found: Biographical directory of the U.S. Congress(Williams, John; studied medicine and surgery, St. Thomas Hospital, London; served for one year as surgeon's mate on an English man-of-war; immigrated to America in 1773 and settled in New Perth, Charlotte County (now Salem, Washington County), N.Y.; engaged in an extensive medical practice; member of the State Provincial Congress, 1775-77; surgeon of the State forces, from 1775; colonel, Charlotte County Regiment, 1776; served in the State senate, 1777-78, 1782-85; member of the State assembly, 1781-82; appointed a member of the first board of regents of New York University, 1784; brigadier general of militia, 1786; delegate to the state ratification convention, 1788; member of the council of appointment, 1789; elected as a Federalist to the Fourth and Fifth Congresses (Mar. 4, 1795-Mar. 3, 1799); judge of the county court; b. Barnstable, England, Sept. 1752; d. Salem, N.Y., July 22, 1806)
