Excerpt from The Ancestors and Descendants of Ezekiel Williams of Wethersfield, 1608 1907 The first descendant of Robert Williams of Roxbury to settle in Wethersfield was his great-grandson, Elisha, Rev., Rector, Col., etc., of whom so much has been preserved elsewhere that nothing further need be added here. His line of descent will easily be found in the following pages. Ezekiel was his nephew and came here when quite a young man. He probably engaged in business with his uncle, who was then of the firm of Williams, Trumbull 81 Pitkin, a business house interested in extensive mercantile operations at home and abroad and had branch establishments in several different places. The facts concerning the early American ancestors of Ezekiel Williams, which are recorded in the earlier pages of this work, are derived from several sources. The earliest compilation known is an ancient manuscript in the hand writing of Ezekiel's father, Rev. Solomon Williams, D.D. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.