Wilson Family Line
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Grandy's Grandmother:
My 2x Great-Grandmother:
Laila Laemmel-Gordon's 3x Great-Grandmother:
Zilla B. Wilson (1856 - 1943)
Zilla B. Smith
Also known as: "Polly"
Birthdate: July 8, 1856
Birthplace: Gibson, Indiana
Denomination: (probably) Presbyterian / Baptist
Date of Marriage: September 14, 1880
Place of Marriage: Gibson, Indiana
Death: 1943 in Fruitville, Sarasota County, Florida
Burial: Friendship Baptist Cemetery, 5700 Palmer Blvd, Fruitville, Sarasota County, Florida
Parents:
Levin Wilson
1820-1900
Henrietta McReynolds
1818-1883
Family
Spouse:
Francis Marion Smith (1860 - 1953)
Birthdate: June 1860
Birthplace: Missouri
Denomination: (probably) Presbyterian / Baptist
Death: 1953 in Fruitville, Sarasota County, Florida
Burial: Friendship Baptist Cemetery, 5700 Palmer Blvd, Fruitville, Sarasota County, Florida
Immediate Family:
Son of Francis Marion Smith and Hattie J. Pearson
See: Smith Line
Children:
1. Henrietta Ann Smith 1883–1979
2. Lona Smith 1885–Deceased
3. Elmer F. Smith 1888–Deceased
4. Lola E. Smith 1888–Deceased
5. Leona Smith 1890–Deceased
6. Violet Zilla Smith 1892–1987
7. Eva Rose Smith 1894–1984
About Zilla B. Wilson
Zilla was born in 1856, and died in 1943. Zilla is buried in Friendship Baptist Cemetery in Sarasota, Florida, USA.
References:
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LTT2-TBM
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31020639/zilla-smith
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Wilson-4112
https://www.geni.com/people/H-Smith/6000000006920099557
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Grandy's Great-Grandfather:
My 3x Great-Grandfather:
Laila Laemmel-Gordon's 4x Great-Grandfather:
Levin Wilson (1820 - 1900)
Rev. Levin Wilson
Birthdate: January 6, 1820
Birthplace: Gibson, Indiana
Denomination: Presbyterian / Independent Presbytery
Death: November 8, 1900 in Cynthiana, Smith Township, Posey County, Indiana
Burial: Wilson Cemetery, Gibson County, Indiana
Occupation: Minister. He gave the address at the Knowles Reunion in 1895. Abolitionist, Prohibitionist and Minister of The Gospel.
Parents:
Joshua Wilson, Jr.
1775-1839
Comfort Marvel Knowles
1790-1868
Family 1
Spouse:
Henrietta McReynolds
1818-1883
Henrietta Wilson
Also known as: "Polly"
Birthdate: June 17, 1818
Birthplace: Grallington, Sumner County, Tennessee
Denomination: (probably) Quaker / Presbyterian
Date of Marriage: May 16, 1839
Place of Marriage: Posey County, Indiana
Death: March 20, 1883 in Cynthiana, Smith Township, Posey County, Indiana
Burial: Wilson Cemetery, Gibson County, Indiana
Children:
1. Anna Electra P. (Wilson) Connet (1841-1927)
2. Comfort Elizabeth Wilson Zeigler (1843-1914)
3. Polly Aurelia (Wilson) Redman (1846-1880)
4. James C. Wilson (1849-1925)
5. Arminda Z. (Wilson) Massey (1851-1921)
6. Zilla B. (Wilson) Smith (1856-1943)
7. Levin Eli Wilson (1859-1870)
Family 2
Spouse:
Lydia A. Partridge
Birthdate: January 12, 1840
Birthplace: Gustavus, Trumbull County, Ohio
Date of Marriage: 1884
Place of Marriage: [location unknown]
Death: May 5, 1917 in Gibson County, Indiana
Immediate Family:
Daughter of Isaac Newton Partridge and Lydia Clisbee
Children:
1. Lydia Partridge
About Levin Wilson
Biography
Levin Wilson was born in Gibson County, Indiana, 1820, the son of Joshua Wilson and Comfort Knowles. In 1839, he married Henrietta McReynolds, and they had a large family. Those of their children who lived beyond infancy are:
Anna Electra P. (Wilson) Connet (1841-1927)
Comfort Elizabeth Wilson Zeigler (1843-1914)
Polly Aurelia (Wilson) Redman (1846-1880)
James C. Wilson (1849-1925)
Arminda Z. (Wilson) Massey (1851-1921)
Zilla (Wilson) Smith (1856-1943)
Levin Eli Wilson (1859-1870)
After Henrietta died in 1883, the following year, at age 65, he married Lydia A. Partridge, twenty years his junior.
Levin was a minister of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church until he left the denomination in 1855. The story of how Levin and his brother Lewis left the church is told by William Robert Black. In 1854, a fellow minister, Thomas McCormick, announced that he was “connected with the underground railroad and I do not care who knows it.” In response,
Indiana Presbytery resolved that it was “not expedient to discuss the question of American Slavery from the pulpit.” Seventeen ministers voted for the resolution; only McCormick and the brothers Lewis and Levin Wilson voted against it. ... The three men continued preaching against slavery, and at the next presbytery meeting in the spring of 1855 one of the Wilson brothers moved that slavery be declared “a great moral evil, contrary to the spirit of the Gospel.” The resolution went nowhere. Instead the presbytery deferred to the General Assembly’s resolution of 1851 and warned that further “agitation of the subject” might “result in severing the body of Jesus Christ.” In protest, the Wilson brothers and McCormick withdrew from the presbytery.
The Wilson brothers were given "letters of dismission", but McCormick was treated more severely and "suspended from the ministry". The three then formed an independent presbytery "forsaking communion with slaveholders or the abettors of slaveholders".
Among Levin's other accomplishments was writing a history of the Knowles family. Levin died in 1900 and is buried with both wives at Wilson Cemetery, Gibson County, Indiana.
Sources
↑ Note left by Susan Knight Gore on 15 Nov 2016 at Levin's Find a Grave memorial. Tartt (1884, p. 143) cites an article by Rev J. E. Jenkins which names Levin Wilson as one of the ministers of the Oakland City congregation of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Gibson County.
↑ Black, 2018, p. 135-136.
↑ Wilson, 1898, is an address delivered to a reunion of the Kowles family, published two years before the author's death.
Find A Grave: Memorial #30162574 for Levin Wilson (1820-1900).
Black, William Robert. No Northern or Southern Religion: Cumberland Presbyterians and the Christian Nation, 1800-1877. Doctoral thesis, Rice University, Houston, Texas, 2018.
Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007, Gibson County Marriage Record, 1882-1890, p. 88-89 (image 46). Marriage of James W. Massey (2nd) and Arminda Z. Wilson, 20 Apr 1884. Levin Wilson, officiate.
Slevin, Ruth M. Posey County Indiana Marriages, Book 2 (1832-1846), Part 2 (Brides). Unknown publisher, 1900, p. 22. Marriage of Henrietta McReynolds and Levin Wilson, 16 May 1839 (#824).
Tartt, James T. History of Gibson County, Indiana, with illustrations descriptive of its scenery, and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers. Edwardsville, IL: Jas. T. Tartt & Co., 1884.
Turman, Robert E. Genealogy Newspaper Columns of Robert E. Turman. (Ed. by Bettie Anne Cummings Cook). Evansville, IN: Tri-State Genealogical Society and Willard Library, 1981.
US Census, Indiana. FamilySearch database with images.
1850, Gibson County, Montgomery Twp, p. 61A (image 35), family 798, lines 14-21. Family members: Leven Wilson (30 IN, merchant), Henrietta (2 TN), Annie E (8 IN), Comfort E (6), Polly A (4), James C (1), Mary A Knowles (10), David L Knowles (22).
1860, Gibson County, Montgomery Twp, p. 37 (image 37), family 252, lines 20-28. Family Members: Elvan Wilson (40, clergyman), Herieta (42 TN), Anna E P (18), Comfort E (16), Polly R (14), Jas C (11), Arminta Y (9), Tirpy T (4), Levinia (1).
1870, Gibson County, Montgomery Twp, p. 28 (image 28), family 199, lines 27-31. Family members: Levin Wilson (50, farmer), Henrietta (51), James (21), Arminda (20), Tebayila [sic] (14), Eli (11).
1880, Gibson County, Montgomery Twp, ED 110, p. 3 (image 3), family 22, lines 34-38. Family members: Levin Wilson (60, minister), Henrietta (61), Armuda Z (29), Debazillia [sic] B (23).
1900, Gibson County, Montgomery Twp, ED 8, sheet 14A (image 26), family 300, lines 42-44. Family members: Levin Wilson (80-Jan1820, Lydia A (60-Jan1840), Aurelian (19-Nov1880, grandson).
Wilson, Levin. Reunion of the Knowles Family of the United States: Historical Address. Princeton, IN: Press of the Clarion, 1898.
Rev. Levin Wilson
Cumberland Presbyterian Minister
1820 - 1900
Left the Cumberland Presbyterian Church March 30, 1855.
1850
Elder representative from Mt. Zion Cumberland Presbyterian Church - Levin Wilson
Levin Wilson received as a candidate in Indiana Presbytery.
[Source: Minutes of Indiana Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, September 28 & 30, 1850, pages 79 & 81]
1851
Candidate present - Levin Wilson
[Source: Minutes of Indiana Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, April 5, 1851, page 85]
1851
Candidate present - Levin Wilson
Levin Wilson was licensed by Indiana Presbytery.
"Br. Levin Wilson supply New Salem & Montgomery until next Pres."
[Source: Minutes of Indiana Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, September 2 & 4, 1851, pages 93 & 98 & 99]
1852
Licentiate absent - Levin Wilson
[Source: Minutes of Indiana Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, April 2, 1852, page 100]
1852
L. Wilson Elder Commissioner from Indiana Presbytery to General Assembly, May 18-25, 1852, in Nashville, Tennessee.
Served on the Committee on the Records of Hernando Synod.
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, May 18-25, 1852, pages 4 & 9]
1852
Licentiate absent - Levin Wilson
[Source: Minutes of Indiana Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, September 17, 1852., page 107]
1853
Licentiate present - Levin Wilson
Levin Wilson ordained by Indiana Presbytery.
[Source: Minutes of Indiana Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, March 30 & April 1, 1853, pages 113 & 119]
1853
Minister present - Levin Wilson
[Source: Minutes of Indiana Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, September 2, 1853, page 121]
1854
Minister absent - Levin Wilson
[Source: Minutes of Indiana Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, April 4, 1854, page 149]
1854
Levin Wilson - Owensville, Indiana
Minister - Indiana Presbytery - Indiana Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1854, page 88]
1854
Minister present - Levin Wilson
[Source: Minutes of Indiana Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, August 29, 1854, page 157]
1855
Minister present - Levin Wilson
"The regular order of business suspended to grant letters of dismission & recommendation to Brs. Levin & Lewis Wilson, which on motion were granted."
[Source: Minutes of Indiana Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, March 30, 1855, pages 163 & 170]
Bibliography
Wilson, Levin. A Declaration of Principles and Church Policy, of the Independent Presbyterians. Evansville, Ind.: 1855.
References:
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LHKB-BLN
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Wilson-4112
https://www.geni.com/people/Levin-Wilson/5643092902700128570
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30162574/levin-wilson
http://www.cumberland.org/hfcpc/minister/WilsonLevin.htm
http://casmaer.com/genealogy/wilson_1.htm
Henrietta McReynolds
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LHKB-BY8
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/McReynolds-548
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/138208899/john-berry-mcreynolds
https://www.geni.com/people/Henrietta-Wilson/6000000006920272042
Lydia A. Partridge
https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/KWJR-TQ5/lydia-partridge-1830-1875
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30162580/lydia-a_-wilson
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Grandy's 2x Great-Grandfather:
My 4x Great-Grandfather:
Laila Laemmel-Gordon's 5x Great-Grandfather:
Joshua Wilson, Jr. (1775 - 1839)
Birthdate: June 18, 1775
Birthplace: Colony of Virginia
Denomination: (probably) Presbyterian
Death: April 11, 1839 in Gibson, Indiana
Burial: Wilson Cemetery Gibson County Indiana
Parents:
Joshua Wilson, Sr.
1735-1775
Catherine Hough
1748-1820
Family
Spouse:
Comfort Marvel Knowles
1790-1868
Comfort Marvel Wilson
Birthdate: February 14, 1790
Birthplace: Sussex County, Delaware
Denomination: (probably) Presbyterian
Date of Marriage: April 8, 1807
Place of Marriage: Greene County, Georgia
Death: December 31, 1868 in Gibson County, Indiana
Place of Burial: Wilson Cemetery, Gibson County, Indiana
Immediate Family:
Daughter of James Damon Knowles and Patience Marvel
See: Knowles Family Line
Children:
1. Aseneath Wilson 1807–1837
2. Lewis Wilson 1808–1859
3. James Wilson 1809–1882
4. Elizabeth Wilson 1812–1839
5. Rev. Lewis Wilson 1814–1890
6. Nathan Wilson 1817–1839
7. Rev. Levin Wilson 1820–1900
8. Anna Wilson 1822–1842
9. Henrietta Wilson Wilson 1825–1844
10. Amasa Palmer Wilson 1829–1869
About Joshua Wilson, Jr.
Biography
Son of Joshua Wilson, Sr. and Catherine Hough.
Marriage to Comfort Marvel Knowles, April 9, 1807 in Greene County, Georgia.
Burial in Wilson Family Cemetery, Southern Gibson County, Indiana near Knowles Station on C & El RR. There is a monument to Joshua and Comfort Wilson. One side of the monument says "Joshua Wilson Born in VA June 18, 1775. Raised in NC. Died in IND Apr 11, 1839". The opposite side says "Comfort M Knowles Born in 1790 Raised in GA Died in IND 31 DEC 1868". The side between says "Joshua Wilson & Comfort M Knowles were married on Apr 9, 1807. Settled this section of land Dec 1811 and raised a family of 4 daughters and 5 sons. This monument erected in 1882 by their two loving children Lewis Wilson, Levin Wilson".
The following bio is drawn from a historical address given by Joshua Wilson's son, Levin Wilson, to a reunion of the Knowles family on September 24, 1896, in Gibson County, Indiana.
Joshua was born June 18, 1775, and after a protracted sickness of winter fever died April 11, 1839. His father’s name was Joshua and was of Scotch descent, and from either Maryland or Virginia. Joshua Sr. moved into North Carolina when his son was but a babe, where he died, leaving a wife and several children, among them his namesake. Joshua worked at the cooper’s trade for several years in North Carolina. He spent a few years in Georgia, where he was farm overseer. He returned to his old home and friends in North Carolina. But they offered him better wages in Georgia, so he went back and several years he was the superintendent of Mr. Amasa Palmer’s farms previous to his coming to Indiana.
Comfort M., the only daughter of James and Patience Knowles, was married to Joshua Wilson on the 9th of April, 1807. Joshua was a farm superintendent for Mr. Amasa Palmer and had but few equals in his business. To Joshua and Comfort were born a daughter and a son in Georgia. In getting ready to move to Indiana Joshua swapped a woman and child for a horse to work in his cart. The woman was considered of more value than the horse; the remainder was paid in money years afterward.
All things being ready, about November 1st, 1811, James and Patience Knowles, having condensed their property, procuring all the money possible – Patience, with the household goods, in the wagon, the four boys afoot, and James on “the near horse” – moved off and left Georgia forever. Then followed Prettyman Knowles with his cart, wife and four children. After them came James Knowles with his cart, wife and two children. The son-in-law, Joshua Wilson, brought up the rear with his cart, wife and two children. Besides this family of twenty, two or three young men came with them. They traveled slowly, but each day shortened the distance. They passed through the Cherokee Indian country and found them friendly, willingly furnishing them with all the provision needed. The Indians were “sharp” and as well posted in regard to the value of eatables as the Knowles’.
They met with some mishaps in the mountain region by turning over and breaking down carts. But they were prepared for almost any emergency with tools and a knowledge of how to use them. They were an independent traveling community, doing their own cooking, sleeping on their own beds, having their own camp fires. They were not destitute of morals, for their head was a Presbyterian elder and the Sabbath was remembered by them. However, one Sunday as they were camped some wild fowls settled on a tree near by, and he said, “Nathan, get the gun and shoot one.” He obeyed and down came the bird. The boy, with fowl in hand, approached his father and said, “This will be good, for I killed it on Sunday.” Thus the old man was reproved, for he had given the order without thinking it was the Sabbath.
They had two objectives points, Nashville and the Red Banks. Before reaching the first, upon Lookout Mountain, part of their company were below in the midst of a hard rain storm while the others were above in the beautiful sunshine. Having reached Nashville, they replenished their stock of provisions, crossed the Cumberland River, and for many miles had a fine road which was highly appreciated by them. The weather was mild and pleasant and they were healthy, full of life and hope.
However, the warmth of their glee was cooled on hearing of the battle of Tippecanoe, on Nov. 5th, where many were slaughtered while it was yet dark, by Tecumseh’s Indian warriors, marshaled under the Prophet; and the herald reported that “it was owing to the imbecility of General Harrison who was made the dupe of the Prophet.” Someone brought up a proposition to stop in Kentucky, but it was at once voted down, saying. “We started for Indiana and to Indiana we will go.” They slowly but perseveringly traveled on until the Red Banks were reached and in full force the Ohio River was crossed, and at evening tide of Dec. 16th they encamped upon its northern shore, the very border of the “promised land.”
That night they were called to witness, as a remembrance, the earth reel to and fro like a drunken man. It was the time of the great earthquake of 1811. James, senior, as he lay in his wagon, was aroused by the shaking and, hearing others up, said, “Jimmy, I wish you would scare the hogs away from my wagon, for they are shaking it terribly.” A young Mr. Reed who was sleeping by the fire, on awaking cried out, “The chairs are at it, too.” This was one of the times the Knowles’ were much frightened, but soon prepared and ate their first breakfast in Indiana, and with greater haste than usual took up the line of march.
A few miles brought them to Mr. Wagoner’s, where to their great joy they met Jesse Knowles and John Marvel, who came to meet them and pilot them to Old Fort Branch, and late in the day of the 17th of Dec. 1811, to the joy of all, they arrived at Prettyman Marvel’s. After a day’s rest they came down here, by way of Mr. Walter Montgomery’s, and about eighty rods from where we are today, on this quarter section of land, they built their cabin of poles, of which there were plenty, and procured some provisions from Mr. Nicholson, who resided where our esteemed friend and relative, John L. Knowles, now lives. He gave them all the pumpkins they wished, of which he had plenty uninjured by the frost. It was here in a dense forest, surrounded by howling wolves, screaming panthers and grunting bears, they spent their first Christmas in Hoosier land, with thoughts running back to the Cross and the redemption of the world by it.
On their arrival in Indiana Joshua bought the quarter section of land adjoining Prettyman Knowles on the south, where Mrs. Elinor Wilson now lives. Four years later he bought the quarter section west. He afterwards bought two other quarter sections and the eastern half of the Daniel Fisher quarter section. They were living on the first named land at Christmas, 1811, in a camp made by placing one end of poles in forks and the other on the ground, with cross poles upon which the covering of boards was laid. There were boards set up on end at the sides. The beds were where the roof came near the ground and the fire in the opposite end. They remained there all winter and comfortable and happy. It was in this tenement their third child was born March 12, 1812. That spring they put up a neat house of round logs and lived in it until the year 1822. Joshua put up a shop at the west end of the cabin and there plied his trade with success. About seventy rods south from where he first settled he built three large rooms of hewed logs and lived in them until the day of his death.
Joshua and Comfort raised nine children, their names as follows: Asenath, James, Elizabeth, Lewis, Nathan, Levin, Anna, Henrietta and Amasa Palmer. These all lived to have families of their own. Joshua and Comfort were very strict with their children; however, they gave them the utmost liberty in the right, but none in the wrong. Not one of these children at any time of their lives was heard to swear an oath. The Bible was made the source of council from their youth all through life. James, Lewis and Amasa were popular school teachers in their young day. James was associate judge for some years. He studied medicine and practiced for several years. Lewis and Levin turned their attention to the study of theology and became noted ministers of the gospel through their strong opposition to slavery and received their share of persecution. Nathan was accidently killed by the falling of a log at a house raising. Amasa was an excellent mathematician; he died before he was old. They are all dead but Levin and he has lived longer than any one of the others.
Sources
Geni.com Profile for Joshua Wilson, Jr.
Colonial Georgia Marriage Records from 1760-1810, Author: Frances T. Ingmire, Publication: St. Louis, Missouri: self published, 1985, Page: 144.
Transcribed by Jimmy D Wilson and originally shared on Ancestry.com, 12 Aug 2010.
The Knowles Family History, published 1896 for a family reunion held in Gibson County, Indiana. A copy of the booklet is in the possession of descendant Ruth Montgomery. It was passed down through the family by Louisa Knowles Montgomery, daughter of Nathan Knowles and Temperance Boren Knowles.
Cited at Geni.com Profile for Joshua Wilson, Jr.
Find A Grave: Memorial #30162565 for Joshua Wilson (1775-18390.
Turman, Robert E. Genealogy Newspaper Columns of Robert E. Turman. (Ed. by Bettie Anne Cummings Cook). Evansville, IN: Tri-State Genealogical Society and Willard Library, 1981.
Spouse:
Comfort Marvel Knowles
b. 14 Feb 1790, Sussex Co., DE
d. 31 Dec 1868, Gibson Co., IN (Age 78)
Joshua (age 31) married Comfort Marvel (Knowles) (age 17), and together they raised a large family. Some of their children were born in Greene Co., GA, but most were born in the Indiana Territory after the family migrated from GA to IN, probably after 1809 but before 1814.
Children:
Aseneath (Wilson) Knowles (1807)
James Wilson (29 Dec 1809)
Lewis Wilson (15 Oct 1814)
Nathan Wilson (13 Jun 1817)
Malinda Smith Wilson (22 Nov 1819)
Levin Wilson (6 Jan 1820)
Anna Wilson (7 Nov 1822)
Henrietta Wilson (14 Jul 1825)
Amasa Wilson (13 May 1829)
References:
https://www.geni.com/people/Joshua-Wilson-Jr/368791635250012220
http://www.esva.net/ghotes/lank/i0000146.htm
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Wilson-4108
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L1S9-287
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30162565/joshua-wilson
http://casmaer.com/genealogy/wilson_1.htm
Comfort Marvel Knowles:
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LC7S-2KH
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Knowles-487
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Grandy's 3x Great-Grandfather:
My 5x Great-Grandfather:
Laila Laemmel-Gordon's 6x Great-Grandfather:
Joshua Wilson, Sr. (1740 - 1775)
Birthdate: ca. 1740
Birthplace: Fairfax County, Colony of Virginia
Denomination: (probably) Presbyterian
Military Service: Died in the Revolutionary War, in the Province of North Carolina.
Parents:
Capt Matthew Wilson
1718-1783
[mother unknown]
Family
Spouse:
Catherine Hough
1748-1820
Catherine Wilson
Also Known As: "Catherine Huff", "Catherine Hoff"
Birthdate: September 6, 1748
Birthplace: (perhaps) Fairfax County, Colony of Virginia
Denomination: (probably) Church of Christ / Presbyterian
Date of Marriage: September 10, 1764
Place of Marriage: Loudoun County, Colony of Virginia
Death: 1820 in Rockcastle County, Kentucky
Immediate Family:
Daughter of Benjamin Hough and Ruth (?)
See: Hough Family Line
Children:
1. Benjamin Wilson 1764-1840
2. Thomas Wilson 1766-
3. Jonah Durman Wilson 1769-1843
4. Joseph Wilson 1771-1829
5. Catharine Wilson 1773-1845
6. Joshua Wilson, Jr. 1775-1839
7. John H. Wilson 1776-1848
8. Uriah Wilson 1778-1850
9. Stephen Wilson 1781-1826
10. Elizabeth Nichols Wilson 1783-1856
About Joshua Wilson, Sr.
Death: 1775 in Province of North Carolina
Liberty Bell, signifying a person in an accepted NSSAR or NSDAR lineage.
The Liberty Bell displayed here simply acts as a means to easily identify a patriot recognized by the NSDAR or NSSAR who was a participant in the fight for American Independence or a person of direct, recognized lineal descent from a patriot appearing in one or more accepted applications to NSDAR or NSSAR. The image is a "marker" visible in certain tree views and serves no other purpose or meaning.
Joshua Wilson was born in of Broadkill, Sussex Co., Del about 1735. will of william wilson
Joshua Wilson Sr. came to America from Scotland in Colonial times. He lived in Virginia.
Levin Wilson, Joshua's grandson, tells us in his historial address to the Knowles Family Reunion on September 24, 1896 that "Joshua was of Scotch descent, and from either Maryland or Virginia. Joshua Sr. moved into North Carolina when his son, Joshua Jr. was but a babe. He died there, leaving a wife and several children, among them his namesake."
He died in the Revolutionary War!
References (wrong father):
https://www.geni.com/people/Joshua-Wilson-Sr/368791987020011429
https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Joshua_Wilson_(5)
http://www.esva.net/ghotes/lank/i0000146.htm
Often Confused with this Joshua Wilson, Sr. (different line):
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Wilson-8467
Catherine Hough:
https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/LB76-998/catherine-hough-1748-1820
https://www.geni.com/people/Catherine-Wilson/6000000033793301452
https://www.geni.com/people/Catherine-Huff/6000000010730937099
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Grandy's 4x Great-Grandfather:
My 6x Great-Grandfather:
Laila Laemmel-Gordon's 7x Great-Grandfather:
Capt Matthew Wilson (1718-1783)
Matthew Wilson
Also known as: "Matthew Willson"
Birthdate: ca. 1718
Birthplace: Augusta County, Colony of Virginia
Denomination: (probably) Presbyterian
Military Service: 7th Virginia Regiment, Southern Campaign Revolutionary War
Death: 1783 in Augusta County, Virginia
Place of Burial: Botetourt County, Virginia
Parents:
Thomas Wilson
1692-1773
Elizabeth Dinwiddie
1695-1769
Family
Spouse:
[spouse unknown]
Birthdate: [date unknown]
Birthplace: (probably) Colony of Virginia
Denomination: (probably) Presbyterian
Date of Marriage: [unknown]
Place of Marriage: [unknown]
Death: [unknown]
Immediate Family:
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
Children:
1. Joshua Wilson, Sr. (1740 - 1775)
About Capt Matthew Wilson (1726 - 1804)
Possibly the same Capt. Wilson who investigated the death of Lieut. John White, of Tygart's Valley (1725 - 1778).
Note on Spouse:
Have not yet been able yet to discover who his wife was.
Notes on Father:
Thomas Willson (our main interest), b. abt 1695, will proved 18 May 1773 in Augusta County, VA. (There is an abstract of Thomas' will in Chalkley's Chronicles.) He married Elizabeth Dinwiddie abt. 1718, I believe in Ireland. According to my Rosamond cousin who made the connection between John Roseman/Rosamond and Sarah Willson, who was the daughter of Thomas Willson and Elizabeth Dinwiddie Willson, Thomas came to VA in 1737, while Elizabeth and the children didn't come until 1740, immigrating through Pennsylvania.
The book shows Elizabeth Dinwiddie as the daughter of either Robert Dinwiddie and Elizabeth Cuming, or Lawrence Dinwiddie and Sarah Gartshore. This would make her birth date either April 1689, or October 1695 In Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland. They located finally in Fairfield, Rockbridge County, VA. They had eight children. The dates I'm showing came from the Wilson researcher I was in touch with and I haven't personally confirmed them. These children are not mentioned in the book, other than a sentence saying Thomas and Elizabeth had eight known children.
a. Matthew Willson (1718 - 1783) b. Samuel Willson (abt 1720 - ?) c. Nathaniel Willson (abt 1724 - ?) d. Rebekah Willson (abt 1728 - ?) e. Martha Willson f. Elizabeth Willson g. Rhoda Willson h. Sarah Willson (b ca 1726, Londonderry, Ireland - bef 1790, Abbeville, SC); married John Roseman, b. UK ca 1710 (could have been England or Ireland); came to Annapolis, Maryland Dec 1725 on the ship Forward from England as an indentured convict. He relocated to Augusta County, VA after 1740 and married Sarah Willson. This is one of our mysteries, when and where they were married. From Chalkley's Chronicles they owned land, 380 acres, on Moffett's Creek which they sold in Nov 1765, after which they relocated with their children to the Old 96 District in SC. Their children were Samuel (married Sarah Hodges), James (married 1st ??, 2nd Mary Daugherty, widow of James Daugherty in SC, in the 1790s), Margaret (married Bartholomew Weems), Jean (never married) and Sarah F. (married Richard Hodges, brother of Sarah who married Samuel). The birth dates of their children are unknown, as well as the dates they were married, and our other big mystery is the name of the wife of James Rosamond, but it could have been another Hodges sibling of Richard and Sarah, or Lettice Jones, sister of Adam Crain Jones. I have information on the rest of their spouses as well extensive information on their numerous descendants.
Often confused with the following individuals:
Matthew Wilson, Jr. (1715-1771)
Born: Londonderry, Armagh Town, County Tyrone, Ireland
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LK45-PT1
Capt Matthew Wilson (1726 - 1804)
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Wilson-28353
Captain Matthew Wilson (1755-1835)
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Wilson-18510
References:
https://www.geni.com/people/Capt-Matthew-Willson/6000000003263375637
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LK9Z-JHG
Wrong Birthplace:
https://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/thomas-wilson-24-2ytx7
Wrong Person:
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/G9J6-G81
https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Matthew_Wilson_%284%29
Wrong Father:
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Wilson-28353
Martha Ann Guilliam
https://www.geni.com/people/Thomas-Gilliam/6000000014272384653
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Grandy's 5x Great-Grandfather:
My 7x Great-Grandfather:
Laila Laemmel-Gordon's 8x Great-Grandfather:
Thomas Wilson (1692 - 1773)
Thomas Willson
Birthdate: ca. 1692-1695
Birthplace: Londonderry, County Londonderry, Ireland
Christened: May 20, 1685, Millrow Presbyterian Church, Antrim, Antrim, Ireland
Denomination: (probably) Presbyterian
Arrival: (possibly) 1739, aboard the ship 'Thistle', at Province of North Carolina
Death: May 18, 1773 in Fairfield, Augusta County, Colony of Virginia
Place of Burial: Rockbridge County, Virginia
Parents:
Robert Wilson
1672-1745
Jane De Leigh
1672-1743
Family
Spouse:
Elizabeth Dinwiddie
1695-1769
Elizabeth Wilson
Also misspelled as: " Dinwiddle"
Birthdate: ca. 1692-1695
Birthplace: Germiston Parish, Glasgow, Ayrshire, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Denomination: (probably) Presbyterian
Date of Marriage: 1718
Place of Marriage: Ireland
Arrival: (possibly) 1739, aboard the ship 'Thistle', at Province of North Carolina
Immediate Family:
Daughter of Laurence Dinwiddie (1670-1737) and Sara Gartshore (1670-1740)
Children:
1. Elizabeth Wilson 1715–1771
2. Matthew Wilson 1718–1783
3. Samuel Wilson 1720–1807
4. Mary " Polly" Wilson 1723–
5. Sarah Wilson 1724–1789
6. Nathaniel Wilson 1725–1818
7. Robert Wilson 1726–1820
8. Sallie Wilson 1726–1824
9. James Taylor Wilson 1726–1781
10. Betsey Wilson 1727–
11. Rebekah Wilson 1728–1820
12. Martha Wilson 1731–
13. John Wilson 1732–1799
About Thomas Wilson
Thomas Willson (our main interest), b. abt 1695, will proved 18 May 1773 in Augusta County, VA. (There is an abstract of Thomas’ will in Chalkley’s Chronicles.) He married Elizabeth Dinwiddie abt. 1718, I believe in Ireland. According to my Rosamond cousin who made the connection between John Roseman/Rosamond and Sarah Willson, who was the daughter of Thomas Willson and Elizabeth Dinwiddie Willson, Thomas came to VA in 1737, while Elizabeth and the children didn’t come until 1740, immigrating through Pennsylvania.
The book shows Elizabeth Dinwiddie as the daughter of either Robert Dinwiddie and Elizabeth Cuming, or Lawrence Dinwiddie and Sarah Gartshore. This would make her birth date either April 1689, or October 1695 In Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland. They located finally in Fairfield, Rockbridge County, VA. They had eight children. The dates I’m showing came from the Wilson researcher I was in touch with and I haven’t personally confirmed them. These children are not mentioned in the book, other than a sentence saying Thomas and Elizabeth had eight known children.
a. Matthew Willson (1718 – 1783)
b. Samuel Willson (abt 1720 – ?)
c. Nathaniel Willson (abt 1724 – ?)
d. Rebekah Willson (abt 1728 – ?)
e. Martha Willson
f. Elizabeth Willson
g. Rhoda Willson
h. Sarah Willson (b ca 1726, Londonderry, Ireland – bef 1790, Abbeville, SC); married John Roseman, b. UK ca 1710 (could have been England or Ireland); came to Annapolis, Maryland Dec 1725 on the ship Forward from England as an indentured convict. He relocated to Augusta County, VA after 1740 and married Sarah Willson. This is one of our mysteries, when and where they were married.
Note: 13 children are listed. Some might not be their children. If you have any information, please add. Thanks.
From Chalkley’s Chronicles they owned land, 380 acres, on Moffett’s Creek which they sold in Nov 1765, after which they relocated with their children to the Old 96 District in SC.
Their children were
Samuel (married Sarah Hodges), James (married 1st ??, 2nd Mary Daugherty, widow of James Daugherty in SC, in the 1790s),
Margaret (married Bartholomew Weems),
Jean (never married) and
Sarah F. (married Richard Hodges, brother of Sarah who married Samuel).
The birth dates of their children are unknown, as well as the dates they were married, and our other big mystery is the name of the wife of James Rosamond, but it could have been another Hodges sibling of Richard and Sarah, or Lettice Jones, sister of Adam Crain Jones.
Source: https://rosamondpress.com/2019/12/08/robert-wilson-beverly-manor/
James' wife. Rebecca Wilson, was born in 1728, either in Ireland or Pennsylvania. Her parents were Thomas Wilson and Elizabeth Dinwiddie. Her father was born in Ireland in 1692 and was living in Rockbridge when he died in 1773. [1]
"Willson, Prof. Frederick N., Princton, N.J. 1892: Born in Brooklyn, N.Y.; descended from James Willson, of Presbyterian Scotch-Irish stock; settled in Virginia, near Brownsburg, Rockbridge County, in 1771; married Rebecca, daughter of Thomas, and niece of Col. John (Burgess) Willson; Moses Wilson, farmer; Fairfield, Rockbridge County, Va., married Elizabeth, granddaughter of "Burgess" Willson, for twenty-seven years representative of Augusta County in the House of Burgesses; James S. Willson, farmer, Fairfield, Va., married Tirzah Humphreys, daughter of David Carlisle Humphreys, Greenville, Augusta County, Va., and Margaret Finley, niece of President Samuel Finley, of Princeton College; Thomas newton Willson, Fairfield, Va., graduated Washington and Lee, class of 1848, and later was Professor in the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and Principal of Troy Academy, Troy, N.Y.; married Mary Caroline Evarts, of English descent, records at Guilford, Conn., Frederick Newton Willson married Mary Hewes Bruere, daughter of Joseph H. Bruere, of Princeton, N.J.; teacher; graduate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, class of 1870; Lake Forest University, mathematics, 1879-80; Professor of Graphics, Princton University, December 1880, to present time; member American Society Mechanical Engineers; member New York Mathematical Society; Fellow American Association Advanced Science." [2]
Sources
↑ http://mv.ancestry.com/viewer/b24f431d-e398-4039-903f-c8d3d65b7dfb/69093088/46194763751 - Broken Link
↑ Proceedings of the Scotch Irish Congress, Volume 6
U.S. and International marriage Records, 1560-1900
Ancestry. com tree
References:
https://www.geni.com/people/Thomas-Wilson/6000000003263299949
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/MG1N-XF6
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Wilson-36080
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LRC6-VPS
https://gw.geneanet.org/tdowling?lang=en&pz=timothy+michael&nz=dowling&p=thomas&n=wilson&oc=18
https://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/thomas-wilson-24-2ytx7
Spouse:
DINWIDDLE
https://www.myheritage.com/names/elizabeth_dinwiddle
DINWIDDIE
https://www.myheritage.com/names/elizabeth_dinwiddie
Wrong dates:
https://www.geni.com/people/Elizabeth-Dinwiddie/6000000084985107078
Is this really his Spouse (hence the confusion on the surname!?): [doubtful]
https://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/elizabeth-stewart-24-2fp90qq
https://www.lost-creek.org/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I2563&tree=tree2
Same Spouse?:
https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/commemorations/elizabeth-dinwiddie
Wrong Person:
https://gunstonhall.org/wp-content/uploads/masonweb/p410.htm
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Grandy's 6x Great-Grandfather:
My 8x Great-Grandfather:
Laila Laemmel-Gordon's 9x Great-Grandfather:
Death: June 23, 1769 (probably) in Augusta County, Virginia
Robert Wilson (1672 - 1745)
Robert Willson
Birthdate: ca. 1672-1675
Birthplace: (probably) Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Denomination: (probably) Presbyterian
Death: November 3, 1745 in Augusta County, Colony of Virginia
John Wilson
1646-1750
Agnes Davy
1648-1721
Family
Spouse:
Jane De Leigh
1672-1743
Jane Wilson
Also known as: "Jane Lee"
Birthdate: ca. 1672-1673
Birthplace: North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland
Denomination: (probably) Presbyterian
Date of Marriage: ca. 1690
Place of Marriage: County Londonderry, Ireland
Death: 1743 in Doe Hill, Pendleton County (now in West Virginia), Colony of Virginia
Immediate Family:
Daughter of Thomas Lee (1640-1757) and Anne Davis (1647-1753)
Children:
1. Matthew Willson 1694–1720
2. Thomas Wilson 1695–1773
3. Colonel John Willson, Burgess 1701–1773
4. Janet Wilson 1702–
5. Robert Willson 1703–1788
6. Catherine Wilson 1705–1787
7. Elizabeth Willson 1705–1781
8. Frances Wilson 1708–
9. Jane Willson 1709–
About Robert Wilson
Biography
Thomas Willson - Elizabeth Dinwiddie Jimmy Rosamond (View posts) Posted: 26 Jun 2000 12:00PM GMT Classification: Query Surnames: Willson, Dinwiddie, Roseman, Rosemond, Rosamond, Lee, Davis, Hodges, Weems, Jones, Daugherty, Crouchman, Mitchell, Holmes, Bell First let me say that for everyone's benefit, I listed all the surnames that occur in the rest of the message below.
Hello Tiss. FYI, I've gotten the information on my Thomas Willson and Elizabeth Dinwiddie from five different sources. A Wilson researcher, a Rosamond cousin, an online genealogy, Chalkley's Chronicles and a book called Rockbridge County Heritage which I recently located in the Staunton Library in Staunton, Augusta County, VA. The book gives the most detail and it lists the genealogy of Robert Willson, the father of my Thomas Willson. Here's what I have pieced together from the various sources.
Robert Willson, b. prob. Edinburgh Scotland, ca. 1670. d. 1746, Augusta County, VA. married Jane Lee, b. 7 Nov 1672, Direlton, Scotland in abt. 1683/4. She was still alive when Robert died. Jane's parents are shown as Thomas Lee and Anne Davis. Robert and Jane moved to Londenderry, Ireland where their children were born, and then immigrated to PA, and later to the Augusta County, VA area. They had nine known children.
1. Matthew Willson, b. abt 1694, Londenderry, Ireland, d. ca 1720 along with his wife. Drowned off the coast of France while immigrating to America. Their two sons were saved and the book implies they were probably raised by their grandparents, Robert and Jane Willson.
2. Thomas Willson (our main interest), b. abt 1695, will proved 18 May 1773 in Augusta County, VA. (There is an abstract of Thomas' will in Chalkley's Chronicles.) He married Elizabeth Dinwiddie abt. 1718, I believe in Ireland. According to my Rosamond cousin who made the connection between John Roseman/Rosamond and Sarah Willson, who was the daughter of Thomas Willson and Elizabeth Dinwiddie Willson, Thomas came to VA in 1737, while Elizabeth and the children didn't come until 1740, immigrating through Pennsylvania.
The book shows Elizabeth Dinwiddie as the daughter of either Robert Dinwiddie and Elizabeth Cuming, or Lawrence Dinwiddie and Sarah Gartshore. This would make her birth date either April 1689, or October 1695 In Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland. They located finally in Fairfield, Rockbridge County, VA. They had eight children. The dates I'm showing came from the Wilson researcher I was in touch with and I haven't personally confirmed them. These children are not mentioned in the book, other than a sentence saying Thomas and Elizabeth had eight known children.
a. Matthew Willson (1718 - 1783) b. Samuel Willson (abt 1720 - ?) c. Nathaniel Willson (abt 1724 - ?) d. Rebekah Willson (abt 1728 - ?) e. Martha Willson f. Elizabeth Willson g. Rhoda Willson h. Sarah Willson (b ca 1726, Londonderry, Ireland - bef 1790, Abbeville, SC); married John Roseman, b. UK ca 1710 (could have been England or Ireland); came to Annapolis, Maryland Dec 1725 on the ship Forward from England as an indentured convict. He relocated to Augusta County, VA after 1740 and married Sarah Willson. This is one of our mysteries, when and where they were married. From Chalkley's Chronicles they owned land, 380 acres, on Moffett's Creek which they sold in Nov 1765, after which they relocated with their children to the Old 96 District in SC. Their children were Samuel (married Sarah Hodges), James (married 1st ??, 2nd Mary Daugherty, widow of James Daugherty in SC, in the 1790s), Margaret (married Bartholomew Weems), Jean (never married) and Sarah F. (married Richard Hodges, brother of Sarah who married Samuel). The birth dates of their children are unknown, as well as the dates they were married, and our other big mystery is the name of the wife of James Rosamond, but it could have been another Hodges sibling of Richard and Sarah, or Lettice Jones, sister of Adam Crain Jones. I have information on the rest of their spouses as well extensive information on their numerous descendants.
3. Robert Willson, b. abt 1700, will proved 16 Dec 1788, Augusta County, VA.His wife was named Rachel and they married in Londonderry. I haven't seen his will but supposedly Robert and Rachael had seven children. I don't have their names.
4. John Willson, b. abt 1701 in Ireland. He married Martha Crouchman in 1723. He was a member of the VA House of Burgess from 1745 to 1773. He was an elder in the North Mountain Presbytarian church. John and Marth are buried at Glebve Cemetery in Augusta County, VA. The book contains the wording of their gravestone.
5. Elizabeth Willson, b. abt 1704 in Londonderry, Ireland. m. John Mitchell in Lancaster County, PA abt. 1730. They later moved to Augusta County, VA. John's will was proved 20 Aug 1771. They had at least seven children. Again, I don't have the names of the children.
6. Janet Willson, b. abt 1706, m. Gabriel Holmes abt 1730. They almost moved to Augusta County, VA.
7. Catrin Willson b. abt 1708, m. James Bell, also moved to Augusta County, VA.
8. Jane Willson, b. in the 1710s, mentioned in her father's will.
9. Frances Willson, b. in the 1710s, mentioned in her father's will.
I have just started to reseaarch the Dinwiddie line of my 5th Great-Grandmother Elizabeth Dinwiddie, so any information you can provide will be appreciated.
Thanks, Jimmy Rosamond jrosamond@prodigy.net[1]
Sources
↑ http://boards.ancestry.com/thread.aspx?mv=flat&m=420&p=localities.northam.usa.states.virginia.counties.bath
Ancestry.com
Note:
John Robert Willsons have been merged with a lot of Robert Willsons. There doesn't seem to be any proof as to his name being John Robert Wilson. That seems to come from the English John Robert Wilson. They don't appear to be the same person.
References:
https://www.geni.com/people/Robert-Wilson-Willson/6000000003263397507
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LZN2-7T8
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Wilson-34916
https://gw.geneanet.org/tdowling?lang=en&pz=timothy+michael&nz=dowling&p=robert&n=wilson&oc=12
http://person.ancestry.com/tree/116373/person/25340948250/facts
Spouse:
When Jane De Leigh was born on 7 November 1672, in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, her father, Thomas Lee, was 32 and her mother, Ann Davis, was 25. She married Robert Willson about 1690, in County Londonderry, Ireland. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 7 daughters. She died on 5 September 1743, in Augusta, Virginia, United States, at the age of 70.
Source:
https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/K237-2FZ/jane-de-leigh-1672-1743
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Grandy's 6x Great-Grandfather:
My 8x Great-Grandfather:
Laila Laemmel-Gordon's 9x Great-Grandfather:
John Willson (1646 - 1750)
John Wilson
Also known as: "Johne Wilson"
Birthdate: ca. 1646
Birthplace: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Christened: (probably) Dunfermline Abbey, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Denomination: (probably) Presbyterian
Occupation: Surgeon
Death: 1750 in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland
Parents:
James Willson
1620-1690
Mary Black
1625-1680
Family
Spouse:
Agnes Davy
1648-1721
Agnes Willson
Also known as: "Agnes Waterstone"
Birthdate: ca. 1647-1648
Birthplace: Stirlingshire, Scotland
Christened: February 20, 1648 at Saint Ninians, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Denomination: (probably) Presbyterian
Date of Marriage: 1655
Place of Marriage: Scotland
Death: 1721 in Wigtown, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Immediate Family:
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
Children:
1. Robert Willson 1672–1745
2. Margaret Wilson 1678–
About John Willson
Biography
John was born in 1646. He passed away in 1750.
Have found no proof or even evidence that he went to Maryland.
References:
https://www.geni.com/people/John-Willson/6000000001013112343
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L2XQ-KH9
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Wilson-48582
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Grandy's 7x Great-Grandfather:
My 9x Great-Grandfather:
Laila Laemmel-Gordon's 10x Great-Grandfather:
James Willson (1620 - 1690)
James Wilson
Birthdate: 1620
Birthplace: Renfrewshire, Scotland
Denomination: (probably) Presbyterian
Death: 1690 in Renfrewshire, Scotland
Parents:
Robert Wilson
1600-1674
Isobel Bogill
1600-1678
Family
Spouse:
Mary Black
1625-1680
Mary Willson
Also known as: "Mary Jane Black"
Birthdate: 1625
Birthplace: Scotland
Death: 1680 in Scotland
Immediate Family:
Daughter of Alexander Black (1605-) and Mary Johnston (1610-)
Children:
1. John Wilson 1646–1750
2. Alexander Wilson 1659–
3. Jacob Wilson 1660–
4. James Wilson 1663–1708
About James Willson
Biography
son of Robert and Isabel Bogill. husband of Mary Jane Black. father of John.
References:
https://www.geni.com/people/James-Willson/6000000032636142961
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LBPP-KKQ
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Wilson-52651
https://www.genealogieonline.nl/en/genealogy-schuman-gegan/P17373.php
Spouse's (possible) Family Line Connection:
There's also a George Black (1631 - 1721) who married a Catherine Wilson (1640 - 1684) on 7 Mar 1662 in Fife, Scotland.
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Wilson Tartan
The Wilson Motto
The motto was originally a war cry or slogan. Mottoes first began to be shown with arms in the 14th and 15th centuries, but were not in general use until the 17th century. Thus the oldest coats of arms generally do not include a motto. Mottoes seldom form part of the grant of arms: Under most heraldic authorities, a motto is an optional component of the coat of arms, and can be added to or changed at will; many families have chosen not to display a motto.
Motto: Vincit qui se vincit
Motto Translation: He conquers, who conquers himself.
Wilson History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
The saga of the name Wilson begins among the Viking settlers who arrived in Scotland in the medieval era. The name Wilson is derived from the personal name William. The name literally was derived from the patronymic expression son of William or son of Wil.
"The family are said to be descended from a Prince of Denmark, and were established at a very remote period in the Orkney islands, intermarrying with the clans of Monro, and others. After a long continuance in the north, alliances taking place with some of the principal Lowland families, the Wilsons moved southward. "
Early Origins of the Wilson family
The surname Wilson was first found in Berwickshire an ancient county of Scotland, presently part of the Scottish Borders Council Area, located in the eastern part of the Borders Region of Scotland, where John Wulson was a merchant in the service of Sir John of Montgomery in 1405. Michael Wilsoun was Burgess of Irvine in 1418, and John Wilson was Burgess of Berwick in 1467.
Wilson Spelling Variations
Contemporary spellings of ancient Scottish names often bear little resemblance to the original recorded versions. These spelling variations result from the fact that medieval scribes spelled words and names alike according to their sounds. Wilson has been spelled Wilson, Willson, Wilsone, Wulson, Wilsoun and others.
Wilson Settlers in United States in the 17th Century
Clement Wilson, who landed in Virginia in 1622
John Wilson, who settled in Virginia in 1623
Andrew Wilson, who arrived in New England in 1651
Andrew Wilson, who arrived in Boston, Massachusetts in 1651
Christopher Wilson, a Scotch prisoner sent to Boston in 1651
Wilson Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
Cornelius Wilson, who landed in Virginia in 1712
David Wilson, who settled in Virginia in 1719
Anne Wilson, a bonded passenger, who arrived in Maryland in 1724
Alexander Wilson, a Scotch-Irish settled in Boston sometime between 1730 and 1736
Elizabeth Wilson, who landed in Augusta County, Va in 1740