Joseph WILLIAMS

                   I also have the place as Brattleboro. He was the only surviving son, and inherited is father's great wealth.
He moved from Poquatannock,VT to Suffield Conn, near the MA border. Here that had a neighbors Zodack Granger and his wife, Martha Cooley Granger.
Joseph and his father belonged to the same military company in the fifth in the Eastern Society. In May 1746, he was made Ensign, in May 1754 a Lietenant, and in October 1758 he was made a Captain.
He became a wealthy merchant in Norwich, CT and his name occurs in numerous land transfers. He moved into Hampshire Grants, and later the State of Vermont. At this time that region was justing emerging from an unbroken wilderness. Joseph located in the township of Brattleboro, not far from the Connecticut River.
Out of his large family of 17 children, only 3 sons carried on the Williams name: John, who settled in Wethersfield, VT;  Joseph, who settled in Norwich, CT; William Wheeler, who settled in the Western Reserve, which is now Cleveland, OH.
The great struggle for Independence on the part of the Colonies had begun and ot was to continue until 5 of the sons of Joseph Williams had taken part in it: John, Frederick, Joseph, Benjamin and Isaac. Frederick and Benjamin at the cost of their lives.
Joseph did not live long in his new home, His gravestone could be seen (?? still) in the old cemetery on the top of the hill of Centerville, where stood the first meeting house of Brattleboro.