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Samuel May Williams
Samuel May Williams (1795-1858) was an American businessman, politician, and close associate of Stephen F. Austin.
==Early life==
Samuel May Williams was born October 4, 1795, in Providence, Rhode Island, to Howell and Dorothy (Wheat) Williams.〔Margaret Swett Henson, "WILLIAMS, SAMUEL MAY," Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fwi35), accessed November 07, 2014. Uploaded on June 15, 2010. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.〕 His ancestors arrived in New England in the 1630s, and his family tree included a signer of the Declaration of Independence and a president of Yale University.〔Franz, Joe B. (March 1952). 〕
After some schooling in his native city, he apprenticed to his uncle, Nathaniel F. Williams, at the age of fifteen. His uncle was a commission merchant in Baltimore. Later he was employed as supercargo to oversee freight bound for Buenos Aires, where he stayed to conduct further business in South America.〔〔 He traded tobacco with the Karankawa people on Galveston Island as early as 1821.〔Cartwright, Gary (1998). ''Galveston: A History of the Island''. Fort Worth: TCU Press, p.58.〕 He moved to New Orleans around 1815, where he worked as a bookkeeper. In March 1822, he arrived at Matagorda Bay, Texas, with about ninety settlers equipped with farming implements.〔
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