Williamson

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https://electricscotland.com/history/world/oldbluff.htm

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The Regulators were divided in their sympathies, and it was impossible to find a Gaelic-speaking minister, clothed with authority, to go among the Highlanders. Even if such a personage could have been found, the effort would have been counteracted by the influence of John McLeod, their own minister. His sympathies, though not boldly expressed, were against the interests of the Thirteen Colonies, and on account of his suspicious actions was placed under arrest, but discharged May 11, 1776, by the Provincial Congress, in the following order:

"That the Rev. John McLeod, who was brought to this Congress on suspicion of his having acted inimical to the rights of America, be discharged from his further attendance."


https://www.electricscotland.com/history/highlands/chapter5.htm

[Ian Nelson]

has this thread gone awry ?
Here's modern Williamson family but with a connection to PEEBLES.

Charles Williamson      born 1870 – 1895 somewhere in Scotland.
A packing case manufacturer with premises in High Street, Glasgow in 1911.
married – twice.
m. Jeanie Colquhoun
children;  some birth dates approximate – all thought to be in Glasgow – residence
at Tradeston & Gorbals in South-side of Glasgow.
1910  Elizabeth  m Murdo / Murdoch, daughter Elizabeth b 1946 Glasgow
1912  Thomas    had a son Charles, lived in Drumchapel, Glasgow – Thomas
moved to PEEBLES.   ( not known if he had relatives there )
1913  Jean
1915- 2001  Agnes   m. William Pyne.   lived Glasgow, Drumchapel, then Kilwinning, where Willie Pyne died, then moved to Southampton to live near her son Wullie Pyne. ( both died Southampton)
1920 – 2001  Rachel Robertson Hair born Glasgow.  Married John Grieve Hair at SALTCOATS.
Rachel was my wife’s mother.

Details from Scotland's People and family memories.