Hugh Dinwiddie (Dunwoody), accompanied by his wife, mother and two brothers, came in 1740 or 1741 to America from Ulster, Ireland. He was descended from the Dinwiddies of Annandale, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, his great-great-grandather having left Sctoland for Ulster at about the breaking up of the Border Clans. Reaching America, he settled in Pennsylvania, in Penn’s “Manor of Maske,” April 4, 1741. Was Captain in the Associated Companies of York, 1756. (York County, Pennsylvania Milita.) At the beginning of the Revolution was elected Major of Second Battalion, York County (Pennsylvania) Millitia, July 28, 1775. Was made Lieutenant-Colonel of Third Battalion of York County Militia, December 31, 1776. Died at Philadelphia, while in service, January 12, 1777. The liniel descent is as follows:
I. Hugh Dinwiddie, born 1722, Ulster Ireland; died January 12, 1777, Philadelphia. Married Jane (Jean) Crawford. ISSUE:
II. Hugh Dinwiddie, born August 26, 1766, York County, Pennsylvania, died September 25, 1829, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Married 1798, second wife, Sarah Weems Black, born August 18, 1779, York County, Pennsylvania; died May 13, 1860, Rockville, Indiana. ISSUE:
III. Franklin Weems Dinwiddie, born July 14, 1818, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania; died April 25, 1910, Rockville, Indiana. Married Deborah Jane Robinette, born October 24, York Springs, Pennsylvania; died May 13, 1907. Rockville, Indiana. ISSUE:
IV. James McCosh Dinwiddie, born June 18, 1849, Rockville, Indiana; died December 26, 1890. Married July 18, 1877, Juliet Eliza Maxwell. ISSUE:
V. Edna Juliet Dinwiddie
Sarah Weems Black, second wife of Hugh Dinwiddie, was the daughter of Henry Black, born December, 1752; died April 18, 1836. Married Mary Weems. Military record: Henry Black, Captain of Rangers, was Captain of Fifth Company, Third Battalion, Bedford County, Pennsylvania Militia during the Revolution. His service was on the frontier against the Indians. Was stationed at Forts Lyttleton and Burnt Cabine.
