Stephen West Williams (1790-1855) was a prolific writer as well as an esteemed physician. In addition to an active medical practice in Deerfield, Massachusetts, he delivered and published treatises on medical subjects including a publication on medical jurisprudence. He was also interested in the Williams genealogy and wrote a family history as well as this memoir of what was, perhaps, the most famous member of the clan, the Reverend John Williams (1664-1729). Reverend Williams was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts, and came to Deerfield, on the frontier, when he was 22 years old. He was captured and taken to Canada in 1704, when the town was attacked by French soldiers and their Indigenous allies. He returned two years later and resumed his ministry, serving the people of Deerfield until his death in 1729.
Williams, M.D., Stephen West. Biographical Memoir of Rev. John Williams,. ca. 1830. Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, American Centuries. https://americancenturies.org/collection/l99-022/. Accessed on October 16, 2024.
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