From the History of Gorham, Maine by Hugh Davis McLellan, Portland, Me 1903 copied by David C. Young, 1997 Page 837-839 WILLIAMS. John and Hart Williams were probably brothers. They were in Gorham as early as 1757. In 1759 John Williams and his wife Eleanor sold to George Hanscom of Scarborough the thirty acre lot, 109, which he had purchased of David Gorham in 1757. In 176o, he bought of Benjamin Stevens one-half of the hundred acre lot, 115. He was married by the Rev. Jeremiah Wise of S. Berwick, Oct- 31, 1746, to Eleanor Jones. There are two children of this couple recorded on the old Berwick church records as being baptized Sept. 22, I747, Daniel and Hannah. Daniel's name appears on the Gor- ham tax list for 1763- We know that John and Eleanor had also a son Jeremiah. 2) Jeremiah Williams, son of John, purchased in 1785, of George and William Knight, a part of the hundred acre lot, log. This land, fifty acres, and the buildings thereon where Williams lived, he sold to Micah Whitney of Gray, in September, 1802. This place is at Little Falls, near the cemetery on the hill, and is where Peter Smith now lives. Mr. Williams married (pub. May 17, 1777), Deborah, daughter of Abel Whitney. Children Martha, b. Mar. 9, 1778, in. James Ridlon of Saco, Mary, b. May 24, 1782, m. James Ridlon of Saco; d. Nov. 29, 1873. Peter, b. Oct. 29, 1784, m. in Standish, Feb. 19, 1817, Salome Elwell of Buxton. Ch : Mary Ann, b. Oct. 15, 1818 d. unm. Jan. 15, 1856; Charles, b. Jan. 11, 182o, m. Lydia Withington of Portland, d. Apr. to, 1862; Martha, b. Apr. 2, 1822, m. Henry Waterman, d. Sept. 27, 1899; Daniel, b. Dec. 2, 1825, I'd and d. in Mass.; Harriet, b. Jan. 28, 1829, d. unm. in Lewis- ton, Apr. 12, 1869; John J., b. -June 30, 1831 m Sarah Graffam ; James R., b. July 16, 1834, m. Mrs. Delia Herne ; Sarah. b. June 15, 1836, d. Apr. 22, 1837. Mr. Williams taught school for some years in Baldwin; returning to Gorham, he l'd in the village of Little Palls, wbere he d. Jan. 23, 1856; his wife survived him some ten years. Susanna, b. Feb. i5, 1786, d. unm. May 7, 1863 Lydia, b. Aug. 5, 1787, d. unni. Apr. 19, 1865. Daniel, b. Aug. 2, 1789, d. July 30, 1823. Joseph, b. Apr. 14, 1791. d. unm. (ct. 7, 1869. Hannah, b. Mar. 26, 1793, d. Jan. 26, 1853- Jeremiah Williams died May 3, I823, aged 68, and his wife Deborah, Oct. 27, 185i, aged 93- Hart Williams was one of the most prominent men of his (lay, in the town of Gorham. In 1764, in consideration of his having per- formed the duties enjoined by the General Court's Act in clearing and settling land, he received from Moses Pearson a deed of the right, No. III. On the thirty acre lot, III, belonging to this right, he made his home till his death. The house in which lie lived is still standing, opposite to the Byron Coburn place. He was a cor- poral in 1757 in Capt. Joseph Woodman's company, in the Northern Army, during one of the French wars. At the breaking out of the Revolution he was in command of a company of Gorham militia, and when the news of the battle of Lexington reached Falmouth, April 21, 1775, started to march his company to Boston, but after reaching Wells, received orders to return home. On the 24th of April, Capt. Williams and his entire company enlisted in Col. Phinney's 31st Mass. regiment of foot. Jan. 1, 1776, he was commissioned captain it) Col. Phinney's 18th Continental regiment, and participated in the siege of Boston, and the Ticonderoga campaign Of 1776. From '.\lay 15, 1778 to Feb. 17, 1779, he served as first lieutenant in Capt. Abraham. Tyler's company, Col. Thomas Poor's Militia regiment, in the eastern part of New York. He married in Falmouth, Feb. 18, 1750, Martha Phinney, daughter of Capt. John, and sister of Col. Edmund Phinney. They had no children, and adopted John Butler Ryan. After Capt. Williams' decease, his place was owned and occupied by this adopted son, and the hill by the house, over which the old road to Portland passes, has been known for many years as Ryan's hill. Capt. Williams died Dec. 4, 1797 ; Mrs. Williams died Sept. 11, 18oo. From the History of Gorham, Maine by Hugh Davis McLellan, Portland, Me 1903 copied by David C. Young, 1997 NOTICE: Printing the files within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from the submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents.

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