Hotel/property owner in Auburn, NY. On April 10, 1806, Ezekiel Williams married Sally, daughter of Abijah and Olive ( Hickok) Curtiss of Southboro, CT. Sally was born Aug. 20, 1781, and died June 22, 1834. Ezekiel and Sally had three children together: George Curtiss (Feb. 27, 1807-Aug. 1, 1863); Phebe Trowbridge (March 23, 1810 - ?) who married Matthew Leitch Watson of Auburn, NY; and Sarah Dana (May 30, 1817- March 15, 1875). After Sally's death, Ezekiel married again. He married Helen Lincoln, daughter of Joshua and Margaret Leonard, formerly of Cazenovia, N. Y., on August 23, 1836. Ezekiel settled first at Middle Settlement, near New Hartford, N. Y., in 1804, where he built and carried on a tannery ten years. In 1814 he removed to Auburn, N. Y., where he bought an established tanning and leather business, which he greatly enlarged. For many years he was one of the board of managers of Auburn State Prison. He retired from business in 1853, and removed to Chicago, where he died in 1856.