Ephraim Williams Jr. (March 7, 1715 - September 8,1755) was the benefactor of Williams College, located in northwestern Massachusetts. Ephraim Jr. was the eldest son of Ephraim Sr. (1691-1754) and Elizabeth Jackson Williams (d.1718). He was born in Newton, Massachusetts, and was raised by his maternal grandparents after his mother died in 1718. In his youth, Ephraim Jr. was a sailor. In 1742, he moved to Stockbridge, Massachusetts, where his parents had relocated, … Wikipedia
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