Nathaniel Wilson

From The WILSON Family of Halifax, Yorkshire, England, Roxbury, Suffolk, MA, Boston, Suffolk, MA and Newton, Middlesex, MA

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NATHANIEL WILSON (bp. 1621 - 1692) of Halifax, Roxbury, Boston and Newton

Parents: Isaac Wilson and Susan Holgate

Nathaniel Wilson was baptised on 2 Aug 1621 in Warley in the parish of Halifax, Yorkshire. [Ref] He died on 17 Sep 1692 in Newton. [Ref] He married Hannah Crafts on 2 Apr 1645 in Roxbury. [Ref] She died on 18 Aug 1692 in Newton. in Newton. [Ref]

On 19 (9) 1647 Nathaniel Wilson of Roxbury appointed John Wilson, a cloth worker of Halifax, Yorkshire, his true attorney and asked him to ask Nathaniel Holgate of Halifax about a legacy. [Ref] On 19 (6) 1648 Nathaniel Wilson of Roxbury sold a messuage and land in Ovenden, Yorkshire to Joseph Wood. [Ref][Ref]

He lived in Roxbury and in the part of Boston called Muddy River (Brookline).

Nathaniel Wilson moved to Cambridge Village (Newton), where he purchased about 150 acres. [Ref]

Children of Nathaniel Wilson and Hannah Crafts:

• 1. Hannah Wilson was baptised on 2 May 1647 in Roxbury. [Ref] She died on 13 Feb 1721/2, age 75. [Ref] She married Shubael Seaver on 7 Feb 1668. [Ref] Shubael, the son of Robert Seaver, was born on 31 Jan 1639 and died on 18 Jan 1729/30. [Ref]
• 2. Susanna Wilson was born about 1648. died on 29 Dec 1725 in Hingham, age 77. [Ref] She married Lieut. Thomas Gill on 31 Dec 1673. [Ref] some descendants of Susanna Wilson
• 3. Nathaniel Wilson was baptised on 8 May 1653 in Roxbury. [Ref] He married first Hannah Jackson in 1681. [Ref] She was the daughter of Edward Jackson [Ref] and the first cousin of Deliverance Jackson. She died on 26 Sep 1690 in Newton. [Ref] He married second Elizabeth Osland on 11 Mar 1692/3 in Newton. [Ref][Ref] Elizabeth, the daughter of Humphrey and Elizabeth (Hyde) Osland, was born on 25 Jan 1667/8. [Ref] Nathaniel (or possibly his father) is on a 5 Sep 1688 list of tax payers in Little Cambridge (Newton). [Ref] He moved to Framingham. [Ref] some descendants of Nathaniel Wilson
• 4. Joseph Wilson (twin) was born on 30 Jan 1656 in Roxbury. He died in 1725 in Newton. He married Deliverance Jackson.
• 5. Benjamin Wilson (twin) was born on 30 Jan 1656 in Roxbury. [Ref] He married Sarah Unknown. She died on 15 Apr 1689 in Newton. [Ref]
• 6. Isaac Wilson was born in 1658. [Ref] He died on 2 or 3 Apr 1709 in Newton. [Ref] He married Susanna Andrews on 19 Jul 1685 in Newton. [Ref] It is possible that she is the widow Susanna who died on 27 Nov 1740 in Newton. [Ref]
• 7. Mary Wilson was born on 22 May 1661. [Ref] She married Thomas Oliver on 10 Mar 1682 in Newton. [Ref]
• 8. Abigail Wilson was born in 1663. [Ref] She died in 1746, aged 83. [Ref] She married Dea. Edward Jackson as his second wife. [Ref] He was the son of Edward Jackson [Ref] and the first cousin of Deliverance Jackson.
• 9. Samuel Wilson married Experience Unknown. She died on 10 Oct 1705 in Newton. [Ref]

All references:

• Torrey, Clarence Almon, "The English Ancestry of Nathaniel Wilson," The American Genealogist 17, 1940, 227-230.

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Nathaniel Wilson BIRTH 2 Aug 1621 Halifax, Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England DEATH 17 Sep 1692 (aged 71) Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA BURIAL Unknown MEMORIAL ID 47134880 · View Source

MEMORIAL PHOTOS 0 FLOWERS 10 According to the Craft Genealogy, Nathaniel Wilson m. Hannah Craft on Apr. 2, 1645, as confirmed by the Roxbury VRs. He d. of record Sept. 17, 1692 at Newton, Middlesex County, Mass.

• He purchased 150 acres of land at "Cambridge Village," where he and his wife settled. He died Sept. 17, 1692, Æ. 70 years. The inventory of his estate amounted to £219 14s. His wife Hannah died Aug. 17, 1692. [Craft Gen.]

Newton, originally part of the Town of Cambridge, Mass., was incorporated as a separate town known as Cambridge Village in 1688, then renamed Newtown in 1691 and finally Newton in 1766.

Nathaniel and Hannah had ten acknowledged children, nine who grew to adulthood: a stillborn child, Hannah, Susanna, Nathaniel, twins Benjamin and Joseph, Isaac, Mary, Abigail and Samuel. Nine of the children are of birth and/or baptism record at Roxbury, one is not reflected in the printed records, and two are incorrectly shown in their baptism record as the child of Joseph Wilson. The children were:

• i. A stillborn child, b. and d. Feb. 9, 1645/6.

• ii. Hannah Wilson, bapt. Apr. 2, 1647 (Roxbury Ch.), d. Feb. 13, 1721/22 at Roxbury, Æ 75 (g.s.); m. Feb. 7, 1668/9 at Roxbury, Samuel Seaver, s. Robert Seaver and Hannah Ballard, b. Jan. 31, 1639/40 at Roxbury where he d. Jan. 18, 1729/30, Æ 92 (g.s.) Six recorded children of the family.

• iii. Susanna Wilson, b. circa 1650 [birth or bapt. not of record], d. Dec. 29, 1725 at Hingham, Mass.; m. Dec. 31, 1673 Lieut. Thomas Gill, s. of Thomas Gill and Hannah Otis, b. Mar. 8, 1648/9. He d. Sept. 3, 1725. Six children of the family.

• iv. Nathaniel Wilson, Jr., bapt. May 8, 1653 (Roxbury Ch.); m. Hannah Jackson Sept. 26, 1690 at Newton, Mass.

• v. Benjamin Wilson, twin, b. Jan. 30 (bapt. Feb. 17), 1655/6; m. 1) Sarah ___, 2) Grace ___, and 3) Esther Lyon.

• vi. Joseph Wilson, twin, b. Jan. 30 (bapt. Feb. 17), 1655/6; m. Deliverance Jackson.

• vii. Isaac Wilson, b. Aug. 24 (bapt. Aug. 26), 1658; m. July 19, 1685 at Newton, Mass. Susanna Andrews.

• viii. Mary Wilson, bapt. June 23, 1661, d. Dec. 2, 1729 at Cambridge, Mass.; m. Apr. 19, 1682 at Cambridge as his 2nd wife, Capt. Thomas Oliver, s. of Rev. John Oliver and Elizabeth Newgate, b. Feb. 10, 1745/6 at Boston, Mass. He d. Nov. 1, 1715 at Cambridge. He m. 1) Grace Prentice by whom he had six children, and another six children by Mary Wilson.

• ix. Abigail Wilson, bapt. Apr. 10, 1664, d. Mar 16, 1745/6; m. as his 2nd wife, Dea. Edward Jackson, Jr. of Newton, Mass. He was b. Dec. 15, 1652 at Cambridge and d. Sept. 30, 1727 at Newton. Seven children of the marriage.

• x. Samuel Wilson, bapt. June 17, 1666; m. Experience Trowbridge of Newton, by whom he had five children.

Family Members Parents Isaac Wilson 1567–1630

Susan Holgate Wilson 1576–1632

Spouse Hannah Craft Wilson 1628–1692 (m. 1645)

Children Infant Wilson 1646–1646

Photo Hannah Wilson Seaver 1647–1722

Photo Susannah Wilson Gill 1648–1725

Nathaniel Wilson 1653–1721

Samuel Wilson 1666–1731

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