captain or colonel ephraim williams and the mohawk chief hendrick theyanoguin



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 redeemed 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 redeemed 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/colonel ephraim williams jr 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

a deserter warned the baron dieskau of colonel williams' advance leading to the ambush and ensuing battle called 'the bloody morning scout'

rev williams was ransomed by the release in 1706 of the notorious pirate or famous privateer ( depending on your point of view ) pierre maisonette dit baptiste  who lived in acadia and whose crew were mostly acadians

pierre maisonette dit baptist's knowledge of the north atlantic coast was given as the reason for his being asked to help plan the construction of  fort louisbourg on cape breton island near (310 miles from) the famous oak island  in mahone bay where the templar treasure was believed to have been hidden

oak island is 30 miles from where henry wadsworth longfellow's heroine 'evangeline' had her home village of grande pre


the 1758 siege of fort louisbourg by major general (and possibly biowarfare terrorist) jeffrey amherst was a pivotal turning point in quelling the bloody history of north america

oak island mystery


acadian exodus


father le loutre's war


12 treasures that could be under oak island - the history channel



why did samuel argall attack port royal in 1613 ?






back to story

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/




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




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




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




http://www.frenchandindianwarsociety.org/timeline/



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




https://www.google.com/amp/www.newsweek.com/lost-treasure-322370%3famp=1




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




http://www.crystalinks.com/oakislandmystery.html


http://monalisaandthegreaseguns.blogspot.com/2017/05/blog-post.html?m=1


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




http://www.history.co.uk/shows/the-curse-of-oak-island/articles/12-treasures-that-could-be-under-oak-island




http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/argall_samuel_1E.html