Henry F. Williams (August 13, 1813 – c. 1903) was a musician and composer in Boston, Massachusetts, in the late 19th century.

[2] As a young man, he studied with Peter Albrecht von Hagen Jr. and, until the age of 21 along with Alfred Howard and Henry Thacker.

He was invited to travel to Liberia by Mason to perform there to gain recognition he was not accorded in the United States, but refused.

[6] Williams on the double bass and Frederick E. Lewis on violin were the only black members of the grand orchestra consisting of two thousand musicians at the National Peace Jubilee in Boston in 1872[3] at the close of the Franco-Prussian War.

[6] He also worked with the Boston Cadet Band,[6] arranging a quickstep for the group[3] and he wrote an overture for the Park Theatre Orchestra.

[9] He also published a religious anthem ("O, Give Thanks"),[11] a number of polka-redowas, mazurkas, quadrilles, overtures,[6] ballads, and marches.