Williams, William (1731-1811), was a Connecticut signer of the Declaration of Independence. He was a delegate to the Continental Congress from 1776 to 1778, and a delegate to the Congress of the Confederation in 1783 and 1784. He helped frame the Articles of Confederation and served in the Connecticut convention that ratified the United States Constitution in 1788. Williams was born in March or April, 1731, in Lebanon, Connecticut. He died on Aug. 2, 1811.
