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	Williams College - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Williams was established in 1793 with funds from the estate of Ephraim Williams as a men's college, located in the Berkshires in northwestern Massachusetts, at the foot of Mount Greylock.
		Williams was the first American college or university to feature caps and gowns at commencement ceremonies, in order to eliminate the differences in apparel between rich and poor students.
		Williams is currently engaged in one of the largest capital campaigns ever undertaken by a liberal arts college, with a goal of raising $400 million by 2007.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Williams_College (3385 words)

	Ephraim Williams - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He was born in Newton, Massachusetts, and was raised by his maternal grandparents after his mother died in 1718.
		It was during the Battle of Lake George that he was shot in the head during an ambush by the French.
		Ephraim Jr.'s will left his sizeable estate to support the founding of a free school on his land in western Massachusetts.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ephraim_Williams (289 words)

	Biography: Ephraim Williams
		His paternal great-grandfather, Thomas Williams, M.D. (his grandfather being William Stoddard Williams), was the brother of Colonel Ephraim Williams, the founder of Williams College.
		Williams was prepared for college in part at the Deerfield Academy, in part at the private school of Dr. Davis, of Middletown, Connecticut, and he joined our Class in September, 1859, but remained with us only during the Freshman year, being compelled to leave college on account of ill health.
		From 1869 to 1871 Captain Williams was professor of Greek and Latin in Norwich University, Northfield, Vermont.
	www.geneabios.com /williams/williamse.htm (575 words)

	AllRefer.com - Ephraim Williams (Education, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Ephraim Williams 1715–55, American soldier, founder of Williams College, b.
		In recognition of his service he was given command of the Massachusetts posts W of the Connecticut River and 200 acres (80.9 hectares) of land in Massachusetts, where Adams and Williamstown now stand.
		Made a colonel in 1755, Williams was killed leading troops of Sir William Johnson's command in the first action of the battle of Lake George in the French and Indian War.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/W/WmsEph.html (260 words)

	William Williams
		William Williams, the subject of this memoir, was born in Lebanon, Connecticut, on the eighth of April, 1731.
		Williams was ready to engage with ardour, in bringing about this happy state of things.
		Williams was, at this time, one of the selectmen of the town of Lebanon, an office which he continued to hold during the whole revolutionary war.
	www.familybooksandcds.com /William_Williams.htm (1745 words)

	Williams Family Descendants - pafg74.htm - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
		William Gordon (6) Williams (Thomas (5), Thomas (4), Ephraim (3), Isaac (2), Robert (1), Stephen (-1), Robert (-2)) was born in Oct 1776 in Stockbridge, MA.
		William Henry (6) Williams (William Stoddard (5), Thomas (4), Ephraim (3), Isaac (2), Robert (1), Stephen (-1), Robert (-2)) was born on 28 Jun 1792 in Deerfield, MA.
		Ephraim (6) Williams (William Stoddard (5), Thomas (4), Ephraim (3), Isaac (2), Robert (1), Stephen (-1), Robert (-2)) was born on 1 Oct 1797 in Deerfield, MA.
	www.richwilliams.org /family/pafg74.htm (1160 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Williams, (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		He was the son of Thomas Williams, a St. Regis Native American chief, and a white woman; he was educated in private schools in Massachusetts.
		Williams College at Williamstown, Mass.; coeducational; chartered 1785, opened as a free school 1791, became a college 1793, named for Ephraim Williams.
		Williams sticks to his guns: Controversial Garcia deal fits GM's plan to keep Sox competitive.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Williams, (657 words)

	New York Daily News - City News - 'My heart taken' - bus driver's wife (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Williams was crushed between his bus and his friend's at 11 a.m.
		Ephraim Williams was well known around the neighborhood as well as at his church, the Beulah Church of God, where he often volunteered his bus to transport groups to events.
		Although her husband of 12 years had no children of his own, Karen Williams said he became a doting stepfather of her daughter Muriel, who was 14 when they married.
	www.nydailynews.com /news/local/story/428091p-361001c.html (303 words)

	Selected Families/Individuals - pafg14 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
		Ephraim Williams [Parents] was born on 27 Dec 1747 in Easton,, Mass..
		Daniel Williams was born on 1 Nov 1741 in Easton,, Massachusetts.
		Ephraim Hunt was born on 14 Jan 1713 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts.
	members.cox.net /dhess5/pafg14.htm (1342 words)

	wcbstv.com - Bronx Family To Bury Man Crushed By Two Buses
		Ephraim Williams, 42, is the tenth person to die along the stretch of Thruway between Tuxedo and the Harriman Toll since February.
		Williams was caught between the vehicles and crushed to death.
		Ephraim Williams was a native of Jamaica who moved to New York in the 1980s, family members said.
	wcbstv.com /topstories/local_story_170161327.html (422 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Ephraim (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Ephraim, in the Bible, younger son of Joseph and Asenath and eponymous ancestor of one of the 12 tribes of Israel.
		He studied with the Scottish surgeon John Bell in Edinburgh and practiced in Danville, Ky. He was noted especially for his success in lithotomy, and in 1809 he made surgical history by performing the first ovariotomy.
		Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim, 1729-81, German philosopher, dramatist, and critic, one of the most influential figures of the Enlightenment.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Ephraim (507 words)

	E. Williams Armigeri
		Ephraim Williams was a career soldier who died in battle.
		Taylor is one of the best professors at Williams precisely because of his ability and inclination to challenge his students -- question their preconceptions and to encourage them to question his.
		Ephraim Williams' generosity, like that of Preston Parish '41 and Jonathan Daily '91, is of money and blood and spirit.
	www.ephblog.com /archives/images/tailgate.html (1105 words)

	The Harvard Crimson :: News :: Beautiful Boonies: Williams College
		Williams, a private college known for its dedicated faculty, dynamic student groups, and unique programs, has been one of the top three liberal arts colleges in the nation for years.
		Williams' campus is well defined, as opposed to schools who share their sidewalks with bustling cities.
		Students appreciate that housing at Williams is an anomaly in the college world; there is no theme housing or eating club system, and students voted fraternities out of existence in the 1960s after a series of accidents in which my dad was involved, I'm sure, although he won't admit it.
	www.thecrimson.com /printerfriendly.aspx?ref=96592 (1303 words)

	Ephraim Williams
		WILLIAMS, Ephraim, soldier, born in Newton, Massachusetts, 24 February, 1715; died near Lake George, New York, 8 September, 1755.
		In 1854 the alumni of Williams erected a monument (consisting of a huge boulder) to him near Lake George, on the spot where he fell.
		He was a surgeon in the army under Sir William Johnson at Lake George in 1755, and present at the skirmish on 8 September of that year in which his brother, Colonel Ephraim, was killed.
	famousamericans.net /ephraimwilliams (694 words)

	iBerkshires / Grinnell revels in Ephraim Williams role -
		Ephraim Williams was born March 7, 1714, in Newton and killed Sept. 8, 1755, in an ambush near Lake George, N.Y., serving with Colonial forces in the French and Indian War.
		Williams was killed in 1755, and the college wasn’t founded until 1793.
		As a Williams student, Grinnell was part of the movement to abolish fraternities at the college, a step that paved the way for a smoother transition to a more diverse student body, including the admission of women.
	www.iberkshires.com /story.php?story_id=12828 (1087 words)

	Ephraim Williams Jr.'s Library (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		So Ebenezer Fitch wrote in his biographical sketch of Ephraim Williams, a sketch based on the memories of his half-sister's husband long after the fact.
		He was attentive and polite to all descriptions of men, but especially to gentlemen of dignified characters; and sought the company and conversation of men of letters.
		Williams was also very much a practical man of affairs, and his library reflected that fact.
	www.williams.edu /library/archives/founding/library.php (575 words)

	The Williams Club (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Williams College is a small, liberal arts college located in Williamstown, MA which is in the Northern Berkshires.
		Williams is continually ranked at the top of US News & World Report liberal arts college ranking.
		The College was founded in 1793 by a soldier named Ephraim Williams and was Massachusetts' 2nd college after Harvard University.
	www.williamsclub.org /AboutTheClub/WilliamsCollege.php (373 words)

	Williams Genealogy
		(Disclaimer-some of the siblings of Ephraim Williams listed here may not be children of Ephraim Willaims and Sarah Piles) I need someone to sort out the Williams of FCIL b.
		3 Lavene Jane Williams 1861 - 1919 b: December 17, 1861 in Ewing, Franklin County, IL d: April 05, 1919 in Franklin County, IL +James Lance 1855 - 1878 b: March 07, 1855 in Franklin County, Illinois d: October 23, 1878 in Franklin County, IL m: January 11, 1875 in Franklin County, Illinois.....................
		4 Clarence Ephraim Lance 1878 - 1954 b: 1878 in Macedonia, NTwp,Franklin Co Illinois d: July 08, 1954 in Thompsonville, IL +Eliza Leona Webb 1884 - 1955 b: April 29, 1884 in Franklin County, Illinois d: February 06, 1955 in Thompsonville, Franklin, Illinois m: December 06, 1905 in Ewing, Illinois.............................
	geocities.com /joseunos1/williams.html (1011 words)

	AllRefer.com - Williams College, United States (Colleges, U.S.) - Encyclopedia
		Williams College, Colleges, U.S. Related Category: Colleges, U.S. Williams College, at Williamstown, Mass.; coeducational; chartered 1785, opened as a free school 1791, became a college 1793, named for Ephraim Williams.
		The Williams campus, noted for its fine old buildings, includes West College (1790), the Van Rensselaer Manor House (moved from Albany, N.Y.), and the oldest U.S. observatory (Hopkins; 1838).
		Williams College, the first to establish an institute of politics (maintained until 1934), now has several research institutes.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/W/WmsCol.html (216 words)

	Williams College Libraries Ask Students to Put... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		In 1854, a group of Williams alumni went to place a memorial on Ephraim Williams grave and found that Ephraim's skull was missing.
		Williams College is consistently ranked one of the nation's top liberal arts colleges.
		Founded in 1793, Williams is the second oldest institution of higher learning in Massachusetts.
	releases.usnewswire.com /GetRelease.asp?id=73301 (540 words)

	Cooke & Early New England
		In 1739 Daniel Williams (Sr) bought a large piece of land on the west side of Mill River at this place, with house, barn, orchards, fences, etc. Between that time and 1747 this saw-mill was erected.
		Ephraim WILLIAMS was born on 27 Dec 1747 in Of Easton, Bristol, Ma.
		Ephraim was the heaviest taxpayer in Ashfield and selectman from 1785-99, and represented Ashfield in the General Court for 11 years from 1790.
	www.mayflowerfamilies.com /cooke/d45.htm (4907 words)

	Migrations Project - Individual Display Page
		Ephraim and Rebecca (Hearing) and family are enumerated in Saltlick, Perry Co. OH in the 1840 and 1850 census.
		Ephraim\\\\\\\'s brother Richard, family and his father Benjamin migrated to Franklin, Vernon County, WI at the same time.
		Ephraim\\\\\\\'s sister Elizabeth and her husband James Small migrated to Stark, Vernon County, WI at the same time, James died in the war and Elizabeth moved her family to Richmond, Furnas, NE just north of Richard in Norton, KS, sometime after 1870.
	www.migrations.org /individual.php3?record=34105 (227 words)

	Every Ephraim
		Williamstown, Massachusetts, are named for Colonel Ephraim Williams, a hero of the French and Indian War.
		Ephraim's history is detailed in the Utah History Encyclopedia.
		Ephraim, Wisconsin is a small, scenic town in Door County.
	www.vishniac.com /ephraim/ephraim.html (270 words)

	The Battle of Lake George, Sept. 8, 1755 by James P. Millard
		Sir William Johnson, together with his force of 1,500 troops and Indians reaches the southern shore of Lake Saint Sacrement by August 28, 1755.
		Williams, his horse shot out from underneath him, was shot in the head as he climbed this rock, seeking to rally his troops.
		William Johnson himself takes a musket ball in the leg, and the shaken British are rallied by none other than Phineas Lyman, who ordered his officers to stop anyone from retreating.
	www.historiclakes.org /wm_henry/lg_battle.html (1428 words)

	Robert and Elizabeth (Stalham) Williams
		Robert Williams was baptized in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England on Dec 11, 1608, to Stephen and Margaret (Cooke) Williams.
		connections: those Williams descended from Samuel and Theoda (Parke) Williams and Isaac and Martha (Parke) Williams are cousins to Princess Diana and the two princes of England.
		We descendants of the Kansas Pioneers are not descended from Robert Williams.
	members.tripod.com /~ntgen/bw/wms_index.html (506 words)

	Clarke Historical Library - Ephraim S. Williams Reminiscences 1815-18
		Ephraim S.Williams [1802-1892] came to Detroit with his family to join his businessman father in 1815.
		Passing his residence on Jefferson avenue, mother beckoned him, when he dismounted, went into the house, called Dr. Brown, next door to us, and in a short time a son was born to him, which was named James Monroe Williams.
		In the fall of 1818, my father, Calvin Baker, Jacob Elliott, my uncle Alpheus Williams, and others, made a journey to Oakland county, on horseback.
	clarke.cmich.edu /detroit/williams1815-18.htm (1716 words)

	Williams College Regional Association of Washington, D.C.
		The DC Journalism Networking Group is hosting John Noble, the Director of Career Counseling at Williams on Tuesday, May 9 for a discussion on a number of new initiatives launched by him since he took over OCC last summer.
		Professor Colin Adams to Speak at A.U. Williams Math Professor Colin Adams will be speaking at an event at American University on Friday, March 31 at 7:30 pm in Ward Hall on the campus of American University.
		Steve Sheppard of the Williams economics department and Mike Curtin '86, speaking on urban renewal, gentrification, and the effects on low-income urban residents.
	williams-dc.org (839 words)

	Scout.com: Titans Sign Two More
		Ephraim Williams, a 6-10, 220 pound center from Arroyo High School in San Bernardino have signed to attend Cal State Fullerton next year.
		Williams is a big body who blocks shots, rebounds and loves to dunk.
		If both Williams and Taylor lose a year to Prop 48, the Titans will have one more scholarship available and will use this on a JC big man.
	calstatefullerton.scout.com /2/209500.html (346 words)

	Wreck of the Barkentine Ephraim Williams, 1884 Cape Hatteras Life Saving Station (U.S. Lifesaving Service)
		On 22 December 1884 the crew of the Cape Hatteras (NC) Station (Sixth District), performed one of the most heroic feats in the annals of the Life-Saving Service.
		Under the leadership of Keeper Benjamin B. Dailey, assisted by Keeper Patrick H. Etheridge, they rescued the nine men composing the crew of the barkentine Ephraim Williams.
		Out of Providence, RI the vessel was bound home from Savannah, GA with a cargo of pine lumber.
	www.lifesavingservice.org /accounts_williams.html (973 words)

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