William Williams was born April 23, 1731 in Lebanon, Connecticut. At first, he planned to become a minister, but decided on going to law school instead. At age sixteen, he got into Harvard and eventually graduated in 1751 at age twenty. Four years after he graduated, he went to go fight in the French and Indian war with his dad’s cousin as part of General Ephraim William’s staff. His experiences in the war lead to him disliking the British officers and how they treated others. After the war, he moved back to Lebanon where he lived for the rest of his life. He became a clerk for Lebanon in 1756 and stayed a clerk for forty four years. On February 14, 1771, he married Mary Trumbull, a painter from the American Revolution. In 1776, he was elected
