 8th Regiment, Connecticut Militia during the American Revolution.

Elisha Williams is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A126054.

Elisha Williams, born 14 Dec 1744, was the of first child of Elisha Williams and Eunice Williams of Old Mystic, near Stonington, Connecticut. ^[1]

He married Lucy Denison on December 22, 1767 (the daughter of George and Jane (Smith) Denison of Stonington). They had ten children born between the years 1768 and 1788, their eighth of whom died in childhood:

Ebenezer Williams, b. 30 Oct 1781; d. 11 Jun 1786

Some time during the 1790's Elisha and his family left Connecticut and moved to Albany County, New York, near Knox.

Military Record

Elisha was a sergeant in the Revolutionary War having served in Captain William Stanton's (Stonington) Company, 8th Regiment of militia under the command of Colonel Oliver Smith, his wife's uncle.^[2]

Census Records

• "United States Census, 1820." Database with images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 14 June 2016. Citing NARA microfilm publication M33. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHGC-BQ2

Death and Burial

He passed away 26 Oct 1825, at Knox, New York, at the age of 80. High Point Cemetery, Altamont, Albany County, New York, United States^[3]

Research Notes

Source S-1450862356

Repository: #R-1958205582

Title: Public Member Trees

Author: Ancestry.com

Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006.

Sources

1. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74Y-PD3 : accessed 16 October 2015), Elisha Williams, 14 Dec 1744; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
2. ↑ "United States Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9WB-CR4R?cc=2068326&wc=M61K-FNG%3A355080701 : 21 December 2016), 26-Connecticut (jacket 155-183) > image 429 of 631; citing NARA microfilm publication M246 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1980).
3. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21715980/elisha-williams

• http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=890183&pid=-1022147252

• p.124 "Old Hellebergh by Arthur B. Gregg Published by Altamont Enterprises, Altamont, NY, 1936.

• p. 175 "Stonington during the American Revolution" by Norman Francis Boas. Published by Seaport Autographs, Mystic, Ct., 1990.

• Wheeler, Richard Anson. History of the Town of Stonington, County of New London, Connecticut, p. 665, 667, no. 79: https://archive.org/stream/historyoftownofs00whee_1#page/n689/mode/1up

• Denison Genealogy: Ancestors and Descendants of Captain George Denison; E. Glenn Denison, Josephine M. Peck and Donald L. Jacobus; Gateway Press, Inc. Baltimore, MD 1993 [Originally published, Pequot Press 1963; Reprinted, Baltimore, MD 1978, 1982, 1993], no. 688: https://archive.org/details/denisongenealogy00deni/page/402/mode/1up