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captain ephraim williams jr, who founded williamstown, mass and williams college, was the great grandson of robert williams, cordwainer

rev john williams, who wrote the unredeemed captive about the raid on deerfield which inspired the novel the last of the mohicans, was the grandson of robert williams, cordwainer

captain ephraim williams jr's grandfather, captain isaac williams, and rev john williams father, rev samuel williams, were brothers

or in other words the founder of williamstown and the author of the unredeemed captive were first cousins once removed

jean baptiste hertel de rouville, who led the 1704 raid on deerfield, mass during queen anne's war, was sent to acadia where he died 33 years before the 1755 expulsion of the acadians by the british

captain ephraim williams was killed in 1755 by french soldiers on his way to the battle of lake george in the french and indian war in an ambush one month after the start of the expulsion of the acadians

https://www.geni.com/people/Capt-Ephraim-Williams-Jr/6000000005913710850


https://www.geni.com/people/Rev-John-Williams/6000000003942646392



https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raid_on_Deerfield



https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Baptiste_Hertel_de_Rouville




https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ephraim_Williams



https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Williams_(minister)




https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expulsion_of_the_Acadians



http://www.newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/eunice-williams-unredeemed-captive/




http://www.mount-royal.ca/heritage/getperson.php?personID=I6590&tree=godbout




https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Broussard