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Colonel William Wilson

Colonel William Wilson

Male 1646 - 1741  (95 years)  Submit Photo / DocumentSubmit Photo / Document    Has 14 ancestors and 3 descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name William Wilson 
    Prefix Colonel 
    Birth 3 May 1646  Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 17 Jun 1741  Elizabeth, Pasquotank, North Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Initiatory (LDS) 9 Mar 1948  ARIZO Find all individuals with events at this location 
    FamilySearch ID LZBG-37X 
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    Person ID I798  mytree
    Last Modified 25 Feb 2024 

    Father John Wilson,   b. 10 Jan 1625, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Jul 1687, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years) 
    Mother Hannah James,   b. 9 Jul 1625, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Apr 1703, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1646  Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F654  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jane Willis,   b. Abt 1646, Chorley, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1705, Elizabeth, Pasquotank, North Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1666  Chorley, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Willis Wilson,   b. 1673, Elizabeth, Pasquotank, North Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Nov 1701, Hampton, Elizabeth City, Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 28 years)
     2. Mary Wilson,   b. Oct 1675, Elizabeth, Pasquotank, North Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Jan 1741 (Age 65 years)
     3. Jane Wilson,   b. 1676, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F690  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 5 May 2024 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 3 May 1646 - Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - Abt 1666 - Chorley, Lancashire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 17 Jun 1741 - Elizabeth, Pasquotank, North Carolina, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsInitiatory (LDS) - 9 Mar 1948 - ARIZO Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Born 1646 [Va or England] Arrival date of Wilsons unknown. Member of t h e House of Burgesses, JP and County Lt for Eliz City County; Naval Offi ce r for Lower James 1699-1710. A Succesful merchant of Hampton County, V a , he accumulated a large estate and his plantation was called �Ceelys � an d was in Elizabeth City County, Va]. He married Jane Surname Unknown . Hi s daughter Mary Wilson had three marriages. The first was to Willia m ROSC OW through which our direct line continues. But William Roscow die d in 17 00 leaving two small children, who were then step fathered by Mil es Cary , the namesake son of our immigrant Cary and his wife Anne TAYLO R and h e was 2nd husband to Mary. Mary third married to Dr Archibald BLA IR of Wi lliamsburg. He too had three marriages, with only one of his fou r childre n being certain in their matrilineage. There then exists the po ssibilit y that any of these three BLAIR children are Mary Wilson's own . Elizabet h Blair, one of these three Blair children of uncertain matril ineage, her self produced a son, John BOLLING, who married Martha Jeffers on, sister t o Thomas Jefferson, Pres US

      William Wilson

      Died 17 Jun 1741 Elizabeth, Pasquotank, North Carolina, United States