The unusual spelling "Williamina" comes from her paternal grandmother, "Tradition relates that the mother of Williamina, who died in childbirth, had requested that her child if a male should be christened William after her brother, the Earl of March, and it being a girl was christened Williamina out of respect for her wish, hence the peculiar spelling of the name." [Source: Colonial Families of Philadelphia]
Possible middle names: Sarah Eliza - proof is needed
James Wemyss Moore, b. July 22, 1747: went to S. C. during Revolutionary War, served as Surgeon in Continental Army, under Gen. Gates; m. Susanna Jones, and d. when comparatively young, leaving son who studied medicine in Phila., but d. young, and daughter, Willamina, who m. Maj. John Berrien, son of Judge John Berrien, a warm personal friend of Gen. George Washington.
