The Williamson Family
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Descendants of William W. Williamson
Generation No. 1
1. WILLIAM W. WILLIAMSON died 09 Jan 1733/34 in Elizabeth, NJ. He married MARGARET DEHART, daughter of MATTHIAS DEHART and JANNETIE MAURITZ. She was born 1701, and died 1759 in Elizabeth, NJ.
William was one of the founders of Elizabethtown, New Jersey. He came to Elizabeth in 1725, and was a tailor and mill owner.
Children of WILLIAM WILLIAMSON and MARGARET DEHART are:
i. WILLIAM W. WILLIAMSON, JR., b. before 1734.
2. ii. MATTHIAS WILLIAMSON, b. 1716, Elizabeth, NJ; d. 08 Nov 1807, Elizabeth, NJ.
Generation No. 2
2. MATTHIAS WILLIAMSON (WILLIAM W.) was born 1716 and died 08 Nov 1807 in Elizabeth, NJ. In 1750 he married SUSANNA HALSTEAD, daughter of JOHN HALSTEAD and SUSANNAH BLANCHARD; she was born 1730, and died 1793 in Elizabeth, NJ.
Matthias Williamson served in the military in various capacities throughout his life. In 1740 he was a Lieutenant of a company of cadets in Elizabethtown, NJ. In 1759 he was appointed alternate Paymaster of an expedition against Canada. Just prior to the American Revolution, he served on the Committee of Correspondence for Elizabethtown, and served as Colonel of a light horse regiment. From 1776 to 1777, he was an aide-de-camp to Major Dayton and was a Brigadier general of the NJ Militia. Williamson was taken prisoner at Connecticut Farms when serving as quartermaster in June 1780.
Matthias Williamson also served his community, in 1749 as a vestryman of St. John's Episcopal Church in Elizabethtown, and in 1757 as High Sheriff of Essex County.
Wife Susannah, son William and daughter Margaretta Jane predeceased him, but Matthias provided well for his other children and his grandchildren. His will, proved in November 1807, included a bequest of “interest of 700 pounds, for his support, during his life,” for son Jacob. It also emancipated his “servant woman, Hager,” with her bed and bedding and $15.
Children of MATTHIAS WILLIAMSON and SUSANNA HALSTEAD:
3. i. WILLIAM WILLIAMSON, b. 1748, d. 29 Jul 1785, Elizabeth, NJ.
4. ii. MATTHIAS WILLIAMSON, b. 1752; d. March 1836, Elizabeth, NJ.
iii. JACOB WILLIAMSON, b. 1755, d. 1826.
5. iv. SUSANNAH WILLIAMSON, b. 1757
v. BENJAMIN WILLIAMSON, b. 1761; d. 1822.
6. vi. ISAAC HALSTEAD WILLIAMSON, b. 1767, Elizabeth, NJ; d. 1844, Elizabeth, NJ.
vii. MARGARETTA JANE WILLIAMSON, b. 1765; d. 1794.
Generation No. 3
3. WILLIAM WILLIAMSON (MATTHIAS, WILLIAM W.) was born 1748, and died 29 Jul 1785 in Elizabeth, NJ. On February 14, 1773, he married LYDIA HAMPTON, daughter of JONATHAN HAMPTON. She was born 27 Mar 1748, and died in 1814 in Elizabeth, NJ.
Children of WILLIAM WILLIAMSON and LYDIA HAMPTON:
7. i. JAMES CARRA WILLIAMSON, d. before 1814.
8. ii. JOHN WILLIAMSON, b. 1783, d. 1825.
iii. WILLIAM RICKETTS WILLIAMSON, d. 1818. He married JOANNA B. SHUTE 1813.
She died in 1867. A slave named Sally and her children were left to William Ricketts Williamson
in his mother Lydia's will.
9. iv. MATTHIAS HAMPTON WILLIAMSON, b. 1774, Elizabeth, NJ; d. 19 Feb 1837, Elizabeth, NJ.
4. MATTHIAS WILLIAMSON (MATTHIAS, WILLIAM W.) was born 1752, and died 1836 in Elizabeth, NJ. He married ESTHER (HENRIETTA) LEVY, daughter of ISAAC LEVY and ELIZABETH PUE. She was born 1759, and died 1831 in Elizabeth, NJ.
In 1770 Matthias graduated from Princeton College, where his dissertation was on freedom of religion. He was admitted to the New Jersey Bar in November 1774, but his law career was interrupted by the Revolution, during which he served in the commissary department.
Children of MATTHIAS WILLIAMSON and HENRIETTA LEVY:
i. SUSAN WILLIAMSON, born 1778 in Elizabeth, NJ. She married Thomas Salter.
ii. HENRIETTA LOUISA WILLIAMSON, born 1779 in Elizabeth, NJ; died 1804 in Elizabeth, NJ.
iii. MARIA WILLIAMSON, born 1783 in Elizabeth, NJ. She married Reverend Beasley.
iv. JONATHAN D. WILLIAMSON, born 1792 in Elizabeth, NJ.
v. CHARLES LAWRENCE WILLIAMSON, born 1796 in Elizabeth, NJ, died November 1846
in Elizabeth, NJ.
vi. MARGARET MATILDA DeCARADO WILLIAMSON, born 1797 in Elizabeth, NJ.
She married Joseph Kissam.
vii. ELIZA, born 1799 in Elizabeth, NJ.
5. SUSANNAH WILLIAMSON (MATTHIAS, WILLIAM W.) was born 1757. In 1779 she married JONATHAN DAYTON, a physician, whose father was Elias Dayton.
Children of SUSANNAH WILLIAMSON and JONATHAN DAYTON:
i. SUSAN WILLIAMSON DAYTON, b. 1782, married REV. FREDERICK BEASLEY in 1803,
died in childbirth in 1804.
ii. MOLLY DAYTON, married THOMAS HEYWARD GIBBONS.
iii. HANNAH DAYTON, who married DR. OLIVER HATFIELD SPENCER in 1813;
m. second DR. GEORGE ROSS CHETWOOD.
iv. ELIAS DAYTON.
6. ISAAC HALSTEAD WILLIAMSON (MATTHIAS, WILLIAM W.) was born 1767 in Elizabeth, NJ, and died 1844 in Elizabeth, NJ. He married ANN CROSSDALE JOUET 06 Aug 1808 in Elizabeth, NJ. She was born 1775, and died 1853.
Isaac Halstead Williamson studied law with his brother Matthias, and was admitted to the bar in 1791. He served in several governmental capacities: in the Assembly in 1816, as Governor and Chancellor of New Jersey from 1817 to 1829, and as a member of the State Council. He was elected as a presiding officer to the Constitutional Convention. He is buried in the ancestral vault at St. John's. He sued in court in regard to the estate of his brother William.
Children of ISAAC WILLIAMSON and ANN JOUET are:
10. i. BENJAMIN WILLIAMSON, born 1808 in Elizabeth, NJ.
ii. ISAAC HALSTEAD WILLIAMSON, born 1811 in Elizabeth, NJ.
Generation No. 4
7. JAMES CARRA WILLIAMSON (WILLIAM, MATTHIAS, WILLIAM W.) died before 1814. He married MARY DAYTON IN 1804.
Children of JAMES CARRA WILLIAMSON and MARY DAYTON are:
i. HENRY WILLIAMSON.
ii. LYDIA WILLIAMSON.
11. iii. DAYTON WILLIAMSON.
8. JOHN WILLIAMSON (WILLIAM, MATTHIAS, WILLIAM W.) was born 1783, and died 1825. He married MARY UNKNOWN.
Child of JOHN WILLIAMSON and MARY UNKNOWN is:
i. JAMES CARRA WILLIAMSON, christened in March 1819.
9. MATTHIAS HAMPTON WILLIAMSON (WILLIAM, MATTHIAS, WILLIAM W.) was born 1774 in Elizabeth, NJ, and died 19 Feb 1837 in Elizabeth, NJ. He married FRANCES HARGRAVE JOUET. She was born 1774 in Elizabeth, NJ, and died 13 Oct 1856.
Matthias and his wife Frances were cousins. He was a physician, educated at the University of Pennsylvania, where, among others he studied with Benjamin Rush. In February 1792 Matthias was granted a surgery license and in 1793 his "Inaugural Dissertation on the Scarlet Fever, Attended with an Ulcerated Sore Throat" was published. He and his partner, Dr. George Ross, kept a drugstore opposite the Church in Elizabeth, NJ.
There is a family story that he died from an overdose of morphine given him by the housekeeper. His will, dated 12/27/1836, and probated 7/22/1837, in Richmond County, Staten Island, NY, mentions sons John, Matthias, James C., and William, and daughter Abigail.
Children of MATTHIAS WILLIAMSON and FRANCES JOUET:
i. WILLIAM WILLIAMSON, b. 1795; d. 21 Feb 1841, New York, NY. William was a Navy surgeon.
ii. GEORGE ROSS WILLIAMSON, b. 1797; d. before 1836.
iii. BENJAMIN WILLIAMSON, b. 1799, d. before 1836.
iv. JAMES CARRA WILLIAMSON, b. 1802; d. Bef. 1813.
v. PHILIP VAN CORTLANDT WILLIAMSON, b. 1804; d. 1806.
12. vi. JOHN TROUP WILLIAMSON, b. 1806; d. Baltimore, MD
13. vii. MATTHIAS H. WILLIAMSON, b. 1808, Elizabeth, New Jersey.
viii. RICKETTS HAMPTON WILLIAMSON, b. 17 Feb 1810; d. before 1837.
14. ix. ABIGAIL JOUET WILLIAMSON, b. 02 Mar 1812; d. Aug 5, 1877.
15. x. JAMES CARRA WILLIAMSON, b. 1813; d. 1871, Jersey City, NJ.
10. BENJAMIN WILLIAMSON (ISAAC HALSTEAD, MATTHIAS, WILLIAM W.) was born in 1808 in Elizabeth, NJ. He married ELIZABETH S. UNKNOWN.
Children of BENJAMIN WILLIAMSON and ELIZABETH S. UNKNOWN:
i. ANNE CROSSDALE JOUET WILLIAMSON, b. 1834.
ii. ISAAC HALSTEAD WILLIAMSON, b. 1845, married LYDIA PEGRAM REANEY,
married second NANIE MAY STAINBACK (Lydia’s cousin).
iii. SALLY BLUNT WILLIAMSON, b. 1847. In 1870 she married David Provost.
iv. HENRY C. WILLIAMSON, b. 1856.
Generation No. 5
11. DAYTON WILLIAMSON (JAMES CARRA, WILLIAM, MATTHIAS, WILLIAM W.)
Child of DAYTON WILLIAMSON:
i. LOUISA PHILLIPS WILLIAMSON, b. 1831.
12. JOHN TROUP WILLIAMSON (JAMES CARRA, WILLIAM, MATTHIAS, WILLIAM W.), b. 1806; d. Baltimore, MD in 1849; m. in 1842 LOUISA ELLA ANCRUM, daughter of James Hasell Ancrum and Jane Washington; she was born in 1812 and married 2d Louis T. Cruger, with whom she had other children.
Children of JOHN TROUP and LOUISA ELLA ANCRUM:
16. i. FRANCES HARGRAVE WILLIAMSON, b. 1845
17. ii. JULIA EMMA WILLIAMSON, b. 1848
iii. JOHN CONDY WILLIAMSON, b. 1849, married in 1880 FRANCES REBECCA EILENBERGER.
iv. MARY WILLIAMSON, b. 1847, d. 1862.
13. MATTHIAS H. WILLIAMSON (MATTHIAS HAMPTON, WILLIAM, MATTHIAS, WILLIAM W.) was born 1808 in Elizabeth, New Jersey. He married HANNAH BANTA 13 Mar 1828, daughter of PETRUS BANTA and DOROTHEA VAN ORDEN.
Matthias worked as an accountant. He and wife Hannah appear in the 1870 census, living in New Jersey with their son George and his family.
Children of MATTHIAS WILLIAMSON and HANNAH BANTA are:
i. ALONSO WILLIAMSON, b. 1825, New York, NY.
18. ii. DUTILLA A.F. WILLIAMSON, b. Jan 1829, Staten Island, NY, d. 25 Feb 1909, New York, NY.
19. iii. MATTHIAS WILLIAMSON, b. 1831, New York, NY.
20. iv. GEORGE H. WILLIAMSON, b. 1833.
14. ABIGAIL JOUET WILLIAMSON (MATTHIAS HAMPTON, WILLIAM, MATTHIAS, WILLIAM W.) was born 02 Mar 1812. She married EPHRAIM MCGAVOCK of Wytheville, VA on 18 Nov 1840.
Children of ABIGAIL WILLIAMSON and EPHRAIM MCGAVOCK:
21. i. JAMES HAMPTON MCGAVOCK, b. 16 February, 1842, m. 1st, Elizabeth Pointer, 22 July, 1867;
2nd, Eveline M. Prescott.
ii. FRANCES ELLA MCGAVOCK, b. 2 August, 1843, d. 24 November, 1843.
iii. SARAH JACKSON MCGAVOCK, b. 13 February, 1845, d. 2 February, 1901.
22. iv. JOHN WILLIAMSON MCGAVOCK, b. 25 October, 1846, m. 1st, Emily Graham, 21 November, 1871;
2nd, Jane B. Pendleton.
23. v. CYNTHIA MCGAVOCK, b. 21 August, 1848, m. John H. Fulton, 6 June, 1876.
vi. FRANCES HARGRAVE MCGAVOCK, b. 14 August, 1850, d. 16 January, 1889.
vii. MARY JOUET MCGAVOCK, b. 13 August, 1852, d. 20 August, 1853.
viii. MARGARET M. MCGAVOCK, b. 15 April, 1854.
15. JAMES CARRA WILLIAMSON (MATTHIAS HAMPTON, WILLIAM, MATTHIAS, WILLIAM W.) was born 1813, and died 1871 in Jersey City, NJ. He married THERESE KEENE.
Child of JAMES WILLIAMSON and THERESE KEENE:
i. MARY WILLIAMSON.
Generation No. 6
16. FRANCES HARGRAVE WILLIAMSON (JOHN TROUP, JAMES CARRA, WILLIAM, MATTHIAS, WILLIAM W.) b. 1845 in South Carolina, in 1868 married JAMES E. TATE; she died in 1897.
Child of FRANCES HARGRAVE WILLIAMSON and JAMES TATE:
i. WILLIAMSON TATE.
17. JULIA EMMA WILLIAMSON (JOHN TROUP, JAMES CARRA, WILLIAM, MATTHIAS, WILLIAM W.), b. 1848 in South Carolina, in 1874 married SAMUEL NEVILLE JENKINSON, who was born in 1846.
Children of JULIA EMMA WILLIAMSON and SAMUEL NEVILLE JENKINSON:
i. MARION JENKINSON
ii. LOUISE JENKINSON
iii. JULIA JENKINSON
In 1870 Frances and Julia were living in Baltimore, MD with mother Louisa Cruger, stepfather L.T. Cruger, and half-brother Hamilton Cruger; also in the household were brother John Condy and sister Frances and brother-in-law James Tate.
18. DUTILLA A.F. WILLIAMSON (MATTHIAS H., MATTHIAS HAMPTON, WILLIAM, MATTHIAS, WILLIAM W.) was born Jan 1829 in Staten Island, NY, and died 25 Feb 1909 in New York, NY. She married HOWARD FITZRANDOLPH HARRISON; he was born 18 Jul 1820 in Staten Island, NY, and died 20 Aug 1882 in Staten Island, NY. (See #16 on the Harrison page.)
19. MATTHIAS WILLIAMSON (MATTHIAS H., MATTHIAS HAMPTON, WILLIAM, MATTHIAS, WILLIAM W.) was born 1831 in New York, NY. He married ELIZA DEMAREST. She was born 1831.
Child of MATTHIAS WILLIAMSON and ELIZA DEMAREST:
i. ALONZO WILLIAMSON, b. 1857.
20. GEORGE H. WILLIAMSON (MATTHIAS H., MATTHIAS HAMPTON, WILLIAM, MATTHIAS, WILLIAM W.) was born 1833. He married ANNA DECKER. George was a jewelry manufacturer.
Children of GEORGE WILLIAMSON and ANNA DECKER:
i. GEORGE H. WILLIAMSON, b. 1857, NJ.
ii. AUSTIN D. WILLIAMSON, b. 1859, NJ.
iii. MARY F. (MINNIE) WILLIAMSON, b. 1861, NJ.
iv. SILVANUS D. WILLIAMSON, b. 1867, NJ.
21. JAMES HAMPTON MCGAVOCK, b. 16 February, 1842, m. 1st, ELIZABETH POINTER, 22 July, 1867; 2nd, EVELINE M. PRESCOTT.
Children of JAMES HAMPTON MCGAVOCK and ELIZABETH POINTER:
i. EDWARD POINTER MCGAVOCK, b. 15 September, 1868.
ii. STEPHEN MCGAVOCK, b. 25 May, 1873, died 22 July, 1873.
iii. WILLIAM POINTER MCGAVOCK, b. 28 November, 1876, m. Flora Stokes, 11 July, 1894.
iv. JAMES HAMPTON MCGAVOCK, b. 11 July, 1878, died 12 November, 1878.
v. CLOYD MCGAVOCK, b. 2 March, 1880, m. Annie L. Jordan, 30 July, 1902.
vi. JOHN FULTON MCGAVOCK, b. 28 February, 1902.
vii. FRANCES ELLA MCGAVOCK, b. 2 August, 1843, d. 24 November, 1843.
viii. SARAH JACKSON MCGAVOCK, b. 13 February, 1845, d. 2 February, 1901.
22. JOHN WILLIAMSON MCGAVOCK, b. 25 October, 1846, m. 1st, EMILY GRAHAM, 21 November, 1871; 2nd, JANE B. PENDLETON.
Children of JOHN WILLIAMSON MCG and EMILY GRAHAM:
i. JOHN WILLIAMSON MCGAVOCK, b. 21 November, 1873, m. NANNIE F. MILLER, 26 July, 1898.
ii. EPHRAIM MCGAVOCK, b. 25 November, 1874.
iii. MARTHA P. MCGAVOCK, b. 26 July, 1876.
iv. ABIGAIL JOUETT MCGAVOCK, b. 19 November, 1877.
v. JAMES H. MCGAVOCK, b. 3 December, 1878.
vi. HENRY PARISH MCGAVOCK, b. 1 May, 1880, d. 17 June, 1887.
vii. MARGARET MATTHEWS MCGAVOCK, b. 14 April, 1884.
viii. MARY BELL MCGAVOCK, b. 11 July, 1886.
ix. UNAMED CHILD, 17 February, 1889, d. 18 February, 1889.
Children of JOHN and JANE PENDLETON:
i. EMILY MARIA GRAHAM MCGAVOCK, b. 16 June, 1892.
ii. BYRD PAGE MCGAVOCK, b. 9 July, 1894.
iii. SARAH JACKSON MCGAVOCK, b. 6 June, 1896.
iv. GORDON PENDLETON MCGAVOCK, b. 15 November, 1898.
v. STEPHEN MCGAVOCK, b. 25 November, 1901.
23. CYNTHIA MCGAVOCK, b. 21 August, 1848, m. JOHN F. FULTON, 6 June, 1876.
Child of CYNTHIA and JOHN FULTON:
i. FANNIE JOUETT FULTON, b. 10 March, 1877, m. J. NORMENT POWELL, 14 May, 1901.
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