John Wilson

- 1687

• Name	John Wilson  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	2 Jul 1687	Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts   [2, 3, 4]
  Person ID	I37692	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of FL, Ancestor of LD
  Last Modified	29 Jun 2022

  
  

  Family	Hannah   d. Aft 21 Jun 1697, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts
  Children	+ 1. Dorcas Wilson,   b. 29 Jan 1657   d. 29 Nov 1714, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts (Age 57 years) + 2. Benjamin Wilson,   b. 15 Oct 1670, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts d. 11 Jul 1750, Ashford, Windham, Connecticut (Age 79 years)
  Family ID	F22164	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Jan 2024

  
  

• Notes

  "[H]e was not the son of Roger Wilson of Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, a man who never existed. This ancestry was contrived in 1867 by S. C. Newman, 'a prominent local historian' in an attempt to establish a Mayflower connection for a wealthy client." [Ken Newman, citation details below] He and his family arrived at Salem in 1652. They appear to have been Baptists, with the usual legal difficulties accompanying this.

  
  

• Sources

  [S6303] The Genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland Families by Edmund James Cleveland and Horace Gillette Cleveland. Hartford, Connecticut, 1899. [S2304] Ancestors of American Presidents by Gary Boyd Roberts. 2009 edition, 2012 reprint with 2015 corrigenda. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015., year and place only. [S6374] Wilsons from New England, Volume J: Descendants of John Wilson of Woburn, Massachusetts by Ken Stevens. Walpole, New Hampshire, 1991. Descendants of John Wilson of Woburn, Massachusetts by Ken Stevens. 1991. [S6375] Martin Edward Thompson Hollick, "The 1899 Cleveland Genealogy: Some Additions and Corrections." NEHGS NEXUS 10:102, 1993., place only.