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WILLIAMSTOWN , a township of See also:Berkshire See also:county, See also:Massachusetts, U.S.A., on the Hoosick and See also:Green See also:rivers, in the N.W. corner of the See also:state, and about 20 M. N. of See also:Pittsfield. Pop. (1890) 4221; (1900) 5013, of whom 929 were See also:foreign-See also:born and 138 were negroes; (1910 See also:census), 3708. Williamstown is served by the See also:Boston & See also:Maine railway and by an interurban electric See also:line to See also:North See also:- ADAMS
- ADAMS, ANDREW LEITH (1827-1882)
- ADAMS, CHARLES FRANCIS (1807-1886)
- ADAMS, HENRY (1838— )
- ADAMS, HENRY CARTER (1852— )
- ADAMS, HERBERT (i858— )
- ADAMS, HERBERT BAXTER (1850—1901)
- ADAMS, JOHN (1735–1826)
- ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY (1767-1848)
- ADAMS, SAMUEL (1722-1803)
- ADAMS, THOMAS (d. c. 1655)
- ADAMS, WILLIAM (d. 162o)
Adams. It covers an See also:area of about 49 sq. m. and contains five villages. Williamstown, the See also:principal See also:village, is a pleasant residential centre on the Green See also:river; it is surrounded by beautiful scenery and its streets are shaded by some See also:fine old trees. See also:Mission See also:Park (ro acres) here is adorned by native
and foreign shrubs and by maples, elms, pines and arbor vitae, and " Haystack See also:Monument " in this park marks the See also:place where See also:Samuel See also:John See also:Mills (1783-1818), in 18o6, held the See also:prayer See also:- MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)
meeting which was the forerunner of the See also:American foreign missionary See also:movement. Williamstown village is best known as the seat of See also:Williams See also:College, chartered in 1793 as a successor to a " See also:free school " in Williamstown (chartered in 1785 and endowed by a See also:bequest of See also:Colonel See also:Ephraim Williams). Besides recitation and See also:residence halls, it has the See also:- LAWRENCE
- LAWRENCE (LAURENTIUS, LORENZO), ST
- LAWRENCE, AMOS (1786—1852)
- LAWRENCE, AMOS ADAMS (1814–1886)
- LAWRENCE, GEORGE ALFRED (1827–1876)
- LAWRENCE, JOHN LAIRD MAIR LAWRENCE, 1ST BARON (1811-1879)
- LAWRENCE, SIR HENRY MONTGOMERY (1806–1857)
- LAWRENCE, SIR THOMAS (1769–1830)
- LAWRENCE, STRINGER (1697–1775)
Lawrence See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
Hall Library (1846), containing (1910) 68,000 volumes, the See also:Thompson Memorial See also:Chapel (1904), the Lasell Gymnasium (1886), an infirmary (1895), the See also:Hopkins See also:Observatory (1837) and the See also:- FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
- FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
- FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
- FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
- FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
- FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
- FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
- FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
- FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
- FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
- FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)
Field Memorial Observatory (1882), the Thompson Chemical Laboratory (1892), the Thompson Biological Laboratory (1893) and the Thompson See also:Physical Laboratory (1893). In 1910 the college had 59 instructors and 537 students. The See also:fourth See also:president of the college was See also:Mark Hopkins (q.v.), and one of its most distinguished alumni was See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James A. See also:Garfield, president of the See also:United States, whose son, Harry See also:Augustus Garfield (b. 1863), became president of the college in 1908.
The principal manufactures of the township are See also:cotton and woollen goods (especially See also:corduroy), and See also:market gardening is an important See also:industry. The' limits of the township, originally called See also:West Hoosac, were determined by a See also:committee of the See also:General See also:Court of Massachusetts in 1749, and two or three years later the village was laid out. Two of the lots were immediately See also:purchased by See also:Captain Ephraim Williams (1715-1755), who was at the See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time See also:commander of Fort Massachusetts in the vicinity; several other lots were bought by soldiers under him; and in 1753 the proprietors organized a township See also:government. Williams was killed in the See also:battle of See also:Lake See also:George on the 8th of See also:September 1755, but while in See also:camp in See also:Albany, New See also:York, a few days before the battle, he See also:drew a will containing a small bequest for a free school at West Hoosac, on See also:condition that the township when incorporated should be called Williamstown. The township was incorporated with that name in 1765.
See A. L. See also:Perry, Origins in Williamstown (New York, 1894; 3rd ed. 1900) ; and Williamstown and Williams College (See also:Norwood, See also:Mass., 1899).
WILLIAMS-See also:WYNN, See also:SIR See also:WATKIN, See also:BART. (1592-1749), Welsh politician, was the eldest son and See also:heir of Sir See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William Williams, Bart., of Llanforda near See also:Oswestry; his See also:mother, Jane Thelwall, was a descendant of the See also:antiquary, Sir John Wynn of Gwydir, See also:Carnarvonshire. Educated at Jesus College, See also:- OXFORD
- OXFORD, EARLS OF
- OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
- OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
- OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
- OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
- OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST
Oxford, Williams succeeded to Wynnstay near See also:Ruabon and the estates of the Wynns on the See also:death of a later Sir John Wynn in 1719, and took the name of Williams-Wynn. He was member of See also:parliament for Denbighshire from 1716 to 1741, and was prominent among the opponents of Sir See also:Robert See also:Walpole; as a leading and influential Jacobite he was in communication with the supporters of See also:Prince See also:Charles See also:Edward before the rising of 1745, but his definite offer of help did not reach the prince until the See also:retreat to See also:Scotland had begun. He died on the 26th of September 1749. His first wife, See also:Ann See also:Vaughan (d, 1748), was the heiress of extensive estates in See also:Montgomeryshire which still belong to the See also:family. His son and heir, Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, Bart. (1749-1789), was the See also:father of another Sir Watkin (1772-1842), the 5th See also:baronet. Two other sons attained some measure of distinction: Charles (1775-185o), a prominent Tory politician, and Sir See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry (1783-1856), a diplomatist. A daughter, Frances Williams-Wynn (d. 1857), was the authoress of Diaries of a See also:Lady of Quality, 1797-r844, which were edited with notes by See also:Abraham See also:Hayward in 1864.
See See also:Askew See also:Roberts, Wynnstay and the Wynns (Oswestry, 1876).
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