Reverend Stephen Williams (1693-1782)

inscription:

Conservator's sticker on strainer and frame along right edge: "Hiram H. Hoelzer/ Box 333, G.P.O. New York 1, N/N 13489"

description:

Waist-length standing. Brown hair and eyes Clerical garb with black cape over left arm. Olive-gray background with brown spandrels below.

references:

Reproduced in "Gathered and Preserved," PVMA, 1991, p.24.

provenance:

This portrait decended from his daughter Martha b. 1733 m. Dr. Samuel Raynolds [?] of Enfield CT. Their son Samuel [ ] Lucy Pitkins - their dau. Lucy who m. John Root and [ ] 16 - their son John Backus Root the giver

keywords:

Clergy
Colonial English
Deerfield Raid, February 29, 1704
Puritans
Religion