| When Burke met | 1818 |
| Where Burke met | Durham, NY |
| Occupation | Clergy |
| Interaction with Burke | Burke stayed with him and attended meeting |
| Identity Status | Confirmed |
| Genealogy | WikiTree |
| Memoir Pages | 87-8 |
Notes
Thomas Williams (November 5, 1779 – September 29, 1876) was a Congregational minister, evangelist, and author born in Pomfret, Connecticut, to Joseph and Lucy (Witter) Williams. After graduating from Yale College in 1800, he taught school in Massachusetts and Connecticut, including a brief term at a Boston school for African American students. Following theological study with Rev. Dr. Nathanael Emmons, he was ordained in 1804. Williams served various congregations throughout Rhode Island and Massachusetts, holding principal pastorates at the Pacific Congregational Church in Providence, as well as in Foxborough, Attleboro, Hebronville, and Barrington. A strict adherent of Hopkinsian theology and a close associate of Emmons, he published numerous tracts and sermons during his lifetime. He married Ruth Hale on May 20, 1812, with whom he had seven children, and spent his final decades laboring as an evangelist in Rhode Island before his death in Providence.
Sources
Burke, William. Memoir of William Burke: A Soldier of the Revolution, Reformed from Intemperance, and for Many Years a Consistent and Devoted Christian; Carefully Prepared from a Journal Kept by Himself; to Which Is Added, an Extract from a Sermon Preached at His Funeral, by Rev. Nathaniel Miner. Hartford, CT: Case, Tiffany, 1837.