Hugh Williamson - signer of the Constitution

 
Michael Swanson
 
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23 June 2008 19:28
 

Here is a note on signer Hugh Williamson who designed the NC seal and a university seal, if I recall.  The heraldic William Wallace connection, though, is made below:


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I was born on the 20th of February, 1803, of respectable parentage, in Franklin county, Pennsylvania. My Father’s mother was a Williamson, sister to the distinguished Hugh Williamson, LL.D., one of the framers of the U.S. Constitution, and a man otherwise prominent during the period of the Revolutionary War, who held a high place afterwards also, in the world of letters, as the editor of the History of North Carolina, an Essay on Climate, and other publications. The family, in the coat of arms and otherwise, has always claimed descent (how truly I pretend not to say) from the celebrated Scottish chieftain, Sir William Wallace. Another brother lived and died as an Episcopal clergyman in England, where he is honorably represented by descendants mostly of the third generation. A third brother, Capt. John Williamson, became a successful and wealthy merchant, in Charleston, S.C.; and it was as namesake to him in particular, that I got my own middle name of Williamson—the only proper Christian name, in fact, by which I was ever known or spoken of in my early life.

 


According to another source Hugh Williamson descended from John Williamson, who descended from a sister of Sir William Wallace, who married a Mr. Williamson.

 

Two theories: the arms claimed by Hugh Williamson were Williamson arms or were Wallace arms.  The Williamson theory is a better bet than the Wallace theory.  Here is the Wallace theory.  The father of Sir William Wallace was Malcolm (now thought to be Alan Wallace.).  The arms attributed to him and his son are here.  Malcolm had two daughters, after that, three sons.  Son Malcolm2nd (eldest son) was killed with father Malcolm.  As we know from the movie William died when his guts were torn out and he yelled FREEDOM!  wink  Williams brother John was also a soldier, but I am not sure what became of him (probably not good).  That left perhaps his sisters to carry on the arms.  THIS IS A GUESS.

 

On the Williamson theory, there is probably no way to prove his Williamson ancestor married a Wallace sister.  However, there is probably a way to find out if a Williamson had arms in the area.

 

So, it looks like further study is warranted, at least into the claim that Hugh Williamson claimed arms.  I bet there is someone who wrote a book on Hugh Williamson.

 
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24 June 2008 01:36
 

If Hugh Williamson used a version of the Scottish Williamson arms then they are likely to be a variant on Argent a saltire cantoned by "stuff" Sable. There are three matriculations in volume 1 of the Lyon Register.

Benjamin Williamson of Banniskirk, Esq.

Argent a saltire engrailed Sable accompanied with a boar’s head erased in chief Gules, two garbs in the flanks Azure and in base a mullet of the third

Crest: A ship under sail in a sea Proper

Motto: Dominus Providebit

LR i/225 11th March 1761

 

James Williamsone of Hutchinfield

Argent a saltire betwixt three mullets in chief and fess Sable and a boar’s head erased in base Gules

 

Crest: A garb lying on its side unbound Proper

Motto: Modice Augetur Modicum

LR i/440 c1674

 

John Williamson, late Baillie of Kirkcaldy

 

Argent a saltire waved Sable betwixt two boars heads erased in chief and base Gules and as many mullets in fess of the second

 

Crest: None

Motto: Modicum Modico Erit Magnum

LR i/440 c1674

 

The Williamsons, Barons Forres (UK 1922) descend from Archibald Williamson of Anstruther in Fife (1787-1847) and bear arms that suggest connection to John Williamson of Kirkcaldy.

 

Argent a saltire wavy between a mullet in chief and another in base and as many boars heads couped in the flanks Sable armed and langued Gules

Crest: A garb Or

Motto: Modice Augetur Modicum

Supporters: Two Condors Proper (the 1st Baron was Chairman of Central Argentine Railway and Lobitos Oilfields)

LR xix/59 2nd March 1906, rematriculated xxv/47 14th June 1922

 

Nothing in any of these arms recalls Wallace.

 

James

 
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24 June 2008 08:06
 

James Dempster;59720 wrote:

If Hugh Williamson used a version of the Scottish Williamson arms then they are likely to be a variant on Argent a saltire cantoned by "stuff" Sable. There are three matriculations in volume 1 of the Lyon Register.


I received this reply from the author of his biography (forthcoming):


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yes. would you like me to send ?

He also proposed the seal of the UNC and awe have some minutes from that meeting,all of which is in the book I hope will be published by University of Tennessee press.

Michael Swanson wrote:

> Dear Dr. Sheldon:

>

> I am writing to ask a trivia question about Hugh Williamson.  At the

> American Heraldry Society we are discussing Hugh Williamson’s coat of

> arms.  We can’t find a picture or a blazon (description), but we know

> from several sources that he did use a coat of arms, and that he was

> very keen on heraldry, designing university seals and his state’s

> seal.  In your studies of his life, did you come across anything about

> his personal coat of arms.

>

> Thanks,

>

> Mike Swanson

>

 

George F. Sheldon

FACS, FRCSEd(Hon) FRCSEng(Hon)

Professor of Surgery and Social Medicine

 

 
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25 June 2008 11:14
 

It looks like the crest is placed on the top of the chief in a circle, perhaps a lion holding a flag of some sort.  I don’t have a clue about the tinctures.

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Hugh Williamson’s father, John Williamson, was a clothier who is said to have been born in Dublin in 1704.

 
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25 June 2008 16:18
 

Interestingly, these arms don’t seem to match any of the Williamsons in BGA.

The Scottish ones feature saltires cantoned and most English/Irish are have a chevron which is usually (15 out of 19) between three trefoils. The other four arms replace the trefoils with falcon’s heads, griffin’s heads, two trefoils & a crescent and eight cinqfoils.

 

A combined search through BGA and Papworth suggests that the nearest match are the arms of an English family called Allan or Alleyn

 

Alleyn (Thaxted & Hatfield Peverell, Essex, Barts, cr 1629-ext 1759)

 

Sable a cross potent Or

 

Crest: A demi lion Azure holding in the paws the rudder of a vessel Or

 

Alleyn (The Mote, co. Kent & Gresley, co. Derby). Sir John Alleyn twice Mayor of London temp Henry VIII)

 

Arms as above quartered by Hincks

 

The same basic arms are noted by BGA for Allan (Herefordshire & Staffordshire) and the Allans of Blackwell Grange & Blackwell Hall in Co. Durham (descended from a family from Herefordshire) bore a differenced version with the cross quarter pierced and charged with guttees de sang, a chief with lions heads and a bordure.

 

Similarly some Allens are listed as bearing Sable a cross formy and others Sable a cross patonce

 

I haven’t found any genealogical details of Hugh Williamson. Are there any Allan/Alleyn connections?

 

James

 
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28 June 2008 13:25
 

So that we don’t duplicate effort, before I write to the Historical Society of Pennsylvania to ask whether the original image is in color or black and white, is anyone else doing so?

 
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28 June 2008 15:01
 

Joseph McMillan;59958 wrote:

So that we don’t duplicate effort, before I write to the Historical Society of Pennsylvania to ask whether the original image is in color or black and white, is anyone else doing so?


I have sent the graphics to Mr. Lyons, head archivist.  He is locating the item to see if it was transferred to another archive.  If he locates it, he will call me, according to our phone call.

 
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03 July 2008 17:00
 

No luck yet….  Joe, did you want to make the next contact?

By the way, the bound collection of old arms sounds interesting…


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Subject:

RE: [Fwd: Hugh Williamson]

Date:

Thursday, July 03, 2008 4:22:25 PM

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Dear Michael Swanson:

 

I’m afraid I have not been able to locate any information about the

coat-of-arms you inquired about. I find no listing for any Hugh

Williamson coat-of-arms in our coat-of-arms card catalog, the separate

bound inventory of HSP’s coat-of-arms collection, our general images

card catalog, our manuscripts card catalog, or our online catalog.

Frankly, I don’t know where else to look. If you have any additional

information that might help turn up other possibilities, please let me

know.

 

The only other thing I can think of would be for you to contact the

Atwater Kent Museum and see whether it might for some reason be part of

the former HSP museum holdings that Atwater Kent administers.

 

Sorry I don’t have more to offer you.

 

Best,

Matthew

 

Matthew Lyons

Director of Archives and Collections Management

1300 Locust Street

Philadelphia, PA 19107

 

 

 

 

 
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03 July 2008 18:43
 

Done; we’ll see what they say.

 
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