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"A Complete History of England Deduced from the Descent of Julius Caesar to the Treaty of Aix La Chapelle, 1748. / Containing the Transactions of One Thousand Eight Hundred and Three Years" in 4 volumes by Tobias Smollett, M.D., printed for James Rivington and James Fletcher at the Oxford-Theatre in Pater-noster Row, London, with Volumes 1-3 published in 1757 and Volume 4 published in 1758 (HD Library call # S 942 S 666c). Each of these volumes are signed by members of the Williams family of Deerfield, including Dr. Thomas Williams (1718-1775); Elijah Williams (1767-1832) who signed each volume twice in 1801; Orson Bennet Williams (1834-1912); Clarence Stewart Williams (1863-1951); and Edgar M. Williams (1889-1986) in 1951. The fourth volumn has the signature of Samuel Barnard Williams (1803-1884) written on a piece of paper that has been pasted on the Title page. The donor, Captain Edgar Miller Williams (1889-1986), was the son of Admiral Clarence Stewart Williams (1863-1951) who married Anna M. Miller (1860-1955), the daughter of Dr. J. M. Miller of Springfield, Ohio, in 1888; his grandfather was Orson Bennet Williams (1834-1912), who was born in Ashfield and married Pamelia L. Floyd of Springfield, Ohio, in 1862; his great-grandfather was Samuel Barnard Williams (1803-1884) of Deerfield who married Mary A. Bennet (d.1839) of Ashfield, Massachusetts, in 1834, and Caroline Johnson (d.1885) in 1844; his great-great grandfather was Elijah Williams (1767-1832) who married Hannah Barnard (1772-1853), daughter of Samuel Barnard (1721-1788) of Deerfield, in 1803; and his great-great-great grandfather was Dr. Thomas Williams (1718-1775) of Deerfield. This branch of the Williams family is also related to Elizabeth Williams Champney (1850-1922), a well-known writer of her period, who was the half-sister of Orson Bennet Williams and the wife of the artist, James Wells Champney (1843-1903).
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