Williams, Elisha

  • Posted on: 6 November 2015
  • By: khughes
Primary Name
Prefix or Title: 
Hon.
First Name: 
Elisha
Surname: 
Williams
Birth and Death
Birth Info
Birth Month: 
August
Birth Day: 
18
Birth Year: 
1772
Birth Note: 
Pomfret, CT
Citation for Birth Info: 
Citation Notes: 
http://trees.ancestrylibrary.com/tree/62629746/person/42092818672
Death Info
Death Month: 
June
Death Day: 
29
Death Year: 
1833
Death Note: 
NYC
Citation for Death Info: 
Citation Notes: 
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Williams&GSfn=Elisha&GSby=1830&GSbyrel=before&GSdy=1832&GSdyrel=after&GSst=36&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=66121200&df=all&
Relationships
Marriage Information: 
Marriage and Children Info
Biographical Information
Seward Context: 
Official/Professional
Profession: 
Lawyer, Land Owner/Businessman
Biography and Citation Information: 
Biography: 
  • Mentioned in 18330223ExM_WHS1: "I have just received a Letter from my friend Elisha Williams who has always been a real friend... he has as you know been unfortunate in property concerns, that the most of his remaining property lies in & about Waterloo at which place he and his family will pemanently re- side after this Winter".
  • Son of Colonel Ebenezer Williams and Jerusha Porter. Admitted to the bar in 1793, when he removed to Spencertown, in Columbia county. In 1795 he married the daughter of his former guardian, Miss Lucia Grosvenor. They had 5 children together.
  • Removed to Hudson in 1799. NYS Assemblyman in 1801. "He was president of the Bank of Columbia at Hudson for a number of years, and a large owner in the institution. Through some of his transactions he became possessed of a tract of land embracing all or a large portion of the present site of the village of Waterloo, in Seneca county. From these lands he realized large returns ; so that by this means and through his very lucrative professional business he be- came what was at that time considered a wealthy man. Some of the last years of his life were passed upon his property in Seneca county."
  • Later in life, he was very ill. During a respite, visited NYC and there died of apoplexy in the home of Mr. Grosvenor, only months after ExM writes to Henry asking him to help his "friend Elisha Williams" during his time of "property concerns".
    • Citation Notes: 
    https://archive.org/stream/historyofcolumbi00ever/historyofcolumbi00ever_djvu.txt
    Extra information from Google Docs spreadsheet
    Citation for Marriage Info (old): 
    Editorial Information
    Editorial Review: 
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