Notes:

Lieut. Hugh McWILLIAMS and Rebecca (DUNWOODY) McWILLIAMS, who were
Scotch-Irish Presbyterians, and emigrated from County Armagh, Ireland,
settling in Northumberland County, Penn., four miles below Danville.
He was a lieutenant in the French and Indian war, and was killed by
Indians in December, 1775

Hugh married Rebecca Dunwoody in 1774 in Northumberland Co., Pennsylvania, USA. Rebecca (daughter of John Dunwoody and Susanna Criswell) was born on 20 Jun 1755 in Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Robert McWilliams was born on 31 Dec 1775 in Northumberland Co., Pennsylvania, USA.

Notes:

The McWILLIAMSes were among the earliest families who settled in what
is Liberty Township--Robert McWILLIAMS his three sons, Hugh, John,
Robert, and daughter, Jane, who had married Robert CURRY in Ireland.
The McWILLIAMSes bought land in 1771, which was the family homestead,
near Mooresburg. at the time they came there there was a family named
MOORE living where Mooresburg now stands. The sixth generation of the
first Robert McWILLIAMS who came here is now represented in the
children of Dr. R. S. SIMINGTON of Danville, traced as follows: The
eldest son of Robert McWILLIAMS, Sr., was Hugh, whose son was Robert
No. 2, and his son was Hugh No. 2, and the last named was the father
of Mrs. Dr. Robert S. SIMINGTON, and hence her children: Gertrude,
born November 13, 1855, and married Calvin LEINBACH, January 15, 1885;
Harriet Elizabeth, born October 11, 1857, and Anna Jean, born June 30,
1867, are the living sixth generation from the first Robert
McWILLIAMS. The wife of Robert McWILLIAMS was Jean ORR. They were
married in Scotland and removed to the North of Ireland prior to
coming to this country. They stopped at first in Chester county, and
the wife died a short time before they moved to this place. Hugh was
killed by the Indians in 1775. His only son, named Robert, was six
months old at his father's death. He was born in July, 1775.

Robert married Jane Orr. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]