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John Wilson

Male - 1687


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  • Name John Wilson  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Death 2 Jul 1687  Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5
    Person ID I37692  Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
    Last Modified 21 Jun 2024 

    Family Hannah   d. Aft 21 Jun 1697, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Dorcas Wilson,   b. 29 Jan 1657   d. 29 Nov 1714, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years)
    +2. Benjamin Wilson,   b. 15 Oct 1670, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Jul 1750, Ashford, Windham, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location (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 
    1. [S6303] The Genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland Families by Edmund James Cleveland and Horace Gillette Cleveland. Hartford, Connecticut, 1899.

    2. [S7726] William Utermohlen, "Elizabeth Fuller of Salem and Woburn, Massachusetts; Rehoboth, Rhode Island; and Ashford, Connectiocut—Probable Wife of Benjamin Wilson." The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 178:169, Spring 2024.

    3. [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.

    4. [S6374] Wilsons from New England, Volume J: Descendants of John Wilson of Woburn, Massachusetts by Ken Stevens. Walpole, New Hampshire, 1991.

    5. [S6375] Martin Edward Thompson Hollick, "The 1899 Cleveland Genealogy: Some Additions and Corrections." NEHGS NEXUS 10:102, 1993., place only.