Re: William Williamson in Rowan Co.NC 1790

This is the latest info that I have and I would welcome corrections:Subject: Clarkia WilliamsonDate:Sat, 16 Dec 2000From:Char Pickering To:Betty & Del Meischen
Thanks for replying to my query so promptly.I have been digging out my Maxwell
records to refresh my memory. My lineage goes like this:Thomas Maxwell Sr. m. Clarkia (Clarkey)
Williamson>Thomas Maxwell Jr. m. Rhoda Hodges>William Henry Maxwell m. Elizabeth
Lenox>Bessie Maxwell, my grandmother.That is the same number of generations as
you, which makes us fourth cousins. About a year and a half ago I found a group of Maxwell descendants on the Internet and we began to exchange information like crazy.In the process we learned about
another cousin who lives in Peoria, Arizona, and who has done a prodigious amount of work on family history.She has an older Macintosh and has all her research done in a word processor and is not on the Internet.I have corresponded with her several times and she has sent me a bunch of printouts.She is leery of putting her research on the Internet, apparently because she was burned by someone who was
irresponsible with it. I just reread her notes on Williamson research and they do not go back to the old
country.Her notes indicate that Clarkey’s parents were Thomas Williamson and wife Mary? and her grandparents were Thomas Williamson and wife Barbara?.

Other notes:Clarkey (Williamson) Maxwell’s daughter Polly (Maxwell) Robertson was of Scotch-Irish descent. (Elizabeth Roberts Reed obituary.)The Maxwell famiy is thought to be Scots-Irish; it is not know if the Williamson family is also, but it is strongly suspected they were. Our Williamson family was in NC, Cumberland County from at least 1778.There was a Williamson family in NC, Cumberland from at least 1763, which may or may not have been our line.
If you would like to correspond with her, here is her postal address:
Mr. Joyce E. Cornelius
7820 West Yucca
Peoria, AZ 85345-1005
Joyce is willing to share information, but she doesn’t want it to be a one way street.Also, she goes to quite a bit of expense and usually asks for some compensation, such as 7 cents a sheet for what she sends.
Joyce and I have been speculating about where the name Clarkia (Clarkey) came from.Now it seems to be from a family named Clark who were friends with the Williamsons. It’s great to hear from you.Let me know how we can help each other some more.

Char Pickering
Edina, Minnesota
[email protected]


Re: John Clark/Anson Co/pre 1750Posted by: ShellDate: March 08, 2000
In Reply to: John Clark/AnsonCo/pre 1750 by Linda

Ok, I may have the wrong people, but this is what my tree shows...

Gen Elijah Clark (1733-1799) married Hannah (Nancy) Arrington. Their child Gov. John E. Clark (1766-1832)married Nancy Williamson (nancy is the sister of Mary Williamson who married Duncan Campbell and was themother of Justice John Archibald Campbell).Gov. John and Nancy's daughter Nancy Williamson Clark married John W. Campbell in 1822.

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Subject:Clarkey Williamson MaxwellDate:Sat, 30 Dec 2000 22:03:43 -0700
From: "Jim & Marilyn" To: "Betty Meischen"
Hi Betty,
I just recently acquired information on this line of the Williamson Family starting with who they believe is the father Thomas 1 Williamson (b) unknown (d) abt.1784 in Cumberland County,NC. This is part of the Second Generation covering Clarkey Williamson Maxwell.Their are a lot of William Williamson in this line and I hope that I can connect My William Williamson & his wife American Ann Brooks to this line and also my great grand father Elzy M Williamson. Do you have any information that you would like to share on this line.

Jim Williamson

Generation No. 2

2. THOMAS WILLIAMSON2 SR2 (THOMAS1 WILLIAMSON) was born in unknown. He married MARY. (unknown) Notes for THOMAS WILLIAMSON SR2:
Thomas & his brother Fred were in Cumberland County on the 1790 census: and the Green County, KY. together in1799
1815>Oct.23 & before Aug. 1,1816 Thomas Williamson Sr.2 & wife Mary and their young unmarried children also moved to Harrison County, Indiana Territory. they lived there from 1816 to1818

iv. CLARKEY WILLIAMSON, b. December 14, 1777, Fayette District, Cumberland County,NC.; d. July 27, 1849, Austin County, TX.; m. THOMAS MAXWELL, February 03, 1809, Green County,KY..
Notes for CLARKEY WILLIAMSON: Clarkey Williamson Maxwell was in Sangamon,County,IL. in 1826/1827 ? married to Thomas Maxwell on 3 Feb. 1809 in Green County, KY.

Thomas was born 24 Jan 1784 in Virginia and died 15 Mar 1851 in Grimes County, TX
Notes for THOMAS MAXWELL: 1815>Mar.8 & before 1816 Oct. 25 Clarkey and her husband Thomas Maxwell Sr.and children moved to Harrison County, Indiana Territory

Marriage Notes for CLARKEY WILLIAMSON and THOMAS MAXWELL:
Green county Historical Soc., green county marriage Records 1793-1836greenburg;nd ) page 12 info from JEC
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Subject: Williamson, Green Co., KYDate:Fri, 19 Jan 2001 12:05:13 -0800
From: Mary Ann Hanson To: Betty Smith MeischenHi Betty,

I found your GEDCOM on a Pedigree Resource File.I also descend from the Green Co. Williamsons.My fourth great grandfather was William T. Williamson b. 1802.I believe he is also a son of William Thomas Williamson and Barbara, Clarkia's parents.May I ask how you proved her relationship to them?
Best regards from your possible cousin, Mary Ann Hanson

I have not contacted Jim Sanderlin yet but I also have connections to the Green Co. McMurtry family through the Bartletts.As I'm sure you know, there were many, many families from Green, Barren and Hart Co., KY that emigrated to Sangamon and neighboring counties in Illinois.I have only
worked on a few.

Re: Williamson, Green Co., KYDate:Mon, 22 Jan 2001
From: Jim Williamson is my cousin.I believe and he is trying to find proof thathis ancestor Elzy is a brother to my ancestor James A.Both would be children of William T. Williamson and America Ann Brooks.America had a brother named Eleazer Miles "Elzy" Brooks.

I am also trying to find proof of the parents of William T. Williamson.I think it likely that his father was a Thomas Williamson and that this Thomas may well be the son of an earlier William T. Williamson who had siblings Patrick, James, Frederick, Sally (m. Davis) and Clarkia.Why do you believe Clarkie's parents are William and Barbara?
I also found one of your queries in Talbot Co., GA.Are you also an Austin family descendant?I found your discussion of life in Texas veryinteresting as I am also an Austin and my family was related to Stephen F. Austin.Have you read Farragher's "Stephen F. Austin, Empresario of Texas" yet?Because of your family's presence, you may find a comment or twoabout them or their associates in it.It was very well researched. Best regards,
Mary Ann Hanson

MAXWELL, WILLIAMSON posted by Ann Maxwell on Sunday, May 23, 1999 (Augusta Co Va querie)

I am looking for the parents of Thomas MAXWELL, b. Jan 24, 1784, possibly the son of Thomas,
baptized in the Augusta Church, North Mtn., Augusta Co.on Feb 28, 1749, son of John MAXWELL,
by Rev. John Craig, DD. This Thomas married Clarkia/Clarkey WILLIAMSON, Feb. 03, 1809 in
Green Co., KY. Any help is appreciated. Thomas and Clarkia later moved to IN, IL and then TX in
1844. Ann Maxwell

I show a WILLIAM MAXWELL [prob. b. ca. 1740?] m. Elizabeth McCUTCHEON as the parents of THOMAS MAXWELL b. ca 1763 in Chester Co.,PA...this line maybe "related" the THOMAS MAXWELL m. CLARKIA WILLIAMSON in KY{SEE BELOW}??? There is apparently also another son WILIIAM (b. 1763) who had Rev. War service!!!Who was he?Can anyone add to this information?
Don Maxwell
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Posted MAXWELL genforum by Ellen Smith on December 22, 1997 at 20:08:53:
My GGGG-grandfather Thomas Maxwell ended up in Knox County IL in 1828-30 having arrived from Crawford Co Indiana with the Robertsons, McMurtrys, Bells, McKees.
He was born in 1784 in Pennsylvania (place unknown to me) to "parents [names unknown to me]who were born in Scotland," according to only one citation in the documents of another family's lineage. His 1803 marriage to Clarkia Williamson was announced in Green Co Kentucky; Greensburg, the county seat, has the oldest courthouse west of the Alleghenies. They and their family appear in the 1820 census.
Generation No. 5
16. Thomas Maxwell, Sr., born January 24, 1784 in PA or VA; died March 14, 1851. He married Clarkia Williamson 1803 in Green Co., KY.
7. Clarkia Williamson, born 1777; died July 27, 1849.
More About Thomas Maxwell, Sr.:
Family Moved 1: To Crawford Co., IN
Family Moved 2: 1819, Returned to KY from Crawford Co., IN
Family Moved 3: 1822, From KY to Sangamon Co., IL
Family Moved 4: 1830, From Sangamon Co., IL to Knox Co., IL
Military service: 1832, Fought in Black Hawk war

Children of Thomas Maxwell and Clarkia Williamson are:
8i.James Maxwell, born April 09, 1810 in Crawford Co., IN; died September 29, 1895 in Hampton,        Rock Island Co., IL; married ElizabethLarimore March 29, 1829 in Sangamon Co., IL.
ii. Mary Maxwell, born May 26, 1813 in Crawford Co., IN; died May 21, 1840 in Knox Co., IL; married Daniel Robertson November 25, 1830 in Knox Co., IL; born June 12, 1804 in Perthshire, SCOTLAND; died April 06, 1890 in Knox Co., IL. Daniel Robertson:Land: First settler (with his brother Alexander) of Henderson Tp., KnoxCo., IL
iii. Thomas Maxwell, Jr., born March 08, 1815 in Crawford Co., IN; died May 08, 1890; married Rhoda Hodges March 06, 1836 in KnoxCo., IL; born 1815 in Salem Co., IN.
More About Thomas Maxwell, Jr. Cause of Death: Railroad carsFamily Moved 1: 1850, To Red Oak Grove
Family Moved 2: 1867, To MO, but later returned to North Henderson,Mercer Co., ILMilitary service: 1832, Fought in Black Hawk war
More About Rhoda Hodges:
Moved: 1835, To Knox Co., IL242
iv.Henry Maxwell242, born October 25, 1816; married Sarah HodghsAugust 13, 1839
v.Reuben Maxwell244, born October 17, 1818; died April 16, 1885
vi.William Maxwell, born 1819; died 1889; married Civility HonorStephenson May 22, 1842.
(Note mine:Melissa Maxwell wife of James Bell Stephenson is not mentioned here.She is sister to William Maxwell)
18. Rev. Richard Larimore He married 19. Mary Benningfield.
19. Mary Benningfield
Child of Richard Larimore and Mary Benningfield is:
9i.Elizabeth Larimore, born November 08, 1812 in Missouri Territory; died
January 27, 1891 in Galesburg, IL; married James Maxwell March 29,
1829 in Sangamon Co., IL.

Generation No. 4


8. James Maxwell85, born April 09, 1810 in Crawford Co., IN86; died September 29,
1895 in Hampton, Rock Island Co., IL86. He was the son of 16. Thomas Maxwell, Sr. and 17.
Clarkia Williamson. He married 9. Elizabeth Larimore March 29, 1829 in Sangamon Co., IL87.

9. Elizabeth Larimore88, born November 08, 1812 in Missouri Territory89; died January27, 1891 in Galesburg, IL89. She was the daughter of 18. Rev. Richard Larimore and 19. Mary Benningfield.
James Maxwell: His obituary reads:
HAMPTONHampton, Ill., Oct. 2, 1895. Obituary.
MAXWELL-James Maxwell was born in Indiana, Apr. 9, 1810, and died at the home of his son,Richard Maxwell, in Hampton, Sept. 29, 1895, aged 85 years, 5 months and 26 days. Mr. Maxwell moved with his parents to Kentucky in 1819, and from Kentucky to Sangamon county, Ill. in 1822, and to Knox county in 1837. For the past twenty years he has been making his home among his children. He married Miss Elizabeth Lonemore [sic] in about 1830, to which union was born sixteen children, nine of whom with the wife passed on before. The surviving children are: - Mrs. Mary Bryant, of Henry county, Mo.; Henry Maxwell, Jasper county, Ia.; Richard Maxwell, Hampton; James Maxwell, San Jose, Cal.; Mrs. Harriet Ferman, Hampton; Mrs. Christina Clinton, Henry county, Mo. and Benjamin Maxwell, of Illinois. Mr. Maxwell has a large circle of grandchildren and great grandchildren. He served in the Black Hawk war under Capt. McMurtrie, and has been a member of the Baptist church since 1878. Funeral services were held in Hampton on Tuesday, Rev. J. A. Alford officiating. Interment will take place in Knox county at North Henderson.
Another obituary reads in part:
He served in 1832 in the Black Hawk war and was a very interesting gentleman to talk with regarding pioneer days. He was the father of sixteen children, seven of whom survive him. He had been a member of the Baptist church since 1878. The funeral took place from the Methodist church Tuesday at 10 o'clock, after which the remains were shipped to Henderson, Knox county, for interment. The pallbearers were Peter Cewe, Manuel Smith, Fred Chick, John Robeson, Gus Haywood and Thomas Baily.

More About James Maxwell: Date born 2: 1810, KY90
Date born 3: January 09, 1812, KY Buried at: Rio Cemetery, Rio Tp., North Henderson, Knox Co., IL91 Census 1: 1850, Knox Co., IL
Census 2: 1870, White Oak Tp., Henry Co., MO
Children: Had 16 children91
Family Moved 1: 1819, Moved with his parents from IN to KY91
Family Moved 2: 1822, From Kentucky to Sangamon Co., IL91
Military service 1: Stout defender of the Confederacy, but 4 sons fought for the Union92
Military service 2: 1832, Fought in Black Hawk war93
Moved: 1837, Moved from Sangamon Co., IL to Knox Co., IL93
Religion: 1878, Joined the Baptist church93

Notes for Elizabeth Larimore:
Her son's death certificate gives her name as Elizabeth Lymon. Did sheperhaps remarry? More checking is needed.
More About Elizabeth Larimore:
Date born 2: 1811, KY94Census: 1850, Knox Co., IL
Children: Had 16 children95
Moved: 1837, Moved from Sangamon Co., IL to Knox Co., IL95
More About James Maxwell and Elizabeth Larimore:
Marriage 2: Abt. 183096Marriage 3: Abt. 183297
Marriage 4: Abt. 1836, Mound Prairie, Caldwell Co., KY

Children of James Maxwell and Elizabeth Larimore are:

i. Christina Maxwell98, born Abt. 184998; died Bet. October 02, 1895 - February 25, 192699; married Unknown ClintonResidence: October 02, 1895, Henry Co., MO99
ii.Mary Maxwell100, born Bet. 1831 - 1833 in IL100; died Bet. October 02, 1895 - February 25, 1926101; married Unknown Bryant Mary Maxwell: Census: 1850, Knox Co., IL
Residence: October 02, 1895, Henry Co., MO101
iii. Thomas Maxwell102, born Abt. 1837 in IL103; died Abt. 1864 inLibby/Libbyville Prison; Richmond, VA104Date born 2: Abt. 1842, Knox Co., IL104Census: 1850, Knox Co., IL
Military service: Fought for Union; caught by Confederates104
iv.Harriet Delilah Maxwell105, born April 14, 1851 in "Old" Henderson, Knox Co., IL106; died July 08, 1931 in E. Moline, Rock Isalnd Co., IL106; married (1) William Ferman February 21, 1869 in Cambridge,Henry Co., IL by a Justice of the Peace106; died July 16, 1908 inHampton, IL106; married (2) John Littlefield 1914. Notes for Harriet Delilah Maxwell:Jim Sanderlin wrote, "I learned something about my ancestor, HattieMaxwell Ferman, that shocked me. In 1905, she divorced her husbandWilliam. It said that he had deserted her 12 years before. I had no idea that this happened. Ithink that her second marriage to John Littlefield in 1914 also ended in divorce."
More About Harriet Delilah Maxwell:Buried at: Hampton Cemetery; Hampton, IL106Cause of Death: complications of a stroke106Residence 1: October 02, 1895, Hampton, IL107Residence 2: E. Moline, IL with her daughter Amelia (in Hattie's lateryears)108Residence 3: Bet. 1876 - 1909, Hampton, IL108Residence 4: Aft. 1908, Lived in various boarding houses with her 4 youngest children after her husband's death108Residence 5: Bet. 1909 - 1931, Moline and E. Moline, IL108Residence 6: February 25, 1926, E. Moline109 More About William Ferman:Buried at: Hampton Cemetery; Hampton, IL110Cause of Death: Senile gangrene Family Moved: 1875, To Hampton, IL110
Medical Information: "caused by old age and in grown toenail" He had afoot and leg amputated shortly before his death.110Military service: Civil War veteran110Occupation: Ran drug stores in Lynnenter, IL and Hampton, IL110Pension: January 1899, Veteran's pension granted

v.Elizabeth Maxwell111, born Abt. 1839 in Knox Co., IL112; died January 1879 in Poss. Rio, Knox Co., IL113; married Oliver D. Stroud October09, 1856 in Henry Co., IL113; born July 18, 1835 in Perma, OH113; diedJune 19, 1915 in Mercer Co., IL113.Census: 1850, Knox Co., IL
4vi.Henry Maxwell, born September 15, 1839 in Hendersonville or Galesburg, Knox Co., IL; died November 21, 1921 in Mt. Pleasant StateHospital; Mt. Pleasant, Henry Co., IA; married Irene Snow January 04, 1866 in Cambridge, Henry Co., IL.
vii.Benjamin C. Maxwell113, born 1853113; died Aft. 1931114There is thus far no trace of Ben. Marjorie Maxwell (wife of Leon Maxwell) writes, "A soldier listed as S. Maxwell #3280 Calvary 8,Company C, Illinois died 7/13/1864 in Andersonville Prison. This could have been Ben." More research is needed.Residence 1: October 02, 1895, IL115Residence 2: February 25, 1926, KS at the time of his brother Richard'sdeath116Residence 3: 1931, KS at the time of his sister Hattie's death117
viii.Richard Maxwell118, born 1844 in Knox Co., IL119; died February 25, 1926120; married Unknown Unknown; died Abt. 1921121.Thursday, 25 Feb 1926 The MOLINE DISPATCHWAR VETERAN IS TAKEN BY DEATH - Richard Maxwell, FormerlyKnown as Lamplighter, Is Called at Hampton.Hampton, Feb. 25- Richard Maxwell, who was wounded in the Civil War and suffered all his life from the wound, died at his home at 9 thismorning. He was 81 years old and was very well known in this community. For many years Mr. Maxwell was known as the lamplighter. He served as a government employee in lighting lamps placed at the river piers toguide steamboats.
Mr. Maxwell was a pioneer in this community and was known as a hunter and fisherman, many Hampton people purchasing fish and game from him. He is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Hiram Whitehead andMrs. E.B. LaGrange of Hampton, and Mrs. Nellie Johnson, superintendent of
night nurses in Watertown state hospital. There are also a son, James ofHampton; a sister Mrs. Hattie Ferman of East Moline, two brothers JamesMaxwell of California and Benjamin of Kansas; ten grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Mrs. Maxwell died five years ago.
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Friday, 26 Feb 1926MAXWELL FUNERAL TO BE TOMORROW
Hampton, Feb. 26- Funeral services for Richard Maxwell, Hampton Civil war veteran who died early yesterday morning, will be at 2 tomorrow afternoon in the Methodist church with the Rev. Norman Rostranofficiating. Burial will be in the local cemetery. Members of the women's auxiliary of the Sons of Veterans will attend in a body.
Children: Married and had at least three children122Family Moved: 1884, To Hampton, Rock Island, IL122Military service: Civil War Union Soldier-shot in knee & honorably discharged 122Occupation: Abt. 1884, Rowed people across the river to LeClaire, IA in his boat; also town Marshal and in charge of twon street lamps122Residence: September 29, 1895, Hampton, Rock Island, IL123ix.Abashaby Maxwell124, born Abt. 1847 in IL125; died Bef. October 02,1895126
x.James F. Maxwell127, born June 02, 1847 in Hendersonville, Knox Co., IL128; died Aft. February 25, 1926129; married Emma M. StroudOctober 14, 1883 in Stockton, San Joaquin Co., CA130; born November 1864 in CA130.Military service: Fought in Civil War for the Union131Moved: To CA sometime after Civil War131Residence 1: October 02, 1895, San Jose, CA132Residence 2: February 25, 1926, CA133
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Posted by: Carol McCloudDate: May 11, 2000 at
In Reply to: WILLIAMSON & QUAKER RECORDS by Bobbie W'mson-Dabbs Ledbetter

In going over my Irish records I found Sarah CLARK, born abt 1678, of Ballyruff, Ireland. She was
a grand-daughter of William (the Quaker) CLARK of Grange and daughter of John CLARK and
Anne HORSEMAN of Ballyruff, Coleraine. According to an old CLARK Genealogy, she married
WILLIAMSON of County Antrim. If anyone has further information on the CLARK and HORSEMAN families, I would be happy to correspond.
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Thomas,Clarkia,& Mary WILLIAMSON--NC>KY
Posted by: Cindy FregoeDate: February 23, 2000 at 12:29:49
I am looking for any other descendants of these three WILLIAMSONs. Thomas(b 1788) married
Elizabeth "Betsy" JUDD 7 May 1809 Green Co,KY, Clarkia (b 1777) married Thomas
MAXWELL in 1803 Green Co,KY, & Mary(b1800) married John McMURTRY in 1819 in
IN.Any info would be greatly appreciated. Thank you
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Clarkia and Mary Williamson Posted by: Jim Sanderlin Date: March 29, 1999 at 14:14:33
Looking for info on two sisters: Clarkia Williams, born ca 1780, and Mary Williamson, born ca
1800. Clarkia married Thomas Maxwell in 1803 in Green County, Kentucky. Mary married John
McMurtry in 1819 in Crawford County, Indiana. They all moved to Sangamon County, IL, ca 1822
and then to Knox County, Il, in 1830. Maxwell children were Reuben, William, Henry, James, Polly,
and Thomas. McMurtry children were Louisa, Harriet, Sarah, Polly, Martha, and Louisa.
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Re: WILLIAMSON & QUAKER RECORDS Posted by: Jeni Date: February 14, 2000 at
In Reply to: WILLIAMSON & QUAKER RECORDS by Bobbie W'mson-Dabbs Ledbetter
Alexander Musgrove married Mary Morris - 1814, Orange Co., VA. My family names include
Morris, Howell, Posey, Musgrove, Pierce, Blackwell, Ferguson, Craddock, Hancock, Adams,
Clark, Collier, Randolph, Eppes, Isham, Banks, Barksdale, etc. The LDS libraries, at least the one
here in Richmond, has a substantial set of records that reflect the families that were from Ireland and
England who were refugees from the Jacobite rebellion. Most were also aligned with the shipping
trade and prospered with both the sugar trade and tobacco trades in the 1600-1700's. They had
land in several places at the same time and this makes research confusing, as well as multiple
marriages, usually to related lines, and also very large families. I can only say that Quaker was a very
convenient religion! The Williamsons were another line related to these, and mine as well.
Jeni
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Posted by: Bobbie W'mson-Dabbs LedbetterDate: July 22, 1999 at 14:22:27
Does anyone have any information concerning the Williamsons and their relationship to the Quakers?
I do apologize for the length of this entry, but, without copying it, I could not get my point across. I
believe my Williamson family, and a great many more, could be from the Williamsons who lived in
old Rappahannock, Essex and Richmond Co., Va., in the Colonial days. Also, I believe, if you will
read the following, you will find a number of family names that are familiar with the Williamsons in the
early days. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to find anything else anywhere that would tell anything
about when the Quaker movement from Ireland moved to America. I have copied some information
which follows that I found in a book entitled:

IRISH AND SCOTCH-IRISH ANCESTRAL RESEARCH
"QUAKER RECORDS"
"Chapter VII" Starts on Page 412, but my interest is on P. 413.
"William Edmundson, founder of the first Friends Meeting in Ireland and one of the most consistent
leaders in spreading the faith throughout the country, was born in 1627 at Little Musgrove,
Westmoreland, England. He was persuaded to the Quaker faith in 1651, through the influence of
James Naylor, a disciple of George Fox, after having served in Cromwell's army in Scotland. he
followed his brother, John Edmundson, to Ireland in 1653, and settled as a shopkeeper at Antrim. In
1654, he removed to Lurgan, County Armagh, and established the first settled Quaker Meeting,
attended by Richard and Anthony Jackson, John Thompson, Richard Fayle, John Edmundson and
William Moon. These men and their families removed with William Edmundson to County Cavan,
where they all took up land, in 1655. They were joined by other Friends in 1656, namely John Pim,
Robert Wardell, William Neale, William Parker, Thomas Lun, Thomas Morris, John Chandley, John
Savage, Isabel Acton, and many more.

During the period of Commonwealth and the Protectorate, the Quaker faith spread rapidly throughout Ulster, Leinster and Munster. Between 1655 and 1660 the following Ulster Meetings were established: In 1655, at Grange, below Antrim, a Meeting was formed in the home of Gabriel Clark and wife. Archibald Scott opened his house at Toberhead, County Londonderry, for a Meeting. A group consisting of WILLIAM WILLIAMSON , SENIOR and JUNIOR, JOHN WILLIAMSON (Capitalization by me.), Mathew Horner, William Brownlow, Francis and Lawrence Hobson, and Margery Atkinson, formed a Meeting at the home of the latter, near Kilmore, County Tyrone. In 1656, at Belturbet, County Cavan, Robert Wardell and his father, William Parker and wife, and William Morris formed a Meeting. In 1658-1659, a new Meeting at Lisnegarvey (later Lisburn), was formed by George Gregson who built a Meeting-house, and Francis Robson, Roger Webb, Peter Ross, Robert Hoope, and several others. In 1659, a Meeting was established at Lurgan, and in that year William Edmundson with his followers, all removed from County Cavan to settle in and around Mountmelick, in Queen's County. In 1660, a (P. 414)
Meeting was established at Charlemont, under the leadership of Robert Turner. Others formed later
in Ulster were: Ballynalargey, removed to Balenderry, 1662/3; one near Carrickfergus at this time
which was dropped; Coleraine, and Ballynacree near Bllymoney, 1673; Hillsborough, 1682;
Coot-hill, 1692; Dunclaudy, at the house of William Henderson in 1692, continued at the widow's
until 1739; Moyallon, by reason of increase of Lurgan meeting; Ballyhaise, 1695; Letterkenny,
1699; Grange, new Meeting-house built by Walte Clark in 1704. Other new Meeting-houses in
Ulster were: Antrim, 1707; Balenderry, 1714; one near Rathfryland, County Down, 1722;
Castle-sane, County Monaghan, 1723; Newtown, County Down, 1726, at the house of James
Bradshaw; Hillsborough, 1748. Etc., etc., etc. "

I am sorry this is so long, but there are a number of people that were connected to the Williamsons
in the Colonial days of the American counties mentioned above. There was an Edmondson who
married a Mary Williamson, sister to William and an Edward Williamson, and a James Webb who
also married a Mary Webb, who was the sister to the same Williamsons. (I have the proof for the
James Webb and Mary Williamson in old wills that I own.) I believe an Atkinson married into the
Williamson family. Also, a HOBSON owned land next to my WILLIAM WILLIAMSON on Bear
Creek (Will dated Oct. 1767), which was close to the Neuse River in old Johnston County, which
now separates Wayne, Lenoir and Greene Cos. of North Carolina. If I could connect these people, I believe it would go a long way in unraveling the tangled web of Williamsons in North Carolina.
I can't seem to find anything in any Quaker web pages that refer to any of these people that I have
mentioned. Would anyone have any data on these people? Thanks for taking the time to read all of this information. Bobbie Williamson-Dabbs Ledbetter [email protected]
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