Williams, David
soldier, was born Oct. 21, 1754, in Tarrytown, N. Y. He served with distinction through the revolutionary war; with John Paulding and Isaac Van Wart he was one of the captors of Major John André in 1780. He received a silver medal from congress and a pension of two hundred dollars a year for that service. A monument has been erected to his memory by the state at the Stone Fort near Schoharie Court House. He died Aug. 2, 1831, near Livingstonville, N. Y.