Williams, William
signer of the declaration of independence, was born April 18, 1731, in Lebanon, Conn. He was a member of the assembly of Connecticut; and a justice of the peace, and was for nearly one hundred sessions, member, clerk or speaker of the house of representatives. At the commencement of the war of the revolution he was a member of the council of safety, and was one of the signers of the declaration of independence. He was a delegate to the con- WILLIAMS, THOMAS, lawyer, statetinental congress from 1776 to 1778, and senator, congressman, was born Aug. 28, 1806, in Greensburgh, Pa. He was a state senator from Pittsburg in the legislature in 1838, and the three succeeding years.
In 1860 he was again elected to the lower house of the legislature. In 1862 he was elected a representative from Pennsylagain in 1783 and 1784. When the government treasury was drained, he gave to his country what he called his last mite, which amounted to more than two thousand dollars, and was very fortunate in obtaining donations from others. He died Aug. 2, 1811, in Independence, Conn. .