Richard Williams was a circuit rider in the Methodist Church of Great Britain.
In 1815 Williams was sent to Montreal.[1] In August of 1815, he was moved to Quebec, and a preacher named Strong took over the Montreal Circuit.[2] In 1817, he organised the construction of the old St. Ann Street Church in Quebec City.[3]
In 1819, he was elected Chairman of the Canada district Conference at the meeting in Kingston; this appointment was subsequently confirmed by the Conference in England.[4] In addition to that duty, he rode the St. Armand's circuit.[5] In 1820, he remained on the St. Armand's circuit.[6] In 1821, he was assigned to the Kingston circuit. Membership in the Methodist church of Great Britain decreased from 90 to 86 people, although it remained significantly larger than the American-based Methodist Episcopal Church, which had 51 members in Kingston. Apart from Kingston, the two churchs had agreed to divide the Canadas between them, with the American church preaching only in Upper Canada, and the British one in Lower Canada.[7]