Background
Nathanial F. Williams was born 14 March 1782, in Roxbury, Massachusetts.
Nathanial F. Williams was born 14 March 1782, in Roxbury, Massachusetts.
He graduated from Harvard College in 1801.
He was the son Susanna and Colonel Joseph Williams. Serving as a lawyer in Boston and Annapolis. During this time he also served as an attorney for the Maryland Senate, Western Shore from 1811-1816.
He served as a private, Baltimore Fencibles, War of 1812, becoming wounded at the Battle of North Point in 1814.
He was considered dead after being shot on the battlefiled in his hip. He was treated by Doctor Owens of the 5th regiment for two days, then sent home on a wagon cart.
Nathaniel"s brothers Cumberland Dugan, and George Williams were also on the roster of the Fencibles. When Luther Martin became ill, Williams became Acting Attorney General of Maryland serving from 1820-1822.
In this time he wrote to Thomas Jefferson and John Adams.
Williams married Maria Pickett Dalrymple in 1829. He was the District of Maryland United States Attorney from 1824-1841 and served on the Executive Council from 1835-1837. He represented Baltimore City in the Maryland Senate in 1853.
He was also a Trustee, University of Maryland in 1826.
Williams died on 10 September 1854.