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- 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.
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d. Dec 1775, Pennsylvania, USA