Forest Hill Cemetery to honor Boston Tea Party participant buried there. What to know
A ceremony honoring a participant in the Boston Tea Party is planned at the site where he's buried at Forest Hill Cemetery in Utica, cemetery officials announced in a statement.
The ceremony will include the placement of a plaque commemorating the life and contributions of Thomas Williams, a participant in the Boston Tea Party and a prominent figure in American history.
The ceremony will take place at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at the cemetery at 2201 Oneida St.
The event is open to the public and cemetery officials ask those who attend to meet at the cemetery gates at 11 a.m. so they can be directed to the grave site.
Speakers for the event include Evan O’Brien, creative manager of the Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum and Jonathan Lane, executive director of Revolution 250.
About Thomas Williams
Thomas Williams was born Jan. 14, 1754, in Roxbury, Massachusetts, according to background information from the cemetery.
He was one of the Minutemen in Capt. Moses Whiting’s company at Lexington.
Williams, along with his brother-in-law, Thomas Dana Jr., who is also buried at Forest Hill Cemetery, and other Roxbury men, met at the house of his father, John Williams, before the Boston Tea Party.
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Williams settled in Cazenovia in 1812 and died there in 1817 of a fever. He was 63.
Initially buried in another cemetery, Williams' remains were moved to Forest Hill Cemetery on Sept. 24, 1864, along with five other family members.
This article originally appeared on Observer-Dispatch: Boston Tea Party participant buried in Utica: How he's being honored
