Major James Wilson, Jr.

This James Wilson died 1716.

Matthew Godfrey, whose will was proved in 1717, apparently had only one direct heir, a daughter, who was married to James Wilson, Jr. The elder James Wilson (d. 1712) was Colonel of Militia and a Justice (1691); his will shows a large family of seven sons (two of whom died before him) and three daughters. Of the sons, Willis Wilson was Captain of Militia in 1734 and vestryman in 1735—his son Willis, Jr., was vestryman in 1749; Lemuel Wilson was Clerk of the County Court in 1699, and was succeeded by his brother Solomon, in 1718; James Wilson, Jr., was a feoffee of the town land until his death in 1716.'^ Captain Willis Wilson of a later generation —he died in 1798—was an officer of the Virginia State Navy and commanded the galley Caswell in 1776.

https://archive.org/details/historyoflowerti01whic/page/320

References

• History of Lower Tidewater Virginia by Whichard, Rogers Dey, 1952- page 320. Archive.Org, page 360 - 361 Archive.Org James Wilson d 1716 (son of James d 1712) property went to his brother Solomon, other brother was Lemuel.
• http://sites.rootsweb.com/~vanorfol/wilson2.htm shows this James differently