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John RITCHIE

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  John RITCHIE (son of William RITCHIE and Rachel W. WILLIAMSON).

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  William RITCHIE

    William — Rachel W. WILLIAMSON. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Rachel W. WILLIAMSON (daughter of John WILLIAMSON and Mary DAVISON).
    Children:
    1. 1. John RITCHIE
    2. Hugh RITCHIE


Generation: 3

  1. 6.  John WILLIAMSON was born 1709, Dublin, Ireland (son of Samuel WILLIAMSON and Mary IKERD); died 1757, Cumberland Co., PA.

    Other Events:

    • Will: 21 May 1757, Cumberland Co., PA

    Notes:

    "The Life of Ethelbert Nevin" states that John Williamson was born in 1704, "a cloth merchant of Dublin, but a Scot withal, claiming descent from a sister of William Wallace. He went to the Cumberland Valley in 1731, and married Mary (Wilson) Davison, a daughter of George Davison who had come from Ulster in 1717. The family had position and culture; and the elder son, ugh Williamson, took a wide career in the life of the young nation."

    John married Mary DAVISON 1731, Chester Co., PA. Mary was born 1713. [Group Sheet]


  2. 7.  Mary DAVISON was born 1713.
    Children:
    1. Hugh WILLIAMSON was born 05 Dec 1735; died 22 May 1819; was buried Trinity Churchyard, New York, NY.
    2. John WILLIAMSON died 26 Jun 1830.
    3. 3. Rachel W. WILLIAMSON
    4. Margaret WILLIAMSON was born 24 Oct 1741, Octoraro Creek, Lancaster Co., PA; died 02 May 1822, Shippensburg twp., Cumberland Co., PA.
    5. Mary WILLIAMSON was born 1743.
    6. Samuel WILLIAMSON was born 1749; died 24 Jul 1831, Congelton, Cheshire, England.
    7. David WILLIAMSON was born 31 Oct 1751; died 25 Feb 1803.


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  Samuel WILLIAMSON was born 1688; died 1771.

    Other Events:

    • Immigration: 1733; Said to be from Ulster
    • Property: 1 Mar 1734, Lancaster Co., PA; Samuel Williamson warranted 100 acres on Octorara Creek in Salisbury Township, Lancaster County, on June 3, 1741 (not patented until 1787). It adjoined Robert Patten's land. Samuel paid rent from March 1, 1734, indicating that he probably made a settlement in the fall of 1733.
    • Will: 17 Jan 1771

    Samuel — Mary IKERD. Mary was born 1692, Scotland; died 1733, on board ship during voyage to America. [Group Sheet]


  2. 13.  Mary IKERD was born 1692, Scotland; died 1733, on board ship during voyage to America.
    Children:
    1. 6. John WILLIAMSON was born 1709, Dublin, Ireland; died 1757, Cumberland Co., PA.
    2. Samuel WILLIAMSON
    3. Moses WILLIAMSON
    4. Thomas WILLIAMSON
    5. Elizabeth WILLIAMSON was born 1730, Ireland; died Dec 1798, Chester Co., PA.
    6. Mary WILLIAMSON
    7. Rhoda WILLIAMSON
    8. Ann WILLIAMSON
    9. David WILLIAMSON was born 1749, Pequea Valley, Lancaster Co., PA; died 4 Sep 1830, Corydon, IN.
    10. Joseph WILLIAMSON
    11. James WILLIAMSON died 1763.