Eliezer Williams
Rev. Eliezer Williams (baptised 4 October 1754 – 20 January 1820) was a Welsh clergyman and genealogist, who served the Earl of Galloway as a family tutor and genealogical researcher. Life

Williams was born in Pibwr-lwyd, Llangynnwr, Carmarthenshire, Wales, the eldest son of Peter Williams, one of the outstanding early leaders of Welsh Calvinistic Methodism. He was educated at Carmarthen grammar school and Jesus College, Oxford (matriculated 1775, BA 1778, MA 1781). He was ordained deacon in 1777 and priest in 1778. He was a curate of Trelech, Carmarthenshire before becoming curate of Tetsworth, Oxfordshire. Williams became second master at the grammar school in Wallingford, Berkshire) and curate of the nearby village of Acton. Then, in 1780, he was made chaplain of  under the command of Keith Stewart (son of the Earl of Galloway). He also tutored Lord Garlies, Stewart's nephew, who was a midshipman. After a few years, the Earl of Galloway asked Williams to become the family tutor. He also assisted with research into the Galloway ancestry, helping to establish the Scottish Earl's claim to the English peerage. A Genealogical Account of Lord Galloway's Family was published in 1794. In 1784, he was appointed vicar of Cynwyl Gaeo with Llansawel, Carmarthenshire. In 1799, he became curate of Chadwell St Mary, Essex and was also chaplain at Tilbury Fort. In 1809, while serving in Chadwell, he gave evidence in the case of White v Driver in which Elizabeth Manning's will was disputed on the grounds of insanity. His final appointment was as vicar of Lampeter in Ceredigion, where he ran a grammar school for 14 years. He died in Lampeter in 1820 and was buried there. Works
Whilst still at school, Williams helped with the 1773 publication of his father's Welsh bible and  (Welsh concordance). As well as his genealogical research for the Galloway family, he published other genealogical works. He wrote Nautical Odes on the achievements of the Navy. After his death, his son from his second marriage published English works, which included essays on various Welsh and Celtic topics. References

1754 births
1820 deaths
People from Carmarthenshire
Alumni of Jesus College, Oxford
Welsh genealogists
18th-century Welsh Anglican priests
19th-century Welsh Anglican priests
People from Chadwell St Mary
Burials in Wales