1751 
November 24 
Deed Conveying to Eph. Williams, Jun., of Fort Massachusetts, land in Bennington, New Hampshire Grants, now Bennington, Vermont. 
Signed by Josiah Williams 
Witnessed by Joseph Howe, David Pixley 
Acknowledged before Ephm. Williams, Sr. 
This document in the handwriting of, and endorsed by, Ephraim Williams, Jr. 
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Josiah Williams (1721-1759) of Stockbridge. Half brother of the Founder. Ensign at Lake George. Original Proprietor of West Hoosac house lot No. 16. 
Joseph Howe ( ) of Marlboro. Captain at Upper Ashuelot Fort No. 4, July 1746. 
David Pixley ( ) of Westfield, Stockbridge, and Richmond. At Capt Breton 1745. One of ten persons, including Ephraim Williams, Jr., among the English inhabitants of Stockbridge 1741, who subscribed to the fund for Rev. John Sergeant's proposed boarding school for Indian boys and girls at Stockbridge. Died in the west. 
Ephraim Williams, Sr. (1691-1754) of Stockbridge. Father of the Founder. Moderator of first town meeting in Stockbridge 1739. (See interesting letters to his son, Elijah, at College of New Jersey, 1749-1753, in Scribner's Magazine 1895, arranged by James Fowler Dwight (1830-1899) Williams College 1849).