Glen Williams, Ontario

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Glen Williams is a hamlet in the Credit River Valley of the province of Ontario, Canada. It is part of Halton Hills in the Halton Regional Municipality.

In 1825, Benajah Williams, a United Empire Loyalist of Welsh stock, purchased a 200 acre (0.8 km²) parcel of land in Esquesing township, on the Credit River.

Benajah, a 60 year old clothes store owner, had come from New York state and settled in Lincoln County on the Niagara peninsula. He settled in Esquesing with his third wife and children.

By 1833, he had purchased another 200 acre (0.8 km²) parcel, giving him the 400 acres (1.6 km²) that became Glen Williams. The Williams' Mill is where the first industry stood, a saw mill built by Benajah and sons Joel and Charles in 1825. In the years to come, Benajah's son Charles became the leading figure in the community. Charles owned and operated the sawmill, and eventually he also owned the grist and woolen mills in the small community of Williamsburg, as it was then known.

[edit] Links

• Halton Hills Chamber of Commerce Community and tourism information on Halton Hills
• LetsVote.ca Information on Halton Hills (Glen Williams) Municipal Election
• [1] www.theHaltonHerald.ca a Local Online Newspaper.