Mayflower descendant - his ggrandfather was Edward Fuller
He built meeting-house and a saw mill and was a selectman from 1721 - 1728. He later built ships and was a Congregational Long Society (1726 founder). He also was a Lieutenant in 1721 and in 1735 a Captain in the 5th Co. Eastern Society of Norwich. He "died of of pleurisy, after seven days illness." from the Joshiea Hempstead diary of January 12, 1741/2.
He built meeting-house and a saw mill and was a selectman from 1721 - 1728. He later built ships and was a Congregational Long Society (1726 founder). He also was a Lieutenant in 1721 and in 1735 a Captain in the 5th Co. Eastern Society of Norwich. He "died of of pleurisy, after seven days illness." from the Joshiea Hempstead diary of January 12, 1741/2.
Mayflower descendant - his ggrandfather was Edward Fuller
He built meeting-house and a saw mill and was a selectman from 1721 - 1728. He later built ships and was a Congregational Long Society (1726 founder). He also was a Lieutenant in 1721 and in 1735 a Captain in the 5th Co. Eastern Society of Norwich. He "died of of pleurisy, after seven days illness." from the Joshiea Hempstead diary of January 12, 1741/2.
He built meeting-house and a saw mill and was a selectman from 1721 - 1728. He later built ships and was a Congregational Long Society (1726 founder). He also was a Lieutenant in 1721 and in 1735 a Captain in the 5th Co. Eastern Society of Norwich. He "died of of pleurisy, after seven days illness." from the Joshiea Hempstead diary of January 12, 1741/2.
Inscription
"here lyes Buries ye Body of Capt. John Williams who Died Janry 11th 1741/2 Aged 61 Years 10 months & 22 Da's"
Gravesite Details
Taken from "Cemetery Inscriptions in the Town of Preston" researched by Marion Hall
