Elihu
[uncertain]
(Elisha)
Williams
Born about in Plainfield, Windham County, Connecticut
Ancestors 
Son of Joseph Williams
and Susanna (Lawrence) Williams
Brother of
Elizabeth (Williams) Butts, Joseph Williams, Joseph Williams, Samuel Williams, Nathan Williams, Anne Williams, Ebenezer Williams, Eleazer Williams and Susanna (Williams) Parrish
Husband of
Desire (Fish) Williams
— married
17 Nov 1747 in Plainfield,Windham, CT
Descendants 
Father of
Rufus Williams, Olive (Williams) Converse, Martha (Williams) Parrish, Esther (Williams) Parrish and Lucy (Williams) Ives
Died about
at about age 53
in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Profile last modified
| Created 30 Jul 2014
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Biography
Private Elisha Williams served with 24th Regiment, Connecticut Militia during the American Revolution.
Elisha Williams is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A126044.
Elihu Williams was born 23 MAY 1725 at Plainfield, Windham County, Connecticut [1] [Note: The birth year 1730 in his Find-A-Grave memorial page conflicts with birth data from his SAR profile, which should prevail.].
He married 17 Nov 1747 in Plainfield, Connecticut, Desire Fish [2].
Elihu Williams and family removed from Canterbury, Windham County, Connecticut, in 1773, to Pennsylvania as part if the Wyoming Settlement, intending to settle at Kingston, Pennsylvania.
In 1774 Elihu Williams was tithing man for town of Westmoreland, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.
American Revolutionary War Service: Elihu Williams served in Third Company of the 24th Regiment of the Connecticut Militia under Captain Asaph Whittlesey [3] Also he paid the Supply Tax in 1778[4]
Elihu Williams died 23 Mar 1779 [his grave memorial states 18 Feb 1779], near Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania [5]. He died from battle wounds suffered while part of a military campaign organized to confront and quell Iroquois alliance with British forces subsequent to the Wyoming Massacre, which took place the previous year.
His grave is in Battle of Wyoming Burial Ground, Wyoming, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.
Sources
- ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #71229236
- ↑ The Fish Family in England and America (1948) p. 266, no. 1451: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89067390757;view=1up;seq=326
- ↑ Blair, Williams. The Michael Shoemaker Book (International Textbook Press, Scranton, PA., 1924) Page 543.
- ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed March 11, 2019), "Record of Elihu Williams", Ancestor # A126044.
- ↑ U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011 Volume: 91; SAR Membership Number: 18194
- The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records (NEHGS, Boston, 2011) Vol. Plainfield, Page 144. Birth record.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elisha by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Elisha:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elisha by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Elisha:
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Leah (Wilsey) Millard 
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member LeahWilseyMillard
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~0.39%
Diane Mitchell :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch SP4938710 [compare], Ancestry member dmbubel
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Susan (Emens) Hughes
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Williams-66268 and Williams-25280 appear to represent the same person because: Dates match. I also proposed a merge of their wives which represent the same person.
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