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Rev Warham Williams

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Birth	:	7 Jan 1726 Longmeadow, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
Death	:	4 Apr 1788
Burial	:	Oak Park Cemetery, Claremont, Los Angeles County, USA
Coordinate	:	34.0868400, -117.7104100
Description	:	In Memory of the Reverend Warham Williams A M Pastor of the Church of Christ in Northford, a fellow of Yale College in New Haven. Good natural abilities, a liberal education, and an heart devoted to God the good of mankind qualified Mr. Williams for eminent usefulness as a tutor and fellow of the college. He was much esteemed by his pupils and the Republic of letters. He was a bishop given to hospitality laborious & faithful in office of a sound mind able in council. A friend of peace and order greatly reverenced by his flock and... Read More	In Memory of the Reverend Warham Williams A M Pastor of the Church of Christ in Northford, a fellow of Yale College in New Haven. Good natural abilities, a liberal education, and an heart devoted to God the good of mankind qualified Mr. Williams for eminent usefulness as a tutor and fellow of the college. He was much esteemed by his pupils and the Republic of letters. He was a bishop given to hospitality laborious & faithful in office of a sound mind able in council. A friend of peace and order greatly reverenced by his flock and highly respected by his bretheren and numerous acquaintance. In all public behestments he acted with fidelity and in his family and through the course of his ministry approved himself a MAN OF GOD amidst severe trials of his patience in his last sickness which was long and painful his faith prevailed and in good hope of the gospel salvation he fell on sleep April 4 AD 1788, in the 63d year of his age and the 38th year of his ministry. [Married: 1. 11/13/1752, Ann, dau of Rev. Samuel Hall of Cheshire 2. Mrs. Whitting, widow of Colonel Nathan Whiting, of New Haven] [WARHAM WILLIAMS, the third son of the Rev. Dr. Stephen Williams (Harv. 1713) and Abigail (Davenport) Williams, of Longmeadow, Massachusetts, and brother of Stephen Williams, Jr. (Y. C. 1741), and of Nathan Williams (Y. C. 1755), was born in Longmeadow, January 7, 1725–26. He remained at College after graduation, as a Berkleian Scholar, and after the expiration of a year entered on a tutorship in the College (October 30, 1746), which he held until June, 1750. Meantime he had pursued theological studies, and in the year 1749 began to preach as a candidate in what is now the town of Northford (known also familiarly by its Indian name, Paug), in the northern part of Branford, about ten miles from the College. His efforts were acceptable, and he was ordained on the 13th of June, 1750, as the first pastor of the Northford Society, —a church of 19 male members being gathered at the same time. His ministry was more than ordinarily successful, as is evidenced by the fact that not a single year of it passed without some accessions to the church. Tradition in the parish represents him as of commanding presence, and of more than ordinary ability as a preacher. His theological sympathies were with the “New-Lights." He was one of the Corporation of Yale College from October, 1769, until his death; and for six years (1770– 76) served as the Secretary of the Board. He died in office, in Branford, April 4, 1788, in the 63d year of his age, and the 38th of his pastorate. He married, November 30, 1752, Ann, second daughter of the Rev. Samuel Hall (Y. C. 1716), of the neighboring parish of Cheshire, who died, after a painful illness, on March 25, 1776, in her 43d year. He next married Mary (Saltonstall), widow of Colonel Nathan Whiting (Y. C. 1743), of New Haven, who survived him. His children, by his first marriage, were six sons and six daughters, of whom two sons were graduated here, —Jonathan Law, in 1777, and William Augustus, in 1780; one of the daughters was successively the wife of the Rev. Jason Atwater (Y. C. 1781), of the Rev. Lynde Huntington (Y. C. 1788), and of the Rev. Joseph Barker (Y. C. 1791). President Stiles writes in his Diary, April 5, 1788: “I attended the Funeral of the Rev. Mr. Williams. There were eleven Ministers present . . For more than a Year past Mr. Wms. has been most severely exercised with a painful & excruciating Disorder in the Bladder . . . He was a good Classic Scholar, & well studied in Div", & was a solid judicious Divine; a great Friend to Order & Regularity in Chh. & State. A steady, upright, firm Man. In 1769 was elected Fellow of the College, & constantly one of the stands Committee of the Corporation; a very judicious & faithful Member of the Board. He was naturally rather fixt & rigid, esp'y. in the former part of life. But Experience benefited him, & he became mild & condescends but always steady & uniform. . . .” AUTHORITIES. Conn. Journal, Apr. 3, 1776; April 9, 1788; Davenport Family, supplementary ed., 224. Longmeadow Centennial Appendix, 92–4. Maltby Genealogy, 136–37. N. H. Colony Hist. Society's Papers, iv, 315–17. N. H. Gazette, April 10, 1788. A. C. Pierce, Hist. Discourse at Northford, 14, 15, 20. Sprague Annals of Amer. Pulpit, i, 287. Pres Stiles, MS. Itinerary, iii, 16. Williams Family, 84, 87. ~Biographical Sketches of the Graduates of Yale College: May 1745-May 1763; Vol. 2; pg. 70; Franklin Bowditch Dexter; Holt, 1896.]

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Latitude: 34.0868400
Longitude: -117.7104100

Family Members:

Parent

Spouse

Anne Hall Williams

(1733 - 1776)

Siblings

(unknow - unknow)

Rev Stephen Williams

(1722 - 1795)

Eunice Williams Stebbins

(1723 - 1805)

Children

Abigail Williams

(unknow - 1768)

Samuel Hall Williams

(1756 - 1790)

Lucy Williams Foote

(1765 - 1839)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Oak Park Cemetery
Claremont, Los Angeles County, USA
Coordinate: 34.0868400, -117.7104100

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6. Claremont United Methodist Church Columbarium
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Coordinate: 34.1086700, -117.7178100

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Coordinate: 34.0363503, -117.7456284

13. Saint Marks Episcopal Parish Memorial Garden
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Coordinate: 34.1209080, -117.6469800

14. Spadra Cemetery
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Coordinate: 34.0514400, -117.8009200

15. Forest Lawn Memorial Park
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Coordinate: 34.0628014, -117.8368988

16. Maloof Cemetery
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Coordinate: 34.1613600, -117.6159400

17. Chapel of Saint Nektarios Reliquary
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Coordinate: 34.0991400, -117.8554100

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Coordinate: 34.1121330, -117.8758698

21. Holy Trinity Episcopal Church Memorial Garden
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Coordinate: 34.0865900, -117.8922300

22. Fairmount Cemetery
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Coordinate: 34.1407661, -117.8892365

23. Saint Marthas Episcopal Church Columbarium
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