James Mac Williams and Margaret Leard had 11 children: ■•Joseph. Margaret b. 1812, m. James Benjamin Leard . See Leard history. James m. 28 March 1837 Mary Sharpe . John b. 1819, d. 1884, m. 15 March 1846 Jane Howatt , b. 1829, d. 1888, daughter of William Howatt and Margaret Leard .They had 8 children and moved from North Tryon to Cape Traverse where John was a blacksmith. See Howatt history. +Samuel b. 15 June 1820. Agnes b. 14 Aug 1822, d. 3 April 1823. George Miller b. 19 Feb 1825, m. Elizabeth Hibbett . They lived in Kildare . Stephen m. Margaret Mattox , West Point . Ann m. William Boulter Elizabeth m. 2 Sept 1858 Nathaniel Boulter William Bramford b. 15 Oct 1831, d. 5 Sept 1919, m. 4 Oct 1865 Mary Boulter , b. 1830, d. 27 March 1905, daughter of John Boulter and Sarah Large . William inherited James' farm on the Crossroad. Joseph d. 10 July 1894, bur. Peoples Cem., son of James MacWilliams and Margaret Leard , m. 9 Nov 1843 Frances Dawson , b. 20 Jan 1816, d. 16 Nov 1850, bur. Peoples Cem., daughter of Samuel Edward Dawson and Jane Lord . Joseph moved to California . Joseph and Frances had 4 children who all died of cholera at a young age. See Dawson history. Joseph 2nd. m. Elizabeth Rogerson Lord. <$> 0- <> ♦ Samuel MacWilliams b. 15 June 1820, d. 16July 1911, bur. Milburn United Church Cem ., son of James MacWilliams and Margaret Leard , m. 6 March 1843 Elizabeth A. Boulter , b. Bedeque , 4 Sept 1821, d. 16 Feb 1916, daughter of Henry Oliver Boulter and Maria Card . Samuel and Elizabeth lived in North Tryon until at least 1880. Samuel MacWilliams and Elizabeth Boulter had 9 children: Margaret b. 1843, d. 1936, m. John Creamer . Maria b. 1845, m. Artemus Boulter . Matilda b. 1847, m. James Boulter . Eliza b. 1849, d. 1921. Frances b. 1852, d. 1921, m. Mr. Creamer . Henrietta b. 1855, d. 1870, Tryon . Lavina b. 6 March 1858, m. John Thomas Dawson . See Dawson history. Bertha b. 5 Aug 1860, d. 1945, m. Seymour MacWilliams . Adah Emma b. 18 June 1865. 241