Elijah Williams was born in 1768 to David Williams and Sarah Wallis.  He was born in Addison, Ontario in Leeds County.  On November 9, 1789 he petitioned for his Land Grant as a displaced United Empire Loyalist from the United States. 

Three years later he married Roby Jenckes, another United Empire Loyalist on December 21, 1792 in Ernestown, Ontario.

At the age of 71, Elijah died in Ernestown on May 20, 1839.