Jeremiah Wilson Jr

Jeremiah Wilson

Birth: 11 MAY 1726 in South Kingstown, RI (twin)

Father: Jeremiah Wilson b: 1674 in Kingstown, RI

Mother: Mary Smith b: 10 AUG 1690

Marriage (1) 17 MAR 1754

Wife: Abigail Wilkinson Dye

Children

• George Wilson b: 26 NOV 1754 in South Kingstown, RI
• William Wilson b: 24 FEB 1756 in South Kingstown, RI
• Mary Wilson b: 6 DEC 1759 in South Kingstown, RI
• David Wilson b: ABT 1762 in South Kingstown, RI

Marriage (2) AFT 1765

Wife: Sarah Pearce, b: 2 JAN 1750/51 in East Greenwich, RI

Jeremiah Wilson married, first, at South Kingstown by Rev. Joseph Torrey 17 March 1754 (Torrey's Marriage Book, 12) to Abigail (Wilkinson) Dye, widow of John Dye or Dyer of South Kingstown. She had four children by her 1st husband, and by him had 3 sons and 1 dau. - George, William & David, her daughter named Marey. She died after 25 February 1765.

Jeremiah married, second, Sarah Pearce, who was born at East Greenwich, Rhode Island, 2 January 1751, Daughter of Giles and Desire (Case) Pearce of North Kingstown. She died before 1788.

"Jeremiah Wilson and his sons George, William, and David were among the 85 men who with their families constituted the second party of settlers sponsored by the Ohio Company (History of Washington county, Ohio [n.p.,1881]. They arrived at camp Maritus (Marietta) in 1789 but soon moved up the Muskingum River to what is now Waterford Township and settled in the vicinity of the village of Beverly. They were among the very first white settlers in this exposed frontier area, and it was not till the Battle of Tippecanoe in 1811 that they felt completely safe from attack by Indians. Jeremiah and his sons are listed as heads of families in the 1790 census of Washington County, and their descendants remained in this area for many years."

"Descendants of Samuel Wilson of South Kingston RI" New England Historical and Genealogical Register, v144, p306.

"SETTLERS WHO ARRIVED IN MARIETTA, OHIO IN 1789

Wilson, George & family, Wilson, Jeremiah & family, Wilson, William & family "

History of Washington County, Ohio 1788-1881 By H. Z. Williams & Bros.

"NAMES OF FAMILIES AT FORT FRYEE 1791

...George Wilson, wife, and two children ; Jeremiah Wilson, two sons, and two daughters;... David Wilson, wife, and one child... " pg 442

"The banks of these streams, in the vicinity of the settlers, had for a long period been destitute of any permanent inhabitants, and were only visited occasionally by the surrounding savages, who had their villages on the heads and branches of the tributary streams. Under this immunity, the fishes had increased at an astonishing rate. This store, which would seem to have been providentially accumulating for the use of the new settlers, afforded no inconsiderable portion of the animal food used by the inhabitants of Waterford, during the dark period of the Indian war. In the spring months, while the waters were turbid, great numbers were taken with the hook, on what were called "trot lines." In the summer and autumn, when the water was clear, the favorite mode was by spearing, and so plentiful were the fish, that in passing from Waterford to Marietta in a canoe, Allen Devoll and David Wilson have oftentimes taken from four to six hundred pounds. They were also taken in this way during winter, through a hole cut in the ice, where the water was deep." pg 467

Pioneer History; Being an Account of the First Examinations of the Ohio Valley, and the Early Settlement of the Northwest Territory by Samuel Prescott Hildreth

Notes:

NEHGR: Jeremiah Wilson (twin), born 11 May 1726. Married (1) Abigail (Wilkinson) Dye; (2) Sarah Pearce.

Sources:

http://awt.ancestrylibrary.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1034016&i...

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=dominicch...

New England Historical & Genealogical Register, v144, Page: 302 & 305