Rev. Col. Ebenezer WILLIAMS: Brooklyn Centre Change Log

- 1780

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Title	Rev. Col.
Gender	Male
Died	22 Aug 1780
Person ID	I87186	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
Last Modified	25 Feb 2003 00:00:00

Father	Eleazer WILLIAMS, b. 13 Aug 1690, Roxbury (Suffolk) Massachusetts
Mother	Penelope CHESTER
Family ID	F22004	Group Sheet

Family	Jerusha PORTER
Family ID	F38062	Group Sheet

Notes	Rev. Ebenezer was minister He had been in the army in the French and Indian War of 1755. The news of the battle of Lexington, 1775, was received on Sunday morning. He preached in the forenoon from the text, "There is a time for peace and there is a time for war." At the close of the service he laid aside his gown and displayed his old uniform with the remark that the time for war had come. Most of his young men joined him and they marched to Boston. He became a Colonel and served until his death.