Williams, Eleazer, 1787?-1858

Correspondents include J.C. Calhoun, DeWitt Clinton, Charles DeSaileville, Jackson Kemper, L.W. Cass, L.U. Sigourney, Millard Fillmore, and affidavits.

From the description of Letters and documents, 1800-1904 [microform] (Historic Deerfield Library). WorldCat record id: 30824536

Federal agent in charge of removal of Indians from New York to Wisconsin.

From the description of Eleazer Williams papers, 1821-1844 (Detroit Public Library). WorldCat record id: 495696294

Clergyman and missionary.

From the description of Eleazar Williams promissory note, 1822 August 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981371

Missionary to the Oneida Indians in New York and Green Bay, Wis.

The mixed Indian-white descendant of Indian captive Eunice Williams of Deerfield, Mass., Williams was appointed a lay reader and catechist by Episcopal bishop John Henry Hobart and began work among the Oneida following the War of 1812. He was instrumental in arranging the tribe's acquisition of Menominee and Winnebago lands near Green Bay and moved there in 1823. Williams taught school and preached until the early 1830's when he was repudiated by the Oneida. Later claiming to be the lost Dauphin of France, he spent his remaining impoverished years in New York as a minister to the St. Regis Indians.

From the description of Eleazar Williams papers, 1758-1858. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 41105978