page_title: Elisha Williams
hierarchical_section_title: Elisha Williams
caption_attribution_description: English: Portrait of Rev. Elisha Williams, fourth Rector of Yale College from 1726 to 1735. (The title 'rector' of Yale College instead of 'president' was used from 1701 until 1745.) Williams graduated with a B.A. from Harvard College in 1711.
context_page_description: Elisha Williams was a Congregational minister, legislator, militia soldier, jurist, and rector of Yale College from 1726 to 1739.
context_section_description: Elisha Williams (August 26, 1694 – July 24, 1755) was a Congregational minister, legislator, militia soldier, jurist, and rector of Yale College from 1726 to 1739.
caption: Portrait of Rev. Elisha Williams,fourth Rector of Yale College
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