John Sergeant (missionary)
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John Sergeant was an American missionary in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, through whose ministry many Mahicans converted to Christianity. Reverend Sergeant was a graduate of Yale, who became an ordained
Mission House in ca. 1908 postcard
Ephraim Williams
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Ephraim Williams Jr. was an American landowner and militia officer from the Province of Massachusetts Bay who was killed in the French and Indian War. Born in Newton, Massachusetts, he was the benefac
John Sergeant (missionary)
…Stockbridge, Hampshire. In August, the General Court granted funds to build a church and a schoolhouse. John married Abigail Williams, half-sister of Ephraim Williams, the founder of Williams College, on August 16, 1739. In the summer of 1749, Sergeant fell ill with "a slow or nervous fever, attended with canker, and…
In this section of Ephraim William's Last Will and Testament (1755), Williams allocates his slaves to his brothers Josiah and Elijah Williams. ["I give and bequeath...all the Buildings and Appurtenances therunto belongings with all the stock of Cattle and Negro Servants now upon [his homestead in Stockbridge"]