The memorial history of Hartford County, Connecticut, 1633-1884; . il in the expeditionagainst Cape Breton, and witnessed the capture of Louisburg. In May,1746, he was again a deputy in the Assembly. That session voted tosend an expedition to Canada, and Mr. Williams was appointed itscolonel. The regiment did not go, Ijut expenses were incurred, and hewas sent as special agent to Great Britain to negotiate for their pay-ment by the home government. While there his wife died. May 31,1750; and the next year, Jan. 27, 1751, he married Elizabeth Scott,the hymnist, only daughter of the Rev. Thomas
The memorial history of Hartford County, Connecticut, 1633-1884; . il in the expeditionagainst Cape Breton, and witnessed the capture of Louisburg. In May,1746, he was again a deputy in the Assembly. That session voted tosend an expedition to Canada, and Mr. Williams was appointed itscolonel. The regiment did not go, Ijut expenses were incurred, and hewas sent as special agent to Great Britain to negotiate for their pay-ment by the home government. While there his wife died. May 31,1750; and the next year, Jan. 27, 1751, he married Elizabeth Scott,the hymnist, only daughter of the Rev. Thomas Scott, of Norwich,England. (The Hon. Thomas Scott Williams, late Chief Justice ofConnecticut, and a relative of the rector, was named after this father- 326 MEMORIAL HISTORY OF HARTFORD COUNTY. in-law.) After his return from abroad he lived in Wethersfield till hisdeath, July 2-1, 1755. His career shows him to have been a man ofremarkable versatility of talent, and prominent in theology, education,law, legislation, diplomacy, and military ahairs. John Deming was.
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