Saturday, December 3, 2011

Surname Saturday - WILSON (England > Massachusetts)

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It's Surname Saturday, and I'm "counting down" my Ancestral Name List each week. I am up to number 297, who is Joanna Wilson (1701-1786), one of my 6th-great-grandparents. [Note: The 6th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts]

My ancestral line back through four generations of WILSONs is:

1. Randall J. Seaver

2. Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983)
3. Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)

4. Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942)
5. Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962)

8. Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922)
9. Hattie Louise Hildreth (1857-1920)

18. Edward Hildreth (1831-1899)
19. Sophia Newton (1834-1923)

36. Zachariah Hildreth (1783-1857)
37. Hannah Sawtell (1789-1857)

74.  Josiah Sawtell (1768-1847)
75.  Hannah Smith (1768-1827)

148.  Ephraim Sawtell (1735-ca 1800)
149.  Abigail Stone (1736-ca 1800)

296.  Hezekiah Sawtell, born 02 March 1703 in Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; died 18 March 1779 in Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  He was the son of 592. Obadiah Sawtell and 593. Hannah Lawrence.  He married  01 August 1723 in Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
 297.  Joanna Wilson, born 06 January 1701 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; died 11 September 1786 in Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. 

Children of Hezekiah Sawtell and Joanna Wilson are:  Jonathan Sawtell (1724-1801); Hezekiah Sawtell (1725-????); Elnathan Sawtell (1728-1758); Hannah Sawtell (1730-1762); Obadiah Sawtell (1732-1819);  Ephraim Sawtell (1735-ca 1800); Richard Sawtell (1737-1815); Elizabeth Sawtell (1739-1804); Nathaniel Sawtell (1743-1825); Esther Sawtell (1745-????); Rebeckah Sawtell (1747-????).
594.  John Wilson, born 03 January 1673 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; died after 1717 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  He married 27 October 1694 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
595.  Elizabeth Foster, born 07 October 1673 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; She was the daughter of 1190. Joseph Foster and 1191. Alice Gorton.

Children of John Wilson and Elizabeth Foster are:  John Wilson (1695-1764); Elizabeth Wilson (1697-????); Joseph Wilson (1699-????); Joanna Wilson (1701-1786); Alice Wilson (1703-????); Jacob Wilson (1705-????); Sarah Wilson (1706-????); Mary Wilson (1708-????); Esther Wilson (1710-1729); Dorcas Wilson (1711-????); Seth Wilson (1713-1783); Benjamin Wilson (1715-????); Rebecca Wilson (1717-1729).

 1188.  John Wilson, born about 1652 in probably England; died 01 February 1735 in Bedford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.   He married about 1672 in probably Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
 1189.  Johanna Carter, born about 1647 in probably Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States; died before 10 November 1698 in probably Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  She was the daughter of 2278. Joseph Carter and 2279. Susanna Chamberlain.

Children of John Wilson and Johanna Carter are:  John Wilson (1673-1717); Hannah Wilson (1674-1676); Hannah Wilson (1677-????); Susanna Wilson (1679-????); Dorcas Wilson (1680-1727); Elizabeth Wilson (1683-1712); Ruth Wilson (1685-1728); Sarah Wilson (1687-????); Francis Wilson (1690-1765); Ebenezer Wilson (1693-1693); Samuel Wilson (1695-1747).
 2376.  John Wilson, born about 1625 in England; died 02 July 1687 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  He married about 1650 in England.
 2377.  Hannah James, born 1629 in England; died after 21 June 1697 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.

Children of John Wilson and Hannah James are: John Wilson (1652-1735); Sarah Wilson (1653-1686); Dorcas Wilson (1657-1714); Samuel Wilson (1658-1729); Francis Wilson (1660-1724); James Wilson (1663-1750); Abigail Wilson (1666-1747); Elizabeth Wilson (1668-1743); Benjamin Wilson (1670-1750); Hannah Wilson (1672-1726).
Data for these families was obtained from Massachusetts town vital record books and from a Wilson surname book:

Ken Stevens, Wilsons From New England; Volume "J" - Descendants of John Wilson of Woburn, Massachusetts (Walpole, N.H.: K. Stevens, 1991).

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