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State of Service: VA
Qualifying Service: Private / Patriotic Service
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Author: Gary Baldwin Parriott
Moses Williamson was born in Ireland in 1723, the son of Samuel Williamson Sr (1688-1771) and Mary E. Ikerd. Samuel was born in Scotland and he and married his first wife there and they had their first son before migrating to Ireland.
An extraordinary climatic shock known as the "Great Frost" struck Ireland and the rest of Europe between December 1739 and September 1741, after a decade of relatively mild winters. The winters destroyed stored crops of potatoes and other staples and the poor summers severely damaged harvests. This resulted in the famine of 1740. An estimated 250,000 people (about one in eight of the population) died from the ensuing pestilence and disease. (Wikipedia). The tragedy of the “Great Frost” may offer an explanation for the loss of Samuel's first wife Mary and for his motivation to migrate to America with his six children.
Moses Williamson married Jane "Jeanny" Mills in 1744 in Howard County, MD. They had eight children.
Moses was a private in the French and Indian war and served in the militia in 1757. He was a juror in 1763 in Washington Co, (Frederick), Maryland. In the state of Virginia all males were required to take the Oath of Allegiance in 1777. On October 7th Moses Williamson Sr. and his sons appeared before Thomas Waller and took the oath. Moses took the oath with his six sons Moses Jr., Samuel, Jeremiah, John, James and Thomas. They all participated in the Revolutionary War.
OATH OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE COMMONWEATH OF VIRGINIA
I ______________ do swear that I renounce and Refuse all Allegiance to George the third King of Great Britain, his heirs and Successors and that I will be Faithful and bear true Allegiance to the Commonwealth of Virginia as a Free and Independent State and that I will not at any time do or cause to be done any Matter or thing that will be prejudicial or Injurious to the Freedom and Independence thereof as declared by Congress. And also that I will discover and make known to Some one Justice of the Peace for the said state all treason’s or traitorous Conspiracies which I now or hereafter shall know to be Formed against this or any of the United States of America, so help me God. (1777)
Moses died in 1792 in modern day Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia. (Find A Grave Memorial# 33299823).
Moses and Jane Williamson had the following children: Samuel Williamson Birth: 1745 Death: August 22, 1808
Moses Williamson Jr. Birth: 1747 Death: April 22, 1805
Ann (Williamson) Fugate Birth: 1749
Thomas Moses Williamson Sr. Birth: 1751 Death: April 16, 1839
John Williamson Birth: March 8, 1759 Death: February 17, 1856
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