The Genealogy and History of the Family of Williams in America

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Merriam & Mirick, 1847 - 424 страници
Robert Williams and his wife, Elizabeth Stratton (d. 1674), had at least four sons, 1632-1640 or after. They immigrated to America ca. 1638 and settled at Roxbury, Massachusetts. He died in 1693. Descendants listed lived in Massachusetts, New York, and elsewhere.
 

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Страница 54 - I said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave : I am deprived of the residue of my years. I said, I shall not see the LORD, Even the LORD, in the land of the living : I shall behold man no more With the inhabitants of the world.
Страница 60 - Then Job arose, and rent his mantle and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped, and said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither : the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away ; blessed be the name of the Lord.
Страница 185 - ... would be her happy fortune. Mr. Huntington observed, that in case of ill success, he should be exempt from the gallows, as his signature was not attached to the declaration of independence, nor had he written any thing against the British government. To this Mr. Williams replied, his eye kindling as he spoke, " Then, sir, you deserve to be hanged, for not having done your duty.
Страница 161 - ... insisted on, and treating properly whatever subject he took in hand ; and of selecting the most weighty arguments and motives to enforce and set home those things that concern Christian experience and practice. His subjects were always weighty, and his manner of treating them peculiarly happy, showing the strength and accuracy of his judgment, and ever breathing forth the SPIRIT OF PIETY, and a deep sense of the things he delivered, on his heart. His sermons were none of them mean, but were all...
Страница 202 - ... are near it. Each party of said men to keep a journal of their proceedings and observations and lay the same, on their return, before this court. They to observe all such directions as they may require from his excellency. "One man in each party is to be a skillful surveyor and the persons allowance made them by the court for their services.
Страница 186 - In 1776 and 1777 he was a member of the American Congress, and as such signed the Declaration of Independence. His public and private virtues, his piety and benevolence, will long endear his memory to his surviving friends ; above all, he was a sincere Christian, and in his last moments placed his hope, with an humble confidence, in his Redeemer. He had the inexpressible satisfaction to look back upon a long, honorable, and well-spent life.
Страница 164 - ... in God himself, and make him perfectly know that not a tittle of the covenant should ever fail ; and left her in the same state, to try the faith, and call forth the prayers, of his people still. We see now some...
Страница 163 - I do, how long she has been the subject of prayer ; what numberless prayers have been put up to God for her by many holy souls now in Heaven ? as well as many who yet remain on earth? How many groans and fervent prayers can these ears...
Страница 64 - Mr. Williams did not immediately return to Deerfield after his emancipation from the French and Indians. He probably had some doubts whether he should again settle in the ministry in Deerfield. On the 30th of November, 1706, nine or ten days after his arrival at Boston, the town of Deerfield chose commissioners, viz.
Страница 249 - I the province; and by them particularly his loss was considered as a great calamity. One of his intimate acquaintance bears testimony to his worth in the following language. " Humanity made a most 'striking trait in his character, and universal benevolence was his ruling passion : his memory will always be dear."* By his will, which he wrote in Albany, a short time before his death, he made a liberal donation for a free school at Williamstown, called after his name, which was the foundation of the...

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