James Wilson

James Wilson Sr.

• Born about 1663 in Woburn, Massachusetts Bay Colony
• Died after Mar 1750 in Killingly, Windham, Connecticut Colony [uncertain]
• Son of John Wilson Sr. and Hannah (James) Fuller
• Brother of John Wilson Jr., Sarah (Wilson) Snow, Dorcas (Wilson) Cleaveland, Samuel Wilson, Francis Wilson, Abigail (Wilson) Hildreth, Elizabeth (Wilson) Hildreth, Benjamin Wilson Sr. and Hannah (Wilson) Proctor
• Husband of Deborah (Pierce) Wilson — married 19 Jan 1687 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts
• Husband of Margaret (Russ) Wilson — married 17 Apr 1704 in Andover, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Bay
• Father of Abigail (Wilson) Cummings, James Wilson Jr., Ebenezer Wilson, John Wilson, William Wilson, Margaret (Wilson) Lee, Hannah Wilson, Thomas Wilson, Phebe Wilson and Jonathan Wilson

Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Wilson-2724

Note: James was born possibly in Lexington Massachusetts or possibly in Killingly, Connecticut. (GEDCOM data put him in Killingly, Lexington county, Connecticut - but Lexington is a town in Massachusetts). A comment on his marriage to Margaret Russ, widow of William Peters, called him James Wilson "of Cambridge" [Massachusetts]. [1]

Note: Probably born in Woburn, Massachusetts. [2]

James Wilson and Deborah Pierce were married on January 19, 1686, in Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.[3] James married second Margaret (Russ) Peters at Andover, Massachusetts, April 17, 1704.[4]

Known children of James with his first wife, Deborah were:[4]

1. Daughter, died at Woburn in 1688
2. Deborah, b at Woburn Feb 27, 1690; married Hezekiah Russ at Andover, Massachusetts, April 10, 1710
3. Abigail, b at Woburn Feb 8, 1692; died at Putnam Aug 30, 1730; married Jacob Cummings at Killingly, November 9, 1720
4. James, b at Cambridge Farms ca 1694; baptized there in August 1699
5. Child, died at Cambridge Farms in 1696
6. Ebenezer, b at Cambridge Farms ca 1699; d at Woodstock, Connecticut Oct 27, 1785
7. John, b at Cambridge Farms about 1702; d at Coventry, Connecticut July 28, 1773, age 71
8. Child, died at Cambridge Farms Dec 9, 1703, five days before its mother

Known children of James with his second wife, Margaret, probably all born at Cambridge Farms where they were baptized, birth dates are recorded at Killingly:[4]

1. William, b Jan 18, 1704/5, bp May 27, 1705; d at Killingly March 18, 1729
2. Margaret, b Nov 21, 1706; bp Nov 24, 1706; married John Lee on Mar 13, 1725 at Killingly
3. Hannah, b July 12, 1708; bp July 20, 1708; never married; still living on Sept 15, 1738 when she and her parents were dismissed to the Second Parish Church
4. Thomas, b Mar 5, 1709/10, bp May 14, 1710; d at Killingly Mar 5, 1776
5. Phebe, b Jan 18, 1713; bp May 29, 1713; d at Killingly Aug 6, 1730
6. Jonathan, b Aug 29, 1714; bp Oct 31, 1714; d at Killingly in May 1753

References

• https://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=dominicc...
• http://mhollick.typepad.com/slovakyankee/2015/07/john-wilson-ca-162...
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts_Bay_Colony
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Wilson-2724 cites

1. Peters of New England
2. Stevens, Ken. Descendants of John Wilson of Woburn, Massachusetts books.google.com snippet view
3. "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCSH-G3G : 13 July 2016), James Wilson and Deborah Pierce, 19 Jan 1686; citing Marriage, Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 892,249.
4. Stevens, Ken, Descendants of John Wilson of Woburn, Massachusetts, published 1991 Reference pages 19-20
5. Peters of New England, online database, Internet Archive extracted from Edmond Frank Peters, "Peters of New England, a genealogy, and family history", compiled by Edmond Frank Peters and Eleanor Bradley Peters. (New York, Knickerbocker Press, 1903), page 37, 41.
6. Ancestral File Number: 504K-L1, #S32, Record ID Number: 5148
7. Source S32 Repository: #REPO6, Ancestral File (TM), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, June 1998 (c), data as of 5 JAN 1998