A biographical memoir of Hugh Williamson, M.D., LL. D : delivered on the first of November, 1819, at the request of the New-York Historical Society / by David Hosack.

  • Hosack, David, 1769-1835.
Date:
1820
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Credit: A biographical memoir of Hugh Williamson, M.D., LL. D : delivered on the first of November, 1819, at the request of the New-York Historical Society / by David Hosack. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    His father, John Williamson, was an industrious tradesman, who had pursued his business, that of a clothier, in the city of Dublin. He came to America, and settled in Chester county, about the year 1730. The mother of Dr. Williamson, Mary Davison, was a native of Derry; with her father, George Davison, she came to this country, when a child about three years of age ; on their way to America they were captured and plundered on the coast, by Theach, the noted pirate Blackbeard; upon being released they arrived in Philadelphia. She died abort fifteen years since, having attained her 90th year. The parents of Dr. Williamson were married in the year 1731, shortly after his father's arrival in this coun- try, and ten children, viz. six sons and four daughters, were the fruits of that connexion. Hugh was their eldest son. His parents were both distinguished for their un- deviating integrity—their habits of industry and fru- gality—their great moral worth, and attention to the duties of religion. In a very interesting letter which I received from the nephew of Dr. Williamson, Mr. John Nevin, conveying information from his venerable mother, the sister of the doctor, now residing in Shippens- burgh, Pennsylvania, he observes: