Zebediah Williams

Son of Arthur Williams and Catherine ____ Carter Williams of Northampton.

He lived in Deerfield,MA. He was among the teamsters killed at Bloody Brook. The teamsters were hauling grain to storage, under the protection of Captain Thomas Lothrop and his soldiers.

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In response to the letter, Winthrop sent 50 soldiers to guard Deerfield in early August. The soldiers patrolled the Deerfield area for two days and, after finding no signs of an imminent attack or of any French or natives nearby, they were sent home to Connecticut.

Two months later, on October 8, natives ambushed two Deerfield men,

Zebediah Williams and John Nims,

as they were watching over their animals in a nearby pasture outside of the stockade. Both men were captured and taken to Canada. In response to the attack, 16 additional soldiers were sent from Connecticut.

He married Mary Miller at Northampton,MA on Dec 18,1672, and came to Deerfield by 1674.

Children: Mary Williams and Zebediah Williams Jr.

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